ADDED: This was expected, and what can we say about it?
1. If it were a race for the presidency, Josh Shapiro would be the stronger candidate, but for that reason, I'm happy to see him left out of the position of subordination to the already subordinate person, Kamala Harris, the sitting Vice President, sitting in the shadow of the barely-there President Joe Biden. Better for Josh Shapiro to remain active and independent, accomplishing things in Pennsylvania, and to launch a presidential campaign in his own right in 2028 or 2032. He'll have a stronger position than Tim Walz, if Tim Walz is the sitting Vice President, hoping to run in 2032. A Vice President always looks inert, and he tends to have been chosen to strengthen someone else. Do you realize how rare it is that a sitting Vice President gets elected President? It's only happened twice in U.S. history — 4 times if you count the first 2 Vice Presidents (which you shouldn't, because they did not get there as the winner's running mate).
2. What does this say about Kamala Harris's position on Israel? Is she appeasing the pro-Palestinian forces within the Democratic Party? Was anti-Semitism involved or some kind of idea that Kamala Harris, being triply intersectional, needed a running mate completely composed of traditionally privileged elements?
3. I'm interested in watching the onslaught against Walz. In the last couple weeks, Democrats have unloaded on JD Vance, so it's time for the retaliation. What form will it take? How intense will it be?
4. Or is it better to yawn? From my morning textings:
6. Is there something about "Tim"? Hillary picked a Tim too. Did you know that "tim" was "A term of personal abuse" in the 1600s (according to the OED). From Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist": "Then you are an Otter, and a Shad, a Whit, A very Tim."
7. The name Hillary has been uttered, and she is summoned. Up she pops, and she is thrilled:
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Watch the left get super depressed over Walz. Shapiro had a winning electoral record: Pritzker had his flood of money. Picking an elderly Minnesotan isn't going to move anyone's needle.
But then, Harris did need someone who wouldn't overshadow her.
Two peas in a pod. Not seeing any moderation in this VP pick.
Man whose daughter tipped off antifa before the Guard could arrive
I don't care who she's married to, she was not going to pick a Jew.
Goldwater-Miller
So all the groveling Shapiro did for his backing of Israel was for nothing.
Dems polling re their standing in the Muslim community must be terrifying to them.
They figure that most Jews will forgive them for not picking Shapiro; Muslims will never vote for a Jew. Harris is already in enough trouble for being tied to Biden who gives lip service to supporting Israel and for being married to a Jew.
PA back in play; maybe they thought MN was trending bad for them?
The most progressive former Senator picks the most progressive governor. The insular culture is astounding.
Better for Josh Shapiro to remain active and independent, accomplishing things in Pennsylvania
Like Beta Cuck Tony Evers with Milwaukee, Josh Shapiro has done nothing about the crime in drug infested Philly.
Both "men" lie and promote absentee voter fraud if that is considered and "accomplishment."
Chadron State v. Yale Law.
It will be an epic beatdown.
Walz was born in West Point, NE and grew up in Valentine. He's really a Cornhusker, but mostly he's a tool for the teachers' unions. JD needs to crucify Walz on his mishandling of the Floyd riots and keeping kids unnecessarily out of school for two years.
they were worried about winning Minnesota????
or.. They thought people in Wisconsin would appreciate a Minnesotan?
All BLM ticket!
Walz stood down the National Guard and let BLM torch Minneapolis, including a police station.
Harris campaigned for bail money for the BLM looters and arsonists.
The choice between these supporters of Brownshirt Nazi paramilitary tactics and Trump is easy.
Walz is my governor. He is an accomplished liar. If you want opaque and wasteful government, he's your man.
Walz is very good at passing himself off as a moderate (which he is not). Over the years he has fooled a lot of well meaning Minnesota Norwegian farmers.
At least Chicago won't burn down during DNC convention.
But listened to a political podcaster stating that if Harris doesn't pick Shapiro, then she's lost chance to win. Walz is a putz, subservient beta-male, progressive-liberal from Blue Floyd state, and former HS football coach? So he won't outshine Kamala, but only because hos credentials are weaker than hers. Oy.
West TX Intermediate Crude said...
They figure that most Jews will forgive them for not picking Shapiro; Muslims will never vote for a Jew.
8/6/24, 8:15 AM
Neither will quite a few college students. Pro-Israel legislators obscure how profoundly unpopular Israel is among the international left. Globalist oligarchs and their tools plan to ban TikTok, which only heightens that tension.
Anyways, JB Pritzker was attacking Shapiro pretty heavily. No way was Harris going to give Republicans the line "JD Vance was in the Marines, and Josh Shapiro served the IDF." But Muslims aren't going to be appeased merely by dragging out another boring white guy. Harris can either act against Netanyahu, or watch Palestine supporters stand aside.
Don't worry, I'm sure Jews will heavily back the Democrats, as ever.
Was anti-Semitism involved or some kind of idea that Kamala Harris, being triply intersectional, needed a running completely composed of traditionally privileged elements?
The anti-sematic are now the traditionally privileged elements, intersectionally aligned with the Jew hating KKK of old.
Walz is now the second white guy [Tim Kane first] to be the DEI hire for a horrible Democrat female candidate. As if white men fall for this bullshit.
OMG. Kamabla picked a guy who looks like ME. I'm switching my vote!
