WhiteWonder

All I have to do is think back to George W. There is no way anyone can think Cheney didn't have a big say in what was going on. With respect to John Adams, this isn't 1790. I think it's a little naive to say the VP does nothing more than cheerlead for the President. If Kamala was nothing more than an optics VP because the democratic party needed someone younger, female and of color to pair with old white Joe, then I would again ask "what makes her more qualified to run our country this time around?" If she only spent the last 4 years nodding, smiling, cackling and putting on her pearl earrings. Now with that said, I believe common sense tells us that any VP, Kamala, Pence, etc does not deserve to be 100% pigeonholed based on their term as VP but I absolutely think it's fair game to expect them to be questioned on it, criticized on aspects and praised on aspects. I think they would consider it 4 important years of their political resume.

yes, i edited my post for clarity. Pence dropped out almost a year ago. Kamala wasn't even on the radar until recently. Pence was running for the republican nomination. Harris had no opposition. If Pence were in the race now as the republican nominee, I am positive he would be fielding debate questions having to do with his time in the Trump-Pence presidency you really don't think he would be asked about Jan 6? about how he would be different from Trump or what he would do differently?

If the situation with Biden isn't dire, then why did his own party and media basically force him to drop out? The answer is obvious. Like I said before, politics is a game. Even those who actually believed he was not in severe mental decline had no defense after his debate performance. That performance set off the alarms that he had very little chance against Trump. In order to win the game, he needed to be replaced. If you want to talk about duty, then you need to look at the Democratic party for why his campaign for reelection was allowed to go on as long as it did. Had he dropped out sooner, there could have been time for a primary. Well, the difference with your Pence comparison is that Pence is not running for POTUS anymore. If he were the republican nominee, I am 100% sure that he would be receiving criticism for Trumps blunders and/or credit for his successes. He dropped out nearly a year ago.

I am aware you obviously don't feel sick at the idea of Kamala as president. I would highly doubt you truly believe she is a great candidate though... or even a good one. I will resist lumping you in with a large portion of democrats who think she's the greatest thing because thats what they have been told to think (all while ignoring just how unpopular a candidate she was in 2020). Had there been time to have a primary, I really don't think she would have sniffed the nomination. Her own space cadet personality combined with the stigmatism of being tied to Biden would have left her in the dust, imho. I'm going to have to push back on blaming republicans for anything to do with Biden taking so long to drop out of the race. What would you expect them to do? Politics is a game, plain and simple. You want the board to align as well as possible for you to win. When your fantasy football opponent forgets to make a lineup change, do you call them and let them know? (Okay I actually do but I am a weirdo). If you think about the people, not the politicians, Republican voters have been calling him senile his entire time in office. Toward the end, everyone knew. Sorry but I'm not going to look at the opposite party for someone to blame. Democrats should have pressured him out much sooner or stuck with him. They beat the drum for how mentally sharp he was until hit the fan. Personally I feel she is much more aligned with THEIR values now. I definitely still question what her true values are. Nah, I am tired of this rhetoric that a VP doesn't do much when things are not so great because people would be very quick to praise her role if things were spectacular. Obviously she wasn't running the show, but you would think her values and ideas aligned with Joe. I know this is not always the case and very often VPs have to grin and nod along with things... but if her 4 years as VP were spent entirely as nothing more than a cheerleader for Joe, then what makes her a good presidential candidate now? I applaud Hillary but yes.. I fully believe she is sick on the inside.

I don't think you are wrong, my friend. I hope you are wrong because even as someone who is not a big DJT fan, the thought of Kamala running our country makes me absolutely sick, as does the manner in which she has arrived here. 2020 - couldn't sniff the democratic nomination. 2020 - was attached to old white Joe to appeal to younger, female, and minority demographics. 2024 - Joe is more than fine!, very sharp, no cognitive decline, perfectly fit to lead the country! 20204 - Joe flops in debate, Democratic party pressures him out, Kamala assumed the mantle due to timing, despite better candidates likely being available. People can say what they want about Trump, myself included, but he had 4 years as president and he's not really shying away from what he accomplished in those 4 years. That's why the narrative always shifts to Jan 6 and peaceful transfer of power. Kamala, on the other hand, almost always refuses to speak in any depth about her role in the current administration. Why the things she is promising to do were not already done. Why Harris-Walz will be different than Biden-Harris. I mentioned this, probably in one of the other hundred political threads, but even though I am not a huge Killary fan, I actually feel bad for her. No matter anyone's feelings toward her, it is hard to deny that she is smart, sharp, well educated, professional and very articulate. To think that Kamala Harris may be the first female POTUS must make her sick.

I actually figured it was Chase brown because he seemed to be listing QB, RB, RB, WR etc.

That West Division is looking tighter than ....... ______________________

He’s been their second best hitter for a while.

you're posting about something that has been talked about and speculated about for many many years... as if you have some amazing revelation it's 2024 dude. I am not opposed to some conspiracy theories but you seem like you are teetering on an unhealthy edge.

so you don't even know whose account it is, you just ran across it while doing your daily personality construction from X, and decided to post it as factual

So what we have here is a headline that states, in a definitive manner that 9/11 was an inside job. Then a main post from you that starts off with conviction... "a lot of people refuse to believe this" . Which then quickly shifts to 'ifs'... "if a court determined the evidence was true... then to a statement of "it's at least possible". you are the classic definition of someone who spends way too much time on social media looking for other people to tell you what your opinion should be ironically just to turn around and claim that other people are allowing the government to tell them what is real or not

I hear ya. My main league last week I was down AJ Brown Taylor Kupp Rashee Zamir White Chubb and Brooks (self inflicted obviously) with a few other key players on bye … and now Mason as well and we do 1 IR spot.

These seahawk unis are so much better

Yay hockey

they all know why the tariffs were left.

how on earth did you come up with that?

Don

I said it was the most annoying thing about the team/fans these days, not that you couldn't do it meaning it's replaced the smugness of winning or throwing around all the $.

i've used some extensions before... i'm sure there are deals to be had, i've just always been of the mindset that much of these highly advertised sale days falls into one of a few categories (can be found other places for the same deal, about to be discounted as something new is released, had a price raise before the discount, etc) ... and I love a good deal, I use rakuten when I shop online, discount codes etc. i am also similar to you with what you mentioned before. I prefer the next best thing at a discount over the latest and greatest that has yet to be widely tested / reviewed.