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athena

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10. It would be a total waste to put Harris in the powerless VP spot.

Tue May 7, 2019, 04:08 PM

May 2019

The only reason anyone would suggest such a ticket is to appease women. We are not dumb. If Harris is not the nominee, the AG's spot would be better for her than the almost-completely powerless position of VP. (As I posted elsewhere, if a woman is VP and the president dies so she ends up becoming president, she would still have very little power because, not having been elected directly, she would not have any mandate. And, not having been the people's first choice, she would have a hard time winning the presidency in the subsequent election. The VP spot is better for someone who currently has less power than Harris, someone like O'Rourke, Buttigieg, or Inslee.)

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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It would be a total waste to put Harris in the powerless VP spot. athena May 2019 #10

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