The only thing worse than batshit crazy liberal women are the white men that want to please them.
Walz perhaps can explain things, when something has to be explained. The administration's explainer. Kamala can't do it.
What does this say about Kamala Harris's position on Israel?
She supports the progressive, Hamas wing of the party.
Is she appeasing the pro-Palestinian forces within the Democratic Party?
Yes, of course.
Was anti-Semitism involved or some kind of idea that Kamala Harris, being triply intersectional, needed a running mate completely composed of traditionally privileged elements?
She's not anti-semitic herself, but she has to appease the anti-semitic, Hamas wing of the party.
Ok, they have Minnesota locked up.
2. What does this say about Kamala Harris's position on Israel? Is she appeasing the pro-Palestinian forces within the Democratic Party? Was anti-Semitism involved …
Does the brown bear shit in the tall, green woods?
She just wants some dancing memes to counteract the Trump Shuffle.
I'm having a flashback to '08, when McCain picked Palin. I knew almost nothing about her, but my gut reaction was "there goes the election!"
A guy can hope, anyway.
Is she appeasing the pro-Palestinian forces within the Democratic Party?
Plainly so. Why talk Shapiro up and leak the two weird stories yesterday, one a video promoting "VP Shapiro and president Harris" like they did, and one questioning his judgement for penning an article critical of Palestine and the two-state solution? This was a public repudiation of the pro-Israel and neutral wings of the Party.
Kamala is already remaking the Democrat party in her image, hardline pro-terror and vehemently anti-Israel (as also reflected in her husbands work at Venable representing the PLO and Qatar).
And 16 years later she was proven right in so many ways its because she loves this country they did the utmost to destroy her
Good choice, a veteran that cares about veteran's issues. A Midwest guy who hunts, a retired teacher, plain spoken, pro-womens health rights, pro IVF, seems like a good decent man.
It was rumored that she was going to pick TK as her running mate. It would have been problematic for her to do so. As a Japanese citizen, he would have been ineligible for the presidency if something happened to Harris. And I think he is focused on his music career, anyway. At 41, at least he would have met the age requirement.
He reminds me of Don Rickles but without the charm.
VP is a sideshow, it's like worrying about who's going to be the third bridesmaid at someone's wedding. The top of the ticket is what matters but, unfortunately, the top of the GOP ticket doesn't seem to be that interested in the 2024 campaign, just wants to stay stuck on 2020. Maybe Biden isn't the only one showing signs of dementia.
Goldwater-Miller
More like the flip-side of Fritz & Tits.
Two candidates were praising and helping the rioters burn down America. Choose wisely. They cheat to win, and they will burn down the country regardless. Good thing she didn't pick the Jewish guy, or the Hamas supporters would be burning down the country tonight....
I read Walz was more fun to be around, for her campaign staff.
One wants to rebuild the country one wants to destroy it choose wisely
The D's are now solidly pro-Palestinian, even if that means being pro Hamas, just like D's are overwhelmingly pro abortion and pro trans everything.
It's their new trinity, and heretics will be burned.
JD got to be happy with this pick. My impression is Walz is as dumb as Kamala is. This may be the dumbest POTUS/VP ticket in US history. The VP debate should be enjoyable. If this pair were to be elected this country will be in real trouble. I doubt we would ever recover from all the stupid things they will say and do.
BTW, there is a really nice interview with Usha Vance on YouTube. She is a real asset to the campaign.
Still waiting on Kamala to take some questions from the press. If they put Walz out front in her place I don't think that will help much.
Yesterday, Shapiro disclaimed his Jewish heritage to seek the approval of Harris. Apparently, that wasn’t enough to overcome the underlying anti-Semitism of the current Democratic Party.
The net outflow of taxpayers from MN ought to be a sufficient onslaught.
Yes, it is anti-Jewish, obviously and inconveniently. Shapiro would not gone on the groveling apology tour if not.
I am thrilled. Shapiro as VP candidate would have helped Harris carry PA. He would have campaigned for her 24 hours/day. Now it will be a mere 10 hours/ day. For those who say Shapiro is a successful governor, what has done? He was for school vouchers then caved to the teachers union. Other than rebuilding the I-95 bridge he’s been a dud.
The man who looked at the burning streets of Minneapolis and said, not yet. They've got a point. No National Guard yet. And the city burned.
He could be the farthest left Governor in all of America. And interestingly, both Trump and Harris selected people of like minds rather than people they thought could bring them a state. (Minnesota will already vote Democratic, Ohio will already vote Republican).
We've got a pretty clear choice in what direction this country moves forward.
Fatter clem kaine has the antifa son
Bob B. writes, "Yesterday, Shapiro disclaimed his Jewish heritage to seek the approval of Harris. Apparently, that wasn’t enough to overcome the underlying anti-Semitism of the current Democratic Party."
Such renunciations failed to persuade the other national socialist party, as well.
Narr @ 8:30 AM:
Wuuuuut? Palin was the only good thing McCain ever did in his campaign.
The polling for a two-woman or two-minority ticket must have been pretty bad, and the bench of white male Democrats willing to risk going down with the Harris ship must have been pretty sparse, if this socialist stumblebum is their very best option. I don’t see him bringing much to the table except for keeping Minnesota out of the swing-state column. And if it’s even close to being competitive there, Trump is going to run the table on the others.
