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[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 69 points 1 month ago

Unpopular opinion: Kamala was a solid candidate.

Biden was headed to a humiliating defeat. Another couple debates, and maybe he loses NY and CA and we have a Dukakis- or Mondale-level annhilation. Kamala stepped in and ran a solid campaign on very short notice. Trump didn't even have time to come up with a good nickname for her! She kicked his ass in their only debate, and he was literally too scared to do it again.

In the end, she lost by a couple hundred thousand votes in 3 states. She was wrong about Gaza and the economy, but PA, MI, and WI are credibly winnable in future elections. Kamala was not a garbage candidate.

[-] wpb@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

What was solid about her? She lost to Trump of all people.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Ask Fox News, they will do their best to give you a fair and balanced assessment of her policies and-

sorry, couldn't get through that sentence with a straight face.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hope you realize this but Harris ended up in a humiliating defeat.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

Unpopular opinion: Kamala was a solid candidate.

If that is an unpopular opinion then the statement is definitionally false.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

This statement implies popularity = good, universally.

In the 1800s, slavery was popular. Hence, should a candidate have run on preserving slavery?

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No it doesn't. A candidate needs a lot of qualities to be "good". One of those qualities is the ability to be popular on election day. An unpopular candidate isn't a good candidate. A popular candidate might be.

Honestly, yes. Kamala was the way better choice of the two. Biden kinda fell off for me the moment he did the railroad strike stuff.

But I'm not living in the US, so my point is kinda moot.

[-] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Biden got those striking workers everything they wanted. He just didn't scream about it like Trump would have, which was a huge mistake.

The result was a compromise, in parts due to a blockage of the republicans. It was good, but it would have been so much better if they could have continued to hold the distribution of wares hostage. It could have been really awesome for workers as a reason to do the same.

I get that Biden did that to stump broad civil unrest in the whole US, btw. That would have put a lot of people on the streets demanding change. While destroying untold sums.

[-] oyo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

But it's not the voters fault! America had no choice but to vote for the rapist misogynist xenophobic fraudster traitor con man failed businessman because the woman had a nasally voice!

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