Pressley, Warren, Markey back Harris

Also, VP Harris is already not conducting herself as a statesman. By refusing to sit on the dias in Congress besides Johnson and behind Netanyahu as he gives his address already impeaches her leadership, because the internet won’t approve. I’m no fan of Netanyahu, but Israel is an enduring, unique ally in the midst of a defensive war against multiple enemies with multiple aims. The aims of Israel’s enemies include harming the U.S. don’t forget. Biden sucked it up to fist-bump MBS the be-header of a US citizen and journalist and prolific executioner and surveiler of his subjects. This no-show is petty and lacking in gravitas.

As for my complaining that the mainstream media is not profiling Kamala Harris and I can do my own research you are missing the point. Yes, we can all “do our own research” and have our views “bounded in a nutshell,” or shared in our circles and tribes, but it is the job of mainstream media, legitimate journalists with access to the largest cross-section of Americans to put as much information as possible about Kamala Harris and her competitors into a shared space BEFORE the party bosses and special interest stakeholders setermined four is which way the wind is blowing.

Dear ,

Right out of the gate VP Harris is not conducting herself as a person seeking the Presidency. I don’t like Netanyahu’s corruption, but the blood is solely on Hamas and their allies and not Israel and for the sitting Vice President and one time long-shot aspirant to the Presidency and current heir to the office, VP Harris’s unstatesmanlike snub is beneath the dignity of her office. Furthermore, it underscores the arrogance, avarice and rot in my Democratic Party.

Sincerely,

She was under scrutiny during her tenure as San Francisco district attorney when a technician stole cocaine from the DA’s crime lab and mishandled evidence. Harris, trying to keep things under wraps, failed to inform defense attorneys. As a result, about a thousand drug-related cases had to be thrown out.

One of Harris’ most controversial decisions came in 2004 when she declined to pursue the death penalty against the man who murdered San Francisco police officer Isaac Espinoza. At the funeral, Senator Dianne Feinstein delivered a eulogy in which she criticized Harris, who was in the audience, prompting a standing ovation from the hundreds of officers in attendance.
Harris would be shunned by police unions for the next decade.

Later, as California attorney general, Harris declined to support two ballot initiatives that would’ve banned the death penalty—raising accusations of political opportunism and inconsistency on the controversial issue.

She’s not a fan of being called the “female Obama.” When a reporter asked her about carrying on Obama’s legacy during her run for president, she said, “I have my own legacy.”

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In June, her Wikipedia page was edited 408 times—far more than any other candidate on the shortlist –– in the span of three weeks, which people pointed to as a sign of her nomination as running mate (The Wikipedia page of Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016, saw more activity than any other candidate). The edits, mostly made by one person, had scrubbed controversial information from her page, including her “tough-on-crime” record and her decision not to prosecute Steven Mnuchin for financial fraud in 2013.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-vp-backg...

Pass the torch to whom? What sort of future is the Democratic Party moving forward toward?

My criticism around VP Harris is about the process in choosing a replacement for the top of the ticket in this unique situation and to be real about the open question of: is Vice President Harris going to deepen our democratic and Democratic roots, or will she further the Socialist-Progressive takeover of the Party?

Multiple sources told The Post that Obama had wanted Arizona Senator and former astronaut Mark Kelly “at the top of the ticket” at the convention.

It’s The Post, but, like, it’s not The National Enquirer

https://nypost.com/2024/07/26/us-news/biden-camp-suggests-prez-quickly-e...

Also, as fears rise (and fall and rise) about the ‘The Big War No One Wants in the Middle East,’ (Atlantic) could it be that the Biden-Harris Administration’s betrayal of Israel by hamstringing and undermining their war effort brought us closer to a large-scale conflict as well as dooming Palestinians to being perpetual fodder and pawns for regional and global interests instead of normalizing peaceful internal relations? I know, I know, the occupation and two state solution are both non-negotiable and yet fully open questions. Or, Biden got Netanyahu out of the corner he painted himself in by being squarely on the path of zeroing out Hamas and depriving the state of a useful destabilizing asset.

Listening to the VP Harris’s announcement of VP nominee Gov. Walz and I’m on board. ( Plus It’s great to hear a midwestern accent. )