Barring fraud-by-mail shenanigans of course. I wonder how much of that they will dare to do if Trump is 4 or 5 points up in the polls.
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1820817284790702184
Two things that doom Shapiro
1. The Jewish thing.
2. An opening act can never outshine the headliner. In 1969 Led Zeppelin brought in Grand Funk to be their opening on US tour. They were removed from the tour because they were blowing Zeppelin off the stage. It got so bad the Zeppelin manager had the power cut in the middle of a Grand Funk set. Do you really think Harris wants to step up to the podium after Shapiro?
Blogger Inga said...
Good choice, a veteran that cares about veteran's issues. A Midwest guy who hunts, a retired teacher, plain spoken, pro-womens health rights, pro IVF, seems like a good decent man.
You skipped pro-child mutilation and pro-puberty blocker. The signing ceremony making Minnesota a "sanctuary state" for "gender affirming care" was sick. Many children under ten present. Six year olds...etc. Walz is a twisted, evil man.
Tim Walz executive order signing ceremony guaranteeing child mutilation in Minnesota.
Evil disguises itself with soft language like “gender affirming care” or “reproductive rights”. Althouse has a problem with the word “normal” as a linguistic disguise. The terms above promote the ghoulish as "normal" activity.
Gee, just what the Democrats wanted, an elderly white guy to make sure the DEI Presidential candidate does what they want.
Althouse: I am not sure it is a good strategy for Shapiro to wait until 2028. It is very likely that Joe Biden will be the last straight white male nominated by the Democrats.
Omaha paper says Walz has deep Nebraska roots and he does.
I bet he will campaign in Omaha for that one EC vote. I'll be there.
He let Minneapolis burn. He is a hard left passivist-activist.
According to my sources, Shapiro has some serious skeletons in his closet apparently, involving a coverup of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct and misuse of public funds. Worse than anything they pursued Trump for. These things would come out if he became the VP nominee.
Walz looks like a Party official from communist East Germany. He looks even more like that on the inside, I bet.
"Good choice, a veteran that cares about veteran's issues. A Midwest guy who hunts, a retired teacher, plain spoken, pro-womens health rights, pro IVF, seems like a good decent man."
It says a lot about how un-exciting this pick is that this is the best Inga can come up with.
The choice supports the idea they intend to steal again. Kamala won’t be elected but she’ll win…
Walz let Minneapolis burn. Beta Cuck Tony Evers let Kenosha burn. Both for political gain.
Sick "men."
A retired teacher? There’s something unsavory about the idea of teachers having a long second career in politics…
Lee Smith at Tablet called it. No way Kamala was picking a Jew.
We're living in Obama's world now.
"Walz perhaps can explain things, when something has to be explained. The administration's explainer. Kamala can't do it."
In other words, Walz is on the ticket to "mansplain" to/for Kamala?
Let's face it there were very few Peter Principle governors to choose from who would not outshine the top of the ticket. She picked a bland one who happens to share her radical support of rioters. Now we await the ostensible reason to shut everything down like in 2020 in order to make the fraud easier.
Will it work again? None of us really know, but I'm still optimistic Trump can push the turnout beyond the margin of fraud. It's been twelve years since Hugh Hewitt wrote his book "If it's not Close, They can't Cheat" for any of the LIV here who think Trump is the first to assert Democrats have a vast and well-oiled cheating system. (There are I admit a few idiots who will gullibly believe that addresses where 4000 individuals are registered to vote is "normal" and nothing to be concerned about. But normal people rightly question the propriety of such things.)
Walz was chosen, if he was, for only reason- he is the only person on Kamalamadingbat's list that looks as inept as she does. This is literally Harris' own assassination insurance.
“A Vice President always looks inert, and he tends to have been chosen to strengthen someone else. Do you realize how rare it is that a sitting Vice President gets elected President? It's only happened twice in U.S. history — 4 times if you count the first 2 Vice Presidents (which you shouldn't, because they did not get there as the winner's running mate).”
If this is true about Shapiro and Walsh, it is also true of Kamala herself.
I’m guessing Kamala asked for volunteers and everyone else took a step backwards.
Walz's drunk-driving plea seems to weaken the Democrats' "don't vote for a convicted felon" arguments.
Well this is weird
As seen on X, the last time Harris and Waltz joined forces. He let rioters burn POC neighborhoods in Minneapolis and she shilled for funds to bail out the few who the police picked up...knowing the bail would be returned when the local Democrat controlled Criminal Justification System dropped the charges.
In Scotland, Tim can also be a term referring to a Catholic.
At least he's smarter than the last Democratic VP candidate.
Yikes he's only 60.
Rich Barris on X suggests the Walz was picked because Democrats are worried about losing Minnesota.
Last night Maddow was bitching an moaning about "not counting every vote" in Georgia.
Democrats must be worried their absentee voter fraud game is not as strong as 2020 without COVID.
From Ed Morrissey, regarding the 2020 riots in Minneapolis:
Walz let the rioters burn, and Harris helped bail them out. We can call this the Mostly Peaceful ticket!
No, Ed, it’s the Fiery but Mostly Peaceful ticket.
“It says a lot about how un-exciting this pick is that this is the best Inga can come up with.”
