What was Richard Cheney approval rating? Patiently waiting
Kamala Harris's approval rating falls to 28%, a historic low for any modern vice president
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Hmm...I wonder why people hate the Black VP?
Where is the Black VP? I don't think one has been elected yet.
People don't like her optics. She's not visible and when she is visible it is always some bs or controversy involved.
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Actually, yes you can. The biggest difference between Pence and Harris, other than race, gender, and party affiliation is that the base of the elected president liked and supported what they were doing so, being a reflection of that and an echo chamber of sorts effects people's opinions of you.
She's gonna get knocked by Republicans, that's a given. But, when she's knocked by her own party, then that's precieved poor performance. If you look at the data, only 36% of people 30 and under gave her a positive rating.
Think about this, she's in charge of the border, but she's been super silent and took months to visit for the first time. The Haitian border thing doesn't help at all either.
Her biggest problem is that people can never tell if it's the real her. She feels too much like a politician. Black folk look at her with the side eye due to her silence on black issues. Notice that she hasn't mentioned any black since the election. During the election it was HBCUs, black Greeks, I'm black, my dad's Jamaican, I listen to Tupac, etc. Now??
She needs a complete overhaul before the next election or the democrats will see the worst loss in history to the Republicans.
Trump and Pence weren't being forced down my throat as people I should vote for and who'd have the best interests of the Black community at heart.
Has she mentioned Howard or AKAs since being elected? Talked about the student housing protests at Howard (which BGOL has been conspicuously silent about as well). Anything about HBCUs period?
What comment? Lank please. Or tag me in it again.
Jared can take over.
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The poll is from USA Today and Suffolk University. Gotta love this "fake news"
Why patiently wait for something you could have read in the original post?
"The closest comparison — which involves slightly different methodology and margins of error — would be former Vice President Dick Cheney, the most unpopular US vice president in polling history. He bottomed out at 30% in Gallup's tracking survey, but that wasn't until the end of former President George W. Bush's second term in 2007."
Actually I am paying attention. I'm watching the cost of living. I'm watching crime rates. I'm watching foreign policy. I'm watching the environment. I'm watching the market. I'm also watching the man in the mirror. None of what you mentioned effects me whether it comes from the left or from the right. Not because I'm better or smarter. Its because I have always focused on surviving despite the party that's in control, instead of bending over for one of them.
Where is the Black VP? I don't think one has been elected yet.
Trump and Pence weren't being forced down my throat as people I should vote for and who'd have the best interests of the Black community at heart.
Has she mentioned Howard or AKAs since being elected? Talked about the student housing protests at Howard (which BGOL has been conspicuously silent about as well). Anything about HBCUs period?
What comment? Lank please. Or tag me in it again.
Jared can take over.
The poll is from USA Today and Suffolk University. Gotta love this "fake news"
Why patiently wait for something you could have read in the original post?
"The closest comparison — which involves slightly different methodology and margins of error — would be former Vice President Dick Cheney, the most unpopular US vice president in polling history. He bottomed out at 30% in Gallup's tracking survey, but that wasn't until the end of former President George W. Bush's second term in 2007."
Several times she has mentioned Howard. Hell she was at the Howard vs. Hampton game here in DC that was nationally televised or it was atleast shown on tv in the DMV area.
I know several Howard alumni that have told me those students knew the dorms were being renovated before the school year started. It's a money grab and hustle by those kids who are setting up GoFundME campaigns. Not saying the conditions are great, but I can only go off of what people who are connected to the school and WENT to school at Howard have told me....
Then my suggestion to you would be to get tooled up and prepared for the revolution this country has needed for 3 generations.
That’s a great point. What has she done for Howard since being in office? The SGA even went at her.
Democrats with another loss.
Naw, you're wrong. There are 3 paths foreword.
- Continue as this country always has with politics leaning either to the left or to the right. That's all any of us know in our lifetimes.
- Complete domination by one of the existing two political ideologies.
- Revolution and the installation of a new political order.
No doubt cacs hate for a Black woman.
Thinking about what you're saying.
