• Wants to continue democracy and peaceful transfer of power

    • Consistently demonstrates adequate mental health

    • Respects religious diversity

    • Has stable and data-driven policy stances

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      Has stable and data-driven policy stances

      Does she? What policy stances does she have and what data does she have to back them up?

      I agree with the rest though, and honestly the first was pretty much the only reason I voted for Biden last time.

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      Has stable and data-driven policy stances

      What’s kind of strange is this one. It sounds good, but aren’t those what we call “technocrats?” I don’t know enough to say whether I think it’s good or bad, but I know people talk about that as if it is bad.

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    tax-funded Medicare-for-all

    Is there another way to do it, or do they just want to add a scary word?

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      All healthcare providers spontaneously switch to being free? Otherwise, yeah, it’s gonna be taxes I think

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      Comservatives hate taxes. They complain that the left is entitled and then bitch and moan when they have to actually pay their share for the services they use. Nothing will get them more fired up than hating on taxes even if you show them just how vile and expensive the private version is.

      “I earned that money(all by myself and at no point did I use any tax-funded infrastructure no not me not never).”

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        A libertarian “sovereign citizen” is absolutely peak conservative entitlement. “I should have all the benefits of society while putting nothing that I don’t feel like back in.”

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          But that’s another way to funnel public funds into private coffers. They’re all about that. Like private prisons! Maybe there should be a prison voucher system now that I think about it. Ugg

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          Or single family homes. That policy from Project 2025 will increase local taxes and other municipal services fees. It’s just not at the federal level.

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      Single payer Medicare for all I think has been an idea considered to get us incrementally closer to a publicly funded option for all like federal employees like senators and reps currently have. If it’s good enough for those citizens it should be good enough for all citizens, but getting there has been awful because oligarchs won’t fund a campaign based on real public healthcare reform and political parties dump candidates who don’t get money.

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        Good point, that’s a good focus for her.

        She hasn’t been a great public speaker so far as VP, but I don’t know how different she’ll be as a presidential candidate, I’m looking forward to it.

        Looks like she still has that pained speaking look in Delaware likeshe’s barely getting the words out, but idk, first stop or something on the trail, right?

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKvJJR-6jO4

        I like the words she’s saying, but I’m not exactly pumped up by her seeking lack of conviction.

        I’ll keep listening.

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            Thank you!

            You are right, that was a much better showing with much more enthusiasm and much more convincing appeal to progressives.

            I look forward to hearing more.

            I thought she looked like she was throwing up in her mouth in Delaware, but this really was a good speech.

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          I think it’s all those years lawyering. She’s spent more time arguing cases in front of juries and judges than political speeches and it kinda shows.

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            Yea, I think you’re right. It’ll be interesting to see how she develops being in such a different role.

            What I saw sounds so canned that I can’t take anything she’s saying seriously, but I’ve yet to watch the Milwaukee speech someone just recommended

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    I especially enjoy that investigating companies is seen as an obvious and unforgivable indictment. They’re not even going to argue it was baseless or anything. Just that she had the audacity to challenge companies.

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    Woah.

    (Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based! Based!)