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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on January 21, 2019, 12:44:25 pm
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https://www.npr.org/2019/01/21/677834764/sen-kamala-harris-announces-2020-presidential-candidacy (https://www.npr.org/2019/01/21/677834764/sen-kamala-harris-announces-2020-presidential-candidacy)
California Sen. Kamala Harris is running for president in 2020. The first-term Democratic senator made the announcement on ABC's Good Morning America Monday morning.
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Good. Join the fun. Might be enough where none get more than 2% in the polls. Plus they’ll air out all the dirty laundry.
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A little background critique of her record as a prosecutor here: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,348115.0.html (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,348115.0.html)
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At this point if she can manage to convince enough voters she's not an unprincipled nasty a-hole then she will deserve to win.
If she does, I wonder if that will make Willie Brown the First co-Husband.
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With this many candidates (what is she, the fifth woman so far?), the stars are aligning for a plurality candidate to emerge. That is, one who will appeal to the rabid base.
What this does is raise the stakes for the Republicans. We cannot afford to nominate a loser. Will Trump usher in the worst of identity politics and socialism?
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Will Trump usher in the worst of identity politics and socialism?
Trump has his issues, but I don't think we can necessarily lay the identity politics stain at his feet. I'd give Obama a great deal more credit for that.
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With this many candidates (what is she, the fifth woman so far?), the stars are aligning for a plurality candidate to emerge. That is, one who will appeal to the rabid base.
History has shown, at least on the Republican side, that in huge fields, the most hated candidate usually wins because they hog all the attention and no one can gain traction against them.
McCain, Romney, Trump.
The Democrats have always had a tighter grip on their party and run it more like a machine, but with no clear favorite, and Hillary all but out of the picture, that might not be true this time around.
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"What this does is raise the stakes for the Republicans. We cannot afford to nominate a loser. Will Trump usher in the worst of identity politics and socialism?"
Now Trump is responsible for identity politics? Good grief, its been the 'rats stock in trade for 50 years.
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Shes worthless! Making her the perfect Democrat candidate!
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I can't wait for her to turn her vicious nastiness on her fellow dem/coms. It should be juicy.
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Apparently she “believes women†and not just pathological nut-job Swetnick:
Worst of all, though, is Ms. Harris’s record in wrongful conviction cases. Consider George Gage, an electrician with no criminal record who was charged in 1999 with sexually abusing his stepdaughter, who reported the allegations years later. The case largely hinged on the stepdaughter’s testimony and Mr. Gage was convicted.
Afterward, the judge discovered that the prosecutor had unlawfully held back potentially exculpatory evidence, including medical reports indicating that the stepdaughter had been repeatedly untruthful with law enforcement. Her mother even described her as “a pathological liar†who “lives her lies.â€
In 2015, when the case reached the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, Ms. Harris’s prosecutors defended the conviction. They pointed out that Mr. Gage, while forced to act as his own lawyer, had not properly raised the legal issue in the lower court, as the law required.
The appellate judges acknowledged this impediment and sent the case to mediation, a clear signal for Ms. Harris to dismiss the case. When she refused to budge, the court upheld the conviction on that technicality. Mr. Gage is still in prison serving a 70-year sentence.
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(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/df/61/df/df61df879a2684ef7170b3d99b716169--moose-clowns.jpg)
Recent image of the Democrat party candidates running for President.
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Trump will go where angels fear to tread to expose the weaknesses of these Rat candidates.
Guys like Romney would never go there.
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Guys like Romney would never go there.
Romney is one of them.
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At this point if she can manage to convince enough voters she's not an unprincipled nasty a-hole then she will deserve to win.
If she does, I wonder if that will make Willie Brown the First co-Husband.
With Willie, she learned at the foot, of one of the slickest of the slick (politicians)
However in my opinion, her demeanor in committee hearings has been offputting, to say the least. Badgering, too damn stern, etc.
@massadvj
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"What this does is raise the stakes for the Republicans. We cannot afford to nominate a loser. Will Trump usher in the worst of identity politics and socialism?"
Now Trump is responsible for identity politics? Good grief, its been the 'rats stock in trade for 50 years.
:thumbsup:
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(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/df/61/df/df61df879a2684ef7170b3d99b716169--moose-clowns.jpg)
Recent image of the Democrat party candidates running for President.
That's just unfair to Clowns, they are a generally likable group and not hateful. They are even more attractive than the democrat field.
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If they keep this up the Rats will be known as the Party of the period.
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She has "natural-born citizen" issues, but of course no one cares about that any more...
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She has "natural-born citizen" issues, but of course no one cares about that any more...
I don't think you can fairly say that because I care quite a bit!
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If they can't shut down voter fraud and ballot harvesting it isn't going to matter who the next Dem candidate is.
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She will not be vetted by the lib press. Her past is not prologue to those who promote her..