I'm also thinking about what we can do now to keep things from getting to that point. The problem is that the opposition has a strategy with financial backers and media complicity to carry out the preliminary brainwashing (ie: race baiting with CRT and "woke culture", "stop the steal", busing in anti-mask/anti-vax protesters to school board hearings) and has paid "Democratic" plants in Congress (Manchin, Sinema) to stifle forward motion on the left. The Democrats and the left might play a weak defense sometimes, but the offense never truly flexes and isn't organized and isn't bold. The constituency has been passive and had on blinders. Hence their electing the worst of all possible choices in the Democratic primaries, instead of someone bold, not sold out and committed to a strong progressive agenda to counter the strong moves towards authoritarianism on the right.
For sure it will be up to the people to push the change that the majority of the country wants. But it's gonna take more than sitting around and complaining and worrying.
Finally...a counter argument worthy of debate...
#1 This nation has ALWAYS been dominated by the right: slavery, genocide, patriarchy-all hallmarks of right wing authoritarianism. Additionally, if you look at the Central and South American countries which have suffered intervention from the U.S. in their politics, the U.S. has, in EVERY SINGLE CASE, supported the far right wing of every political struggle.
#2 The corporate resources support the RIGHT: this is why CNN and MsNBC don't want to talk about where the dark money supporting right wing extremists originate: multinational corporations. Do some research on who supports right wing causes and candidates. You might be surprised to find the money leads to corporations that OWN most of the major U.S. corporations you allude to. This is why they don't talk about global warming on MsNBC, nor CNN. As for the numbers being on our side, I can guarantee you that 100 people with AR15s can take on 1000 people armed with copies of the constitution.
#3 Don't know if you have seen the videos, but the right is ALREADY engaged in violence against those who would oppose them, e.g. the coup of January 6, the murder of protesters, and the murder by police of unarmed black people across the nation.
They CLEARLY not only have the stomach for direct, physical combat, they are engaging in it as we are communication right now. This is EXACTLY what the brown shirts did in Germany, and the black shirts did in Italy under Mussolini.
And lastly, January 6 WAS a real coup. It was not successful.
What does one call an unsuccessful coup that goes unpunished? A rehearsal.
As for the books... I actually taught social studies, formerly know as civics for more than a decade in a previous life.
I await your rebuttal.
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Agreed. The complaints you have about the dems are older than both of us. This is nothing new. That's why I've always taken a pragmatic approach to it. Either insulate myself from the policies of a corrupt government or be prepared fight in the streets for change. For me, those are the only two options. Anything else is an exercise in futility. And history has clearly shown it.
Absolutely.
And how does one insulate? The only thing a bully understands is a bloody nose. I would opt for preparing to fight. The other side is already literally killing us at will, with little in the way of repercussions.
There was an extensive survey done of every day citizens of Germany post WWII.
The question was posed as to how they let nazis take over and do what they did.
The general consensus was that the insults to civil society were so subtle, and so gradual,
that by the time they realized they were in the grip of the serpent, it had already cut off their
air supply, in a manner of speaking.
What the right has done in the last 10 years would have literally had people in the streets looking for blood
in 1975. Now, a congressional subpoena means nothing, a rapist and avowed racist was our last president, and
several members of congress are openly supporting a coup.
The serpent is constricting, and too many of us think it will reconsider and become vegetarian.
Ain't happenin'.
The question was posed as to how they let nazis take over and do what they did.
The general consensus was that the insults to civil society were so subtle, and so gradual,
that by the time they realized they were in the grip of the serpent, it had already cut off their
air supply, in a manner of speaking.
What the right has done in the last 10 years would have literally had people in the streets looking for blood
in 1975. Now, a congressional subpoena means nothing, a rapist and avowed racist was our last president, and
several members of congress are openly supporting a coup.
The serpent is constricting, and too many of us think it will reconsider and become vegetarian.
Ain't happenin'.
Oh we've got another thinker in the room!
1. The civil war stands as the best example ever of which ideology gets the last word in this country. The Union was motivated and agitated by the leftist abolitionist and underpinned by a majority that didn't want to see the country torn apart over the free labor advantage of slavery. Everything you mentioned was tried and defeated. The reason the US backs authoritarian strong men in the Latin America boils down to expediency and racism. Its oh so much easier to control one loud puppet than to negotiate with all those unsophisticated brown people.
