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Anonymous wrote:I think I see the continued theme of American voters in utter contempt of strong women who run for office. Other than Trump (and maybe McConnell) no men, and surely no white men, received the contempt, ridicule, name-calling, derogatory statements on this political board than women: HRC, Kamala, Warren, Stacey Abrams.

KEMP gets zero credit from me for doing the right thing WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE in 2020. Let's not forget all of his voter suppression in the election he was overseeing while ALSO RUNNING in that election. He's garbage who manages to do the right thing once in awhile.

It's revolting and makes plain the misogynistic streak this country still has for women.

Proof that AOC's star is fading.

AOC's star was always front and center almost solely because of the hate she generated on the Right. She never had any real influence on the direction of the Dem's platforms. Her constituents like her and are progressive and she is a good representative of that. But, she has a tiny influence. Yet, the amount of hate and nastiness she has generated, you'd think she was POTUS.

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Anonymous wrote:What happened here? No mention of how miserably she lost. Previous posts were all praises she should the next president. Media has forgotten her completely.

Kemp was popular with moderates because he stood up for democracy in 2020. Raffensburger is the mot popular person in Georgia for the same reason. Sucks for Abrams but it wS good for the country that Kemp did what he did in 2020. She was never going to win this go round after that. The middle of the electorate rewarded Kemp for his good deeds.

+1. I think this is right -- the timing was bad for her. Also, she suffers from Gen X curse. I knew her many years ago and she is a really nice, genuine person who is also super smart. How often do those people end up in politics? Almost never. But even though she should have been a rising star in the D party starting 20+ years ago, she was not, because the Boomers never moved over to make room for the Gen Xers. As a result, we have our choice between super-duper old Boomers, and people that really don't have the depth of political experience. We've got a major donut hole problem in the talent. Gen Y has sharper elbows, though, and I think they are pushing for the experience that Gen X didn't get.

Anonymous wrote:I think I see the continued theme of American voters in utter contempt of strong women who run for office. Other than Trump (and maybe McConnell) no men, and surely no white men, received the contempt, ridicule, name-calling, derogatory statements on this political board than women: HRC, Kamala, Warren, Stacey Abrams.

KEMP gets zero credit from me for doing the right thing WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE in 2020. Let's not forget all of his voter suppression in the election he was overseeing while ALSO RUNNING in that election. He's garbage who manages to do the right thing once in awhile.

It's revolting and makes plain the misogynistic streak this country still has for women.

Proof that AOC's star is fading.

I think I see the continued theme of American voters in utter contempt of strong women who run for office. Other than Trump (and maybe McConnell) no men, and surely no white men, received the contempt, ridicule, name-calling, derogatory statements on this political board than women: HRC, Kamala, Warren, Stacey Abrams.

KEMP gets zero credit from me for doing the right thing WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE in 2020. Let's not forget all of his voter suppression in the election he was overseeing while ALSO RUNNING in that election. He's garbage who manages to do the right thing once in awhile.

It's revolting and makes plain the misogynistic streak this country still has for women.

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Anonymous wrote:She and Beto are annoying like gnats that you keep batting away. They need to get a good job and settle down.

She is why Dems have the Senate. I'll keep her.

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I hope you are not in politics. The Dems do not have the Senate bc of her, they he have it bc the Rs and Trump picked 3 really bad candidates in a row. She did not help them do dumb things, she grandstanded for herself. Going forward, Dems have to beat Rs not hope Rs lose elections. Kemp has already shown he beats every D in the state by 300-500k votes. That has to be a concern going forward.

She at least did a phenomenal job of getting out the vote and making blacks in Georgia realize they really do matter and really do wield some power. Give credit where it's due.

No. She is a repeat loser. And a bad candidate. And the vote was not really pushed because of her. She was out of step with GA. GA can be won by the Dems but with a real candidate that has a real record. She could never have won. Someone said bigger things ahead for her. What? No one will giver her money again. Maybe a House seat is an easy district?

I think she should keep doing what she’s been doing, increasing turnout. North Carolina needs her.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She and Beto are annoying like gnats that you keep batting away. They need to get a good job and settle down.