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I just hope Trump doesn't wait till September 2019 to try and expand his base.
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I can't wait for her to turn her vicious nastiness on her fellow dem/coms. It should be juicy.
I keep imagining Hillary pacing the floors knowing that other women are running; Warren, Harris, Gabbard, and Gillibrand. This has got to be like a knife in her chest. She wanted the presidency so badly and now there's no way she can jump into the arena and expect a snowball's chance. I wonder who she'll support?? :rolling:
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I just hope Trump doesn't wait till September 2019 to try and expand his base.
It's expanding greatly every hour of every day @corbe. The more intransigent the democrats become the faster it expands! #walkaway
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I just hope Trump doesn't wait till September 2019 to try and expand his base.
....hmmm perhaps that is why he waited till the 11th hour to fight for the wall ... hoping to expand his base?
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She has "natural-born citizen" issues, but of course no one cares about that any more...
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She was born on U.S. soil to two parents who were not naturalized... -- same as Marco Rubio.
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She was born on U.S. soil to two parents who were not naturalized... -- same as Marco Rubio.
And as long as her mother was here lawfully under the immigration statutes (and thus "subject to its jurisdiction")... the debate is over.
There are plenty of reasons to oppose Kamala Harris's candidacy. A fake definition of "natural born citizen" contrived to disqualify anyone who isn't white is not one of them.
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And as long as her mother was here lawfully under the immigration statutes (and thus "subject to its jurisdiction")... the debate is over.
There are plenty of reasons to oppose Kamala Harris's candidacy. A fake definition of "natural born citizen" contrived to disqualify anyone who isn't white is not one of them.
Agreed. It will be interesting to see what her DEM opposition comes up with.
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And as long as her mother was here lawfully under the immigration statutes (and thus "subject to its jurisdiction")... the debate is over.
There are plenty of reasons to oppose Kamala Harris's candidacy. A fake definition of "natural born citizen" contrived to disqualify anyone who isn't white is not one of them.
Maybe for YOU the debate is over but the subject is too important for me to drop it and I have no intention to do so!
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Maybe for YOU the debate is over but the subject is too important for me to drop it and I have no intention to do so!
Then by all means, keep ranting about your fake definitions. It has as much of a chance being taken seriously as the FairTax.
Oh, wait. You also believe in that too.
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Then by all means, keep ranting about your fake definitions. It has as much of a chance being taken seriously as the FairTax.
Oh, wait. You also believe in that too.
Thank you @jmyrlefuller for granting permission that I do not need or want!
And you are damned right I believe in the Constitution as the founders intended it to be as opposed to what political sophist like yourself have tried to make it!
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Thank you @jmyrlefuller for granting permission that I do not need or want!
And you are damned right I believe in the Constitution as the founders intended it to be as opposed to what political sophist like yourself have tried to make it!
Count me in!!! :patriot: :patriot:
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Thank you @jmyrlefuller for granting permission that I do not need or want!
And you are damned right I believe in the Constitution as the founders intended it to be as opposed to what political sophist like yourself have tried to make it!
I have proven to you over and over again that what you claim is simply not true. I have pointed out at least two examples of people explicitly considered natural born citizens that do not fit the narrow, foolish definition being peddled by birthers.
P.S. If you think taxing every consumer item in sight is what "the founders intended," you need to relearn the Boston Tea Party.
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I have proven to you over and over again that what you claim is simply not true. I have pointed out at least two examples of people explicitly considered natural born citizens that do not fit the narrow, foolish definition being peddled by birthers.
P.S. If you think taxing every consumer item in sight is what "the founders intended," you need to relearn the Boston Tea Party.
Sorry dude! But the only thing you have proven to me is that you don't have a clue about much if anything. The indoctrination you were subjected to took 100%. Bye now.
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(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/df/61/df/df61df879a2684ef7170b3d99b716169--moose-clowns.jpg)
Recent image of the Democrat party candidates running for President.
lol. THAT....is them! ^ 5. 888high58888
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HR Clinton is delighted, and she is running. Count on it. The more folks announce they are running, the better she will do, and the quicker she reaches the nomination. She has a solid 35-40% of the Dems as her base. The rest will largely end up with single digit outcomes. If enough stay in the race until she has chocked up sufficient wins, she walks away with this race for the nomination.
But that is as far as she goes. She loses in the general election, unless the economy goes to sh*t, or if another Republican like Kasich or Flake run as a 3rd candidate. That could throw a monkey wrench into the equation, and repeat the defeat of Bush in 92 with Perot in the mix.
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HR Clinton is delighted, and she is running. Count on it. The more folks announce they are running, the better she will do, and the quicker she reaches the nomination. She has a solid 35-40% of the Dems as her base. The rest will largely end up with single digit outcomes. If enough stay in the race until she has chocked up sufficient wins, she walks away with this race for the nomination.
