Good leaders get good people to work with him.

I think the more you learn about her, the more you will like her. Pragmatic and progressive, she can bring the compassion, as well as the fierceness we will need in this fight against the GOP.

Biden deserves a lot of credit for his choice of VP.

primary supporters of Kamala.. I can imagine how happy you are now.

It seems to be a good thing that she dropped out when she did.. it all worked out amazingly well, I think.

Have you seen these?

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

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I'm beyond happy and I know Joe and Kamala will be a formidable team. Biden/Harris has a really good ring to it.

I did see the video tweet, but not the other two. Thanks very much for sharing!

Hope you and yours are keeping safe and well out there.

I hope the same for you and yours

I forgot to tell you that I really like your sig line.

May redo it a little so the words are more legible.

I remember seeing that at the time but it's a great reminder about the kind of people they both are.

for your OP.

After watching MF45 supporters fluff him, I can’t hold public figures in awe anymore. They are people and flawed. Treat them as such.

It depends on whether they do something inspiring.

Ordinary people doing extraordinary things, however, are.

Superheroes doing super things is just kind of expected, and therefore, no reason to inspire awe.

We're lucky when human beings achieve the extraordinary.

It's going to take a hell of a lot to get the smell of stupid out of the White House, but Biden can and will clean up Trump's mess!

That hasn't happened before! But I have to say, I still was more thrilled yesterday that I could have anticipated. I don't know, something just clicked and it appears to have happened to a lot of people.

Also, this is a big turning point in a presidential campaign. Now everything feels more real and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. There is such an air of optimism, something I haven't seen or felt in a long time.

feel more real now that VP Biden has his running mate, Kamala Harris!

but more optimistic than I have been for a long time and I can picture this pair in the White House, undoing all the damage and making history.

You know, I've always been a big supporter of Joe Biden and have thought he'd have been an excellent president for many years now, but initially I didn't want him to run this cycle, as I thought his time had passed. Now, however, I think he is the perfect person at this particular time in history and Kamala is the perfect VP to have at his side. I know my initial reluctance was because I tend to be protective of Joe, but clearly he was not done yet.

until all the votes are counted. I've been this way since bush VS Gore.

Now I know not everything is as it seems and there is no limit to what republicans will do to win. It was because of Bush vs Gore that I became obsessed with politics and ended up on Democratic Underground as well.

get on DU.. that I had read about in a Nation Magazine.

And here we are.

for any kind of liberal media. Being newspapers and cable TV were very disappointing, I ended up finding some sites on the Internet, DU being my favorite. I was here just reading the posts quite awhile before I became a member. Then one day I wanted to respond to something that was written and have been here as a member ever since.

The other sites were Daily Kos, Crooks N Liars, MoveOn.org, Alternet to name a few, but it was the community here there that made it a political home. I am still in close contact with friends I made here. We were all great admirers of Joe Biden, which seems to be quite a durable bond.

itching to communicate with kindred spirits on the bush coup.

I remember telling my friends at work in New York that I had 5,000 posts on DemocraticUnderground. The looks on their faces! This was back in 2002 when I barely knew what was google was.

To Durable Bonds!

of needing to talk to other people about what was happening. At that time, most of the people on cable news were conservative voices, even MSNBC. After 9/11, any criticism of the Bush administration was viewed as unpatriotic and talk radio was all pretty much right-wing. Then along came Air America and Keith Olbermann and things started to slowly change.

So what did your friends at work think? Sometimes I'd forget that not everyone was plugged into the same news and commentary as I was and I'd be shocked when they had no idea what I was talking about.

Oh yes, those bonds have helped keep me sane. Now my daughter is part of that group on Facebook as well. We all needed a safe place.

bogus war, too.

Yes we do need a safe place.. now more than ever.

I'm much more discriminate about where I participate in discussions. I am much more aware and cautious now. Knowing that trolls can be everywhere, I can often tell when I'm being baited, which wasn't the case years ago. It takes awhile to learn how to safely navigate the inter-webs! I especially avoid Twitter threads. I've seen what it could do to people. I'll go there when someone posts a tweet that interests me, but I'm in and out before I can get roped into a pointless argument.

I'm more comfortable coming here. Even here, I have to be careful not to let someone push my buttons (sometimes it is way too easy). After the 2016 hack of DU, I think it is much more protected than before.

Have a good evening!

& it's my Birthday so I'm enjoying that little milestone. lol

I forgot you are in Hawaii and its still morning!!!

Have a great birthday. You can look at Joe's VP choice as a special gift just for you!

around this time!

Mahalo, Pat!

I recall, when Bill Clinton picked Al Gore I really got excited after being so-so about him before.

In Joe and a Kamala and the people who support them. Al of us.

Though I voted in the primary and favored certain candidates over others, I never doubted that Biden was an excellent choice, Obama picked him after all and he has the experience, what we need desperately most of all to begin to clean up the mess that Trump and his equally destructive minions have left us with. That said, though I still have favorite candidates, I never doubted that Joe Biden has the experience and insight to choose a partner that will give us a win and get the job done. GOTV!

found that I was delighted with the choice...then I heard her speak yesterday and Biden too...I now adore both of them (always adored Biden). I am completely pleased with Biden's choice of Kamala for VP...just thrilled. I am beyond excited in fact...fired up and ready to go!!!!

I didn't expect to tear up. Something really clicked with the Kamala choice. There is hope!