Does it have to be about excitement? There are Americans that put decency above excitement. He’s 60 years old, only months older than Harris, 18 years YOUNGER than Trump. If Walz would ever have to serve as president if (God forbid ) anything happened to Harris, the nation would be in good hands, unlike the horror of a JD Vance becoming president, which is more likely considering Trump’s age. Most Americans are going to think seriously about that.
@Kirk Parker--
I wasn't going to vote for R's or D's in '08 anyway--I was reporting my gut reaction to Palin's sudden prominence. Whether it was a good move for McCain or not, it obviously didn't help him enough for a win.
The word Walz has an uncomfortable visual similarity to the word Nazi. No question if he was the Republican nominee, Democrats would be making all sorts of visual allusions.
Kamala/Walz like W/Cheney - Discuss.
pro-womens health rights,
Why the euphemism - uncomfortable simply saying that he is pro-abortion?
Mccain punted sometime after september 15th if not before she understood what was stake thats why the stupid gibson and couric interviews (that were edited)
Wow, this is a shock. I suspect that the D's think Pennyslvannia is already sown up for Harris - and now they're going for Winsconsin and nailing down Minnasota. Or maybe Shapiro didn't have the positive impact on the race I originally thought.
Or could be they thought having a Jewish VP-Jewish wife with a Hindu POTUS candidate married to a Jew was a little too much. While such a four-some would look look like the Yale Law School, it defintitely would NOT look like America. Especially since 1/2 of the Harris-Biden cabinet is Jewish, including the AG, sec of treasury, Sec of state, DHS Secretary, along with a Jewish CIA Director and Jewish WH Chief of staff.
Walz will do well enough. He reminds me of Pawlenty. Bland and forgettable.
Do you realize how rare it is that a sitting Vice President gets elected President? It's only happened twice in U.S. history
That's very skewed. First, why should we care only about a "sitting" VP being elected? That leaves out people who still used their VP position to be elected president, just not in the same year they were VP, like Biden.
Also, most of "U.S. history" was before mass media as we know it, so that shouldn't count. The media environment completely changes how the VP can benefit from their position and win the presidency. People in 1800 or 1900 weren't watching the VP on TV or the internet.
If we look only at modern times (say, FDR onward), almost every VP of a president who served at least 8 years ended up winning a presidential election when they tried:
Obama's VP (Biden) won
Reagan's VP (Bush) won
Eisenhower's VP (Nixon) won
FDR's VP (Truman) won
The only exception is Clinton's VP (Gore), but he lost on the narrowest possible technical grounds in an election that was a virtual tie, coming down to just a few hundred votes in one huge state.
That's a pretty impressive success rate, with a very small sample size.
Looks like Mickey Kaus was right. 2024 will not be the year of the Jew. Maybe 2028 will be.
“Poor @JoshShapiroPA. Stitched his foreskin back on for nothing.”
—- Ron Coleman
https://x.com/RonColeman/status/1820814548925899222
"Is she appeasing the pro-Palestinian forces within the Democratic Party?"
Yes.
For fellow deplorables, Scott Johnson has an assessment of Walz over at Power Line.
When Harris was considering all of those state governors for a VP pick, notice one key swing state governor she past right over: Wisconsin’s own Tony Evers. Gee, I wonder why?
To be clear, there is no difference between the parties re IVF. Everyone supports treatments for infertility.
Well evers is mostly dead anyways
"What does this say about Kamala Harris's position on Israel?"
Harris has no position on anything. Like Biden she'll do what she is told.
Two reasons Kamala-lala-ding-dong picked Walz:
1. He aint a Jew and;
2. Inga the Dingbat typical Democrat voter has been told to like him.
Don't worry, I'm sure Jews will heavily back the Democrats, as ever.
@doctrev, yup. Their local Democrat precinct chairmen could be herding them into cattle cars and they’d still bitch about those damned Republican goyim. The question is, for how long? Way past this November, that’s for sure, but I don’t see how a coalition can include both Jews and people who chant “Death to Jews!” for any lengthy period of time.
This tells me that the candidate is a weathervane who is attuned to her affinity group. This will lock up the unionized teachers for the Democrats.
That seems to be more important than Pennsylvania and those who support Israel. Hmmm. Party tonight at Mar-a-Lago.
Truman only became VP in 1944, so he's an outlier in JAC's enumeration. He had almost a full term as prez before he had to run on his own.
To me personally, 'former HS teacher and football coach' screams mediocrity.
Other than being big pusher of Legalized MJ (and presumably cocaine and Heroin) Walz is your typical leftist. I doubt he differs from Kamala Harris on a single issue. He'll probably do what Democrats always do, portray himself as some sort middle 'merican from the heartland who served in them military, was born in Nebraska, and eats corn on the cobb.
His policies and beliefs are Beverly Hills/Manhattan but he dresses and sounds like small town Minnasota, dontchaknow?
I was hoping for Shapiro, but a non lawyer makes for a nice change.
Smart pick for the "you don't actually want to vote for those guys in the red hats" campaign. Likeable, sensible guy who balances the ticket well.
Makes Trump's choice of Vance look even more disastrous.
Scott Johnson and John Hinderaker at Powerline have the Tim Walz debacle covered. Walz may be the one politician in the US who makes Kamala look better by comparison. Maybe that's why he was selected.
My bad, I read JAC's comment about 8 years as applying to the veeps, not the principals.
