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Nikki Haley just retained the confederate flag on the South Carolina Statehouse. I hear people questioning Kamala Harris on the presidential ticket. She has accomplished exponentially more good for this country than Nikki Haley and much more qualified for the executive office. Again Nikki Haley as well as Trump and many others are giving the Democrats great talking points for 2024.

Now Dammit Democrats, use them!!!!’

Unfortunately, Kamala is as despicable as Haley and just as ambitious.

O rly?

Do tell the rest of the class what makes VP Harris so despicable. Be prepared to show your work.

Well, for starters, she is more than willing to sacrifice the public policy aspirations of working people for that of political expediency as a means of enhancing her political career. See her advocacy for Medicare for All during the early stages of her 2020 campaign: strong endorsement, then tepid support, finally opposition based on the gutless rationalization of pragmatic incrementalism and ‘realism’. Think Hillary Clinton 2.0.

One more time. The political parties of our duopoly are not the s…

Tom, as a favor to me, and perhaps others, could you list the reasons you will be voting for Trump. Thank you. Your answer will help me to better understand your thinking.

For what it's worth, I will tell you why I will vote for the Democratic candidate. I subscribe to the theory of government enunciated by Frances Perkins, FDR's Sec. of Labor responsible for the New Deal programs:

"The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to provide the means by which all the people under its jurisdiction can access the best possible life."

Good grief. Why is it that liberals are so quick to respond to Democratic Party critique by assuming that the critic will be voting for Trump? It’s as absurd as responding to critique of the U.S. role in the proxy war in Ukraine by assuming the critic is a supporter of Putin.

One more time. I despise Trump, and did long before he ever entered the political arena. I would never vote for him, just like I’ve never voted for any other GOP candidate. As to why people would vote for him, I can complet…

Your last paragraph is totally true, Tom, but voting for a third party candidate gives you a sense of honor and defiance. You are also wasting a vote and a vote in the next election is a precious thing. Please reconsider and choose the lesser of your 2 evils.

No, voting for a candidate that most aligns with the policy agenda that

I think would be best for the country is an expression of democracy. I don’t give a damn about honor or defiance; your Dr. Phil armchair analysis is laughable.

Get off of your sanctimonious high horse about wasting a vote. It’s a repulsive, anti-democracy mindset, especially coming from one purporting to having a desire to ‘save’ democracy.

Tom, respectfully, you are bright enough to know that it is possible to waste a vote and in fact, to do more damage than good. Frankly, it's a simple process involving the lesser of two evils. Throwing away a vote could get you the worst, such as in 2000 when Ralph Nader's candidacy cost Al Gore the win in Florida, giving the presidency to Bush. Look at the disaster that followed: Iraq and the near depression that resulted.

No. No. A thousand times no. What cost the Dems were…. wait for it, registered Democratic voters who voted for Bush, in a vote total that dwarfed Nader’s numbers.

If Gore wins Tennessee, his home state, he wins the election. If he doesn’t put Clinton in the closet because of Monica, he probably wins. If he doesn’t pick a Republican as a running mate, he probably wins. If his assembled team in Florida contesting the election result cared about winning the messaging war as much as the GOP suits/th…