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bmichaelh

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87. Both protected ACA when in House & Senate

Tue Aug 6, 2024, 01:00 PM

Aug 2024

MSM will not bring this up.

You got 2 individuals: 1 US Senator from California and 1 US Representative from Minnesota who voted against the repeal of ACA that Trump as President tried to repeal.

Who is the extremist?
Those who protect healthcare; or those who try to take away?

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The press in general is out there pushing that the Walz pick is a shift to the left. [View all] JohnSJ Aug 2024 OP

But we need more than the left sunnybrook Aug 2024 #1

It gives the blunt truth oxygen and allows the VP candidate to use a bully pulpit of sorts. bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #7

Most of the Haley voters were never going to vote for Harris. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #13

THIS!! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2024 #28

Yup FHRRK Aug 2024 #69

There are Haley voters organizing for Harris. Fla Dem Aug 2024 #23

Try some reality Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #26

This is going to do a LOT to get younger voters to vote. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2024 #34

Prove it Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #53

The votes we need aren't between the 40 yard lines. nt Gore1FL Aug 2024 #58

Oh, horrors! Press is gonna get baked this fall too! bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #2

We already have the Haley voters. ananda Aug 2024 #3

No, they really didn't. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #15

And? So? Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #32

Feeding kids! RandySF Aug 2024 #4

Is his middle name Marx or something? hibbing Aug 2024 #88

I don't see much daylight between Walz and Biden. RandySF Aug 2024 #92

What press is that? Kaleva Aug 2024 #5

This is false Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #6

Walz is no moderate- except perhaps on guns, he's to the left of Harris Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #37

He's gotten significant Republican support for half of that Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #42

Center geographically perhaps, but not ideologically Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #52

You should make this its own OP geardaddy Aug 2024 #91

He's a perfect progressive. His issues are to the left. And that's perfect! jimfields33 Aug 2024 #61

A bit over the top dpibel Aug 2024 #108

If anything, it signals the opposite Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #8

Good grief. I hope she doesn't do that. She is a liberal candidate and must embrace it. jimfields33 Aug 2024 #65

She's already moved right on immigration Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #68

RIGHT!!! Too many allowed their Overton window to shift for ratings uponit7771 Aug 2024 #9

Who cares? TwilightZone Aug 2024 #10

Plus, there will be only one poll that matters in 2024 Wednesdays Aug 2024 #82

I looked at a few dozen headlines. Didn't see any saying this was a shift to the left. Kaleva Aug 2024 #11

On MSNBC, Bloomberg, etc. commentators are pushing that line, which is right out of the JohnSJ Aug 2024 #20

That doesn't qualify as " the press in general" Kaleva Aug 2024 #25

Really. Watch in the following days, not only on the various news outlets, but especially JohnSJ Aug 2024 #38

How about providing links to example that'd back up your claim Kaleva Aug 2024 #46

It is hystreical because Walz is a moderate obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #12

I know. That is the frustration. They are effectively embedding republican commentary JohnSJ Aug 2024 #41

Everything is relative, this is just a statement on how far right the corporate media is on the political spectrum Uncle Joe Aug 2024 #78

The corporate media is SHIT. Period. Deek1935 Aug 2024 #14

What corporate media, give an example. Just don't throw your opinion out there as fact. Fla Dem Aug 2024 #19

Do you have the bandwidth for the hundreds of examples Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #35

What the heck! NYT Editorial from 9 years ago? Fla Dem Aug 2024 #40

+1000 Celerity Aug 2024 #76

What press? Major Newspapers? Major TV Channels other than FOX News? MSNBC, CNN? Fla Dem Aug 2024 #16

It comes from the commentary within these news reports. That has been a large part of JohnSJ Aug 2024 #24

Feeding children isn't leftwing, but being opposed to it is weird ck4829 Aug 2024 #17

Shitheel Jake Tapper tried this line a few days ago Prairie Gates Aug 2024 #18

Walz shores up the youth vote. He's a Progressive. MaryMagdaline Aug 2024 #21

THIS. The party is finally waking up, yardwork Aug 2024 #50

Yes. I believe Bernie voters should be happy. MaryMagdaline Aug 2024 #62

Left is what the USA and Democracy need. Kid Berwyn Aug 2024 #22

And??? edisdead Aug 2024 #27

This country needs a shift to the left. yardwork Aug 2024 #29

Doesn't matter, he's a communicator of a sort we maybe haven't had in the party JCMach1 Aug 2024 #30