Kamala does know that Eau Claire is not in Minnesota, right? …. Right?
Harris/Waltz - Raze America Like Minneapolis 2020
Big on the Criminal Justification System
MSNBC - We can't let peaceful protester be liked to criminal, September 2020
https://youtu.be/Ly7pVn9QGHc?t=126
Also, MSNBC, hang all who dare bring their grievance to the Capitol, January 2021
If Biden, as he should have, had announced that he wasn't going to run for re-election and had opened up the primaries, I don't think Kamala would have won. Shapiro or Kelly would have beaten her handily. Walz too, but not so handily. Of all the white male candidates spoken of for Veep, with the possible exceptions of Pritzker and Buttigieg, he seemed the weakest. The media won't have any problem canonizing him. So Walz it is.....I don't know much about him, and he doesn't inspire curiosity. He seems affable and pleasant. He won't cost her any votes. Kamala is one cackle away from losing her momentum. Maybe she can claim that the weighty affairs of state keep her from doing interviews and send Walz out instead. He looks like he has a pleasant laugh.
I had heard a little about this in someone's X post so I posed a question to ChatGPT about his service in the MN National Guard:
"Tim Walz, the Governor of Minnesota, faced controversy regarding his military service in the Minnesota National Guard. Allegations surfaced that he misrepresented his military rank and abruptly retired to avoid deployment to Iraq. Critics accused Walz of falsely claiming the rank of command sergeant major, which he never officially completed the requirements for, leading to his reduction in rank to master sergeant upon retirement. Additionally, Walz's retirement shortly after his unit received orders for deployment raised suspicions that he left to avoid active duty."
This will not sit well with veterans, especially those who were called up and served their time.
I guess Democrats don't consider this in any way damaging?
Ha!!!
https://x.com/EricSpracklen/status/1820253113237774632
I fearfully predicted that Shapiro would not be picked because, and only because, he is a Jew. I was right. I don't care how much gloss the Dems put on it that was the only reason. I, frankly, don't understand how Walz succeeds in politics other than that MN voters are crazier than I ever thought they could be. He is a rabid left winger and has helped lead what was an outstanding state toward ruin at every opportunity. He certainly does nothing to balance the Harris ticket.
#nathan’s
“Why the euphemism - uncomfortable simply saying that he is pro-abortion?”
Because access to abortion is a part of a woman’s healthcare.
What is Harris' position on Israel?
She's a Persian rug ready to get walked all over by Iran.
It’ll be teh Last Walz.
When I googled Tim Walz ancestry, I got nothing. When I asked google if Walz was a German name, google told me:
“Walz is a surname of German origin. It that may refer to: Carl E. Walz (born 1955), American astronaut.”
Inga,
What happens in an abortion- in your own words?
Its amazing how brainwashed everyone is. If they don't pick someone from a minority that makes up 2 percent of the USA, it must be bigotry.
LOL.
"At least he's smarter than the last Democratic VP candidate."
Rosebud wins the internet for today.
I just realized that you could have offered me a million dollars, and I would not have been able to name Tim Kaine as Hillary Clinton's running mate without looking it up. I say that as someone who probably can name all the other major party VP candidates going back to the 1950s. Now I'll spend some time trying to figure out why that is the case.
They must be confident in their ability to cheat their way to a win.
What this will show is that KH can't stand up to the left wing of her party. She pretty clearly *wanted* to choose Shapiro, but a Jew on the ticket proved to be too much for the anti-Israel left. Also, they probably concluded that while Shapiro would probably help carry PA, they need MI as well, and Shapiro might have killed their chances in Michiganistan.
Shouting Thomas,
I agree with your comment but I would go with blackshirts rather than brownshirts to identify the BLM fascists
1 they blm mobs mostly wore black shirts (and pants etc)
2 mussolini's street fighting "squadristi" wore black uniforms and were called "blackshirts"
3 Oswald Mosely's union of English fascists in the 30s wore similar black uniforms.
"Blackshirts" is accurate for both color and ideology.
These folks identify very closely with mussolini's definition of "fascism"
Make them wear it
Let's call them what they are "fascists" in the Mussolini tradition.
John Henry
Dems can't beat up Trump on age anymore. He looks like a mean old man yelling at clouds.
Anyone that thinks a Minnesota Governor is going to help win votes in Wisconsin doesn’t understand the hatred Wisconsinites have for Minnesota.
Walz was essentially a white flag.
The democrats have no intention of actually trying to get people to vote for them.
They are 100% relying on mail in ballots and fraud.
Holy shit! I did not see that coming. The Dems are 100% in on the far left wing of the party now. Walz's record as governor is abysmal. High crime, falling GDP, social insanity. He's completely in the pockets of the education unions. There's a good reason Minnesota is losing population.
The contrast between the party's top candidates is as stark as I have ever seen. A Harris/Walz administration would be pretty much national suicide. I guess sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to realize the mistakes you've made. Harris/Walz would make sure we hit rock bottom.
Walz ran a basement campaign last election and refused to debate a second time after getting wiped in the first one. There won't be any Vance/Walz debates.
Walz has a very definite resting bitch face. When I look at him speaking with the sound off, he has a scowling face and his hand gestures are very off putting. O yeah, if he was a Republican, Democrats wouldn’t let that go.