2. I'll concede that corporate money may have some right leanings but again its about money. Its easier to control and influence a few powerful people at the top than to have to deal with the opinions of the group (unions). Also I don't use inclusive pronouns when I mention the dems. I don't consider myself a dem or republican. So in my mind there's no "us" or "our". Its just oppression from the left and the right. Don't get it twisted. Just because the racist far right crazies are known for being pro gun doesn't mean the rest of the people are only armed with their rights and good feelings. I know a lot of dems but I don't know any unarmed ones.
3. I agree that people are dying in the streets all the time. The sobering part of that truism is that democrats are in positions (mayors/governers/DAs)to do something about it and they haven't. I find it hard to believe that if black lives were a real priority to the democratic party, they wouldn't jump on this low hanging fruit and send a signal that this shit won't be tolerated.
Like I said in another post: I either insulate myself from the policies of a corrupt government or be prepared fight in the streets for change. For me, those are the only two options. Anything else is an exercise in futility. And history has clearly shown it.
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Other than cable news wenches, who was ever "excited" about Harris? It was for damn sure not the voters or she wouldn't have been polling below Andrew Yang before she dropped out of the presidential. 
Not a fan of wenches generally but this one really rubbed me the wrong way with all of her "person of color" talk while simultaneously trying to run as the reincarnation of Shirley Chisholm.
Joe Biden wasn't the best candidate nor my first choice but he was the perfect one for defeating Trump. Democrats need to find somebody for 2024 because it will be a disaster if she is anywhere near the ticket.
How is the VP's office this messy 6 months in?https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290
Not a fan of wenches generally but this one really rubbed me the wrong way with all of her "person of color" talk while simultaneously trying to run as the reincarnation of Shirley Chisholm. Joe Biden wasn't the best candidate nor my first choice but he was the perfect one for defeating Trump. Democrats need to find somebody for 2024 because it will be a disaster if she is anywhere near the ticket.
How is the VP's office this messy 6 months in?https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290
Oh we've got another thinker in the room!
1. The civil war stands as the best example ever of which ideology gets the last word in this country. The Union was motivated and agitated by the leftist abolitionist and underpinned by a majority that didn't want to see the country torn apart over the free labor advantage of slavery. Everything you mentioned was tried and defeated. The reason the US backs authoritarian strong men in the Latin America boils down to expediency and racism. Its oh so much easier to control one loud puppet than to negotiate with all those unsophisticated brown people people.
2. I'll concede that corporate money may have some right leanings but again its about money. Its easier to control and influence a few powerful people at the top than to have to deal with the opinions of the group (unions). Also I don't use inclusive pronouns when I mention the dems. I don't consider myself a dem or republican. So in my mind there's no "us" or "our". Its just oppression from the left and the right. Don't get it twisted. Just because the racist far right crazies are known for being pro gun doesn't mean the rest of the people are only armed with their rights and good feelings. I know a lot of dems but I don't know any unarmed ones.
3. I agree that people are dying in the streets all the time. The sobering part of that truism is that democrats are in positions (mayors/governers/DAs)to do something about it and they haven't. I find it hard to believe that if black lives were a real priority to the democratic party, they wouldn't jump on this low hanging fruit and send a signal that this shit won't be tolerated.
Like I said in another post: I either insulate myself from the policies of a corrupt government or be prepared fight in the streets for change. For me, those are the only two options. Anything else is an exercise in futility. And history has clearly shown it.
Interesting take. I will rejoin this discussion later. I have an appointment to keep.
Peace.
Shit that applies to a lot of famous and not famous alumni for HBCU’s. Plenty of folks don’t do shit for their alma mater hence why so many HBCUS endowments are low asf!That’s a great point. What has she done for Howard since being in office? The SGA even went at her.
Democrats with another loss.
None of the pass Vice President was great. Pence, Cheney Crook, Popa Bush Crook, Nixon Crook, Ford 
Gore, Biden, Dan Quayle couldn't spell, terrible. Easy on the sista who said she was smoking weed in college listening to Tupac. Especially when Tupac was even out yet.
Gore, Biden, Dan Quayle couldn't spell, terrible. Easy on the sista who said she was smoking weed in college listening to Tupac. Especially when Tupac was even out yet.
