Kamala Harris - VP Pick

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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Merkin Baller said:

    Also:

    "“I heard it today that [Harris] doesn’t meet the requirements” for citizenship, Trump told reporters at the White House. “And, by the way, the lawyer that wrote that [Newsweek] piece is a very highly qualified, very talented lawyer. I have no idea if that’s right. I would have assumed the Democrats would have checked that out.”

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-promotes-doubts-about-kamala-harriss-citizenship/ar-BB17XEx8?ocid=ientp


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  • Merkin Baller
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    dignin said:
    Merkin Baller said:

    Also:

    "“I heard it today that [Harris] doesn’t meet the requirements” for citizenship, Trump told reporters at the White House. “And, by the way, the lawyer that wrote that [Newsweek] piece is a very highly qualified, very talented lawyer. I have no idea if that’s right. I would have assumed the Democrats would have checked that out.”

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-promotes-doubts-about-kamala-harriss-citizenship/ar-BB17XEx8?ocid=ientp


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  • oftenreading
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    Birtherism, the Sequel - This Time It's Personal
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  • Merkin Baller
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    "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
  • cincybearcat
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    oftenreading said:
    Birtherism, the Sequel - This Time It's Personal
    Birtherism, the Sequel - Still Racist 
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  • oftenreading
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    cincybearcat said:
    oftenreading said:
    Birtherism, the Sequel - This Time It's Personal
    Birtherism, the Sequel - Still Racist 
    Bigger, Bolder, Now With Sexism!
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  • Bentleyspop
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  • brianlux
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    Merkin Baller said:
    mace1229 said:
    oftenreading said:
    Birtherism already started, with some in the GOP claiming that Harris is not eligible to be president because her parents were not citizens at the time of her birth, although that is not a requirement for citizenship. 
    Is any official in the GOP saying this? When I tried to look up who is making this claim it kept coming back to some random
     nobody making a Facebook post. I haven’t see anyone officially associated with the GOP make this claim. If so, that would be pretty desperate.



    https://www.npr.org/2020/08/13/902362014/trump-and-his-campaign-amplify-birther-conspiracy-against-kamala-harris

    Hard to believe Trump and the GOP would stoop this low, I know.


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  • cincybearcat
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    oftenreading said:
    cincybearcat said:
    oftenreading said:
    Birtherism, the Sequel - This Time It's Personal
    Birtherism, the Sequel - Still Racist 
    Bigger, Bolder, Now With Sexism!
    Hahahahaha
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  • dankind
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    Merkin Baller said:
    "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,984
    jeffbr said:
    What a tool. Here's what happened with Tucker:

    Carlson throughout the evening repeatedly mispronounced the first name of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who was selected by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to be his running mate earlier in the day. 

    Richard Goodstein, who has served as an adviser to several Democratic presidential campaigns, including that of Bill Clinton, tried to give him a little help. 

    “This is something that will serve you and your fellow hosts on Fox,” Goodstein said. “Her name is pronounced ‘comma’ ― like the punctuation mark ― ‘-la.’ Kamala.”

    “OK,” Carlson said. “So what?” 

    Goodstein replied that saying someone’s name correctly is “kind of a bare minimum” when it comes to showing respect. 

    “OK, so I’m disrespecting her by mispronouncing her name unintentionally,” Carlson claimed.

    Then he tried out her name two different ways before settling on “whatever” for the vice presidential candidate: “So, it begins. You’re not allowed to criticize Kamala Harris, or Kamala Harris, or whatever.”

    “It’s not ‘whatever,’” Goodstein said. 

    Carlson then went off on a tangent. 

    “I love the idea that she’s immune from criticism,” he declared, although Goodstein said no such thing. “On this show, nobody is immune from criticism. Our political leaders must be held to account.”

    As you can see, it was intentional baiting, not mis-pronunciation. Fucker Carlson, or Tucker Carlson, or whatever can shove it. That dude needs to be punched in the bow tie.

    Something is goofy here. How does being corrected on your pronunciation of someone's name morph into a criticism of the person with the name? That's just bizarre, the way he changed the subject. The word "deflect" comes to mind.
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  • cincybearcat
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    I'll be honest...I have to think about how to say her name about 50% of the time.  Shouldn't be that hard...but for some reason it is.  
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  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,984
    And I doubt if she'd care because it's likely been happening her entire life. :) No one could pronounce my last name and it didn't matter. 
    Happy Friday!

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  • Ledbetterman10
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    cincybearcat said:
    I'll be honest...I have to think about how to say her name about 50% of the time.  Shouldn't be that hard...but for some reason it is.  
    I think the confusion can be traced back to this man (R.I.P. by the way, he passed just last week). 


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  • cincybearcat
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    Ledbetterman10 said:
    cincybearcat said:
    I'll be honest...I have to think about how to say her name about 50% of the time.  Shouldn't be that hard...but for some reason it is.  
    I think the confusion can be traced back to this man (R.I.P. by the way, he passed just last week). 


    Yup.

    Looked it up, saw this "comma-la"....I think I'll remember it now.  Might start typing her name ,la
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,818
    edited August 2020
    Kat said:
    jeffbr said:
    What a tool. Here's what happened with Tucker:

    Carlson throughout the evening repeatedly mispronounced the first name of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who was selected by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to be his running mate earlier in the day. 

    Richard Goodstein, who has served as an adviser to several Democratic presidential campaigns, including that of Bill Clinton, tried to give him a little help. 

    “This is something that will serve you and your fellow hosts on Fox,” Goodstein said. “Her name is pronounced ‘comma’ ― like the punctuation mark ― ‘-la.’ Kamala.”

    “OK,” Carlson said. “So what?” 

    Goodstein replied that saying someone’s name correctly is “kind of a bare minimum” when it comes to showing respect. 

    “OK, so I’m disrespecting her by mispronouncing her name unintentionally,” Carlson claimed.

    Then he tried out her name two different ways before settling on “whatever” for the vice presidential candidate: “So, it begins. You’re not allowed to criticize Kamala Harris, or Kamala Harris, or whatever.”

    “It’s not ‘whatever,’” Goodstein said. 

    Carlson then went off on a tangent. 

    “I love the idea that she’s immune from criticism,” he declared, although Goodstein said no such thing. “On this show, nobody is immune from criticism. Our political leaders must be held to account.”

    As you can see, it was intentional baiting, not mis-pronunciation. Fucker Carlson, or Tucker Carlson, or whatever can shove it. That dude needs to be punched in the bow tie.

    Something is goofy here. How does being corrected on your pronunciation of someone's name morph into a criticism of the person with the name? That's just bizarre, the way he changed the subject. The word "deflect" comes to mind.
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I just read that historically about a third of VPs eventually become president, either because the president becomes incapacitated or through being elected themselves. 
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  • cincybearcat
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    oftenreading said:
    I just read that historically about a third of VPs eventually become president, either because the president becomes incapacitated or through being elected themselves. 
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  • Bentleyspop
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    cincybearcat said:
    oftenreading said:
    I just read that historically about a third of VPs eventually become president, either because the president becomes incapacitated or through being elected themselves. 
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    I'm all for that ticket.
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    And for nothing else it will make republican heads spin off their axis.

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