I have watched CNN for a total of maybe five minutes in the past year Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #31

He is a shift to the left - which shores up the base. Safe pick, and a good one. nt TBF Aug 2024 #33

Thing is, Walz looks like most of the white wingers I've known in my life. Might be hard to tag him with "leftist." Silent Type Aug 2024 #36

The vp generally doesn't have much of a say in policy unblock Aug 2024 #39

Bernie and the progressive caucus support him. Emile Aug 2024 #43

You need every vote you can get, especially with the electoral college JohnSJ Aug 2024 #44

After moderates killed the public option for Emile Aug 2024 #45

Not if you want to win the general election. You realize this will probably be a very close JohnSJ Aug 2024 #47

Yea, they said Joe Biden was a moderate too. Thats Emile Aug 2024 #48

2020 was a very close election if you look at the numbers in those critical swing states. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #49

TFG runs hard extreme 100% of the time, I don't see this lore being applicable any longer uponit7771 Aug 2024 #57

I know. I just think we need every vote we can get because of the way the electoral college JohnSJ Aug 2024 #64

If you want more votes you run as a progressive. Emile Aug 2024 #73

The country is mostly center left, center right. It depends what you mean by progressive. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #80

This party is not conservative, we're progressives who would have liked a public option when Emile Aug 2024 #81

No it isn't, but it isn't left either. It is more left center, and so is the country. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #83

RIGHT !!! Trumps not running as a moderate of anything uponit7771 Aug 2024 #55

Bernie and the progressive caucus were going to support the nominee, regardless. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #74

Uh huh. . . Emile Aug 2024 #75

You really think they would not have supported any VP candidate on the Harris ticket? JohnSJ Aug 2024 #84

To the Press: Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #51

Finally some GOOD news from the for-profit media! Think. Again. Aug 2024 #54

How 20th century of them. yellowcanine Aug 2024 #56

Oh no! How horrible! Mysterian Aug 2024 #59

When the whole GOP is now an authoritarian cult, any Democrat looks like a shift to the left. Doodley Aug 2024 #60

Left of Trump and Vance Freethinker65 Aug 2024 #63

Morning Joe was back on his Republican ways this morning, and Kornacki was a wet towel too. dem4decades Aug 2024 #66

Our corrupt media needs to keep the race close for their own profit -misanthroptimist Aug 2024 #67

Not what I'm seeing on CNN. They seem to be pretty happy about him being basically center Dem. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #70

Good. You are probably hearing it right. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #71

That would be the thrust no matter who was picked. The difference is Nanjeanne Aug 2024 #72

Fuck 'em -- Diarrhea Donny's was a pick to the right Blue Owl Aug 2024 #77

Good of them to notice FullySupportDems Aug 2024 #79

Well said & amen! Corporate media hype push "to the left" while coalition ignores it. It's what they do. Then we win. ancianita Aug 2024 #85

And if it had been Shapiro, they would be saying "this is a controversial pick that divides Democrats." Sky Jewels Aug 2024 #86

Both protected ACA when in House & Senate bmichaelh Aug 2024 #87

The fascist press can fuck off. onecaliberal Aug 2024 #89

Where were they in calling Vance a shift to full-blown fascism? JCMach1 Aug 2024 #90

All Harris/Walz have to say is We give 4th graders free lunch -- They force 4th graders to give birth. Nanjeanne Aug 2024 #93

Typical pro repug media! GoreWon2000 Aug 2024 #94

Post removed Post removed Aug 2024 #95

Hi. Plan on staying long? I wouldn't. GP6971 Aug 2024 #96

lol. ismnotwasm Aug 2024 #97

Pete Multon, what kinda pizza you like? irisblue Aug 2024 #98

Sounds serious. Empty assertions require citation. Torchlight Aug 2024 #99

from under a bridge? irisblue Aug 2024 #100

The amount of things I don't realize until after the fact is absurdly high Torchlight Aug 2024 #107

Well, as long as WE are in the headlines, and not some piece of trash, we are winning....... getagrip_already Aug 2024 #101

Oh heck, they were going to say that about whoever was selected Raven123 Aug 2024 #102

They don't know what to do. Klarkashton Aug 2024 #103

If you've ever heard Warren Buffett speak, he and Tim Walz have spooky3 Aug 2024 #104

"When did. . . pat_k Aug 2024 #105

I think he's going to blow that out of the water once he's asked. ms liberty Aug 2024 #106

Basic physics. Eventually a pendulam has to swing the other way Attilatheblond Aug 2024 #109