But that is as far as she goes. She loses in the general election, unless the economy goes to sh*t, or if another Republican like Kasich or Flake run as a 3rd candidate. That could throw a monkey wrench into the equation, and repeat the defeat of Bush in 92 with Perot in the mix.
I'm not quite so sure. Clinton has run for president twice and lost. It was obvious last time she ran that her health was an issue and Trump outpaced her last campaign. Secondly as evidenced by her recent speaking/book tour, she has lost popularity. The other issue is her age; she's competing against those with much more appeal to the millennial. Her political career is over; one HUGE accomplishment by President Trump.
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neontaster @neontaster
15m15 minutes ago
If any more people announce their candidacy for president, the democratic primary debate stages will have to be arranged in tiers like a telethon phone bank.
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neontaster @neontaster
15m15 minutes ago
If any more people announce their candidacy for president, the democratic primary debate stages will have to be arranged in tiers like a telethon phone bank.
I expect more to jump into the arena, but the DEM playing field is really no different than the 17 GOP that ran in 2016.
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Might even end up with a few of their core constituents from Antifa and BLM on the debate stage too the way they're going.
If they'll let Harris run, the Sky's the Limit.
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Personally, I hope they all kill each other off in the primary and I don't give one hoot in hell who the last one standing is!
That entire party needs to be utterly destroyed!
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Personally, I hope they all kill each other off in the primary and I don't give one hoot in hell who the last one standing is!
That entire party needs to be utterly destroyed!
:amen:
My point from the git go.
We will never Really clean up our own Party with those clowns across the aisle enabling and encouraging our own Fellow Travelers.
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RISING STAR
Please pay attention to this people.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/.../kamala-harris-democrats-jeff-sessions (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/.../kamala-harris-democrats-jeff-sessions)
2020 vision? Kamala Harris oversight role gives Democrats a new rising star
The California senator’s competence and composure in the face of Republican criticism has stirred feelings that she could be a contender in three years’ time
Kamala Harris Still Relatively Unknown Despite Her Rising Star Status
https://asamnews.com/2015/06/28/kamala-harris-still-relatively-unknown-despite-her-rising-star-status/ (https://asamnews.com/2015/06/28/kamala-harris-still-relatively-unknown-despite-her-rising-star-status/)
Jun 28, 2015 -
Now Harris is a contender.
Now this:
Rising Star - Washington Post
Sunday, October 22, 2006.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901175_pf.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901175_pf.html)
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/us/politics/09obama.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/us/politics/09obama.html)
Mar 9, 2008 -
Obama in Senate: Star Power, Minor Role - The New York Times
He had been anointed his party’s rising star after delivering a soaring speech at the Democratic National Convention the previous July.
Obama sets crowds alight – The Denver Post
https://www.denverpost.com/2006/10/24/obama-sets-crowds-alight/ (https://www.denverpost.com/2006/10/24/obama-sets-crowds-alight/)
PUBLISHED: October 24, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Barack Obama, the 45-year- old rising star of Democratic politics
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama by David J. Garrow
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama is a 2017 biography of former President of the United States Barack Obama by American author and academic David Garrow.
When I first read that Harris was a "rising star" I got the same sick feeling I had when I read it about obama. Maybe it is nothing. Only my own paranoia. I have plenty of that. And I know other people are described as rising stars, but with this. I simply don't trust them. Orchestrated. FORCED.
I am just asking you all to pay attention. IMO, she has the same handlers and big money obama did.
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I hope I didn't angriate you all by mentioning this.
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@bigheadfred
Thanks Fred.
Harris is a Disaster of Epic Proportions.
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@bigheadfred
Brainwashing works! That's why they do it!
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The rats hope to duplicate their success with Obama by getting another 'first' elected president - this time the first black female. Don't think it'll work this time. For one, Harris is damned unlikeable.
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@bigheadfred
Thanks Fred.
Harris is a Disaster of Epic Proportions.
Which makes this two-fer the likely nominee.
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What little remains of this once great republic is now hanging on the ragged edge of the abyss!
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When I first read that Harris was a "rising star" I got the same sick feeling I had when I read it about obama. Maybe it is nothing. Only my own paranoia. I have plenty of that. And I know other people are described as rising stars, but with this. I simply don't trust them. Orchestrated. FORCED.
I am just asking you all to pay attention. IMO, she has the same handlers and big money obama did.
Good catch. You're absolutely right.
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The ‘knock’ on Harris, as far as progressives feel, was her previous defense of the death penalty as California AG, despite being against it personally, along with conduct scandals among her staff. However, we’ve seen how the left will ignore duplicity, if it means winning. Clinton signed a crime bill and welfare reform, before the 1996 election. Clinton’s history of sexual misconduct was ignored by women’s rights groups. Obama professed a belief in same sex marriage, before he supposedly ‘evolved’ on the issue. Harris can bring the minority voters back that stayed home for Hillary, last time. That puts PA, MI, WI, and NC in play. I think Trump can still hold FL and OH, but the midterm makes me wonder if AZ can be flipped, after Sinema was elected.
