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(1,916 posts)FailureToCommunicate
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Brainfodder
(7,181 posts)MUHAHAHA!
FORK FORK FORK FORK FORK!
HELL FUCKING YEAH!
Wild blueberry
(7,322 posts)Somehow I think feeding kids and housing people are winning ideas. So is kindness.
Let's get to work and turn out the vote for Harris/Walz!
Thank you.
Nittersing
(6,999 posts)Very happy with this pick!
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Peacetrain
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(26,714 posts)dalton99a
(85,520 posts)Farmer-Rick
(11,605 posts)I liked what he said on several interviews.
Good choice. He has the good seal of my approval, which has absolutely no impact on anything.
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obamanut2012
(28,019 posts)geardaddy
(25,380 posts)He'll be a great VP!
And Peggy Flanagan will be a great governor! I think she'll be the first Native governor!
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PlutosHeart
(1,445 posts)She and my husband are enrolled from the same Tribe and reservation.
geardaddy
(25,380 posts)boozhoo and miigwech!
PlutosHeart
(1,445 posts)Boohoo geardaddy. 👋🏻
edhopper
(35,227 posts)with her Dentist. And that is a good thing.
BattleRow
(1,274 posts)gentle dental when the votes are extracted this November!
Gaytano70
(1,207 posts)Yes They Kam!!!
Tribetime
(6,419 posts)Rocknation
(44,891 posts)Last edited Sun Oct 20, 2024, 10:28 AM - Edit history (11)
As good as a first impression that Obama made upon me, I didn't see him as having any kind of chance unless he balanced his ticket properly: his relative youth and lack of foreign policy experience could be used against him as effectively as his race. The very first article I read about Obama's possible running mates contained Biden, and had me stating that if he didn't choose Biden, I wouldn't be able to take him seriously.
Shapiro was my first choice as Kamala's running mate, being an Easterner to balance her being a Westerner. But since her husband already put a Jew on the ticket, I switched to Kelly -- until I learned that he is also a Westerner. Walz's military background makes gives Kamala commander-in-chief chops; and his being a mid-Westerner literally splits the difference!
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Attilatheblond
(4,896 posts)She wasn't just buying cookware in France, as the press incinuated. She saved a relationship with French leaders who were pissed we sold a nuclear submarine to Australia, when France was hoping to make that sale.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/kamala-harris-foreign-policy-2024-presidential-election.html?via=rss]
She sat in on most PDBs and, like Biden, asked questions to get more info on some items. Joe Biden is not just a great president, he is probably one of the best foreign policy teachers around. He involved her so she would learn from the master, and have a mastery of all current security and foreign relation issues.
She's more than ready. Joe made sure of that. Now, he will get on with his work in his term, and she's in it to win it!
DickKessler
(393 posts)Thats for damn sure.
highplainsdem
(53,310 posts)Like that. They look a great team. All the dest.
tinrobot
(11,475 posts)MustLoveBeagles
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magicarpet
(17,371 posts)VS
The cushion humping - couch fornicator,...
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Emile
(31,676 posts)lark
(24,435 posts)What a great ticket!!
EarnestPutz
(2,731 posts)......Minnesota. What a great idea and comparison. Both from the Democratic-Farm-Labor Party of Minnesota, something that the ticket should push.
patricia92243
(12,894 posts)niyad
(121,476 posts)images. kryptonite to the magats and talibangelicals!!!
Beartracks
(13,655 posts)To break through the walls of misinformation, Gov Walz is the best choice with his no nonsense language. I wouldve been fine with Mr. Shapiro, wed be lucky to have either, but I was really hoping for this.
Thanks for the great news EarlG.
Our chances just got better.
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Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)People on DU provided lots of info, all of which showed him to be a good and capable man.
And he's not afraid to point out that JD is weird!
wnylib
(25,183 posts)a long interview with him that started with his use of the word weird.
The interview showed what a good communicator he is and his sharp political insights on the American political scene. Besides having a good sense of humor, he is an in depth thinker about issues facing the nation.
Together, they make a good, winning, well-balanced ticket.
PlutosHeart
(1,445 posts)Think Paul Wellstone with some Humphrey thrown in.
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calimary
(84,974 posts)Brains, likability, and its geographically balanced. It works!
Looks like a good ticket - but then you look at the other one and this becomes a GREAT ticket!
Dem2theMax
(10,531 posts)How wonderful to wake up to something that puts the biggest smile on ones face! And this did it!
Blue Owl
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Just look at the glow in this photo! No orange to be seen.
SunSeeker
(54,258 posts)I'm pretty sure that's who Nancy Pelosi was pushing for.
And Tim is only 1 year older than Kamala!.
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gademocrat7
(11,269 posts)Sanity Claws
(22,079 posts)I genuinely like both of them. They are such a change from the hate and divisiveness of the red hat folks. I just look at them and think we can smile again. We can be human again.
Desert grandma
(1,056 posts)On the road to VICTORY IN NOVEMBER!!
intrepidity
(7,999 posts)Finally, an exciting election season, in the positive sense.
Dem4life1970
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(18,246 posts)MyMission
(2,000 posts)Both candidates were born in 64.
Walz turned 60 in April, Kamala will turn 60 in October.
Elessar Zappa
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Now let's flush Trump for good!
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WestMichRad
(1,957 posts)Please please please please oh pretty please, WIN!!!
LetMyPeopleVote
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(306,411 posts)orangecrush
(22,461 posts)To be precise.
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Scrivener7
(53,609 posts)I'm smiling ear to ear.
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