Posted on 08/07/2024 6:04:53 AM PDT by MtnClimber
There’s a reason nobody expected far-left Kamala Harris to pick a far-left governor from a deep blue state as her running mate. It’s never worked.
In the wake of Jimmy Carter’s crushing defeat in 1980 and repeated Democratic losses thereafter, the party decided that to win presidential elections they had to at least appear as moderates.
Bill Clinton won by labeling himself a “new Democrat” and picked Al Gore, then a fellow moderate Southerner. Gore in turn tapped Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Barack Obama tried to position himself to the right of John McCain and ran with Scranton Joe Biden. Hillary Clinton picked Virginia moderate Sen. Tim Kaine to balance the ideological scales. Biden ran as a sensible centrist with a talent for working both sides of the aisle (and picked Harris more as an insurance policy against impeachment than anything else).
Which is why pundits across the board expected Harris – in what amounts to the first important decision she has made as presidential candidate — to pick a more mainstream governor with cross-party appeal from a swing state like Arizona or Pennsylvania.
But the radicalized, hopeless woke Democratic party couldn’t bring itself to OK anyone like that. So instead, Harris decided to “balance” the ticket with another leftist.
As Axios reported today: “Many Republicans expressed surprise and relief at the choice of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, readying renewed ‘radical’ liberal attacks.”
No matter, it goes on, because “Walz has backing from many influential Democratic voices, including the progressive wing of the party which has at times turned on President Biden, especially over his handling of the war in Gaza.”
Just how far left is Walz? On a recent fundraising call, he said “Don’t ever shy away from our progressive values. One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.” Bernie Sanders enthusiastically endorsed him.
We won’t bother to detail Walz’s tattered record as governor here — his mishandling of the George Floyd riots, the COVID lockdowns, his reckless tax-and-spend policies, support for unlimited abortions, the fact that his state was involved in one of the biggest COVID relief fraud schemes, or that he recently approved a budget that hiked spending 38% and taxes by $10 billion.
Nor will we dwell on his multitude of failures as governor – overseeing a rampant increase in crime, high energy prices, tumbling student test scores, a weak economy, and the resulting exodus of people from the state — which Powerline’s John Hinderacker, who lives in Minnesota, does to devastating effect.
We will let others detail all that.
What we will say is this:
Either Democrats are supremely confident that they can beat Donald Trump and see this as their golden opportunity to import Venezuelan-style socialism into the U.S., or the party has completely lost touch with reality.
We just hope voters haven’t lost touch with reality. Because the best thing to happen to this country would be for them to hand the radical team of Harris-Waltz a Jimmy Carter-scale defeat this November. Maybe that will smack some sense into the Democratic party.
Harris - Mao ... To “Make our DEMOCRACY Safe for Kommunism” Cackle, Cackle.
......... we will not dwell on Walz’s multitude of failures as governor – overseeing a rampant increase in crime, high energy prices, tumbling student test scores, a weak economy, and the resulting exodus of people from the state — which Powerline’s John Hinderacker, who lives in Minnesota, does to devastating effect.........
“Death to All Babies and Trans Operations for the Children Who Survive”
That is Lenin Waltz’s Legacy.
We all know, both sides know. We see it as treason, they don’t care.
There was a time when that was considered TREASON.
It is NOT simply ☭#Dem_Insanity! It is totally by design to destroy and enslave.
Their intent has never been clearer to see.
First of all, I don’t think Heels Up had anything to do with who ‘she’ picked. I’m sure she was TOLD who to select; she’s a dope. MAYBE they let her choose between two other losers.
Their blatant Socialists Stripes are out for all to see. Designated Losers, I’m thinking.
The Left will take this loss in stride, and regroup and find another 0bama to anoint and it will start all over again. They’re NOT giving up with ‘Socialism For America’ within their grasp.*
*Aided by Quisling ‘republicans’ of course. :(
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On their ticket, the DNC wants THE most compliant and manageable people that they can find. For money and perks, there are some very low and unprincipled people in DC.
Nothing ELSE explains the conduct of people openly selling themselves to enemies of the US
Is this a comedy piece?
The Radical left has as much control as a speeding car on a winding ice covered mountain road.
The media, as they push to promote Harris/Walz as the ticket that voters can get behind, are ignoring the fact that in recent months two far-left progressive “Squad” members have lost their primary races. Both Bowman and Bush are out come January!
Those losses go against the narrative that voters want America to move even further left. What it tells me is that even democrat voters are not happy with the direction our nation has moved over the past 4 years.
Also, the media is saying that Harris/Walz can “unite” the nation and return us to normalcy. LOL! Where have we heard that tune before. To the media, “normal” is giving the left everything they want. And then some.
BTW, could Omar be the next Squad member to go?
There is little polling on the race. Unfortunately, it appears she will keep her seat. However, the race was closer than expected in 2022. Omar 50.3% to Samuels 48.2% Maybe this time Samuels will succeed.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/house/2024/minnesota/5/
2022 Minnesota 5th District results:
https://ballotpedia.org/Minnesota%27s_5th_Congressional_District_election,_2022
Mondale-Ferraro...but no way any combo was going to beat Reagan in ‘84.
The only one that seems to have been outside the usual Dem VP stratagy was Dukakis-Bentsen.
And the media. And pop culture. And education. And the bureaucracy.... and most of all, the cheat machine.
Bentsen was a moderate
Only the truly braindead think of the DNC party as the party of Roosevelt2. It is now the communist party. It has been for years, since Obama’s first term.
If youcontinue to support, your children will be slaves, literally.
Has the Dem party itself become Anti-Semite, or is it just Kamala?
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