Re: Spin Cycle: The Fix Is In, And There Was No Fix

On May 19, 2025 at 12:52:27 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:

On Mon, 19 May 2025 13:52:59 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
 

On 2025-05-19 1:03 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
 
But then, rather than having a proper convention to choose a new
candidate from among several prospects, they essentially appointed
Harris. I don't really understand how that happened and can only
speculate that none of the other potential candidates thought they had a
chance of winning from a start that close to Election Day and just
decided to give it to Harris unopposed. They raised a bunch of money and
gave it to her, she blew it all, but failed to impress as a candidate.

She (and the Democrats) seem to believe that being the candidate celebrities
like is what wins you elections. No one I know gives a shit who George Clooney
or Oprah or Taylor Swift is voting for when they step into the voting booth to
fill out their ballots. If they think of celebrities at all, it's usually as a
red flag about who *not* to vote for.

The timing is why I always assumed they went with Harris. She already
had a campaign set up for her by taking over the Biden campaign.

And she was the only one who could legally take the millions in the Biden war
chest. Anyone else would have had to start out from scratch fundraising.