Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

it's Kamala!

I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 11, 2020

Yep! Breathing a sigh of relief it isn't Susan Rice.

I'm down with that.

This.

booooo

So shocked that he would run with the safest option.

Thing is, nobody is stopping anyone from posting posi vibes about Biden itt, nor are they shouting at ppl who do post posi vibes about Biden for posting posi things.

As a person who likes Biden and posts positive things about him on here a lot, I would agree with this.

this isn't funny at all. shame

Oops didn't mean to step on breaking news.

It's the first rush of excitement I've had about his campaign so far. "Safest" choice is nonetheless a woman, a person of color, experienced, a fighter, iirc leaves a seat that will stay blue, and is on the 2024 ticket either way and possibly as president. I'll take it.

So shocked that he would run with the safest option.

Not sure about the math on that one way or the other. (Granted, there's no risk that she'll be replaced by a Republican, unlike Warren.) Anyway, I was pro-Harris when she was running for the top spot, and I think she's a good choice. Supposedly, she doesn't have a lot of support within the Democratic Party, which might make running on her own in 2024 a challenge. I guess Biden will have to not die.

I am very predictable, I have known for weeks that as soon as the choice was announced I would start to freak out that it was a bad choice that would sink the ticket, and lo, now I am freaking out (as I would have no matter who Biden had announced.)

Of course as a Warren backer for the nomination I wish there was some way it could have been her, but I cannot honestly tell myself a story that makes that choice makes sense.

discourse around harris is gonna be the fuckin worst. gonna do my best to ignore it altogether

I am very predictable, I have known for weeks that as soon as the choice was announced I would start to freak out that it was a bad choice that would sink the ticket, and lo, now I am freaking out (as I would have no matter who Biden had announced.)

― Guayaquil (eephus!),

you fuckin' Democrat you

Remember when Kamala lit up Biden over bussing?

lol

he threw her atop the bus

Kamala "Voodoo Economics" Harris.

I'm sure it wasn't planned but raising the prospect of Buttigieg was an excellent way to make this feel like a relief

The Harris is good, actually discourse?

xposts

Right time. Right place. But not in my top 10 for either electoral pull or political slant.

biden's actual platform is "dolchstosslegende patsy" at this point, right?

Could be a lot worse

Come on, this is the Biden thread, it couldn't be any worse.

Harris is no worse than anyone else talked about and she can’t draw Social Security.

I look forward to the 'What are Kamala Harris's flaws?' thread.

Still wish it had been Pete though

Of course as a Warren backer for the nomination I wish there was some way it could have been her, but I cannot honestly tell myself a story that makes that choice makes sense.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:27 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Was Warren interested in the VP spot?

What was wrong with Duckworth?

I look forward to the 'What are Kamala Harris's flaws?' thread.

― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul)

Isn't Ezra Klein or Matthew Yglesias preparing a VOX explainer as I type?

Of course as a Warren backer for the nomination I wish there was some way it could have been her, but I cannot honestly tell myself a story that makes that choice makes sense.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:27 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Here is one:

With the country facing an unprecedented economic catastrophe, and millions set to lose their homes, Joe Biden selects one of America's best-known economic progressives, a vigorous critic of inequality and the influence of money in politics.

that would have been a good story

you fuckin' Democrat you

I so fuckin' am, I accept it and embrace it with all that it entails

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to debate Sen. Kamala Harris on Oct. 7. at the University of Utah.

— Adam Wren (@adamwren) August 11, 2020

I look forward to the 'What are Kamala Harris's flaws?' thread.

― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul)

She graduated from Westmount High School pom!

I keep forgetting that!!

Here is one:

With the country facing an unprecedented economic catastrophe, and millions set to lose their homes, Joe Biden selects one of America's best-known economic progressives, a vigorous critic of inequality and the influence of money in politics.

― treeship., Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:36 PM (forty-two seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah but twitter says she a cop

From the profusion of all-caps multi-exclamation-point KAMALA!!!! posts on my FB feed, I can reliably report that middle-aged white liberals are very excited.

She graduated from Westmount High School pom!

At least it wasn't Selwyn.

I keep forgetting that!!

― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:37 PM (seven seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah Kamala is as Montreal as St-Viat bagels.

yeah but twitter says she a cop

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:37 PM (forty-seven seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

i was obviously talking about warren

Not that it could have been to begin with, but you get my drift.

2xp

treeship

laugh! I did.

this was necessary to keep the k hive from doing war crimes tbf

Don't diss St-Viat bagels, VHS, they're still good. Just had some a couple of hours ago, actually.

actually now I do vaguely want to know what she did for 12th grade

TOP
COP

;)

it is good (safest pick) for the election, and it will remain to be seen what her level of influence is in the WH.