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Look for several Dems to potentially get in early to maximize time for fundraising in 1st Quarter.
Need to post big number since the ante for the 1st tier could be $50 million+ raised in 2019.
Link to tweet
Thoughts?
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)I expect quite a few announcements over the next few weeks.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)the target for umpteen republican smears. Best not to give them too much time to do that.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)She doesn't have the gravitas...she's too cute and over the top. Nothing to do with her racial heritage...which is likely a plus. President? No, can't imagine it.
jcgoldie
(11,639 posts)Seems sexist. Brett Kavanaugh didn't seem to think she was "too cute" when he was stammering all over himself like a scared teenager that came home late in response to her questioning.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Okaaaay...
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)I like him, but think he's not experienced enough...yet. He has the gravitas Harris does not have, he lacks the experience she does have.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)I'm referencing the bizarre extremes I see on DU.
You really think HE has gravitas but SHE doesn't? What about Beto specifically exudes the gravitas that Harris lacks?
What exactly has she said or done that makes you think she's "full of herself?"
Perhaps she should walk around onstage in rumpled clothing bellowing "I'm so F#CKING PROUD of you guys!" in order to be taken seriously?
And yes, I'm quite fine, thank you.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)It makes even less sense. I thought this here place was a discussion site...not a gotcha. Carry on.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)What exactly makes you think that Beto has gravitas but Harris doesn't - and what precisely has she done or said that makes her come across to you as "full of herself"?
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)And how about you have your opinion and I have mine. I don't owe you any answers. Thank you for sharing.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)For example, 'Too cute', 'no gravitas', and a host of others which never seem to provide objective evidence to support them.
Carry on, part II.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Because she's attractive and has a soft voice?
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Neither are anywhere on my list...or most people's I'd say...as presidential qualities. But her clothes are always well-pressed, I'll give you that. Now that's a real presidential quality.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Apparently, you think this discussion board is simply a venue for you to express your view, but not to have it responded to, or God forbid, challenged.
But when you post comments like you have in this thread, you can fully expect to get called on them - if you can't handle that, perhaps it is you who should "give it a rest "
FYI - referring to an accomplished, confident, eloquent, intelligent black woman - a U.S. senator, no less - as "lacking gravitas" and "full of herself" is dangerously close to, if not the outright equivalent of, calling her "uppity." And on that you can surely expect to get a "wait-what?"
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)it's OK that you have your views and I have mine. I think that is what they call...agree to disagree. That's what adults do when there is clearly no common ground. Work for you?
jcgoldie
(11,639 posts)Like calling a candidate for president cute or "cutesy" because she's a woman, it doesn't make it any less so if you say "well thats just my opinion."
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Maybe she seems full of herself. I don't know exactly. She just doesn't strike me as ready to be POTUS.
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LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,817 posts)Oh
My
Gawd
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Go figure.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)1. handsome...handsomey
2. drop dead gorgeous...drop dead goergousy
3. Tall, dark and handsome...tall, dark and handsomey
4. Ivanka's famous North of the Border heart throb
Which one qualifies for sexist...or you can add you own.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Or are you referring to someone/something else?
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TeamPooka
(24,248 posts)question everything
(47,521 posts)and, before you decide, please tell us your stand on Civil forfeiture since you supported it while CA AG.