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The rats hope to duplicate their success with Obama by getting another 'first' elected president - this time the first black female. Don't think it'll work this time. For one, Harris is damned unlikeable.
For you and me.
However, we’ve seen how the left will ignore duplicity, if it means winning.
@edpc
Given the Left's increasing rabidity, Harris, IMO, may be exactly what they want. Which includes her faults.
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The ‘knock’ on Harris, as far as progressives feel, was her previous defense of the death penalty as California AG, despite being against it personally, along with conduct scandals among her staff. However, we’ve seen how the left will ignore duplicity, if it means winning. Clinton signed a crime bill and welfare reform, before the 1996 election. Clinton’s history of sexual misconduct was ignored by women’s rights groups. Obama professed a belief in same sex marriage, before he supposedly ‘evolved’ on the issue. Harris can bring the minority voters back that stayed home for Hillary, last time. That puts PA, MI, WI, and NC in play. I think Trump can still hold FL and OH, but the midterm makes me wonder if AZ can be flipped, after Sinema was elected.
Sinema was a special case. She had a toe-hold in Phoenix, which Dems rarely do when running for the Senate. That said, AZ has become a lot less red because of the imports, both legal and illegal.
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For you and me.
@edpc
Given the Left's increasing rabidity, Harris, IMO, may be exactly what they want. Which includes her faults.
Especially her faults.
Call her on Any of them and they'll respond with accusations of racism and sexism.
And with Her, the pile of them she's got means they have a Much bigger Menu of them for her to Get called on.
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RISING STAR
Please pay attention to this people.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/.../kamala-harris-democrats-jeff-sessions (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/.../kamala-harris-democrats-jeff-sessions)
2020 vision? Kamala Harris oversight role gives Democrats a new rising star
Kamala Harris Still Relatively Unknown Despite Her Rising Star Status
https://asamnews.com/2015/06/28/kamala-harris-still-relatively-unknown-despite-her-rising-star-status/ (https://asamnews.com/2015/06/28/kamala-harris-still-relatively-unknown-despite-her-rising-star-status/)
Jun 28, 2015 -
Now Harris is a contender.
Now this:
Rising Star - Washington Post
Sunday, October 22, 2006.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901175_pf.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901175_pf.html)
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/us/politics/09obama.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/us/politics/09obama.html)
Mar 9, 2008 -
Obama in Senate: Star Power, Minor Role - The New York Times
Obama sets crowds alight – The Denver Post
https://www.denverpost.com/2006/10/24/obama-sets-crowds-alight/ (https://www.denverpost.com/2006/10/24/obama-sets-crowds-alight/)
PUBLISHED: October 24, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama by David J. Garrow
When I first read that Harris was a "rising star" I got the same sick feeling I had when I read it about obama. Maybe it is nothing. Only my own paranoia. I have plenty of that. And I know other people are described as rising stars, but with this. I simply don't trust them. Orchestrated. FORCED.
I am just asking you all to pay attention. IMO, she has the same handlers and big money obama did.
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@The Ghost
@thackney
@mystery-ak
@Amb. Frank Cannon
@Sanguine
@edpc
@LegalAmerican
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I hope I didn't angriate you all by mentioning this.
I wonder who her new Willie Brown is going to be that she can use to ensure she gets the nomination?
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I wonder who her new Willie Brown is going to be that she can use to ensure she gets the nomination?
Good question.
Background check. Hot off the press.
The San Francisco ghosts in Kamala Harris' past - Washington Examiner
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=26&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwis1M-hu4TgAhUi7YMKHdpQAesQFjAZegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fopinion%2Fthe-san-francisco-ghosts-in-kamala-harris-past&usg=AOvVaw3283xTOIzZgtc9vW0auYsi (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=26&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwis1M-hu4TgAhUi7YMKHdpQAesQFjAZegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fopinion%2Fthe-san-francisco-ghosts-in-kamala-harris-past&usg=AOvVaw3283xTOIzZgtc9vW0auYsi)
Few outside of California know or care who Willie Brown is. But that may be about to change
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Now, we're far beyond the point that a personal past like that disqualifies a candidate.
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I wonder who her new Willie Brown is going to be that she can use to ensure she gets the nomination?
According to this morning's WSJ editorial:
Her book jacket summarizes her rise: 'She progressed rapidly to become the elected District Attorney for San Francisco, and then the chief law enforcement officer' of California. The longer version is that she dated Willie Brown, the longtime state Assembly Speaker who was three decades her senior. Mr. Brown appointed her to government sinecure and connected her to Democratic donors, though he isn't mentioned in the book.
Comment would be superfluous.
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@Jazzhead
Comment would be superfluous.
