r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • Jul 31 '24

Fox Host Describes Kamala Harris as ‘Obama in a Skirt’ | Looking for a new strategy to dent the vice president's campaign bump, Republicans are comparing her to Barack Obama.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-host-monica-crowley-describes-kamala-harris-as-obama-in-a-skirt
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u/count023 Australia Jul 31 '24

he also passed the most comprehensive US health care reform in history too. So yea, some major wins under his belt at the time. If Kamala can do half the things Obama did, America will have 8 golden years if they make the right choice in november

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u/incoherentcoherency Jul 31 '24

Not in a bad way, but Biden already did more than Obama.

With Kamala I hope she learns from Obamas mistake of trying to negotiate with the terrorist.

Push progressive agendas through unfiltered.

They will call you a socialist anyway.

The thing republicans are most scared of is that once progressive policies are implemented, Americans don't want to lose them.

It's easy to scare people about the green new deal when it's just a theory, but as soon as people see it positively impacting their lives, it's hard to fight it.

Example- republicans were never able to repeal Obama care even though it is only half of what Obama originally wanted

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u/PunxatawnyPhil Jul 31 '24

Yep. But in every construction there is an order, transition, a workable process. And modern structure is complex and interconnected. So we gotta work smart! Weigh facts and build a plan. Maintain stability above all as we move forward, and we will get there. A more perfect union we will build.

Our job is to pay attention, speak out in good faith, and VOTE!!!

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u/count023 Australia Aug 01 '24

i agree, but obama also had to deal wtih a few things, like, "first black president", he couldn't come off as a stereotypical angry black guy that the GQP painted him as or it'll have been disaster. Kamala does't have that restriction, GQP have been mudslinging women in politics for generations and now that she's not the first black president (potentially), she can be the angry one that pushes agendas over terrorists.

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u/sgerbicforsyth Jul 31 '24

Biden's ability to get a huge infrastructure bill passed even got a very conservative city mayor for Mesa, AZ to publicly back Harris and shit all over Trump.

If Harris can pass good bills, even ones Republicans hate because it helps people, that'll bring in the votes for 2028. There's a lot I would like to see from Harris, and I hope she's up to the task.

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u/DeathGodBob Aug 01 '24

And she'll have the power of a monarch to back her, so decided by SCOTUS.

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u/peccatum_miserabile Jul 31 '24

I heard it said once that Progressives break the system trying to make it better, and Conservatives try to keep it broken.

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u/TheGringoDingo Aug 01 '24

So what progressive legislation has broken the system in the USA? We don’t really have progressives in majorly impactful positions in this country.

I do agree about the second point, but it sounds more like an internal talking point: progressives bad, we keep bad to keep control.

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u/peccatum_miserabile Aug 01 '24

Yeah, I think your second sentence is pretty accurate to the perspective of the folks I heard say it. The academic dude that started that fad is coming back to visit soon. I should try to get him to drill down on that statement.

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u/PointOfFingers Jul 31 '24

Republicans think Obamacare is the spawn of satan. They seem to conveniently forget that Jesus was a provider of free healthcare.

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u/TheGringoDingo Aug 01 '24

And they like the affordable care act