This is not the choice of people who think they have to convince the American people to vote for them.
I'd say this ensures Kamala's defeat, but the Dems actually don't have to convince people to vote for them so...
If democrats actually thought they could get people to vote for them it would have been Moore, cooper, or beshear.
Those guys all pulled themselves out of contention.
I think it is interesting that Shapiro humiliated himself to the extent that he did.
“Anyone that thinks a Minnesota Governor is going to help win votes in Wisconsin doesn’t understand the hatred Wisconsinites have for Minnesota.”
No that isn’t true. Wisconsinites don’t love people from Illinois, but are fine with people from Minnesota. A lot of our young Wisconsin people go to the U of MN, my two grandchildren included.
Achilles
Walz was essentially a white flag...The democrats have no intention of actually trying to get people to vote for them....They are 100% relying on mail in ballots and fraud.
You're right. The absentee voter fraud in the swing states in everything. Everything else just keeps us distracted from the biggest issue, just like in 2020.
Does Waltz say “party”?
I always assumed that Shapiro would refuse the position if it were offered. Why would he want to play second fiddle to a non-entity like Kamala? Best case scenario, she wins and he gets to be vice president with very poor prospects for anything more. Worst case, and most likely, she loses and he's finished politically. This is perfect for Walz.
“Anyone that thinks a Minnesota Governor is going to help win votes in Wisconsin doesn’t understand the hatred Wisconsinites have for Minnesota.”
Blogger Inga said..."No that isn’t true. Wisconsinites don’t love people from Illinois, but are fine with people from Minnesota. "
Eh…
Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
JUST IN: Media buzz is rising that Kamala Harris is selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her VP choice.
Who is Tim Walz? Let's take a quick look:
• Fueled BLM Riots in 2020
• Rioters looted and wrecked Minneapolis
• Change MN state flag to resemble Somalia's
• K*lled old people with Cov*d nursing home scandal
• MN a 'gr**mer friendly' LGBTQIA+ "sanctuary" state
• Pushes youth trans surgery, 'hormone therapy' agenda
• Soldiers accused Walz of embellishing and selectively omitting facts about his military career
• Fellow soldiers accused him of "quitting" on them
• Got DUI in 1995 going 96mph in a 55 speed zone
• Praises socialism
Kamala's "perfect" running mate? 🤔
This is an unforced error by Kamala. Of course it won’t be reported as such. 98.2% of the coverage will be about how “moderate” the nut is.
The commercials basically write themselves. Show Minneapolis burning, show Walz saying that essentially this was a deserved result, show Kamala urging people to bail out the looters, and simply say this is what they want for America. So of course I expect Trump to spend 147 million in adds bitching about how Brian Kemp didn’t support him.
“There's a good reason Minnesota is losing population.”
“1) After losing population last year, Minnesota is growing again
According to the new estimates, Minnesota is one of 11 states that lost population in 2022 but gained population in 2023. Minnesota has now more than made up for its temporary downtick of nearly 4,000 people in 2022, gaining 23,615 people in 2023.”
MPR News
Because access to abortion is a part of a woman’s healthcare.
Kinda' hard on the baby, though ....
Well, that's good news. Choosing two city-burning, anti-semites clarifies the issues in the race. I suppose the Dems thought they were triangulating toward the center and attracting Normies by choosing a white male. Same idea as Joe Biden. "Another Joe" - what a genius idea. By golly. But everyone fell off that turnip truck some ways back and they're kind of bruised. Not the moment for a guy who looks like the winner in a why-I-still-drink-Bud-Lite contest.
gaining 23,615 people in 2023
How many are illegal aliens, I wonder quietly to myself.
Walz Dizzy.
she shilled for funds to bail out the few who the police picked up...knowing the bail would be returned when the local Democrat controlled Criminal Justification System dropped the charges.
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who gets the bail money $$$$ when returned?
Bob Boyd said...
gaining 23,615 people in 2023
How many are illegal aliens, I wonder quietly to myself.
This is similar to the jobs reports.
Millions of full time jobs are gone. Massive layoffs in our area.
All replaced by part time jobs and most taken by illegals who are low paid.
Is Walz a gasbagging gas-lighter or a gas-lighting gas-bagger?
The DFL (Minnesota Democratic Party) is the political arm of the teachers union.
"Millions of full time jobs are gone. Massive layoffs in our area.
All replaced by part time jobs and most taken by illegals who are low paid."
There's a Kamala ad in heavy rotation in Wisconsin right now in which she says she's for an 'economy where workers only need one job.'
Does she think voters don't know who's been in the White House for the last four years?
Kamala could side with Jews or rioters. In today's Democratic Party rioters were the safer bet.
This is choice made from fear rather than hope. Her polling of the Dem base and progressives especially must have looked bleak for her to choose the progressive pick. Walz will wring out the cat lady left and leave the working class males nowhere to go but to Trump. Walz also appeals to the antisemite progressives (but I repeat myself) because a Jewish VP would certainly lose them Michigan.
Kamala had a choice of rousing her base or expanding it. She chose rousing it. Peak Kamala is past and now she's counting electoral votes without Pennsylvania in her column.
I thought Walz was 80.
He’s only 60.
The oldest looking 60 year old on Planet Earth.
@Inga
You might want to check MN population growth rate to the average US growth rate (lower). Also take a look at the immigrant growth rate for MN vs the US(double).
