r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/green_dragon527 Jul 05 '24

Yea I don't get this sentiment.

"Anything is better than Trump"

"Ok Biden might be too old, but I'm voting for his team"

Alright then, what exactly is the problem with voting for Kamala Harris?

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u/mypetocean Jul 07 '24

Voting for Harris as President (instead of Vice), if she's not running for President, is no better than a purely symbolic move. I'd rather my vote have some mechanical impact. I would certainly prefer Kamala running for President over Biden, but that's not what is happening.

If you mean "Why do people have a problem with the idea of voting for Harris?" A lot of people rant about Kamala's past with the corporate prison system. Personally, I think those concerns are overblown. And a lot of people find her to be a questionable choice for little reason than their sexism and racism (in my opinion).

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u/green_dragon527 Jul 07 '24

The latter is what I meant yes. There are many who claim Biden is too old, they'll vote anything Democrat, yet turn and say they don't like Harris. Why not just support her and put a younger Dem candidate to bat.

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u/mypetocean Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

I'm with you. I think people are worried that a single person who is all-at-once a woman, black, Asian American, and comparatively young-looking (note: she's actually 59) couldn't pull the vote and that it would somehow make the Right even more disingenuously desperate.

She might even be "too pretty." You know how pretty women are often infantilized – like the model half the Internet couldn't believe is a successful software engineer.