Fuck that lol Atleast Cheney crooked ass got broke off millions off the death of American soldiers. Nigga optimized his VP privileges to the FULLEST.None of the pass Vice President was great. Pence, Cheney Crook, Popa Bush Crook, Nixon Crook, Ford
That nigga made so much off that war,nigga was breaking George Washington University money left and right.
In a country of 330,000,000 people its reasonable to believe you can live a lifetime here and rarely be confronted by the worst ideological elements of this society. When I say insulated I mean living the kind of life that keeps as few of the decisions of the government from affecting you as possible. For me that means staying on the right side of the law. Avoiding the courts. Keeping a steady source of income. Staying informed. Surrounding myself with likeminded people. Etc. That's worked in my life for the last 50 years.
There were 80 million muthafuckas in Germany under Hitler. Of course its easier to lull all those idiots to sleep when everyone looks alike, sounds alike, points to the same history and culture. Homogeny fucked them bad. America has dozens of cultures, languages, ideologies and 4 times and many people with guns and social media. I would never compare the propaganda efforts of the nazis on their likeminded white, racist masses to what it would take to put a true melting pot like the US on the path to destruction. Getting American hearts and minds on the same page is a completely different animal.
OP would love to see her fail.
That's not surprising though,
that's just what CACs and
Coons do to make themselves
feel better about their shitty,
pathetic worthless lives.
That's not surprising though,
that's just what CACs and
Coons do to make themselves
feel better about their shitty,
pathetic worthless lives.
There's a lot of good reasons for this.
The biggest problem is that we're used to populists running our government. Biden and Harris are the opposite.
There used to be a time when a voter might say "yes, I'm a republican, but President Clinton is doing a good job." That all changed when Barack Obama took office. Now it's at the point where anybody with a D beside their name is vilified by at least half the country.
Elections are about popularity, but actually governing is about getting things done that makes your people's life better. Doing this often requires you to risk pissing off your public. Especially for the problems we're facing right now.
Keep in mind that when Biden and Harris got elected we were at the ass end of a century defining pandemic, global warming went from a distant concept to do a daily reality, we're facing the consequences of our broken immigration system, the start of the new labor movement, and the Civil Rights movement is raging with a passion not seen since the 1960s.
There is no way that any administration could deal with all of this at once. If they tried they would have accomplished nothing. Therefore it seems as if certain issues are getting ignored so the people affected by these issues are going to give a bad review.
The biggest problem is that we're used to populists running our government. Biden and Harris are the opposite.
There used to be a time when a voter might say "yes, I'm a republican, but President Clinton is doing a good job." That all changed when Barack Obama took office. Now it's at the point where anybody with a D beside their name is vilified by at least half the country.
Elections are about popularity, but actually governing is about getting things done that makes your people's life better. Doing this often requires you to risk pissing off your public. Especially for the problems we're facing right now.
Keep in mind that when Biden and Harris got elected we were at the ass end of a century defining pandemic, global warming went from a distant concept to do a daily reality, we're facing the consequences of our broken immigration system, the start of the new labor movement, and the Civil Rights movement is raging with a passion not seen since the 1960s.
There is no way that any administration could deal with all of this at once. If they tried they would have accomplished nothing. Therefore it seems as if certain issues are getting ignored so the people affected by these issues are going to give a bad review.
So.
I haven't heard about her in a while.
What has she done to warrant a low popularity rating?
What has she done to warrant a low popularity rating?
What promises did Trump keep?
President Trump’s Broken Promises to the American People
Feb 4, 2020 - The President campaigned on numerous promises to the American people, and four years into his presidency, he is letting the American people down on pledge after pledge. Ahead of tonight’s State of the Union Address, here’s a look at what the President promised he would deliver to...
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MSNBC talks about global warming and the climate crisis all the time. Chris Hayes had a climate special.
Look like a light skin Black woman that’s what
You don't think her record and lack of action has anything to do with it?
All skin folk ain't kinfolk.
I think people were believing the RW propaganda that Biden was too senile to lead and that KH would be the one running things in the WH. Aside from Darth Cheney, none of the VP were visible, or even covered, unless they were making a blunder. Biden was always besides Obama looking on admiringly and seeming to show support and have his back, but he was only mentioned when something happened like saying BFD on a hot mic.
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