Posted on 08/11/2024 3:31:43 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Kamala Harris’s coronation as the Democratic nominee was greeted with applause across the party’s establishment—but not among progressive populists. Harris herself remains a cipher on economic issues. But her donors and senior advisers—Big Tech and Wall Street types galore—led the likes of Matt Stoller, the antitrust activist, and the editors of The American Prospect to sound the alarm, especially in light of Donald Trump’s veep choice, J.D. Vance.
By picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris has gone a long way toward bolstering her left-populist flank and neutralizing Vance’s potential appeal. Walz can’t be framed as a neoliberal Democrat in the Clinton-Obama mold. This makes it all the more urgent for Team Trump to lean away from both online culture-warring and conventional GOP messaging—and lean into a positive, bread-and-butter populism.
Walz’s origin story—a son of deep-rural Nebraska with degrees from Chadron State College and Minnesota State—attests to leading Democrats’ fears that Vance could deepen the class realignment of the two parties. But Walz doesn’t just bring his humble roots. He also has a formidable record of governing as a populist and Midwestern-style social democrat.
Last year, he led his state legislature’s enactment of a sweeping pro-worker law, which Steven Greenhouse, the veteran labor reporter, described as “one of the most pro-worker packages … that any US state has passed in decades.” And rightly so. Among other measures, the law:
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Two commies on a presidential ticket should not be intimidating, the only threat to the GOP is the GOPe/uniparty that has proved itself rather suicidal and useless the last two decades. From dog catcher up to president.
Vance is a FINE GENTLEMAN......WALZ is a WEIRD MARXIST WHO LET HIS MAJOR CITY BURN AND RUINED THOUSANDS OF LIVES!
“I love the smell of burning tires in the morning” is what he brings to the ticket!
But since then the Rats have perfected their vote “messaging” methods...*and* have discovered that there’s not a damn court in the nation that will attempt to stop them.
Didn't Hitler have 'humble' roots?
Well, if not, he had a 'record' of governing to study.
cipher:
a
: zero sense
b
: one that has no weight, worth, or influence : nonentity
Ok...makes sense...
Walz's slobbering at the public trough:
$100,000 US House pension
$ 60,000 Social Security
$ 40,000 annual compounded interest [403(b) - 2 accounts]
$ 40,000 gubernatorial pension
$ 30,000 National Guard retirement pay
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$270,000 total annual tax dollars
And gold-plated Cadillac health care packages.
as Mr. Ed has tried to inform,
the majority of American horses (alive and dead)
are being forced to vote for Walz (despite their fear),
and the odious DOJ will continue to demand that
all horse-votes (alive or dead, again) be counted.
From the article:
“Now is the time to either embrace the PRO ACT or come up with a real reform alternative. To make birth free. To attack Big Tech and Wall Street. To promote regional wage boards in nonunion industries. To push a robust, national family-leave agenda. And much else of the kind.”
Thats bs as hell. Regional wage boards? Forced family leave bills? Welcome to the collective comrade...
The “populist push” should include giving support to the individual/family. Vouchers for education, for example. Safety from criminals preying on anyone they think is vulnerable. “And much else of the kind.”
Trump: Prosperity at home, Peace abroad, a secure border.
Heels Up: Poverty at home, War abroad, Millions pouring over the open border
They're all undeniably true and these are the voters top issues.
Walz is a disgusting POS. “America's Dad” my ass!
He’s a dangerous liberal nut. If there are enough voters who dont give a flip for this country, and want to live like an uneducated fool..
Then this country is toast.
The path to this was too much too easy.. No accountability and no respect.
Whoa! This guy is my governor and I knew he was a lefty. But THIS is full on communism.
The buzz is the hat was a gift......to admire.....not to wear.
All of mine were gifts. Some from operators highly respected in the community.
Walz ran as a pro-gun conservative, in MN2.
The turned hard left when he ran for statewide office.
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