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Where is Kamala?

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Annabella92 · 06/11/2024 18:30

Just saw this post on X, and I tend to agree...

"Kamala lost as she campaigned - a coward who couldn't face the media, couldn't handle the pressure. Didn't even have the character required to concede on election night. Went home to sulk. The opposite of presidential material."

Really and truly was there nobody with any substance the Democrats could have put forward. What on earth did they expect. The bar was so low.

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adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 22:04

Sandygoldenbeaches · 06/11/2024 21:51

Even just her saying that it's important to accept the result, as that's what a democracy is,

Really got to me,

As that's so different to what Trump said when he lost.

She's so much more advanced

Dinosaurs are so much more advanced!!

FuzzyCaoraDhubh · 06/11/2024 22:04

Whu · 06/11/2024 22:02

She made a dignified, gracious and hopeful speech and will ensure a peaceful transfer of power.
The differences between her and Trump could not be more noticeable.

This.

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 22:03

HellsBalls · 06/11/2024 21:56

No, I mean like Harris, and Biden tomorrow.
I hope they have a bit of compassion and don’t let him speak.

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I wish Trump could be shut up but we're stuck with listening to his utter crap for the next 4 years! Unless he morphs into (not far to go!) 'Sleepy Don'!!

Whu · 06/11/2024 22:02

She made a dignified, gracious and hopeful speech and will ensure a peaceful transfer of power.
The differences between her and Trump could not be more noticeable.

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 22:01

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I don't watch any of them.

MichaelandKirk · 06/11/2024 22:01

Agree that Biden shouldn’t speak. He should have conceded a few years ago and was vain and the people around him didn’t lead him away.

I also think Biden didn’t think he was doing a bad job.

BotanicalGreen · 06/11/2024 21:59

Theredfoxfliesatmidnight · 06/11/2024 21:39

The commentator on GB news just said it feels like he's been asked if he wants ketchup or mayo with his word salad, having watched that speech.

It probably went over his head.

Paintersradio · 06/11/2024 21:59

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adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 21:58

Sandygoldenbeaches · 06/11/2024 21:41

Ah I wish we'd had her as president instead.

I wish we literally had anyone else as president but Trump! Perhaps not Putin.

Sandygoldenbeaches · 06/11/2024 21:58

Can we have Kamala back?

I want her instead :)

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 21:57

Theredfoxfliesatmidnight · 06/11/2024 21:41

I'm one of the 2 million "reform lot" so guess that's why I like it! 😊

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Well that speaks volumes doesn't it?! Anathema to most of the rest of the millions living in the UK!

Sandygoldenbeaches · 06/11/2024 21:56

She looked quite Happy to lose.

It's probably a relief in some ways.

I remember Michelle Obama said that when they got into the white house, and their lives totally changed in every way , she did think

"What have we done to ourselves".

HellsBalls · 06/11/2024 21:56

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 21:55

Like Trump, you mean??

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No, I mean like Harris, and Biden tomorrow.
I hope they have a bit of compassion and don’t let him speak.

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 21:55

HellsBalls · 06/11/2024 21:36

Fecking hell, what a shyte orator. She talked a lot and said not much. Just noise. Need to be better to be the POTUS.
Like a parody.

Like Trump, you mean??

HellsBalls · 06/11/2024 21:55

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 21:48

GB News???? Only ever watched it once and felt like bleaching my eyes after!

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GB News is as bad as listening to James O’Brien, only the bullshit lasts all day rather than only 3 hours.

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 21:54

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I assume you are referring to Trump???!!!

SpidersAreShitheads · 06/11/2024 21:54

I just wondered when Trump was going to start talking about all the voting fraud, and when he was going to demand recounts again?

Because surely, voter fraud is voter fraud, and not just when he loses? Right? Right?

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/11/2024 21:53

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He's the definition of a narcissist! Hardly "oblivion" either!

Dandeliontea123 · 06/11/2024 21:53

Sandygoldenbeaches · 06/11/2024 21:43

She gave a cracking speech.

She really did.

BarbaraHoward · 06/11/2024 21:51

I thought she spoke very well, and held it together well. Tim Walz looked so emotional.

No idea why she's being criticised on here for not saying more of substance - what substance is there in a concession speech?

Also don't understand the criticism over it starting late - these big speeches are always late. God knows how much time I've lost to watching an empty podium outside Downing Street, and I don't even follow politics particularly closely.

BotanicalGreen · 06/11/2024 21:51

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Give me Kuenssberg and Maitlis any day of the week. GB News is dumbed down shite.

Sandygoldenbeaches · 06/11/2024 21:51

Even just her saying that it's important to accept the result, as that's what a democracy is,

Really got to me,

As that's so different to what Trump said when he lost.

She's so much more advanced

MrsMickey · 06/11/2024 21:51

The difficulty anyone has in making a concession speech is that they will always be judged against John McCain in 2008, and generally find it very difficult to compare

Paintersradio · 06/11/2024 21:50

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Neighbours87 · 06/11/2024 21:48

She’s just made a very dignified concession speech unlike the previous person to loose a presidential election