K. Harris (Of Brahmin descent) faces polling challenges in key areas

[eclipsenow]

Harris descends from the Brahmin super-class super-elite -

The progressive Indian grandfather who inspired Kamala Harris

With P.V. Gopalan, an upright civil servant and doting patriarch, Kamala Harris forged one of the defining relationships of her life.

www.latimes.com

Kamala's grandfather "Gopalan was a Brahmin, part of a privileged elite in Hinduism’s ancient caste hierarchy. In post-independence India, convention destined Brahmin offspring for arranged marriages and comfortable careers in academia, government service or the priesthood — if they were men. Women were not expected to work at all."

Um, how is this relevant in modern America?
I thought Trump might mouth something like this - but it seems to be a broader Republican thing.
It's got so bad Republicans with an ounce of ethics have decided it is time to stop the DEI attacks!

I mean - put her up against Trump in a debate and we'll see who sounds like a DEI hire!
That is - if Trump dares to attend. Back when Biden was his opponent - Trump was asking for more debates (to make him look good.)
Now he's suddenly nervous - demanding that Fox News studios host it according to their rules. Which isn't going to happen. So he's effectively laying the ground work to back out of any future debates - because I think she terrifies him.

 

[rambot]

Speaking of demonic:

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Hey dude. Friendly neighbourhood youth here and I'm gonna give you the straight dope.

Which is a short hand for sandwhich, which is actually a compliment. Like how everyone loves a sandwhich! You know "Marvels: Endgame was such a which"...or "Did you see the Rock in Jumanji? He was such a which".

Trust me. IT's what all the cool dudes are saying.

 

[Pommer]

Marxist and Luciferian? I've got some chalk somewhere. I'll draw a pentagram in the back yard and try chanting it in a monotone with a Russian accent. See what happens.

The ghost of Rasputin appears and vomits copious amounts of ectoplasm…I’ve been told.

 

[eclipsenow]

Bottom line is that the Trump campaign would do well to let the voters get a better view of Kamala as a candidate dealing with the hard questions. Let the results speak for themselves.

Ah, but does Trump let any "results speak for themselves"? Obama's birth certificate, Kamala's birth certificate, climate science, election results, court results?

Anything that doesn't go the way he wants it to is rejected as a "Terrible thing, you wouldn't believe it, nobody has ever seen anything like it..."

And then we hear something about sharks and electric boats. Or something.

But yeah, he's the master of letting results speak for themselves!
And coherent sentences.

 

[ViaCrucis]

Careful, you might resurrect Yakov Smirnoff.

-- A2SG, or, at least, his career....

In Soviet Russia, you possess devil!

-CryptoLutheran

 

[ViaCrucis]

While it's already hanging pretty low I think we just might see the mask come completely off pretty soon.

It's drooping pretty far.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[eclipsenow]

Oh yeah! Kamala's first ad. She's right on target.

Trump is fear.
Trump provides simple sound-bytes for a complex world. Thinking adults should wince.
Trump provides a narrative of "Others" in the sociological sense.
EG: The "Border crisis" (when numbers are now down.) Thinking adults know immigrants commit less crime, are hard working, and do jobs many native-born Americans are reluctant to do. Thinking adults should be disgusted.
Trump provides incoherent policy, incoherent sentences, and chaos - with his administration having the highest staff turnover in history. Thinking adults know what that is about - and respect the diagnoses of a broad consensus of psychiatrists - even including his niece.

Go Kamala!

 

[perplexed]

Weird. I opened the thread, and the neighbor's dog started barking.

flee for your life, your neighbor's dog must be barking at the devil himself

 

[The Barbarian]

Kamala's grandfather "Gopalan was a Brahmin, part of a privileged elite in Hinduism’s ancient caste hierarchy. In post-independence India, convention destined Brahmin offspring for arranged marriages and comfortable careers in academia, government service or the priesthood — if they were men. Women were not expected to work at all."

So Kamala isn't a very strict Brahmin? Most likely, it's because Kamala is a Baptist. Is that a deal-breaker for you?

And if Independents are in any way key to the outcome in this race ... well then..

Independent voters who broke 47% Trump to 37% Biden in prior polls now split 46% Trump to 43% Harris. That narrowed gap is driven at least partly by increased Harris support among independents who lean toward the Democratic Party. While 81% of voters in that group supported Biden in April or June, 90% of them now back Harris.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/politics/cnn-poll-kamala-harris-donald-trump/index.html

Again, this is not necessarily the whole story. Trump's had an extraordinarily bad time with his VP pick and his racial attacks on Harris. If he can exercise a little self-discipline to halt or reverse the movement toward Harris, he could still win.

 

[The Barbarian]

(Announcement that Kamala's ancestors were Hindu Brahmins)

And this relevant to the US election because..?

It wouldn't do much good for Trump to point out that Harris is a Baptist.