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97. What are you worried about?

Reply to zanana1 (Reply #90)

Tue Jul 30, 2019, 07:50 PM

Jul 2019

Specifically.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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NYT Opinion: Kamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor' [View all] ucrdem Jul 2019 OP

I read this when it first came out, and it's not really a smear job, but leaves out... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #1

How do you fully trust someone who "let it play out" by fighting to keep innocent people in prison? Jake Stern Jul 2019 #3

Sadly, it's a problem. InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2019 #5

It's disqualifying. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2019 #12

Lol StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #21

That's the strategy! BannonsLiver Jul 2019 #89

I'm not gonna go that far, but, it doesn't matter...Kamala's not going to be the Democratic nominee. InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2019 #23

Have to agree with you there. ucrdem Jul 2019 #26

Yes, Kamala is probably also out for VP consideration. Not sure though Joe InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2019 #41

I don't mean this to sound rude, but... zanana1 Jul 2019 #90

What are you worried about? Control-Z Jul 2019 #97

I'm worried about his age. zanana1 Jul 2019 #98

So you're younger than Warren, eh? Control-Z Jul 2019 #99

Bout like trusting someone who teamed up with segregationists to keep their Hoyt Jul 2019 #6

Sorry, but some very serious concerns here and this article not the first or last to raise them.NT emmaverybo Jul 2019 #72

I never found anything progressive about her - Just a typical prosecutor 4now Jul 2019 #2

Almost no prosecutor would be considered a progressive prosecutor. pnwmom Jul 2019 #4

Excellent point. Blue_true Jul 2019 #7

In her 2019 memoir she represents herself as a progressive DA and AG. ucrdem Jul 2019 #8

When she was a prosecutor, she wasn't progressive by DU STANDARDS, but I can believe pnwmom Jul 2019 #10

She had a scheme to criminally prosecute parents of chronically absent elementary school students. ucrdem Jul 2019 #14

that's patently untrue bigtree Jul 2019 #17

Only your subject line is untrue. The rest confirms exactly what I posted. nt ucrdem Jul 2019 #18

She didn't have a "scheme" to criminally prosecute these parents. She successfully pnwmom Jul 2019 #24

It leaves out an enormous amount of context. ismnotwasm Jul 2019 #20

I don't think ANY prosecutor could be progressive by DU standards, by definitions StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #22

I agree, StarfishSaver. I also think that having been a prosecutor is a part of her resume pnwmom Jul 2019 #25

+1 StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #27

But she's running as a progressive, remember? ucrdem Jul 2019 #28

She IS a progressive. But she's not 100% pure progressive, and that's what most of DU expects. pnwmom Jul 2019 #29

Now she is. But now she's a senator from California. ucrdem Jul 2019 #32

Which CA prosecutors were more progressive than she was? Can you name some? n/t pnwmom Jul 2019 #35

Which ran for President on their "progressive prosecutor" laurels? ucrdem Jul 2019 #37

She is the #3 most progressive Senator in the Senate, and she was as progressive pnwmom Jul 2019 #38

That's some impressive pretzel! ucrdem Jul 2019 #39

Biden wrote regressive regulations into the crime bill which tied prosecutors' hands bigtree Jul 2019 #42

Now you're trying to blame Biden for Harris's lackluster record? ucrdem Jul 2019 #43

It seems hypocritical to criticize a prosecutor for acting as a prosecutor pnwmom Jul 2019 #46

LOL, who is not criticizing Biden? Anyone? ucrdem Jul 2019 #47

keep up bigtree Jul 2019 #49

You're actually blaming Biden for her lousy record. ucrdem Jul 2019 #50

you keep saying that bigtree Jul 2019 #55

prosecuting people with illegal evidence is not "enforcing" laws questionseverything Jul 2019 #58

you misrepresented the issue bigtree Jul 2019 #62

what part are you sayng isn't true? questionseverything Jul 2019 #64

the part about Harris prosecuting people with illegal evidence bigtree Jul 2019 #67

article says, her deputies knew and she went to court to keep the convictions in tact questionseverything Jul 2019 #94

the article is full of shit bigtree Jul 2019 #95

Harris decided to dismiss cases of about 1000 people because of concerns pnwmom Jul 2019 #66