Perhaps for now. (I should have included you in the ping)
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RISING STAR
Please pay attention to this people.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/.../kamala-harris-democrats-jeff-sessions (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/.../kamala-harris-democrats-jeff-sessions)
When I first read that Harris was a "rising star" I got the same sick feeling I had when I read it about obama. Maybe it is nothing. Only my own paranoia. I have plenty of that. And I know other people are described as rising stars, but with this. I simply don't trust them. Orchestrated. FORCED.
I am just asking you all to pay attention. IMO, she has the same handlers and big money obama did.
@libertybele
I hope I didn't angriate you all by mentioning this.
Not at all. People do need to pay attention. I was very troubled that very few people paid any attention to Bammy's voting record while he was a senator or his past. Agreed, there are some similarities between the two.
One thing is for certain, the DEMS will absolutely do everything in their power to destroy any chance of Trump winning re-election and if the GOP/RNC should have learned anything from the mid terms is that they need to get their ducks in a row to try to ensure that the DEM corruption and voter fraud is in check.
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@Jazzhead
@bigheadfred
Touchpads should be burned at the stake and never on another computer. I wanted to write you about this and my fancy HP computer lost my instruction to keep the touch pad turned off. Sometimes this happens and it takes punching a bunch of stuff to get it turned off again. I had to stop writing this as the touchpad had the pointer running all over the page and turned this and that on and off. Finally, I can write with the freaking touchpad off.
You are correct to be concerned about Harris. I saw her/heard her speak/looked up her background. If Democrats want to win, they should choose her. It is clear she is smart, has come up through the ranks. It was easy to listen to her and she explained her points clearly. I say she is able to talk better than other Democrats in debates. Being voted into office by Californians before, she will get the large number of delegates from California.
She will be the one to beat Trump in debates as her speaking is firm and factual. Trump will give her a nasty name as he does all people except himself - I don't think it will hurt this woman's supporters.
Perhaps the Dems will choose someone else with less smarts/experience/speaking capability.
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With Willie, she learned at the foot, of one of the slickest of the slick (politicians)
However in my opinion, her demeanor in committee hearings has been offputting, to say the least. Badgering, too damn stern, etc.
@massadvj
I did not know she had any history with Willie Brown. If so, I never ran into her. I left Willie in 1983, and she was still in college at that time. I
f she did work for Willie Brown, and the experience did not turn her into a classical liberal, then she must be corrupt.
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When I first read that Harris was a "rising star" I got the same sick feeling I had when I read it about obama. Maybe it is nothing. Only my own paranoia. I have plenty of that. And I know other people are described as rising stars, but with this. I simply don't trust them. Orchestrated. FORCED.
I am just asking you all to pay attention. IMO, she has the same handlers and big money obama did.
Thanks, @bigheadfred .
The parallel with Barry Soetoro is scary. I remember that most, if not all of us, thought he didn't have a snowball's chance in Hades to get elected because he had NO qualifications, and yet, look what happened.
We should, indeed pay attention to this radical "rising star."
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@bigheadfred
Touchpads should be burned at the stake and never on another computer. I wanted to write you about this and my fancy HP computer lost my instruction to keep the touch pad turned off. Sometimes this happens and it takes punching a bunch of stuff to get it turned off again. I had to stop writing this as the touchpad had the pointer running all over the page and turned this and that on and off. Finally, I can write with the freaking touchpad off.
You are correct to be concerned about Harris. I saw her/heard her speak/looked up her background. If Democrats want to win, they should choose her. It is clear she is smart, has come up through the ranks. It was easy to listen to her and she explained her points clearly. I say she is able to talk better than other Democrats in debates. Being voted into office by Californians before, she will get the large number of delegates from California.
She will be the one to beat Trump in debates as her speaking is firm and factual. Trump will give her a nasty name as he does all people except himself - I don't think it will hurt this woman's supporters.
Perhaps the Dems will choose someone else with less smarts/experience/speaking capability.
The question will be with the "swing" states.
FWIW, I have never used the touchpad on this laptop. I bought a wireless mouse to go along with it.
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I thought Nacho Senator from TX was the rising star? Rats love shiny new objects because their attention span is so short and they are easily distracted.
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I did not know she had any history with Willie Brown. If so, I never ran into her. I left Willie in 1983, and she was still in college at that time. I
f she did work for Willie Brown, and the experience did not turn her into a classical liberal, then she must be corrupt.
@massadvj
A nubile Harris, after all, slept her way to the middle of California politics after she had an affair with a pol thirty-some years her senior, Willie Brown. An open crook with a Cosbyesque marriage to a long-suffering wife, Brown had no problem arranging lucrative state jobs for Harris after they trysted. The legendary San Francisco columnist Herb Caen called Kamala Harris Brown’s “steady.â€
These days Harris furrows her brows over Trump’s “public corruption.†But Willie Brown, to paraphrase Oscar Levant, knew her before she was a virgin. She got at least two public jobs after serving as his mistress, according to the California press. It is safe to say that MSNBC-style fretting over “emoluments†didn’t figure into their pillow talk.
https://spectator.org/run-kamala-run/
IIRC once she got to AG of California she dumped Brown as he was no longer useful to her.
