The Politics Thread

17 minutes ago, wonderwoman1951 said:

i was a little surprised, and pleased, to see kate mulgrew coming out for kamala. for a long time, she was a hardline pro-lifer, having given up a daughter for adoption in the 1970s.

missed that that she had denounced dobbs, saying that while it wasn’t her choice, it was a choice each woman had to make for herself. 

I'm also pleasantly surprised. Good for her to have evolved somewhat. ❤️

I think the majority of voters in this country feel the same way that Kate Mulgrew does about abortion.  Most aren't necessarily "pro-abortion," but they do believe that that is a choice that each individual woman has to make for herself without fear of retribution from the government.

It's only those "moral majority" types on the right who believe they have to intrude in and regulate every aspect of people's lives, including whether a woman has the right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, because "Jesus told them to;" when, in fact, Jesus would be the first one to tell them to mind their own [!@#$%^&*] business.

Edited August 24, 20241 yr by Khan

8 hours ago, Vee said:

But it won't be. Most people don't care about RFK. They find him creepy.

It won't to most of us, but it's the margins I'm concerned over.

4 hours ago, Khan said:

I think the majority of voters in this country feel the same way that Kate Mulgrew does about abortion.  Most aren't necessarily "pro-abortion," but they do believe that that is a choice that each individual woman has to make for herself without fear of retribution from the government

this is a perfect description of what it means to be pro-choice!

 

Cornel West is going around claiming Kamala Harris offered him a position to drop out, which he nobly refused to do. Such bullshit, but a reminder of how tied the GOP operatives who support RFK are to him (and Stein) too.

25 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Cornel West is going around claiming Kamala Harris offered him a position to drop out, which he nobly refused to do. Such bullshit, but a reminder of how tied the GOP operatives who support RFK are to him (and Stein) too.

Just another lunatic seeking attention. Pay him no mind. Just like Worm Brain Bear Killer.

17 hours ago, marceline said:

Except I think Perot was a serious candidate. A bad one, but a serious one. 

I agree. Perot dominated airtime he paid for, he was ubiquitous. I remember being baffled as a child that they gave him a half hour or whatever to ramble on, I couldn't understand it (and didn't know he'd bought it). Because of that he even made it into a ton of golden age SNL political coverage at the time. (Which just reminds me that I had the SNL inaugural/election special or whatever it was from '92/'93, where they showed like 20 years of SNL political sketches, recorded on my Mom's VCR to watch over and over for years.) But I don't think any third party candidate other than maybe Nader in 2000 has come even remotely close to Perot's actual impact since. When someone starts taking over huge chunks of nationwide TV time or appearing non-stop on SNL again, then I'll get nervous.

Edited August 25, 20241 yr by Vee

 

$40 million of that total was raised after the DNC this past week.

The Harris campaign says it has raised $540 million since launching

 

17 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Cornel West is going around claiming Kamala Harris offered him a position to drop out, which he nobly refused to do. Such bullshit, but a reminder of how tied the GOP operatives who support RFK are to him (and Stein) too.

All 3 are in Putins pocket. IMO so are the uncommitted folks.

17 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Cornel West is going around claiming Kamala Harris offered him a position to drop out, which he nobly refused to do. Such bullshit, but a reminder of how tied the GOP operatives who support RFK are to him (and Stein) too.

Remember when West&Smiley thought they could push around Obama?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Mellon

Cluck, cluck! Look who's trying to back out of the September 10th debate on ABC...AGAIN!

 

To that point, this is a panel straight from Hell (I could not believe my eyes when I saw who was next to Carville) but Collins' reporting here could be accurate.