It’s Harris

Biden picks Kamala Harris for running mate.

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Author: craigcrawford

Trail Mix Host. Lapsed journalist, author & retired pundit happily promoting nothing but the truth for Social Security checks.

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  2. Biden could have chosen someone else, but he couldn’t choose anyone better.  She hits all the boxes:

    Under 60 Female

    Different Ethnicity

    Geographically Diverse

    Battle tested in three different statewide elections

     

  4. Well, as much as I mighta liked to see home-gal Val up there, I wasn’t enthusiastic about her qualifications or her ability to endure the shitstorm that is about to hit the Veep pick. Kamala is solid and will not only survive the shitstorm but turn it around. Onward!

  7. Harris is a pit bull…  LOVE the pick!
    Not only is she black… she’s half Indian.  Lot of Indians living in this country.
     

  11. Craig… you called Harris as Biden’s potential running mate at the end of last year when she dropped out of the primaries…  good call!

  14. emailed at 4:21

    Folks —

    You make a lot of important decisions as president. But the first one is who you select to be your Vice President. I’ve decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Donald Trump and Mike Pence and then to lead this nation starting in January 2021.

    I’d like to tell you why, but first I’m going to ask you to add your name and welcome Kamala to our team.

    These aren’t normal times. For the first time in our history, we’re facing three historic crises — all at the same time. We’re facing the worst pandemic in 100 years. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The most powerful calls for racial justice in a generation. And we have a president who has both failed to lead on the virus — costing lives and decimating our economy — and fanned the flames of hate and division.

    I need someone working alongside me who is smart, tough, and ready to lead. Kamala is that person.

    I need someone who understands the pain that so many people in our nation are suffering. Whether they’ve lost their job, their business, a loved one to this virus. This president says he “doesn’t want to be distracted by it”. He doesn’t understand that taking care of the people of this nation — all the people — isn’t a distraction — it’s the job. Kamala understands that.

    I need someone who understands that we are in a battle for the soul of this nation. And that if we’re going to get through these crises — we need to come together and unite for a better America. Kamala gets that.

    If I’m President, I’m committed to making things better — not just in the short term, but sustainably, structurally, and permanently. We won’t have time to delay. I need a partner who can help deliver on those promises, and quickly.

    I was privileged to serve this nation for two terms as Vice President alongside President Obama, a man of extraordinary character who I believe will go down in history as one of our great presidents. So, I know a thing or two about being Vice President. More than anything, I know it can’t be a political decision. It has to be a governing decision. If the people of this nation entrust me and Kamala with the office of President and Vice President for the next four years, we’re going to inherit a nation in crisis, a nation divided, and a world in disarray. We won’t have a minute to waste.

    That’s what led me to Kamala Harris.

    As a United States Senator from California, Kamala represents the biggest state in the union. She’s been one of the toughest and most effective Senators on two of the most important committees in the Senate — Intelligence and Judiciary. Two committees that have directly dealt with some of the most important issues facing this nation at home and around the world.

    She sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, where she deals with the nation’s most sensitive threats.

    We’ve all watched her hold the Trump administration accountable for its corruption, stand up to a Justice Department that’s run amok, and be a powerful voice against their extreme nominations.

    She’s been a leader on criminal justice and marriage equality. And she has focused like a laser on the racial disparities as a result of the coronavirus.

    As California’s Attorney General, she led one of the biggest legal departments in the nation — where she was a powerful advocate for people in taking on the big banks and protecting women and kids from abuse. She’s delivered billions in settlement money to consumers, taking on companies for fraud, pollution and abuse.

    I first met Kamala through my son Beau. They were both Attorneys General at the same time. He had enormous respect for her and her work. I thought a lot about that as I made this decision. There is no one’s opinion I valued more than Beau’s and I’m proud to have Kamala standing with me on this campaign.

    Her record of accomplishment — fighting tooth and nail for what’s right — is why I’m choosing her. There is no door Kamala won’t knock on, no stone she’ll leave unturned, if it means making life better — for the people.

    So join me today in welcoming Kamala Harris to our team.

    She will wake up every day — like I will — thinking about how to make life better for people. How to rebuild our country back better. How to make it more just. How to win the next fight in the battle for the soul of this nation.

    Because that’s what the Presidency — and the Vice Presidency — is. It’s a duty to care: for you, for all of us. This will be the fight of our administration, and there’s no better partner that I could have asked for.

    Thanks for everything,

    -Joe

    PS: We’ll be holding a grassroots fundraiser tomorrow so she can get a chance to talk to some of the grassroots supporters who have powered this campaign. I’d love it if you could join us. So add your name to give her a warm welcome and then pitch in to join us.