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The Making of Kamala Harris
Willie Brown’s protégé is remaking herself as a progressive populist
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-making-of-kamala-harris-11548202145?fbclid=IwAR3CQ_8Yh-wlWIi9_xpmdi5dkj_3uPQ9cb96rEr8yprDO66aFnLoZMNm9-8 (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-making-of-kamala-harris-11548202145?fbclid=IwAR3CQ_8Yh-wlWIi9_xpmdi5dkj_3uPQ9cb96rEr8yprDO66aFnLoZMNm9-8)
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Watch for the "good cop" Harris vs the "bad cop" Ocasio "the mouth" Cortez play out.
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The question will be with the "swing" states.
FWIW, I have never used the touchpad on this laptop. I bought a wireless mouse to go along with it.
@bigheadfred
I have a wireless mouse with all my computers - never use the touchpad. The touchpad on this HP one is the pits to keep it off even though I have the mouse downloaded into computer. It has been a while since this happened but today there is the touchpad running again.
Anyway, I think you are right about Harris.
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The Making of Kamala Harris
Willie Brown’s protégé is remaking herself as a progressive populist
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-making-of-kamala-harris-11548202145?fbclid=IwAR3CQ_8Yh-wlWIi9_xpmdi5dkj_3uPQ9cb96rEr8yprDO66aFnLoZMNm9-8 (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-making-of-kamala-harris-11548202145?fbclid=IwAR3CQ_8Yh-wlWIi9_xpmdi5dkj_3uPQ9cb96rEr8yprDO66aFnLoZMNm9-8)
Can't/won't get passed the subscription wall, except for the first quote.
"I love my country and this is a moment in time where I feel a sense of responsibility to fight for who we are"
uh huh
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Can't/won't get passed the subscription wall, except for the first quote.
"I love my country and this is a moment in time where I feel a sense of responsibility to fight for who we are"
uh huh
@bigheadfred
It's a story about an ambitious Communist woman who sleeps with a married man 30 years her senior in order to get a solid leg up on a political career.
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@bigheadfred
It's a story about an ambitious Communist woman who sleeps with a married man 30 years her senior in order to get a solid leg up on a political career.
Never heard of such a thing. But thanks for the warning. happy77
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@bigheadfred
It's a story about an ambitious Communist woman who sleeps with a married man 30 years her senior in order to get a solid leg up on a political career.
In 1990, California voters approved Proposition 140 — which imposed term limits on members of the California assembly and senate. It was ostensibly to return to a citizen legislature closer the people, but in reality, voters outside his San Francisco district wanted Assembly Speaker Willie Brown out, and this was the only way to do it.
Twenty eight years later, California still has term limits, but Willie Brown’s political machine has never been more powerful. This is Willie Brown’s world — you just live here.
While it’s true that Brown is no longer in elected office and is currently 84 years of age, his proteges have their hands firmly on the levers of power, both nationally and in California.
Let’s look at four of his top apprentices: the ex-girlfriend, the right hand, the baby sitter and the sommelier.
The “ex-girlfriend†is California Senator Kamala Harris.
According to the San Francisco Weekly, Harris and Brown met in 1994 when he was speaker of the state Assembly. He was 60, she was 29.
Prior to her running for office, Brown appointed Harris to two patronage positions in state government, the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the California Medical Assistance Commission. These positions paid handsomely, more than $400,000 over five years.
At one point Brown and Harris were the talk of the town.
Right before Brown was sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco, legendary San Francisco columnist Herb Caen implied that the self described “Ayatollah of the Assembly†and “a girlfriend†would soon get married. In his book, “Basic Brown,†Brown quoted his wife Blanche as responding to the column by saying, “Listen, she may have him at the moment, but come inauguration day and he’s up there on the platform being sworn in, I’ll be the b***h holding the Bible.â€
The couple broke up, but the friendship and political alliance remained.
In 2003, Harris decided to run for district attorney of the city and county of San Francisco. Brown assisted this campaign by raising money on her behalf and introducing her to deep-pocketed donors.
Brown also supported Harris when she successfully ran for attorney general of California and the U.S. Senate in 2016.
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In 1990, California voters approved Proposition 140 — which imposed term limits on members of the California assembly and senate. It was ostensibly to return to a citizen legislature closer the people, but in reality, voters outside his San Francisco district wanted Assembly Speaker Willie Brown out, and this was the only way to do it.
Twenty eight years later, California still has term limits, but Willie Brown’s political machine has never been more powerful. This is Willie Brown’s world — you just live here.
