Yea make this man VP
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I would really be fine with anybody on the shortlist, but every time I see Walz talk I like him more. Not that anybody cares, but he would make Vance look so bad if they debated. So would Pete, but in a different way.
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Waltz to good to be VP - viral, likeable, able to articulate a policy agenda, good on TV, once had a real job! No way they let him on the ticket. I have never seen Shapiro on TV, nor have I heard anyone say anything super positive about him, so I assume he will be the pick.
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Seems like he has zero recognition outside Kentucky and would add very little. Unlikely he would spin up a lot of positive emotions on the final stretch of the campaign.
We get walz a Hollywood hair toupee and he looks ten years younger. Bam.
Right. Like I thought he might have some incredible political skills to win statewide in KY as a Dem, and he probably is good at some things. But given that designated attack dog is usually part of the VP nomineeās job on the trail, nothing really indicates heās up for that. Just comes across as a poor manās Tim Kaine to me.
Beshear isnāt a bad politician, but his Dad was the Governor for 8 years. That is a huge local advantage, but doesnāt amount to much nationally, especially since the Gov of Ky doesnāt usually get national publicity the way the head of a bigger state might.
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Pete on Fox News. Donāt know how old this is.
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Iām sure Pete would be great. For me, though, he comes off more as a polished debater vs. Walz as a folksy guy with passion.
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Thatās from this morning. He appears to have crushed it as usual.
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Yeah, this is exactly how I see them.
Iām one of the weirdos who prefer the former, but itās seems like most humans like the latter better.
I think thatās why Walz vs Vance would be so much fun. For once our guy would be the plainspoken salt-of-the-earth option!
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Yeah, I get that. Itās just not something I personally care about. Itās also a large part of why if Iām Kamala, Iāve got Walz ahead of Pete.
Yeah this is exactly where I am at.
Grunching.
But having lived through Duterteās massive backswing on democracy in the Philippines, I want to say this isnāt binary.
A trump presidency will make the US much less democratic, it will cost lives, and it will set the US back considerably for years in terms of democracy.
This isnāt binary, so that could range from bad outcomes to very very bad outcomes.
I mean. Trump literally said it. Sure heās testing the message to see how much he can get away with, but he said it for a reason.
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Right, Beshear winning a red state is like Romney winning Mass as a Republican. Didnāt really translate to appeal in other blue states or swing states
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I would like to formally deny that I am Tim Walz.
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Also
āYeah. I want to feed hungry kids, what a monsterā is absolutely the way to defend attacks on popular progressive policy. Donāt concede the ground.
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Fox News Sunday anchor Shannon Bream asked Buttigieg whether Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumed Democratic nominee, āwas aware of how [Biden] was doingā before he made the decision to step down from the presidential race. Buttigieg acknowledged Bidenās age but pivoted to criticize Trump.
āUnlike Republicans ā right ā who in Trumpās personality cult will take a look at Donald Trump and say heās perfectly fine, even though he seemed unable to tell the difference between Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi, even though heās rambling about electrocuting sharks and Hannibal Lecter, even though he is clearly older and stranger than he was when America got to know him, they say heās strong as an ox, leaps tall buildings in a single bound. We donāt have that kind of warped reality on our side,ā Buttigieg said.
When Bream interjected to say that Trump ādid say he wanted to get rid of Roe v. Wade, but again, sent it to the states where they are hashing this out.ā
āAnd empowered the states to eliminate womenās access to abortion and also, as you know, the Republican Party continues to be interested in a national abortion ban,ā Buttigieg responded.āWhich [Trump] has disavowed completely,ā Bream said.
āYeah, heās disavowed a lot of things,ā Buttigieg said. āBecause he lies all the time.ā
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From 2019.