[Info-vax] [OT] What is happening in/to the US ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-07-29, Craig A. Berry <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/29/24 7:19 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2024-07-26, Dan Cross <cross at spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Perhaps if you hadn't phrased it in terms of her acting, "like a
>>> giggling teenage schoolgirl" others wouldn't have found it an
>>> expression of misogyny.  After all, you were the one who phrased
>>> it in terms of her being a woman.
>>>
>> 
>> No, I phrased in terms of her personality. I later said I would apply
>> the exact same language to a man if he behaved in the same way.
>
> That really strains credibility.
>

Not from where I come from. BTW, I was born and raised in a small
Yorkshire town.

>> What I want to see in a leader is someone who has the gravitas and
>> mindset/strength to deal with a critical world crisis such as a Taiwan
>> invasion, a pandemic with a higher death rate than the last one, or
>> another financial collapse. I also want to see them being able to
>> prepare for this in advance.
>> 
>> Ms Harris does not have the skills or character needed for this ...
>
> Like pretty much any candidate, she has a number of strengths and a
> number of weaknesses.  You have yet to mention a single one of either
> and have provided no basis for any of your claims.
>
> You made the dubious claim that she is to the left of Bernie Sanders,
> which is not only false but also not really possible in U.S. politics.

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4793371-kamala-harris-sanders-biden-liberal/

You can ignore the blatant infantile language in the following obviously
right-wing article (which I also did) and focus on the facts it raises:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/28/kamala-harris-had-more-leftist-voting-record-in-se/

(I like to read articles from all sides of the political spectrum, not
just the side I agree with. Sometimes you find out things that the side
which you normally agree with "forgets" to mention.)

> Then you simply repeated the smear about her laughter that is not new
> but has been revived and circulated again lately by the Trump campaign
> and some of his supporters in the right-wing media.  I would consider
> her laugh about as relevant as Trump's orange hair, but since you
> brought it up, a lot of people actually like Harris's laugh; they feel
> it lends warmth, approachability, and humanity to someone with a
> reputation as a cold, ruthless prosecutor. And it is not a girlish
> giggle but more of a throaty cackle, so you're wrong on the facts, too.
>

It's about the lack of a serious trustworthy personality. The laugh
is about her bursting into nervous giggles at the most inappropriate
of times instead of giving a serious and well thought-out response.

I like my politicans to be serious people who have the gravitas to
run a country.

BTW, just in case it is not obvious by now, I am _not_ a fan of Mr Trump.

Simon.

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