Apparently she had to after contesting the ruling and losing. nt ucrdem Jul 2019 #69

The ruling didn't require her to dismiss all 1000 cases. pnwmom Jul 2019 #76

+1 bigtree Jul 2019 #77

illegal prosecutions are not what normal prosecutors do..at least i hope not questionseverything Jul 2019 #57

That is a crucial and overlooked point here Hav Jul 2019 #83

exactly questionseverything Jul 2019 #93

Okay, thanks for this. Now I have to decide whether she can run an entire country. YOHABLO Jul 2019 #9

If she's selecting soft targets where there's no socially acceptable defense, ucrdem Jul 2019 #11

Here are links to 3 other threads posted here at DU Kaleva Jul 2019 #13

Thank you, those will make very interesting reading I'm sure. ucrdem Jul 2019 #15

Site search works well. It took just a couple of minutes. Kaleva Jul 2019 #16

The NPR piece didn't mention DU ucrdem Jul 2019 #19

In my era, progressive lawyers became marybourg Jul 2019 #30

who does that leave to prosecute predatory lenders, bigtree Jul 2019 #52

Not-so-progressive lawyers. marybourg Jul 2019 #68

this prosecutor bigtree Jul 2019 #75

Mahalo, ucr.. Harris & Booker are busy Cha Jul 2019 #31

Aloha Cha! ucrdem Jul 2019 #34

Mahalo! And, of course, this wouldn't Cha Jul 2019 #40

Exactly. ucrdem Jul 2019 #48

Aloha, Cha and Mahalo for pointing this important fact out. Booker and Harris have "brought it emmaverybo Jul 2019 #74

Yeah, so horrible... going after Cha Jul 2019 #80

It's an opinion piece published 7 months ago. The information at the sources the op-ed writer cites lapucelle Jul 2019 #33

The NPR interview updates the op-ed and is from Friday: ucrdem Jul 2019 #36

How did an interview update an op-ed piece? lapucelle Jul 2019 #44

Did you listen to it? ucrdem Jul 2019 #45

Nope. Did you read the actual news stories that the claims are based on? lapucelle Jul 2019 #51

20 minutes. I guess you didn't listen to it. ucrdem Jul 2019 #54

The program is 54 minutes long. Did you read the news stories that she linked to? N/T lapucelle Jul 2019 #60

Where did you find those links? ucrdem Jul 2019 #61

They were Bazelon's links in the NYT editorial. N/T lapucelle Jul 2019 #63

Okay the embedded links. And what are you disputing? ucrdem Jul 2019 #65

Compare the news stories to her characterizations of the events. N/T lapucelle Jul 2019 #87

This is really disturbing news. nt oasis Jul 2019 #53

lol bigtree Jul 2019 #56

What has Harris said about this? Has she addressed it? DemocracyMouse Jul 2019 #59

California's governor should allow more sensitive DNA testing, Kamala Harris said bigtree Jul 2019 #70

This was AFTER she'd disallowed it while in office. That's Bazelon's point. nt ucrdem Jul 2019 #71

"two previous DNA tests concluded Cooper was the killer" bigtree Jul 2019 #73

She admits in her own letter she refused to allow advanced DNA testing "her entire time" ucrdem Jul 2019 #78

I'm not blaming her bigtree Jul 2019 #81

Kevin Cooper is not a good example to push for DNA testing. I will allow that if she was thoroughly emmaverybo Jul 2019 #82

She will be prepared to treestar Jul 2019 #91

even IF true I don't give a flying fuck. sorry not sorry NYT EveHammond13 Jul 2019 #79

i dont know the details of these cases but Im sure there were alot of pressures and complications.. honest.abe Jul 2019 #84

This will come up in the debate Gothmog Jul 2019 #85

And she will answer it with no problem. honest.abe Jul 2019 #86

probably not by Biden bigtree Jul 2019 #88

And she will be prepared treestar Jul 2019 #92

Politifact California: Criminal justice reformer, or defender of the status quo? The record is mixed ucrdem Jul 2019 #96