  15. bob, hopefully sen warren becomes the next majority leader of the U.S. Senate

    she’ll have plenty of plans and she’ll see that they get done

  17. I enjoy predictions, especially my own.  Biden will never debate Pres. Trump and Biden will not be on the top of the ticket.  The Dems have a plan and it does not involve Biden.  They will find a reason, or already have it, to get Biden off the ticket.  Harris is a smart aggressive candidate; Biden, neither.  The Dems want Harris on the ticket’s top and will get her there with whatever it takes.   She might even stand in, as VP, in any debate.   Y’ll can applaud my prediction later; I can wait.

  21. I think Harris will be just fine. I am more concerned about  Biden’s continuing ability to really put his foot on it. 

  22. Yah hoo!  Let’s get ready for a real horse pucky show from SFB and bobble-head.
     
    Haley is smart enough to tell SFB  she can’t replace the bobble-head.  She sees 2024 as a way to be the all powerful lady.  However. . .
     
    Puerto Rico and D.C. will be great states.  Oh, and they will have two senators each, along with a representative.  I doubt they will be greedy old perverts.
     
    I also see the possibility that Harris might be 47 before the end of 46 term.

  23. Good.  Biden picked my choice and my prediction.  Now I have to listen to Mrs. P tell me what a bad choice it was (I think for once I’m right and she isn’t).
     
    KC, neither of the tops of the ticket lacks in ability to misspeak.  
     
    Pilar, what you smoking?  I need some of that.

    Oh, and I like the idea of getting Newsome to nominate Schiff to fill Harris’ seat.

    patd, Senate majority leader will be Schumer.

  24. I think it is important to see that Harris will be the president sometime during the 2021 to 2025 period.  Not a hit on Joe, just that he is smart enough to see his situation and that is why he picked her.
     
     

  25. KC, her dad looks black to me, but whether his background is African… who can tell? Google Donald Harris Stanford and you’ll see pics of him – the pic wouldn’t paste here as an image.

    eEll, at least its good that Kamala was able to overcome her underprivileged upbringing. ~~  With parents like that she was apparently brung up right.
     

  26. Oh, tRUMP will definitely try to get the Indian vote with Haley.  If she’s smart, she won’t go near him and just run on her own another time.  It would be hard to get his stench off of her.
    Most of my neighbors are from India, although most are just here on work visas.  You know, the work visas that tRUMP was so against.   I don’t know how they feel about tRUMP-suckup Modi.  I can not wait to hear Kamala clobber the Whitest Man in a debate..or Haley, if she’s fool enough to sign on.   Can. Not. wait.  
    The virtual debates will be better than live debates.  My favorite way to enjoy is on NPR, with no visuals to distract from what’s being said. 

  27. “…a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants …” and one who laughed about “sure I inhaled” when asked about her weed usage, as her record reveals massive numbers imprisoned for low-level drug offenses in Cal. I just could never get past that hardline law and order stuff. Now it’s forced down my throat and it’s bitter. But…gotta gotta must must get Trump and Pence booted to the dustbin of history.

  29. Biden should retire to events in Delaware and let Harris be the face and voice of the campaign

  32. SFB using the “nasty” word about Harris, then proceeds to refer to Biden and Warren as “sleepy” and “Pocahontas.”   tRUMP really is a one-trick pony.  He’s no more than a third-grade bully, with the IQ to match.   Harris really gets under Orange Julius’ rind.  Good.   Squirm you fat  bastard. 

  33. How very pleasant to read Mr Bob Morris again. Thanks for stopping by. Why not kick off your shoes and relax here for awhile ?
     
    Thanks, Mr Pilar. I believe that if Biden is removed from the ticket, it will be due to a decision made by putin and the republicans rather than by the Democrats. However, the rippers would make up a Harris/blm/qaeda/marxist/maddow/vegetarian/Chinese/CNN conspiracy out of it. Regardless of the ID of the perp, if Harris becomes the candidate, you’ll deserve mega-kudos for your call.

  34. Well, OKAY THEN.  Let’s get this show on the road !
    BIDEN//HARRIS
    TIME FOR BIG CHANGES

  35. Wow, the Whitest Man tried a little dog whistle of his own.  Apparently, America will no longer be America if there’s a non-white man in office.   

  39. Wow,
    The Dems have now a strong law and order individual that can complete a sentence on the ticket.
    A good choice
    Take that!

  40. What does sex and color have to do with anything?  Trump is blind to that but will be attacked when he treats all equal.