She is why Dems have the Senate. I'll keep her.

m

I hope you are not in politics. The Dems do not have the Senate bc of her, they he have it bc the Rs and Trump picked 3 really bad candidates in a row. She did not help them do dumb things, she grandstanded for herself. Going forward, Dems have to beat Rs not hope Rs lose elections. Kemp has already shown he beats every D in the state by 300-500k votes. That has to be a concern going forward.

She at least did a phenomenal job of getting out the vote and making blacks in Georgia realize they really do matter and really do wield some power. Give credit where it's due.

No. She is a repeat loser. And a bad candidate. And the vote was not really pushed because of her. She was out of step with GA. GA can be won by the Dems but with a real candidate that has a real record. She could never have won. Someone said bigger things ahead for her. What? No one will giver her money again. Maybe a House seat is an easy district?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She and Beto are annoying like gnats that you keep batting away. They need to get a good job and settle down.

She is why Dems have the Senate. I'll keep her.

m

I hope you are not in politics. The Dems do not have the Senate bc of her, they he have it bc the Rs and Trump picked 3 really bad candidates in a row. She did not help them do dumb things, she grandstanded for herself. Going forward, Dems have to beat Rs not hope Rs lose elections. Kemp has already shown he beats every D in the state by 300-500k votes. That has to be a concern going forward.

She at least did a phenomenal job of getting out the vote and making blacks in Georgia realize they really do matter and really do wield some power. Give credit where it's due.

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Anonymous wrote:She and Beto are annoying like gnats that you keep batting away. They need to get a good job and settle down.

She is why Dems have the Senate. I'll keep her.

m

I hope you are not in politics. The Dems do not have the Senate bc of her, they he have it bc the Rs and Trump picked 3 really bad candidates in a row. She did not help them do dumb things, she grandstanded for herself. Going forward, Dems have to beat Rs not hope Rs lose elections. Kemp has already shown he beats every D in the state by 300-500k votes. That has to be a concern going forward.

They forgot the formula to win. Nominate a white person for governor and a black for Senator, or other way around. Then you have the blacks who won't vote for the woke white liberal will still turn out, as well as the suburban whites who don't care for the black guy.

I love Abrams, but wish she had not run for GA governor. It was obvious she was going to lose a second time.

Anonymous wrote:She and Beto are annoying like gnats that you keep batting away. They need to get a good job and settle down.

She is why Dems have the Senate. I'll keep her.

The starter of this thread and those who agreed are suspiciously quiet. She was good at one thing. Just like Beto. They spent other people’s money and lost handily.

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Anonymous wrote:She and Beto are annoying like gnats that you keep batting away. They need to get a good job and settle down.

The only skills they have are losing elections. They’re grifters living off campaign donations.

Dems control the Senate b/c of Stacy Abrams and what she was able to do in GA. You might not like her, but she is brilliant.

I believe it's good that she lost. Something bigger is in store.

As a Georgian, I think this was her plan all along. She didnt seem to actually want to win the race. She said and did bizarre things, like that Georgia was the "worst state to live in" and would even wear the TN colors on GA/TN game days. Totally weird.

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Anonymous wrote:What happened here? No mention of how miserably she lost. Previous posts were all praises she should the next president. Media has forgotten her completely.

Kemp was popular with moderates because he stood up for democracy in 2020. Raffensburger is the mot popular person in Georgia for the same reason. Sucks for Abrams but it wS good for the country that Kemp did what he did in 2020. She was never going to win this go round after that. The middle of the electorate rewarded Kemp for his good deeds.

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The left hates Kemp and it's obvious why. He's a good person. I'm wondering if he's considering running for president at all.

He's an ok person that was good when it mattered. Some of the 2018 shenanigans were pretty bad. Opening an investigation into "hacking" as SecState when a security researcher told them that their website was leaking data was abominable. But that was a lifetime ago. I wouldn't necessarily trust him to even split a bill but I would trust him in a foxhole and that matters more.

He'd be interesting because GA is a swing state now and his 2020 election protection would play very well in AZ but I don't think he has much appeal to WI, MI, PA, etc. No way he'd get through the MAGAs in the primaries though. He's probably top of the VP shortlist however and would provide counterbalance for some of the election denialists.