Still Mike.  I feel like I used to know who that lady was, but I can't remember now.  She was probably forgettable.

No, she wasn't forgettable at all.

She is a memorable DEI failure.  A cautionary tale of why DEI hires are disasters.

All VPs are DEI hires. I don't like Kamala, but identity is literally the main consideration when selecting a VP. Does anyone here think Trump picked Pence because he was mostly concerned about who would carry on his policies? Hopefully this doesn't come across as an attack. It's just a weird thing that I see get repeated a lot, and I don't see anyone addressing the elephant in the room.

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No, she wasn't forgettable at all.

She is a memorable DEI failure.  A cautionary tale of why DEI hires are disasters.

All VPs are DEI hires. I don't like Kamala, but identity is literally the main consideration when selecting a VP. Does anyone here think Trump picked Pence because he was mostly concerned about who would carry on his policies?  Hopefully this doesn't come across as an attack. It's just a weird thing that I see get repeated a lot, and I don't see anyone addressing the elephant in the room.

That's a good point.  Maybe Biden was a little too honest about how he would pick his running mate.  I don't recall any other candidate giving the real reason.  It's usually some pablum about how they are picking the best person to do the job if something happens to the President, etc etc.  I don't recall Trump saying anything like "I am going to pick someone to shore up the evangelical vote."  Biden came right out and made the pick all about affirmative action, which was stupid because most people don't like affirmative action.

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All VPs are DEI hires. I don't like Kamala, but identity is literally the main consideration when selecting a VP. Does anyone here think Trump picked Pence because he was mostly concerned about who would carry on his policies?  Hopefully this doesn't come across as an attack. It's just a weird thing that I see get repeated a lot, and I don't see anyone addressing the elephant in the room.

That's a good point.  Maybe Biden was a little too honest about how he would pick his running mate.  I don't recall any other candidate giving the real reason.  It's usually some pablum about how they are picking the best person to do the job if something happens to the President, etc etc.  I don't recall Trump saying anything like "I am going to pick someone to shore up the evangelical vote."  Biden came right out and made the pick all about affirmative action, which was stupid because most people don't like affirmative action.

There is a bifurcation in principle here. Typical VP picks are for shoring up shades of political votes. DEI is based strictly on gender, race and sexual orientation. While those can be considered political in nature, they are superficial in nature as compared to ideological beliefs.

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That's a good point.  Maybe Biden was a little too honest about how he would pick his running mate.  I don't recall any other candidate giving the real reason.  It's usually some pablum about how they are picking the best person to do the job if something happens to the President, etc etc.  I don't recall Trump saying anything like "I am going to pick someone to shore up the evangelical vote."  Biden came right out and made the pick all about affirmative action, which was stupid because most people don't like affirmative action.

There is a bifurcation in principle here. Typical VP picks are for shoring up shades of political votes. DEI is based strictly on gender, race and sexual orientation. While those can be considered political in nature, they are superficial in nature as compared to ideological beliefs.

That was just all a prettily worded way to say “but Trump”…lol

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

There is a bifurcation in principle here. Typical VP picks are for shoring up shades of political votes. DEI is based strictly on gender, race and sexual orientation. While those can be considered political in nature, they are superficial in nature as compared to ideological beliefs.

That was just all a prettily worded way to say “but Trump”…lol

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That's a good point.  Maybe Biden was a little too honest about how he would pick his running mate.  I don't recall any other candidate giving the real reason.  It's usually some pablum about how they are picking the best person to do the job if something happens to the President, etc etc.  I don't recall Trump saying anything like "I am going to pick someone to shore up the evangelical vote."  Biden came right out and made the pick all about affirmative action, which was stupid because most people don't like affirmative action.

There is a bifurcation in principle here. Typical VP picks are for shoring up shades of political votes. DEI is based strictly on gender, race and sexual orientation. While those can be considered political in nature, they are superficial in nature as compared to ideological beliefs.

Exactly. 
They are superficial and also aren't chosen.  They say nothing about your values and the choices you've made in your life.
It's like judging a poker player by the cards they are dealt rather than how they chose to play those cards.

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Trump didn't pick Pence because he is an old white guy without regard to his resume and experience. Biden did pick Harris because she's a middle aged black woman without regard to her resume and experiences

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

The omen that was overlooked..