Politico: "By choosing Walz, Harris is elevating a Midwestern governor, veteran and former schoolteacher to help shore up support among blue-collar, white voters in the Rust Belt."
Boy, I don't see him helping anywhere but Minnesota.
“When I look at him speaking with the sound off, he has a scowling face and his hand gestures are very off putting.”
A lot of that is just Walz making the universal hand movements for male masturbation. Progressives seem to be big on that.
Rosebud.... Another upvote. :-)
1. Yes, this does leave the way open for Shapiro to run in 2028, unburdened by what has been, in a year that might be more favorable to him.
2. It's certainly shameful if Judaism or Jewishness has become a bar to holding higher office. However, Shapiro's first job in DC (according to Wikipedia) was at the Israeli embassy. His job was to present the Israeli point of view in the Hasbara department. Isn't that something that should raise eyebrows, or at least attract notice?
3. When a party is as unified as the Democrats it's not always easy to tell who are the ideologue/purists and who are the pragmatist/opportunists. They all go along with the party line -- even the president -- so how do you tell what one of them really feels or thinks or wants? Does it matter? The grandfatherly guy will do the same things as the purported firebrand.
4. GHW Bush is still the first VP since Van Buren to go directly from the vice presidency to the presidency. Truman was in the same position as Lyndon Johnson. He wasn't a VP trying to take a step up, but someone who was already president with all that implies. That Nixon or Biden was able to make it to the White House after a hiatus, doesn't necessarily inspire confidence. A candidate can't usually expect the field to be cleared for him the way it was for Biden.
5) Hillary Clinton's picture: does America really need another creepy sniffer of children's hair?
"You might want to check MN population growth rate to the average US growth rate (lower). Also take a look at the immigrant growth rate for MN vs the US(double)."
Also look at the income level of those moving to MN. Hint- it's not rich people.
When a POTUS candidate married to jew, an ethnic group that comprises 2 pecent of the population, doesn't pick a Jewish Governor with a Jewish wife to the be the VP, it can only mean one thing:
Antisemitism.
Jews are so superior that if aren't over-represented in positions of power by least a factor 20x, its due to Jew hatred.
Yeah, that's the ticket!
Inga, thank you for pointing out that Wal is a sniper.
Or "hunter" as we call them when referring to civilians.
I had never thought of hunters as snipers until I saw a discussion over the weekend. Key takeaways
1 the us has more snipers/hunters than all the world's militaries combined. 20-30mm snipers in the US.
2 the main difference between military snipers is intended target. Techniques, hide, stalk, get close, be patient, marksmanship are very similar. Civilian snipers get considerably more practice with killing living, moving targets
Good to have a candidate who appreciates that.
The most powerful, sophisticated and experienced military in the world was routed by a bunch of poorly armed civilians. Essentially a "sniper behind every blade of grass." quoting from memory.
John Henry
Is "Walzi the NAZI" a gaslighter or a Gauleiter?
I would normally call him a fascist but the wordplay was hard to resist. Apologies.
John Henry
"First, why should we care only about a "sitting" VP being elected?"
Because it aligns with the current situation.
Eric Cartman will tell you why not Shapiro.
But there are also some legitimate reasons, such as being in office for only a year. Which is a problem on the Trump side.
Inga said…
Does it have to be about excitement? There are Americans that put decency above excitement.
But you aren’t one of them.
Poor Shapiro. To paraphrase Churchill on Chamberlain: You had a choice between debasing your Judaism thereby achieving higher office and being a proud Jew. You chose to debase your Judaism and you will still not achieve higher office. Meanwhile, Harris chooses a batshit crazy lefty from a safe dem state showing that 1) she really is afraid of losing Michigan, 2) she really hates Israel and Jews who love Israel, and 3) she wants someone batshit crazy just like her OVER a clearly better choice who would have delivered the most important swing state. Vance turned out to be a bad pick for Trump but this is even worse for Harris. Excellent - I think we have reached Peak Kamala!
I suspect that the D's think Pennyslvannia is already sown up for Harris
This I highly, highly doubt. Minnesota, sure. Michigan and Wisconsin, even. But everything I see suggests a tie in PA at the moment.
Walz doesn’t take as good a mugshot as Trump but the crime makes him right at home in the party of the Kennedys:
“Tim Walz was arrested for driving 96 mph in a 55-mph zone, then blew a .128. That's really bad, but just as bad is that he's lied about it ever since. He's repeatedly claimed he wasn't even drunk, and has instead blamed it all on him being deaf. But the court transcripts tell a different story.”
Wait until he is on a debate stage..
LOL. Walz got his ass handed to him in the first governor debate last election and backed out of the second one. Even a flatworm learns. He won't be back for more.
Minnesota has the 5th highest tax rate in the US.
Christoph Waltz would have been a much better choice.
"You skipped pro-child mutilation and pro-puberty blocker. The signing ceremony making Minnesota a "sanctuary state" for "gender affirming care" was sick. Many children under ten present. Six year olds...etc. Walz is a twisted, evil man. "
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Weird.
"Do you realize how rare it is that a sitting Vice President gets elected President?"
The important question is, how often has a former VP been elected P. And the answer is not "only twice".
Walz made Whitmer look like a moderate during covid. He set up a hotline to report neighbors for leaving their house during lockdown.
