Why hasn't Kamala been to the border?

I never thought of it like that. To me, "Harris" sounds like a man. I think calling her Kamala is great because her first name is unique to her. I think Hillary was called Hillary because Bill was already referred to as Clinton so that worked too.


Now that I'm thinking more about it, Michelle Obama has always been referred to with her entire name, not just "Michelle" as far as I can recall. Michelle is too common of a name so it made sense to use her entire name. I really don't think its a disrepsect thing. Obvi, nicknames are rude. Huh. Food for thought.  

It’s a bad-faith question. And more importantly, it’s been asked by reporters and answered by the VP herself.

Continuing to ask seems to imply that there are certain secret and nefarious reasons for why Harris hasn’t visited, which is, of course, ridiculous. And it implies heavily that the OP is parroting right wing talking points without reference to their validity.

I’m not interested in engaging with this particular poster, but I’m also not sorry I liked the post that criticized her. Put that on your spreadsheet. Honest political discussion doesn’t involve bad faith questions and pot-stirring.

ETA: good faith conservative posters are still here. The only ones who have left are the brainwashed Trumpets who stir the pot and are “just asking questions.” Not sorry about that, either.

The OP should worry more about what will happen to Texas’ economy if all the undocumented immigrants suddenly disappeared, than about whether or not Harris took a trip to the border rather than addressing the problem at its source.

IDk, Kerri has been a Pea for as long as I have. FFS why don't we let someone post without assuming what their intentions are. 

Stop with the spreadsheet comment. I'm not a spreadsheet keeper, ffs. 

Fair enough. I've known her as Kamala since she held office in CA. I will try because the office deserves that respect, you are right.   

And while I'm sure some use Kamala as a sign of disrespect - it's also pretty common for people with unusual first names to be known by them - so I wouldn't assume that someone referring to her as Kamala is denying her the respect she deserves. It's usually pretty easy to tell the difference - particularly with those who still haven't figured out how to pronounce her name.

that's honestly it, at least for me. As I stated above, I'm going to work on changing my habit to say "Harris" going forward.

I agree with you. A better choice would have been someone who has a solid experience in and knowledge of Central America.  

And let’s not forget to acknowledge, no matter how discomfiting it is, that the US was also responsible for the political instability that caused deaths and poverty in Central America, especially in the ‘80s. We played a huge part in destabilizing these countries, the effects of which we’re still seeing to this day.

And yes, it’s complex and very difficult to try and solve. If we’re to tackle the root causes of the present problems, just continuously throwing money at it doesn’t do much as prior decades have already shown. These countries are mired in so much poverty, violence and corruption that even if we handed our entire revenue to them, the problem will still persist.

I think Harris is trying to get as much cooperation as possible from them to at least mitigate some of the problems plaguing Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.  Unless someone can come up with a better plan, she's doing what she's been tasked.

I admit I'm not on these political posts much. But your response (thank you for that) had me curious so I looked up her posting history. Looks to me like you guys are being way harsh on her. She has other opinions than you guys, yes, but not a one unkind post there. She rarely posts, but when she does she gets named called. 

She also still posts about other subjects, she's not some troll. 

I could not care less if VP Harris has been to the border. I think photo ops for the msm are disingenuous and just pandering for support from their followers or for votes. It is lip service. What I care about is what people are actually doing to help a cause.

However, I have long voiced my displeasure of the hypocrisy of the board when it comes to politics. Honest question for those who are passive aggressively saying how cute or how sweet...is the same done to freddy? Just curious how it is different with her because I don't see her discussing or following up on her threads. She just posts tweet after tweet and insert a few news articles. As I have stated many times both parties are guilty of doing it and I am frustrated with both sides.

Calling her Kamala is definitely used as a sign of disrespect; as pointed out above, no one called Pence "Mike". Fox and the conservatives have a long history of putting down women in power. It makes them feel bigger.

That being obvious, I'm not sure why anyone took the OP's bait. Y'all simply must have been treading the waters looking for chum.

A lot of times I refer to Kamala as Kamala because she is from my neck of the woods and I have been following her career ever since she was San Francisco’s DA.  She was also my first choice for President so I feel like I know her so I call her by her first name.

Having said that, if I think the occasion calls for it I will call her VP Harris or The Vice President.

I'm surprised Fox News took a break from infuriating people about trans teenage athletes and race baiting about critical race theory to start riling people about Kamala and the border. I suppose this means we'll soon seen alarmist posts about disease filled caravans of terrorists and criminals marching to the US.

Is this or how is this different from the criticism GW Bush got when he didn't immediately go to New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina? They kind of seem like the same thing to me. In both cases, their presence in the actual location doesn't lessen the impact of the crisis.