  41. I don’t smoke and did not ask if my opinion makes political sense.  There is no pry bar strong enough to get Biden out of the basement.  What are “you people” smoking?   Chime in Craig; my feelings do not bruise.  Am I making just a bit of sense?

  42. Mr Crawford, pence is waiting until after he has been made the veep candidate at the ripper convention(s?) in Charlotte/Jacksonville/The WH back yard/his MD golf course/Gettysburg, before he moves to 25A. 

  43. I’m so happy Biden choose Harris. My choice in the primary, well Amy as well. I voted for Biden in Florida as it was clear as others dropped out. This is a powerful ticket. We must remove the scum Trump regime.

  44. Ya know what I like best about Kamala…  all that toughness comes in a 5’2” package.  Take that Randy Newman!

  45. Hahahahahahahahah – Ping. Righto on Trump. He only sees white, and couldn’t care less about sex and color. – yeah, that’s right. Two words – Mike Pence. Whitest man in America. 

  46. The traditional role of the vice presidential candidate is attack person.  I think she will be excellent

  47. “ Am I making just a bit of sense?”. -Pilar
     
    Sorry, but no.  The conspiracy is right in front of your face at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., if you’re looking for one.

  48. Pilar, basement my ass. RW bullshit meme crafted to distract from the fact that over 160,000 Americans are fucking dead as a result of an embarrassingly shitty response by Trump and the head of the coronavirus task force, Mike Pence.
    Poobah,  just for you a new TV channel – TrueRoyalty TV. I’m sure you’ll be binging on it.

  50. from heavy:

    Donald Harris, the father of vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, is a prominent economics professor who has had harsh words for his daughter’s comments on the campaign trail.
    Democrat Joe Biden chose Harris, a U.S. senator and former presidential candidate, as his vice presidential running mate on August 11, 2020.
    Donald Harris is also known as Donald J. Harris. He was born in Jamaica and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, according to his Stanford University biography. You can find a list of his publications and articles here. He once wrote an article called, “Reflections of a Jamaican Father” for Jamaica Global Online.
    According to the Institute for New Economic Thinking, “Donald J. Harris is best known for bringing Post-Keynesian economics (particularly the Kaleckian and Neo-Ricardian brand) into development economics.”
    […]
    In the article, Harris explained the family’s Jamaican roots, writing:

    My roots go back, within my lifetime, to my paternal grandmother Miss Chrishy (née Christiana Brown, descendant of Hamilton Brown who is on record as plantation and slave owner and founder of Brown’s Town) and to my maternal grandmother Miss Iris (née Iris Finegan, farmer and educator, from Aenon Town and Inverness, ancestry unknown to me). The Harris name comes from my paternal grandfather Joseph Alexander Harris, land-owner and agricultural ‘produce’ exporter (mostly pimento or all-spice), who died in 1939 one year after I was born and is buried in the church yard of the magnificent Anglican Church which Hamilton Brown built in Brown’s Town (and where, as a child, I learned the catechism, was baptized and confirmed, and served as an acolyte).

    He has done a lot of work on the Jamaican economy.
    “Throughout his career he has had a continuing engagement with work on the economy of Jamaica, his native country. He served there, at various times, as economic consultant to the Government of Jamaica and as economic adviser to successive Prime Ministers,” according to the Stanford bio.
    You can watch an old C-Span video with him speaking here.
    [continues]

  53. Trumps gonna lose!
    The whole house of dung is going to fall on this uninvolved, corrupt, narcissistic grifter.
    What I find interesting is the media’s reaction to the Harris pick.  It appears that they’ve become numb to the fact that a politician can actually make an intelligent and smart decision.  I just hope they play this election Chicago style and bring a gun to a knife fight.  Trump is going to lose his whittle mind.

  54. 100 years from getting the vote to electing a female VP. 
    Watching Reagan on PBS.  Look at all of those folks shaking hands; no masks.  The good, old days (sort of).

  58. Mr Pilar, I believe that Mr 300 has it right :  The whole house of dung is going to fall on this uninvolved, corrupt, narcissistic grifter. 

    reagan asked the challenger’s question : Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago ?  Only people in the top 1/10th of the top 1% can honestly say yes, and 0.1% doesn’t win any elections. 
    168,000 dead Americans. The economy is in the toilet. Race and class brushfire wars are popping up around the country. We’re nearing the position of international pariah.  trump’s campaign calls Biden a molester and Harris a liar, and the whole damn country laughs because it knows trump is a rapist who’s lied to us more than 20,000 times in 3.58 years. 
    I was better off in 2016. 
     

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