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Absent of any anti-Trump arguments, I'd like to hear the case for Kamala being a truly great President. A few policy positions she, in particular, is notable for?
- Start with what makes a good president? Obviously there's the issues and all that which people focus on, but that's subject to debate. Objectively, some qualities are definitely good, like being good at both urgent and non-urgent decision making, good at managing/organizing/handling chaos, capable of outsmarting adversaries, being a unifying force rather than a divisive one. Just to name a few. So let's look at those:
  Decision-making: She's relatively young compared to recent presidents, definitely a bit more in touch with modern reality and less tied to the old ways of doing politics. She's faced a tough choice with her running mate, and while Walz has been criticized by some, given the short timeframe it's clear she at least didn't fuck it up. Her debate prep clearly succeeded, and she's avoided any scandals despite clearly Republicans trying very hard to find them. All of these show a record of decent to good decisions.
  Managing, etc Obviously her campaign started in the midst of chaos, and there were a lot of fears regarding that transition. And it went probably better than anyone expected, with everyone quickly gaining confidence in her.
  Outsmarting adversaries She did a better job at this in the debate than any candidate in my memory.
  Unifying force Again I'll refer to her getting everyone behind her after Biden dropped, while also keeping Biden's support. Don't underestimate how unlikely that seemed before it happened.
  I'll avoid comparing Trump who is obviously severely deficient in all of these respects. But I could go further and say she obviously compares favorably to Biden too, and compared to Obama, I'd give her an edge on outsmarting adversaries and managing, and Obama probably gets the edge on the other 2. But we'll see.
- She used to be a prosecutor. That means she can see things from both sides and look at things objectively and not make rash decisions. It's a good quality for a president.
  
  I mean My Only Hope from her being a prosecutor is that she actually prosecutes crimes, I'm not very hopeful of that especially with her seemingly not wanting to bring back Lena Khan, but I can dream. However normally being a prosecutor would disqualify you for me, good people don't become prosecutors.
  
  Good people do become prosecutors. Why? Because they don't want to see bad people on the street. Sometimes you'll wind up having to fight against someone innocent, but that doesn't necessarily make someone bad. You have to prove without a doubt that that person didn't do it. It's essentially debating whether they did it or not. That doesn't make a prosecutor bad.
  
  Did she say something about not bringing back Lina Khan? The only thing I saw was that Mark Cuban said he didn't like her (which is just another plus in my mind. If the billionaires are scared of you, you're doing something right), and whoever printed the article decided to call him a "Harris Surrogate."
  Which I'm pretty sure is just flat out untrue. He supports her, and maybe he was even organizing for her. But "surrogate" means he speaks for her, and as far as I understand it, he absolutely does not
  
  We larping pigs now?
  JFC... Is there anything liberal about the modern moderate democrats?
  Disgusting statism and corporatism is all they seem to be about.
  They got theirs, fuck everyone else.
  
  No…that’s the Republican Party platform. The current Democratic Party is very much about make the government work for the people and do at least something to rein in the rich and corporations
  
  do at least something to reign in the rich and corporations
  I need whatever this guy is smoking
  
  I mean there's been a lot to help corporations and the rich I don't agree with but the current administration has also given tons of resources to the IRS to claw back evaded taxes from the wealthy, made moves to bust monopolies and price-fixing practices, and while they aren't directly responsible there has been a historic expansion of unions not seen in my lifetime
  
  Also, there's a reason why conservatives are fighting tooth and nail to stop every attempt he's made at student loan forgiveness...
  And even still, his administration has managed to find several novel ways that has allowed them to eliminate billions in student loans despite all of that.
  
  He's smoking you lol
  
  acab.... But prosecutors aren't cops and if your simple brain can't comprehend the difference, then I don't know what to tell you. Our society would not function without people in roles that enforce the laws that our government passes.
  I would love to hear how you would go about punishing/rehabilitating/removing from society a murderer justly and fairly without prosecutors. Truly, I'm all ears.
  
  🤡
  Just because us system "seperates" them as some sort of check on each other, it is clearly not working in practice.
  Look at how the system actually functions not what propaganda says.
- Except for embracing firearms, I dont think she has a few poicy positions for anyone to evaluate. She just adopts whatever Bidens policies were. She did the same thing when she was running for president before Biden tapped her for VP. Couldnt formulate a policy position to save her life.

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