Missed opportunity if Harris doesn't focus on entire population

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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Of course talk about the important issues of police brutality and racism but also broaden to address other issues that affect the entire population.

Would love to hear her talk about the US economy & business issues, climate change, environmental issues. We must reach out to broaden coalition.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. The problem is what will 12-year-old pence do

To completely distract from anything important

Mike Pence, a right wing religious radio talkshow host with an IQ of a nine-year-old

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. He's very good at diversion without missing a beat. That must be a low IQ trait

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. Ask any nine year old why they broke the lamp and watch how fast they DIVERT attention

away from the lamp..

[lagomorph777]

3. Ummmm...COVID? COVID relief? The White House Plague Posse? COVID?

Any important topics I missed?

[bigtree]

4. try listening to her

...and don't try and tell me she doesn't regularly cover ALL of those issues and more.

I don't know where you came up with the notion that she's has some singular focus on 'police brutality and racism.' Kamala Harris is one of the most comprehensive and encompassing legislators in the body. Check her record and check her speeches.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Well she didn't so all good. Your angry tone is not helpful. This

an analytical point only.

[bigtree]

24. it's annoying to come to a diverse internet community

...and have to deal with such limiting expectations for this black woman.

There's really no excuse for assuming she'd even consider pigeonholing herself with issues close to her personal interests. As attorney general she oversaw justice and safety for ALL California residents; prosecution of predatory banks, sexual assault, homicide, environmental protection, school safety, police accountability...

There are also the concerns and initiatives she's pursued as a U.S. Senator. It's not an insignificant effort, and there's an extensive record which is easily accessible.

There's no excuse at all.

Also, neither response was delivered with any anger at all, despite your view of my 'tone.'

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. You made me think....way beyond my seemingly benign post which I should have

prefaced by saying I had only heard Harris in interviews a handful of times and it was all I heard her talk about. Assume our goal was getting the middle and getting rid of the monster?

Work from home and have news on 24/7 in background. In my mind, she could have been a man, she could be purple - it wouldn't matter. It was all I had ever heard her talk about. I admit, I have never sought out position papers or additional info since she wasn't my first choice. But if I, a Dem with Dem in my DNA hadn't, what middle of the road schmuck had?

I know many in the business world (of which there are millions of humans affiliated with in some way..bad move imho for Dems to disparage big banks without thinking about this) who would be worried if there wasn't more umph given other issues like the economy. And not just what to do to help people (of course paramount)...but what are you going to do to keep things churning - macro level.

What you made me realize is that there is a huge gap between what non-minority Dems think and feel and what minorites feel. I hope there comes a day when it will be realized that all Dems + plus good minded people have already completely and automatically assimilated their pain and evolved to the point where it's a complete given. And things can be discussed without reprisal or need for wordsmithing.

[Demsrule86]

5. Laura, I love you...but I find this post disturbing. What make you think Harris

will only focus on racism,police etc. She will focus on questions that are asked of her...it is a debate after all. I have not read that this debate will focus on crime or the police or protests although there be a questions I suppose.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. She didn't! Thought she was great!!

[Sugarcoated]

6. Harris knows to do this

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. She did great. Thought she won hands down. And she looked

So engaged and healthy compared to ghoul looking pence.

[Sunsky]

7. Why do you believe that she would not speak to the entire population??

After all, isn't she running to be VP for all? Have you ever listened to Kamala? A black person can speak about broader issues you know. We are not so dense. This post just seems so stereotypical to me.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Oh jeez. WAY overthinking it.

[Sunsky]

21. No

Sometimes we have to be mindful of the impact of our words. Being dismissive will not change the feeling a sentiment like what was expressed in the OP can evoke. Why would anyone think she would only speak about black issues? I never heard anyone make that request of Biden.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Apologize if I hurt feelings. But, how are you supposed to talk about

stuff - discuss matters openly and without always having to watch the way you say it.

I would never want to hurt anyone's feelings in a million years. But this is a political forum isn't it? Big picture thinking, analysis?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. What the fuck is this shit right here.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Great, analytical non-emotional comment!!!

[greenjar_01]

9. Usually we wait until during or after the debate to slam the candidate

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Usually political people look a all angles and don't get emotional.

[greenjar_01]

18. Oh my!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Who you must have to use that meme a lot huh. :)

[Duncan Grant]

11. I'd like to see her point out the difference between shit and ice-cream.

My wish? She should mercilessly prosecute a case against the trump administration. There are no undecided voters at this point. She should kick ass and take names.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Think there's a swath in the middle that could go either way

Business focused people. Apolitical. Their #1 focus is the economy. This us what drives them. Know many many people like this...since in finance

[irisblue]

22. Here is an article

https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a33966807/kamala-harris-stance-on-economy/

Where Kamala Harris Stands on the Economy


snip... (FYI: We've also put together guides to Harris' positions on healthcare, climate change, guns, abortion, and more.)



snip..."Harris has put her money where her mouth is, so to speak: She's either proposed or supported a range of economic supports for individuals and small businesses particularly impacted by COVID-19, like monetary relief for struggling families, banning evictions and foreclosures, small business grants, and the COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act"


more at source.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Thank you. These are consumer and small biz focused issues.

[irisblue]

23. Another one

Source-https://grist.org/justice/exclusive-kamala-harris-to-introduce-comprehensive-environmental-justice-bill-in-senate/


Snip-"Exclusive: Kamala Harris to introduce comprehensive environmental justice bill in Senate
By Yvette Cabrera on Jul 30, 2020

Fifteen years ago, Kamala Harris — San Francisco’s District Attorney at the time — created an environmental justice unit in her office. The goal was to go after the perpetrators of environmental crimes that were hurting some of the city’s poorest residents.

The state attorney general’s office had emphasized the need for state and local law enforcement to step up because of a void left by federal authorities in the Bush administration who were busy rolling back environmental protections. “One of the best tools out there to go after polluters is to go after them on a criminal basis,” a spokesperson for then–State Attorney General Bill Lockyer told SFGate in 2005. Across the country, communities burdened by pollution and contamination have been calling for that type of accountability at the federal level for decades."

More at article

[UTUSN]

28. "look at all angles" - keep doing that, free thinking, don't be bullied.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Sadly, dying embers of what was a good thing. Only thing that

kept me hopeful through bush/cheney lying and creating a fake war where hundreds of thousands of human beings died. Or when bush called his brother Jeb and miraculously went ahead in Florida in 2004 despite a Kerry lead in election eve.

All good things must pass UTUSN

[betsuni]

30. She talked about the economy and environment in the debate, of course.

Harris is often asked about police brutality and racism in interviews because of her career as a prosecutor. That's her area of expertise.

This comes off as an "identity politics" accusation. The myth that Democrats have no progressive economic or environmental policies and only care about social justice.