Posted on 01/11/2019 8:19:21 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Why would you want to be president?
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has not yet announced a bid for the White House, but on Friday the California senator faced a line of inquiry from MSNBC host Joe Scarborough that he credits with dooming the presidential campaign of former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Speaking on "Morning Joe," Harris was asked by the co-host why she wants to be president the same question that some historians point to as the end of Kennedy's ill-fated 1980 campaign for the White House.
"I want to ask you the Roger Mudd question that he asked to Ted Kennedy, that Ted Kennedy couldn't answer and really doomed his presidency from day one," Scarborough began. "And that is: Why would you want to be president?"
Harris responded by saying the country is looking for vision and leadership.
"Because I believe our country wants and needs leadership that provides a vision of the future of our country in which everyone can see themselves," Harris told Scarborough.
"So let's start from that, and then think about what we need to do to speak to all of the people of our country, to ensure that we see them, to understand we don't need to accept false choices in terms of how we approach public policy," she added. "I'm a career prosecutor. I've spent my entire life, almost, focused on public safety."
"We can do that and also focus on issues like what we need to do to build a healthy economy," Harris said.
A local California radio station reported this week that the senator is planning to announce whether she will enter the presidential primary race on or around Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Harris told CNN's Jake Tapper this week that a decision on a run was coming "soon."
"We have to give the American people more credit, and we have to understand that the American public and the people of our country are smart people who will make decisions about who will be their leader based on who they believe is capable, who they believe has an honest desire to lead, to represent, to see them, to be a voice for them even if they have no power," Harris told CNN this week.
If she declares, Harris would emerge as a possible front-runner in the Democratic primary alongside Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D), who announced her own exploratory committee for president earlier in January.
The Democratic primary field is expected to be the most crowded in the party's history, with a few dozen hopefuls rumored to be considering a run.
She thinks she should be President to look like America. Apparently America looks female and black only.
arg...He prefaced the question. He should have just asked it.
Good luck fighting that battle.
When Harris talks about her vision of our democracy where everyone has a seat at the table what she really means is that the special interest groups that donate to her self enrichment are at the top of her pyramid. The West Hollywood crowd, Deep State Intel cabal, the holdout Clinton Obama crowd at DOJ. Leftist harpie, angry woman of color with an axe to grind for 4-8 years. She walks away with a few hundred million at the end of it all.
My vision of the future is that Kamala Harris is never President and President Trump has another turn and then President Pompeo takes over for 8 years.
And shes so focused on public safety, eh? Just not quite focused enough to attend that murdered cops funeral! /s
You should see the Screaming Lefties over on Twitter hatin' on the Tulsi.
Gee, just like all the debates Trump had to go through. They gave Hillary all the questions way in advance, plus an ear piece, and a magically wired podium with an IPAD in it.
She said...We can do that and also focus on issues like what we need to do to build a healthy economy,” Harris said.....
What does a “career prosecutor “ know about running a business? Nothing.
Trump is the best thing for the country. She cannot see that because of her blind leftist hate for Trump and America. She’s a angry nasty racist slut that sleeps her way up the food chain.
Just remember what she did to Kavanaugh. Tv ads should be made of her nasty self.
You betcha we will, Kamel Hair, and it sure as hell won't be you.
The answer is easy on countering Harris. Remind the American people of her part in the Kavanaugh hearing. Run video of her comments, her facial expressions (very important) and her hateful attitude against men in general. And continually ask her questions about the Kavanaugh hearing. Remind her often about how she feels about men like Justice Kavanaugh and of the fact that Kavanaugh was appointed in spite of her efforts.
She’s mean. Put that on display. Also continually remind America that she’s a prosecutor.
.......She is constitutionally ineligible to hold the office of president or vice president. She is not a natural citizen of the United States.....
Don’t matter. Precedent was set with the 0panzy.
If we were more forward thinking during Trumps first year we could have passed a bill that precisely defined the natural born citizen clause. Too late now.
Sounds like a ‘’vision for the future’’. I think that’s going to be my new saying now. “I think my vision for the future is... a steak dinner’’.
Interesting choice of words, don't you think?
Democrat women were defeated in their elections because of the feminist ugliness of Democrat opposition against Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
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Harris will be in federal prison before election time.
Few weeks ago, Sunday nights on Fox, the had a series about Teddy. They played that interview. Kennedy really muffed it.
The damn ‘lion’ or lying Ted got away with murder yet was incapable of answering a simple question. Piss on his grave.
None of them were naturalized. On my two grandfathers WW I draft cards, there are three categories for citizenship: Natural born, Naturalized, or Alien.
Both grandfathers checked natural born.
If they were not that, what were they? Are you saying there is a fourth category?
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Very interesting point. I will ask my brother about our grandfathers cards. Hes doing the family research stuff.
Well said. Gave me a chuckle. I’m going to post that on my office wall. Good for politics and good for business.
Damn, did Hillary really say that? Thank God she lost. Now, if she would just go away.
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