A Socialist and a Totalitarian. The differences between the candidates are bigly yuge. I know the importance of this election is being hyped by both sides, but there a two distinctly divergent paths being presented. Even the Trump haters need to look closely at what is on offer.
RCOCEAN II said...
Its amazing how brainwashed everyone is. If they don't pick someone from a minority that makes up 2 percent of the USA, it must be bigotry.
Shapiro is the obviously better choice, being a popular and reasonably successful governor of a key swing state. It is actually baffling that Shapiro would even want to be the VP, given he has a resume that would make him a potential presidential candidate in the future and if Harris loses that probably torpedoes his future. Walz really has nothing to recommend him, though I suppose we could say the same about Harris.
I mean, sure, it is possible that there is some other reason to not select Shapiro, but given that Shapiro was spending the past week trying to backpedal his Jewishness for all it was worth, I think the answer is obvious. Also, inconvenient. You do not have to like the conclusion to understand it is likely true.
so, what happened to Shapiro?
Did the DNC finally realize that he's Jewish?
or did they decide that Penn is not winnable?
OR did they decided that Shapiro actually HURT their Penn chances? I'm betting THIS ONE
I was shocked to find out that Walz is only 60.
What has life done to you, sir?
Or they figure the Penn fraud machine will take care of things.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/us-news/tim-walz-embellished-military-career-for-years-dropped-from-national-guard-unit-ahead-of-iraq-deployment/#:~:text=I'm%20proud%20I%20did,rank%20of%20command%20sergeant%20major.
"Tim Walz left National Guard battalion ‘hanging,’ ‘slithered out the door’ before Iraq deployment: vets"
"What has life done to you, sir?"
Write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license, all that jive
I can't drive 55, oh yeah
This choice screams weakness. A more confident campaign would have chosen Shapiro.
You know people call Trump a Hitler... well Harris and Walz are Stalins... and that is worse.
I've been reading the Althouse blog for many years now but never have gotten so much insight into anti-semitism as I've been seeing lately. Not subtle. For example:
RCOCEAN II said...
"When a POTUS candidate married to jew, an ethnic group that comprises 2 pecent of the population, doesn't pick a Jewish Governor with a Jewish wife to the be the VP, it can only mean one thing:
Antisemitism.
Jews are so superior that if aren't over-represented in positions of power by least a factor 20x, its due to Jew hatred."
Obviously sarcasm, what he is actually saying is that Jews are over-represented in positions of power.
and he's answered by Derve Swanson:
"... We're not obliged to support any immigrant's religious homestate: America has supported Israel long enough. Let Israel sacrifice and build up their defense industry for the years to come. America can no longer afford to support their wars at the rate Netanyahu is picking them..."
We know that on 10/7/23 Israel was attacked by Hamas, which is supported by Iran, and has been attacked by Hezbollah since 10/8/23, also supported by Iran. But here Swanson is accusing Netanyahu of instigating the wars against Israel.
IOW, here's another common theme: all the wars are always the fault of the Jews.
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What do I think is the reason Harris didn't pick Shapiro? I agree with the professor. Shapiro is better off waiting to run for president in four years. And even though he's a loyal party member and would have accepted if asked to be VP, most of Harris's strongest supporters don't want anyone with the slightest appearance of supporting Israel. Despite the fact that Shapiro was willing to apologize for his honest and prescient essay -- written when he was 20 years old, 31 years ago, where he noted that the Palestinian leadership and people are not interested in living in peace or a two state solution, he is now touting the D. party line about a two state solution. And Shapiro has also recently condemned Netanyahu. He's definitely not strongly pro-Israel. So I think if he were not Jewish the left would not have objected to him.
I don't think that Harris made that decision for Walz based on anti-semitism but chose an easier partner. He's less of a distraction.
IMHO this cements the Democrats descent into the party of antisemitism. ROCEAN can try to cover for them all day but there is no rational reason to chose Walz over Shapiro unless you're worried about losing the votes of the antisemitic Somali's in MN, the antisemetic Arabs in MI, and the antisemitic college students across the nation.
Like the stable genius Donald Trump said to the black journalists, no one cares about the vice presidential candidates
He's gotta be lying about his age. Or that DUI for doing 95 in a 55 zone was just the tip of his tippling iceberg. He has perma-bitch face. He deserves Ilhan Omar as his congresscritter.
FOX news headine: HARRIS TAPS WALZ AS RUNNING MATE
Is that appropriate?
I suspect that when push came to shove, Shapiro declined the offer- he probably threw up in his mouth yesterday after that humiliating retraction he was forced to make which still didn't guarantee he would be selected. I would like to know where he drew the line yesterday- what demand broke his back.
I'm having a flashback to '08, when McCain picked Palin. I knew almost nothing about her, but my gut reaction was "there goes the election!"
You do remember the only time McCain led in the polls was immediately after he picked Palin.
And then they destroyed her.
"You do remember the -only- time McCain led in the polls was immediately after he picked Palin."
Nope. I don't remember that because I didn't pay attention to polls then, and still don't.
I only know about the polls at present because other people like to talk about them.
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The Dems didn't need to worry about the blacks and the Jews. They will vote Dem 9 to 1, same as always.
But Walz will help draw the antifa and antisemites in a way Shapiro never could.
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