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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] What's next for Kamala Harris?
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:23:28 -0500
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On 11/15/2024 10:59 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Nov 15, 2024 at 7:28:53 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/15/2024 8:32 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>>   On 2024-11-15 8:11 PM, shawn wrote:
>>>>   On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:34:44 -0500, Rhino
>>>>   <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   On 2024-11-15 6:15 PM, shawn wrote:
>>>>>>   On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:02:34 -0500, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
>>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   On 11/15/2024 5:00 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>>>>>>>   On 2024-11-15 4:07 PM, moviePig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>   On 11/15/2024 3:59 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>   Has anyone heard anything about what Harris is going to be doing
>>>>>>>>>>   after January 20, 2025?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   She's going to be out of a job. I know her husband is a successful
>>>>>>>>>>   lawyer so I'm sure they're not going to be homeless but I can't see
>>>>>>>>>>   her retiring either. That would be too much like an admission of
>>>>>>>>>>   failure or irrelevance.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   One commentator raised the possibility of her running AGAIN in 2028
>>>>>>>>>>   but that seems improbable in the extreme. She'd need a makeover
>>>>>>>>>>   of a
>>>>>>>>>>   lifetime to make her a viable candidate or even just a likeable
>>>>>>>>>>   non-
>>>>>>>>>>   viable candidate.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   I've heard that both MSNBC and CNN are for sale - or at least
>>>>>>>>>>   implementing severe salary cutbacks - so that lessens her chance of
>>>>>>>>>>   getting a lucrative gig there as a host or co-host. Besides, those
>>>>>>>>>>   would be something of a step down in status from having been VP
>>>>>>>>>>   and a
>>>>>>>>>>   presidential candidate of a major party. But maybe she'd swallow
>>>>>>>>>>   her
>>>>>>>>>>   pride and take a gig at ABC, CBS or NBC.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   I'm going to be VERY surprised if she doesn't get a book deal of
>>>>>>>>>>   some
>>>>>>>>>>   kind for her memoirs. I'm going to be astonished if it sells a
>>>>>>>>>>   lot of
>>>>>>>>>>   copies.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   I'm thinking the ideal job for her would be to be the host of a
>>>>>>>>>>   series of educational videos for elementary school age children.
>>>>>>>>>>   She
>>>>>>>>>>   is a master of talking to everyone as if they are 4 years old
>>>>>>>>>>   but she
>>>>>>>>>>   couldn't possibly teach at any level because she can't think on her
>>>>>>>>>>   feet or adapt to changing situations, which are common in teaching,
>>>>>>>>>>   so giving her hosting duties where every word is scripted would
>>>>>>>>>>   seem
>>>>>>>>>>   right up her alley.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   Failing that, maybe her old McDonalds could give her some shifts?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   Part of the reason Harris lost is that she's not interesting
>>>>>>>>>   enough to
>>>>>>>>>   warrant even this sort of grave-dancing, much less a book or TV
>>>>>>>>>   slot.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   A bit of sour grapes? You guys chose her! Maybe you should pick your
>>>>>>>>   next candidate with criteria other than skin colour and gender....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   'Sour grapes'?  I think the applicable vernacular is 'dead horse'...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Given the situation I'm not sure who would have been a better
>>>>>>   candidate. There wasn't time for the full on campaign that one would
>>>>>>   normally have if an incumbent isn't running. So falling back to the VP
>>>>>>   seems an obvious choice. It's not to do with her skin color or gender
>>>>>>   but her position as being the closest to the President.
>>>>>
>>>>>   It's been well-established that the only reason she was the VP is her
>>>>>   gender and skin colour: competence didn't figure into it all apparently.
>>>>>
>>>>>   For the record, I feel strongly that she did NOT lose because of her
>>>>>   gender and skin colour: not by a long shot. I think she might well have
>>>>>   won handily if she'd demonstrated any competence as VP, let alone the
>>>>>   Presidential candidate. But her unwillingness - or inability - to answer
>>>>>   any of the questions put to her along with her inability to articulate
>>>>>   policies or even specify anything she would do different to Biden soured
>>>>>   a LOT of people on her, people who would normally have voted for her
>>>>>   party. Add in the ludicrous demonization of Trump as a fascist and the
>>>>>   embodiment of Hitler and you've got more than enough to turn off a lot
>>>>>   of potential voters for the Democrats.
>>>>
>>>>   The only calling Trump Hitler was J.D. Vance. So that should have
>>>>   turned off the Republicans if they really didn't want someone calling
>>>>   Trump Hitler or at least much like Hitler.
>>>   
>>>   Wow. Just wow.
>>>   
>>>   Have a look at this clip, especially starting at 3:45:
>>>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AifTTFSQfqw [6 minutes]
>>>   
>>>   And yes, she said "fascist" as opposed to Hitler but if you ask the
>>>   average American to list all the fascists they've learned about, I
>>>   submit that the vast majority of them would list Hitler before Mussolini
>>>   or Francisco Franco or any of the other fascists.
>>>   
>>>   Of course if you ask the average young person, especially a college
>>>   student, you'll find that half the people alive today are fascists: they
>>>   are like moviepig who admits he doesn't know what the word means but
>>>   applies it to everyone he disagrees with.
>>
>> You may recall me asking for your *preferred* broad name for a President
>> who attempts to overturn the election that deposed him.
>>
>> Care to supply it now?
> 
> Re-elected.

Spoken like a True Republican.