I don't think you will vote for anyone over trump; b/c you are saying you won't vote for Harris.
White males are not good candidates when they first try to run for POTUS, why do they not get held to the same standard you want to hold Harris to?
I've seen this type of comment before "insulting to black women to think they would insist on running Harris" -- it's always a nice effort, but not truthful.
I don't think you will vote for anyone over trump; b/c you are saying you won't vote for Harris.
White males are not good candidates when they first try to run for POTUS, why do they not get held to the same standard you want to hold Harris to?
I've seen this type of comment before "insulting to black women to think they would insist on running Harris" -- it's always a nice effort, but not truthful.
One of the signature accomplishments of the post enlightenment era of human civilization and the American Revolution specifically was to treat people as individuals rather than categories. ItтАЩs one reason the Founders got rid of titles of nobility. ItтАЩs not been a straight-line accomplishment of course and there is always more to do. One reason I maintain my belief in classical liberalism though is because it is rooted in this basic construct. ItтАЩs sad when I see folks on the progressive Left and on the nationalist Right returning to the reactionary approach of treating folks as categories instead of judging them on their individual merits.
I think its fantastic we have a mixed-race woman as VP. I think its fantastic we had a mixed-race man as President. The fact that Kamala is mixed race has nothing to do with my judgment of her as a politician. I donтАЩt think she was a terribly compelling Senator. I donтАЩt think she was a terribly compelling Presidential candidate in 2020, and I donтАЩt think she has been a terribly compelling VP. This I can deduce by listening to her speak. Given the stakes are so high, I would like the Dems to choose someone else. If they donтАЩt, then I likely will vote for her though I live in Oregon so I always have the option of a write-in knowing Oregon is going blue no matter who is on the ticket. If I was in Wisconsin or the like, I would vote for her.
As far as white men running for President the first time, I agree most are not good, though some are. I was too young to really experience it myself, but I think Reagan in тАЩ76 was pretty compelling from the speeches I have seen and in тАЩ80 as well. Bill Clinton I think was pretty compelling the first time he ran in 1992. Dwight Eisenhower from what I have heard and read, and I think John McCain in 2000 in a losing effort to win the Repub nomination. Of course, its sort of like beauty, its in the eyes of the beholder.
I do hope that someday, it becomes fashionable even on the far reaches of both Right and Left to treat folks as individuals and not as categories.
I don't think you will vote for anyone over trump; b/c you are saying you won't vote for Harris.
White males are not good candidates when they first try to run for POTUS, why do they not get held to the same standard you want to hold Harris to?
I've seen this type of comment before "insulting to black women to think they would insist on running Harris" -- it's always a nice effort, but not truthful.
One of the signature accomplishments of the post enlightenment era of human civilization and the American Revolution specifically was to treat people as individuals rather than categories. ItтАЩs one reason the Founders got rid of titles of nobility. ItтАЩs not been a straight-line accomplishment of course and there is always more to do. One reason I maintain my belief in classical liberalism though is because it is rooted in this basic construct. ItтАЩs sad when I see folks on the progressive Left and on the nationalist Right returning to the reactionary approach of treating folks as categories instead of judging them on their individual merits.
I think its fantastic we have a mixed-race woman as VP. I think its fantastic we had a mixed-race man as President. The fact that Kamala is mixed race has nothing to do with my judgment of her as a politician. I donтАЩt think she was a terribly compelling Senator. I donтАЩt think she was a terribly compelling Presidential candidate in 2020, and I donтАЩt think she has been a terribly compelling VP. This I can deduce by listening to her speak. Given the stakes are so high, I would like the Dems to choose someone else. If they donтАЩt, then I likely will vote for her though I live in Oregon so I always have the option of a write-in knowing Oregon is going blue no matter who is on the ticket. If I was in Wisconsin or the like, I would vote for her.
As far as white men running for President the first time, I agree most are not good, though some are. I was too young to really experience it myself, but I think Reagan in тАЩ76 was pretty compelling from the speeches I have seen and in тАЩ80 as well. Bill Clinton I think was pretty compelling the first time he ran in 1992. Dwight Eisenhower from what I have heard and read, and I think John McCain in 2000 in a losing effort to win the Repub nomination. Of course, its sort of like beauty, its in the eyes of the beholder.
I do hope that someday, it becomes fashionable even on the far reaches of both Right and Left to treat folks as individuals and not as categories.