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That's a good point.  Maybe Biden was a little too honest about how he would pick his running mate.  I don't recall any other candidate giving the real reason.  It's usually some pablum about how they are picking the best person to do the job if something happens to the President, etc etc.  I don't recall Trump saying anything like "I am going to pick someone to shore up the evangelical vote."  Biden came right out and made the pick all about affirmative action, which was stupid because most people don't like affirmative action.

There is a bifurcation in principle here. Typical VP picks are for shoring up shades of political votes. DEI is based strictly on gender, race and sexual orientation. While those can be considered political in nature, they are superficial in nature as compared to ideological beliefs.

Obviously, in both cases, the choice was made to get votes.  Christian evangelicals tend to vote Republican, blacks and women tend to vote Democrat.

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There is a bifurcation in principle here. Typical VP picks are for shoring up shades of political votes. DEI is based strictly on gender, race and sexual orientation. While those can be considered political in nature, they are superficial in nature as compared to ideological beliefs.

Obviously, in both cases, the choice was made to get votes.  Christian evangelicals tend to vote Republican, blacks and women tend to vote Democrat.

Trump didn't promise to pick an evangelical and Mike Pence could convert to atheism or Catholicism or Islam tomorrow.  Harris will still be half-black until she dies.

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My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

Obviously, in both cases, the choice was made to get votes.  Christian evangelicals tend to vote Republican, blacks and women tend to vote Democrat.

Trump didn't promise to pick an evangelical and Mike Pence could convert to atheism or Catholicism or Islam tomorrow.  Harris will still be half-black until she dies.

But the point stands: they were both chosen to get votes.  That's the point I believe Lucky2Last was making.  They were both chosen for one reason only- to get votes.  We can call it DEI, or broadening the ticket, or anything else.  But the reason they were both chosen was the same.   There were some differences in the way it was done, but fundamentally, it was the same thing.

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Trump didn't promise to pick an evangelical and Mike Pence could convert to atheism or Catholicism or Islam tomorrow.  Harris will still be half-black until she dies.

But the point stands: they were both chosen to get votes.  That's the point I believe Lucky2Last was making.  They were both chosen for one reason only- to get votes.  We can call it DEI, or broadening the ticket, or anything else.  But the reason they were both chosen was the same.   There were some differences in the way it was done, but fundamentally, it was the same thing.

But as HB said, it is easier to swallow when it's done over a religion or an ideology that one can easily opt into or out of.

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My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

But the point stands: they were both chosen to get votes.  That's the point I believe Lucky2Last was making.  They were both chosen for one reason only- to get votes.  We can call it DEI, or broadening the ticket, or anything else.  But the reason they were both chosen was the same.   There were some differences in the way it was done, but fundamentally, it was the same thing.

But as HB said, it is easier to swallow when it's done over a religion or an ideology that one can easily opt into or out of.

And when the chosen running mate is actually qualified to be President, like Pence and unlike Harris.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Was Tim Walz qualified?

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Was Tim Walz qualified?

Yes, but he's a very strange and perhaps corrupted person.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Was Tim Walz qualified?

Qualified is a low bar.  Trump and Harris both qualify as long as you ignore Trump breaking his oath for a day or two last time.

I think what you mean to say is, would an average person believe that Tim Walz was the best person for the job in the Democratic party.  I guess that was true enough when Kamala picked him.  But it wasn't true when Biden put coed Kamala.

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My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

Was Tim Walz qualified?

Qualified is a low bar.  Trump and Harris both qualify as long as you ignore fabricate Trump breaking his oath for a day or two last time and ignore Harris's complete lack of character, integrity, experience, intellect, and capabilities to lead the Executive Branch.

I think what you mean to say is, would an average person believe that Tim Walz was the best person for the job in the Democratic party.  I guess that was true enough when Kamala picked him.  But it wasn't true when Biden put coed Kamala.

FTFY.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

The point is that you can always say someone isn't qualified. Harris ran for President in 2020. She sucked, but it's not like she wasn't there on her own accord. A significant part of the democratic base cares about representation. Having her there for Biden was as important as having Walz was for Kamala or Pence was for Trump. DEI is a real thing, but VP is probably the only place it has ever made sense. It's just weird how some memes spread without considering whether it's relevant or not.

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I updated the thread title to TDOSS threads rather than keeping his CoC violating Alternate ID in there.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato