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Respectfully, this will lose the election for us. I voted for Kamala and I admire Bernie and AOC (since she has become a grown-up). Kamala and the party badly misread the moment— while I am more than disgusted and sickened by everything about Trump and longed for some positivity, I think that her laughter badly alienated the millions of Americans who are struggling to put food on the table. I think she is now just as toxic as Hillary, who I also voted for. She should stay out of national politics, maybe run for Gov of my state, CA, where I will vote for her. We need some tough new blood and Ossof may be the person, or maybe someone we don’t even know about yet.

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You won’t vote for Kamala because you don’t like her laugh???? Last time I heard anyone use that as a reason against voting for someone I was the adult advisor for our grade school Student Council!! And as an adult, ur not worried about donOLD’S multiple tariffs that are raising prices- that keep food off tables for children. and not get a school lunch, or buying a car to carpool kids to/fro school, so some pervert doesn’t abduct them!

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Susan, I think you missed the point. I meant that Kamala’s laughter and general bearing were tone-deaf for the times. It looked to many people that she did not take them and their predicaments seriously or that she was an unserious person. That is not what a good politician does not do if they want to gain trust and votes. As for my relationship with laughter: I don’t like or trust anybody who does not have a major sense of humor. And to that point: look at what those humorless, self-righteous prigs did to Al Franken, costing us a great Senator over some silliness from many years ago when he did touch anybody. In the words of the great Howard Stern: “Everybody just calm down!”

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Further to that point: I am as disgusted and horrified by what that sociopathic piece of shit does on a daily basis, aided and abetted by his psycho pal who does not care about anybody or anything other than self-glorification. I voted for Kamala because of her policies and basic decency. It didn’t work out I just want us to win.

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Excuse me, WTFishappening, but your comment addressed at Susan is mostly senseless. I've read it several times and I still don't see what are you trying to say. I really don't know what is your problem with Kamala's laughter. Kamala was a great candidate who got robbed by tRumputinists&eVIlonmusk of her votes and thrown under the bus by Biden who like crazy chose to host tRumputin in his i.e. Biden's White House soon after the monstrous nov. 6th 2024 and was all about transferring the most powerful power on Earth to the criminal insurrectionist kgb-agent tRumputin when he knew he should NOT have done that!!

Like I said before ad nauseam, I LOVED President Biden - all until nov. 6th 2024 when he chose to force Kamala to concede too fast, to capsize his own self and became so quickly unrecognizable choosing to become tRumputin's tool - instead of fighting against him with his Presidential Powers the most. I don't see where is Kamala's fault in that, except for listening to the two crazy oldmen - Biden and tRumputin.

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Vel Santic Thank you for ur reply, I wasn’t following WTFishappening post now I’m feel I’m sane!

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Well, my wife calls me “lame” all the time too but that does not make her right. I referred to Al Franken because some really stupid Dems (my party) chased him (and his vote) out of the Senate because of an (admittedly lame) joke that they did not like. He never hurt anybody. I quoted Howard Stern, another guy whose sense of humor is not to everyone’s liking, for the wise and astute saying that everybody just needs to calm down. Otherwise, we would not have lost Franken. This is called irony.

My point all along has been about the OPTICS of Kamala’s campaign. There are a lot of frustrated people out there and I think they may have felt she was dismissive of their concerns. Kinda like when Hillary did not go to Wisconsin in 2016. So, they fell for our own Hitler and his abominations. An important part of politics is to give a good look to as many potential voters as possible while remaining true to your principles.

For perspective, I was a major supporter of Kamala, I donated money, and my wife and I worked on her campaign. I am one of those “coastal elites” and until recently, I lived in the same LA neighborhood as Kamala. She is my kind of person and her light touch and warmth worked for me. However, I think that her demeanor was not good messaging to many voters.

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Little misread, lots of cheating, election bought, purchaser enjoying the power.

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Agree. To soon. Love her but everything would just simply be rehashed.

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I dunno. Seems like the joy was for moving forward, building on Biden’s programs. I don’t disagree that those working paycheck to paycheck were disaffected, but lookee what they have now.

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I think much of this is about selfishness, ignorance, and worse. I think that the MAGA and MAGA-adjacent people will have to feel the effects personally or see the impact on their families and friends before they start to care.

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Someone, somewhere made a reference to taking time to turn the Titanic around. Looks like the heading is changing, at least.

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Thanks for your thoughtful response. I thought she could be channeling her values into a "equity for all" type foundation. And speaking about those issues. Not to run again. That would be a disaster, I agree. Thanks again. Gave me a perspective to think about 😊

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