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A little reminder of what we have to look forward to from Kamala (Original Post) Danascot Aug 2020 OP
I'm not her biggest fan, only because she is basically a cop...... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2020 #1
What does "basically a cop" mean? StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #4
Biden wasn't my first choice either. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2020 #5
Wow StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #6
"Wow" backatya.... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2020 #7
This sums it up nicely... Alacritous Crier Aug 2020 #2
:) "Restore the soul of America" is the message, and she's a Hortensis Aug 2020 #3

A HERETIC I AM

(24,367 posts)
1. I'm not her biggest fan, only because she is basically a cop......
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:23 AM
Aug 2020

But I'll fucking take that, absolutely, I'll take that!

Kamala Harris will make a fine Vice President, and if the need or occasion arises, I'm sure she will be a fine Chief Executive.

I'm just not thrilled with anyone who was a prosecutor, that's all.

But as far as her grilling that asshole?

I wish she had gotten out a knife and eviscerated him on the spot.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
4. What does "basically a cop" mean?
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:35 AM
Aug 2020

Do you think every person who has ever been in law enforcement is suspect?

Why is this smear used against Kamala but not against Biden, who started his career as a prosecutor?

A HERETIC I AM

(24,367 posts)
5. Biden wasn't my first choice either.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:01 AM
Aug 2020
"Do you think every person who has ever been in law enforcement is suspect? "


To a degree, yes. Yes I do.

The idea of "I'm in it to put the bad guys in jail" is admirable on its face, but along the way, entirely too many innocent people have their lives destroyed by our system.

Ms. Harris is no different, and neither is Mr Biden, for that matter.

But I much prefer an attorney, regardless of their particular discipline, to be at the head of government.

We have seen at least twice now how badly a "Businessman" can fuck shit up, given the opportunity.
 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
6. Wow
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:00 AM
Aug 2020

You think we should just leave "the system" to someone else?

So that rape victims and victims of abuse and communities desperately in need of fair law enforcement should be just left to their own devices - or at the mercy of people who don't give a shish about them?

And any decent person who ever wants a career in politics in which they won't be smeared as "cops" should stay away from any job that involves law enforcement?

Interestingly, you prefer an attorney to be the head of government. What kind of attorney would you prefer if you think anyone in law enforcement is a bad guy "cop" complicit in a system that destroys lives?


Your broad brush approach can be applied to any job or occupation because, in the final analysis, unless you're just living off the land and off the grid somewhere in the middle of nowhere, pretty much everyone is, in some way, participating in "the system."

I'm sorry, but I have little patience for people who criticize others for working in "the system" - not only because, as I said, pretty much everything and everyone is part of some system, but because I think smearing everyone who has chosen to make change from within (which would likely include whomever your first choice in the primaries may have been) as a sellout or "cop" a lazy and shallow way to approach society and politics.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,367 posts)
7. "Wow" backatya....
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 11:11 AM
Aug 2020

Oh, for fucks sake.






Whatever. You're right. My opinion is seriously fucking flawed. Who gives a good god damn anyway? I'm a fucking truck driver, for crying out loud. What the hell do I know?

I've been up all night working, and I really shouldn't have even responded to anything.

So terribly sorry to have taxed your patience.


Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. :) "Restore the soul of America" is the message, and she's a
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:26 AM
Aug 2020

strong, charismatic woman who'll get that message over in many ways. And no doubt do the attack dog work as part of it.

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