While it’s true that Brown is no longer in elected office and is currently 84 years of age, his proteges have their hands firmly on the levers of power, both nationally and in California.
Let’s look at four of his top apprentices: the ex-girlfriend, the right hand, the baby sitter and the sommelier.
The “ex-girlfriend†is California Senator Kamala Harris.
According to the San Francisco Weekly, Harris and Brown met in 1994 when he was speaker of the state Assembly. He was 60, she was 29.
Prior to her running for office, Brown appointed Harris to two patronage positions in state government, the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the California Medical Assistance Commission. These positions paid handsomely, more than $400,000 over five years.
At one point Brown and Harris were the talk of the town.
Right before Brown was sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco, legendary San Francisco columnist Herb Caen implied that the self described “Ayatollah of the Assembly†and “a girlfriend†would soon get married. In his book, “Basic Brown,†Brown quoted his wife Blanche as responding to the column by saying, “Listen, she may have him at the moment, but come inauguration day and he’s up there on the platform being sworn in, I’ll be the b***h holding the Bible.â€
The couple broke up, but the friendship and political alliance remained.
In 2003, Harris decided to run for district attorney of the city and county of San Francisco. Brown assisted this campaign by raising money on her behalf and introducing her to deep-pocketed donors.
Brown also supported Harris when she successfully ran for attorney general of California and the U.S. Senate in 2016.
@The Ghost
Yeah! That about covers it. Except for the part about her being the spawn of a "progressive" (AKA Communist) professor of Economics at Stanford.
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TRANSLATION: "Her daddy was a Marxist prof."
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TRANSLATION: "Her daddy was a Marxist prof."
Making her an even more viable Dem candidate.
@Bigun
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Making her an even more viable Dem candidate.
@Bigun
OH yeah! There is no doubt!
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The ‘knock’ on Harris, as far as progressives feel, was her previous defense of the death penalty as California AG, despite being against it personally, along with conduct scandals among her staff. However, we’ve seen how the left will ignore duplicity, if it means winning. Clinton signed a crime bill and welfare reform, before the 1996 election. Clinton’s history of sexual misconduct was ignored by women’s rights groups. Obama professed a belief in same sex marriage, before he supposedly ‘evolved’ on the issue. Harris can bring the minority voters back that stayed home for Hillary, last time. That puts PA, MI, WI, and NC in play. I think Trump can still hold FL and OH, but the midterm makes me wonder if AZ can be flipped, after Sinema was elected.
@edpc
I agree. She will have a lock on the black vote,the Whymen vote,and the white guilt vote. When you add the dead vote,the imaginary people vote,and the foreign/illegal alien vote,she just might have the Dim vote locked up. She even speaks English,so that will help her with the kneejerk white vote.
It's tough to beat a candidate that pulls in 115 percent of the registered voters.
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From True Pundit (https://truepundit.com/kamala-harris-enlists-ex-hillary-clinton-team-members-for-2020-campaign/):
Kamala Harris enlists ex-Hillary Clinton team members for 2020 campaign
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is bringing on several top officials from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign to assist in her run for the White House.
One of the most notable former Clinton staffers joining Harris’ campaign is lawyer Marc Elias, who will serve as the campaign’s general counsel. Recently Elias, who is chairman of Perkins Coie’s Political Law Group and has had high-profile clients like the Democratic National Committee, took part in the Florida Senate recount effort.
Among Harris’ other pick-ups are Lily Adams, who was Clinton’s Iowa communications director, and will now take a step up and work as Harris’ national communications director.
The man behind Clinton’s delegate and ballot access operations, David Huynh, will serve as Harris’ senior campaign adviser. On the finance side, Angelique Cannon will be national finance director after helping Clinton in a deputy role in 2016. ...
From James Woods:James Woods Verified account @RealJamesWoods
Because that worked out so well... #HorizontalHarris @Thomas1774Paine
Kamala Harris enlists ex-Hillary Clinton team members for 2020 campaign http://ow.ly/lQfz30nqXtV (http://ow.ly/lQfz30nqXtV)
4:51 AM - 25 Jan 2019
:laugh:
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"Horizontal Harris" :rolling: Oh that is gonna leave a mark!
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"Horizontal Harris" :rolling: Oh that is gonna leave a mark!
Sounds kinda screwy to me.
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"Horizontal Harris" :rolling: Oh that is gonna leave a mark!
For politicians like Willie Brown getting jobs for the young chickies they sleep with, I like the term "Poontronage".
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For politicians like Willie Brown getting jobs for the young chickies they sleep with, I like the term "Poontranage".
:silly:
And that's one of the more polite words for it. Knowing she bopped with Brown won't damage a Rat in the least.
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‘Ruthless’: How Kamala Harris Won Her First Race
An ambitious young prosecutor. A mayor with a machine. And a political crucible for a future presidential candidate.
