Not really a huge fan of wheeling out Hillary when a speech by historically unpopular Biden - as sitting president - is already unavoidable. We want to maintain this momentum of Harris being something new and fresh and not associate her with all the establishment democrats everyone hates.
At least Obama is a great speaker, and maybe his speech can lead to more deranged racist statements from Trump to further derail his campaign.
Hillary speaking only helps Republicans.
Giving her the mic is an incredibly stupid move, but her egos too big to ever shut up.
I'll probably just watch Obama's speech on its own.
Voters don't want or care about Hillary and Biden, we need to leave them in the dust to show voters the party is going to follow voter's wishes instead of unpopular party insider's opinions on what's best
Voters rejected Kamala pretty hard in the 2020 primary. I'm pleased with the current momentum and thrilled with her VP pick, but associating Kamala's run with respect for voter's wishes is a bit of a stretch. It was the Democratic establishment that positioned her to be the candidate, not voters.
Everyone who voted for Biden in the 2020 general also voted for Harris. We're sticking with the Biden administration, it's just that Biden is retiring from it.
Everybody who voted for Biden didn't even vote for Biden. The 2020 election wasn't about Biden or Harris, it was about Trump.
I agree about Hillary but disagree about Biden. His reelection campaign was extremely unpopular (and rightly so) because of his obvious decline in health, but I disagree that a Biden speech will be ill-received now that he’s made the historic sacrifice for the good of the country and passed the torch. I think his speech at the DNC will be a very positive moment.
As you imply, you pretty much have to have a Biden moment, so we’ll just see how it goes (and I hope I’m right!)
Agree completely. Just keeps popping up like herpes.
Why in the world would they have Hillary Clinton speak? She's not a former president and is probably the only person more broadly disliked than Anita Couch.
Fairly or not (and, to be clear, it's largely unfair), Hillary Clinton is still one of the least liked politicians in the country. Visibly tying her to the democratic party and Harris just seems like an unforced error.
It's bad enough Bill Clinton is going to be up there, but as a former two-term president I guess it's hard to argue with. But a roundly disliked former presidential candidate that lost their bid due to arrogance? Who's next, John Kerry? The DNC is filled with idiots.
Who is Anita couch?
Jackin Dacouch Vance
Edit: If you hadn't seen it, there is a picture of him in drag about a decade ago that surfaced. It's been trending with both Anita Couch and Sofa Loren as tags.
Man, it's time to let the old guard out to pasture. Obama is the only one of those I'd have any inclination of listening to.
Ugh. What will it take for Hillary to stop fucking up elections?
Keep the Clintons at home please.
I get that they kinda need to have Biden there to speak but please give him the minimal amount of time possible. Let Kamala shine and not give the other sides opportunity for sound bites of Biden slips.
Also, put a muzzle on Hillary
Zero reason for the Clintons to speak... In fact if they could just disappear forever and let us put that whole narcissistic sociopath episode behind us, that would be fantastic
Barry needs to bow out of the spotlight after this election too, he’s not nearly as bad as the Clinton’s in my eyes but we have to get over the nostalgia show in the political world, it’s time to make new roads and empower new leaders, not stay anchored to those of the past
Dubya's the only other former Republican president who's still alive. Kinda funny that the last Republican president before him and Trump was Bush Sr. in 1992.
Dubya was endorsed by his father. This is Trump’s third election. That’s why it says the third time in a row.
It's actually his fourth - he ran in 2000 as well. But not as a Republican.
You’re right. I forgot about his Reform Party run.
Man, Biden looks like a wax figure in that photo.
Glad he stepped down from the election. If Kamala wins, that could be his biggest accomplishment.
Democrats support their own party leaders and vice versa. Republicans condemn their past leaders and support only Trump.
Not Saint Reagan.
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