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Personally, I'm glad to see it. Biden's obvious cognitive decline has been very public for the last several years, and as we all saw with the debate, was impossible to hide when his appearance couldn't be stage managed.
He endorses Kamala. It would be an interesting turn of events if she were to be elected, but looking at her tough-on-crime record against nonviolent drug users and truants, I get the sense it would draw more comparisons to Kyrsten Sinema than Eleanor Roosevelt.
It'll be interesting to see where things go from here.
While I'm sure you know this and are just stressing this to showcase the rhetorics opponents could use, it's important to note that she was "tough-on-crime" in a time when the popular policy was to prosecute martyrs to the death. Yes, she was tough, but also relatively very reformist. She even wrote a whole book about that.
Actually I don't, so I appreciate that reply. I just remember reading a ton of articles and material on how heavy handed she was as a DA and it made me wish Biden's running mate were someone less authoritarian and more progressive.
Is there actually policy on her part or a voting record to back it up, or is it more of a rhetorical position? (Genuinely interested here, not trying to be argumentative.)
I'm very much anti-cop, and don't like a lot of her crime policies, because she was tough on crime, but she did have a big focus on programs to reduce recidivism, especially among minors.
A DA will be a nice foil to the convicted felon.
Could be. They can't do much worse than Biden as far as campaigning goes.
Can we also say that it is obvious and TOTALLY REASONABLE cognitive decline for a stressful job being held by an octogenarian.
Trump, who’s not far behind, has never been all there, gets no such comparisons.
You won't get any disagreement from me on that point, but unfortunately, neither you nor I are billionaires, so we have no power over the decision of rich people to pull a real-life Weekend at Bernie's routine.
Let's not forget that Bernie was a wealthy, criminal businessman from Manhattan in that movie.