Kamala
- Being 2nd: 100%
- Minority: 75%
- Opportunism: 100%
- Turncoat: 100%
- Apologies: 0%
- Success: -100%
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2026
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You know, it's odd. Whenever anyone suggests that AOC run for president, the refrain from centrists is "A woman of color can't win!"
Wonder where they went in this thread.
People also say a woman in general can't win but I say we have never had the opportunity to find out in the US. Not with an actual good candidate anyway.
Isn't that a bit hyperbolic? We've had two women run, neither of them were perfect, nor even great, but both of them lost to Donald Trump. It feels a bit weird to say that we haven't had the opportunity to find out if women can win the presidency when the examples are two seasoned politicians vs a self admitted sex offender, convicted rapist, and Israel supporter (instead of just an Israel denialist).
At this point we know that people of color can win, Obama did it, but the last two times a woman ran for President they lost to the same terrible person. At a certain point you have to ask,
- 1.) is it because they are a woman,
- 2.) Is it because they're a bad candidate,
- 3.) Is the system so gerrymandered that they can't win, or
- 4.) is there something wrong with the left in which they can't get there shit together and push through a candidate that is at least better than the opposition?
The fact that we're honestly looking at a potential 3rd Trump term, or the slightly more palatable option of JD Vance, vs literally anyone else is mind boggling and to me it points to #4. I don't care who it is on the opposing ticket, AOC, Harris, or the fucking Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. The Democrats aren't doing much to improve the country, but at least they aren't actively trying to ruin it.
I personally believe it's #2. I literally never met any true Democrat IRL that was happy about either Hillary or Kamala running for their policies that wasn't under the age of like 50. The feminism in power thing can only get you so far.... I did however hear from plenty of critically online people on Reddit downvoting and or MODs banning me when I talked like they weren't our presidential savior because they had a vagina or something?
The same goes for Biden for that under 50 thing in my experience irl btw.
My point is, the DNC sucks. They have picked bad primary candidates for many years now. I personally don't think it's their plumbing, it's because they were bad candidates. I could be wrong but to me, there's no telling that until you have a woman run as Democrat that isn't a centrist claiming to be a leftist.
It comes up like clockwork when people mention AOC running. It doesn't come up for Harris, and there is exactly one reason.
I hope the DSA stays strong. Their message is clear, popular and the american people deserve change. Real change!
No need for these crusty, old, corrupt republicans with a guilty conscience.
I have always found it bonkers that people hold it against politicians who change their opinions. Isn't that supposed to be a good thing, and considered personal growth?
Edit: Gee, really riled some feathers with this comment. Ya'll can stop lecturing me now about how naive I am.
There's no shortage of politicians.
Didn't say I wanted to vote for her, but anybody is better than the Trump administration right now. A pile of rocks would do less damage than this administration.
I'm not only talking about her. And if the sum whole of our vision is less worse we'll lose again.
a politician that changes to where the wind blows conveniently during an election is literally conning you. they will flip back to abuse their station just as fast IF NOT FASTER then the switch to the bandwagon. the whole point is to get elected in. the fact you can’t tell it’s disingenuous or refuse is damming for people as a whole. you can see the choices that lead her to this point, you KNOW her mind. there are uncountable options of people not as duplicitous who actually believe what they would run for.
I 100% believe that she and everyone in the Biden administration knew that Israel was committing a genocide with Biden's enthusiastic help. She didn’t have the courage to speak up even after Biden was out of the picture. The complete fecklessness of centrist Democrats has gifted America years of Republican control.
The problem is trust. They can say whatever the hell they want if they think it's gonna get them elected but then not follow through. I'm not gonna trust someone who up until now thought killing children was totally cool. I'm also not going to trust someone who's been taking corporate money, especially if they still are.
Would it be nice if they changed their position? Sure. But why does it need to be them in power? There are over 300 million people in this country. There are plenty of them that never thought killing children was cool. Plenty who have never taken corporate political donations. Plenty who better represent the majority class. Teachers, union organizers, former baristas, etc. A lot of them could do a better job than these opportunistic ghouls. Why do we need the same rotating cast of legacy politicians constantly getting into power when they're the people who got us here in the first place?
Besides, we shouldn't need to reward them for eventually coming around to the right position if it's a genuine belief and not just trying to catch the shifting political winds. If it's genuine, good for them! Even setting aside the effect these beliefs have on other people, it must be truly toxic to the soul to believe in such callous things. May they go on to live a happier life way the fuck away from all of us. Actually, if they want to go back some actual socialists, I'd be cool with that too.
EDIT: Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, it's fine if people who weren't gov officials with a hand in the genocide to change their positions. Saying Kamala and those like her were "cool" with genocide is woefully understating what they did. They participated in it. Regardless of any change in views, these are people who all deserve to be put on trial for what they've done. Let them think about it from inside a jail cell.
Do you know what gaslighting is?
Do you have anything resembling a coherent argument for why "politicians changing their stance" is gaslighting?
She had ample opportunities to do good and to stand by higher moral standard. There is a difference between messing up on political technicalities (I thought this was a good idea, I don't anymore) and failing on core principles.
Also I think it's fair to avoid people who have failed a lot, sure they might have learnt from it, but maybe they are just not very smart and competent at that job ?
Sucks when that happens doesn't it? They all have valid points, but nobody ever reads the responses before responding themselves. So you wind up getting 5 people saying the same thing.
The problem is that, due to the structure of our political institutions, you cannot trust that they have truly changed their opinions. It is far more likely that they are providing lip service in order to obtain a position of power and authority.
Isn't this what conservatives do all the time to defend pedophile in charge, well knowing he's is a racists, misogynist, fraud and pedophile?
But if Trump says he isn't, he must be telling the truth and that's supposed to be a good thing, and considered personal growth, right? right?
Please don't be this gullible. It's bonkers, it even has to be said. Actions speak louder than words.
Saying what people want to hear is what they're fucking trained to do.
Of that doesn't ring a bell, then oh well.
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