By DAVID SIDERS
January 24, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO—Before a campaign forum that would help to define her nascent political career, Kamala Harris, then a 38-year-old prosecutor, was bracing for questions about an uncomfortable topic: her relationship with the mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown.
Harris’ consultant, Jim Stearns, had warned his candidate that her opponents would dredge up her ties to Brown, and the moment arrived at a church in the city’s gentrifying Noe Valley neighborhood. The race for San Francisco district attorney was still in its infancy, and Harris, who had never before run for public office, was polling in single digits. But she had an uncommon touch for fundraising and a biography that appealed to women and nonwhite voters. Her opponents took her seriously, but they also saw a weakness that could hobble her political ambitions.
In the mid-1990s, Harris had dated Brown, who was investigated by the FBI when he was speaker of the California Assembly and as mayor was dogged by conflict of interest, and she had benefited from his political patronage. As the speaker of the state Assembly, Brown had named Harris to well-paid posts on the California Medical Assistance Commission and Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. As mayor of San Francisco in 2003, Brown was supportive of her district attorney campaign although they were no longer dating. Critics—including her opponents—were bemoaning cronyism at City Hall.
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https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/24/kamala-harris-2020-history-224126 (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/24/kamala-harris-2020-history-224126)
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"Horizontal Harris" :rolling: Oh that is gonna leave a mark!
I assume that is intended to "tie into" #willie's willie?
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I assume that is intended to "tie into" #willie's willie?
It's a shame the professional tryst won't hurt a Rat in the slightest.
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It's a shame the professional tryst won't hurt a Rat in the slightest.
I think it's actually a requirement to advance in Liberal political circles.
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I think it's actually a requirement to advance in Liberal political circles.
Part of their resume and lends credibility in the eyes of their constituents.
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Part of their resume and lends credibility in the eyes of their constituents.
It pays to remember who Monica Lewinski's father was pissed at when that story broke.
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And I blame all the virtuous people, N.T.'S who won't support My president and make us a TURD WORLD COUNTRY.
All on you.
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NOGALES, Ariz. -- Ranchers on the border like Jim Chilton own thousands of acres of land – and they are increasingly concerned about the situation right in their backyard.
Their stories are being heard in Washington as a GOP House delegation made a visit to the Arizona-Mexico border this week. The officials met with Border Patrol agents and visited ranchers like Chilton, and his wife, Sue.
Jim and Sue Chilton have had deer cameras at their border ranch for five years. Sue Chilton said in the past five years, she has not seen women and children crossing the border —it’s been mostly men.
“Our route through us is a drug and human smuggling route...as the cartel is squeezed at the points of entry, they will send more and more of their traffic between the points of entry because that is currently the weak link…no apprehension, no surveillance,†Sue said.
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Some who live along the border say this is why a wall is needed – they see first-hand the issue paralyzing Washington right now.
“What's the cost of not securing the border? Billions. Think of the drugs coming into this country, the poison,†Chilton said.
Republican members of Congress toured the border this week and met with Border Patrol agents. They were shown parts of the border that had barbed wire or just a rope holding fences together. Suddenly, the wall ends and it's just vast, open land.
Border agent Art Del Cueto said 40 percent of the illegal drugs smuggled into the U.S. came through this part of the border.
TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON BORDER WALL, AS POLLS SHOW VOTERS TURNING AGAINST HIS SHUTDOWN STRATEGY
“It’s not a problem that affects just the border,†Del Cueto said. “It's not a problem that affects just the congressional leaders within border states because the drugs that are coming through here are going into the United States further into the country. And it’s a big deal.â€
He said smugglers and drug dealers simply go around barriers.
Del Cueto said the term border wall has become an explosive issue. But to him, it’s exactly what’s needed.
“I think the issue that a lot of people have is they hear the word wall and they stay focused on brick and mortar—we need something because I can tell you right now this ain't cutting it,†Del Cueto said. “So, this is basically what you have dividing us here.â€
U.S. Customs agent Patricia Cramer, who also serves as president of the Arizona chapter of the port of entry employee union, said there are “so many†migrants coming in—that the agency doesn’t have the space and staffing to process them all, which leads to people violating and abusing the immigration system.
“There has to be a stop to it,†Cramer said. “I hope that Congress works with the president.â€
But Nogales Police Chief Roy Bermudez said while a wall at the border would delay – but not stop – migrants from crossing, the focus of the immigration talks should be adding more agents and buying better technology.
Bermudez said in the 34 years he’s been in the city, he’s seen different types of walls and fences that have eventually been damaged.
'WE NEED THAT WALL': TEXAS RANCHER WILLING TO GIVE UP SOME OF HIS LAND FOR BORDER BARRIER
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@LegalAmerican
Can it. The day Trump proved his most vocal opponents correct is not a good day to trash them for being correct.
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And I blame all the virtuous people, N.T.'S who won't support My president and make us a TURD WORLD COUNTRY
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