Posted on 11/09/2024 11:17:43 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Kamala Harris lost the election this week, but I mostly don’t blame her. At least, I don’t blame her because of anything she did recently. Since she became the unofficial nominee in July, she played a difficult hand about as well as she could have, running a disciplined campaign that sought to reassure Americans about the economic issues that trouble them most, in a political environment that was very rough for Democrats and for incumbent parties around the world.
But where did that bad hand come from? It was dealt to her by two people: President Biden, who produced a governing record she could not effectively defend or run away from; and herself, with all the toxic position-taking she did in 2019, generating endless attack ad fodder for Donald Trump. And Mr. Biden even bears blame for Ms. Harris’s pre-2020 baggage, since he put her on the ticket in full awareness that she was carrying it.
In his own campaign rhetoric, Mr. Biden focused on the idea that democracy itself was on the ballot this year. But if democracy was on the ballot, his actions should have matched his rhetoric at every turn to ensure Democrats would win the election. Instead, he prioritized his own ego and profile.
His electoral instincts weren’t always so misguided. During the 2020 primary campaign, Mr. Biden seemed to understand that the left-wing fever dreams that drove that Democratic cycle were electorally hazardous. So, unlike Ms. Harris, he never pledged to ban fracking or abolish private health insurance. He never even filled out the A.C.L.U. questionnaire that prompted Ms. Harris to support federally funded gender-transition surgery for prisoners and detained immigrants.
After winning the nomination, Mr. Biden made his first big mistake that would set Democrats on a path with no route to win the...
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Ok, I’ll buy this with two addenda: she was self-professedly intrinsic to the disastrous Biden policies ,plus she does not have an engaging personality at all
0bama’s fault.
Still have no clue why they lost.
Look in the mirror, Josh. That’s what America rejected.
She could have insisted on a primary but she didn’t.
But where did that bad hand come from? It was dealt to her by two people: President Biden, who produced a governing record she could not effectively defend or run away from; and herself, with all the toxic position-taking she did in 2019, generating endless attack ad fodder for Donald Trump. And Mr. Biden even bears blame for Ms. Harris’s pre-2020 baggage, since he put her on the ticket in full awareness that she was carrying it.
Obamas fault
No accountability ever.
This is encouraging.
Means they are perpetually vulnerable.
But that person may not be a puppet (RFK Jr). Can't have that.
It’s Biden’s fault because he put her on the 2020 ticket?
She could have declined.
There’s too much recriminatin’ going on out there.
So it’s Biden’s fault that Harris lost … because he named her as his running mate in 2020? WTF? Why not blame Kamala’s parents — for spawning that babbling idiot in the first place?
Ask the Little People out there in DeplorableVille how they feel about $5/gal gas, $2500/mo for a 2 bd apartment, $7/dozen eggs, etc etc etc
Guess tower people in NYC don’t confront such realities daily
They’re going to need new tires for the RAT bus. First they ran over Biden and it looks like Sotomayor is next. The Night of the Long Knives. Friggin’ Aunt Teefah fascists.
What BS blaming Biden. The Dem leadership all knew he was mentally incapable and they still propped him up to be the nominee. So it wasn’t on Biden, it was on his handlers, including his wife. They should all be jailed for senior abuse.
This person is too stupid to have a job. But given it is the Fish-Wrap of Record, The Decomposing Gray Lady Corpse, maybe not.
BINGO!
Notice how all the lefties are avoiding affixing blame on Obama. They know full well the Biden Administration and the Harris campaign were controlled and run by Obama loyalists.
maybe it’s just me but I give Trump most of the credit but the dims would never do so
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