TNCR Biden Betting Pool

[Jolly]

Now, Ax, you wanna do Kamala-lama-ding-dong?

[George K]

@Jolly said in TNCR Biden Betting Pool:

you wanna do Kamala-lama-ding-dong?

Her record of "Public service" is probably quite long.

(I won't go down the "service" Willie Brown road because I'm pretty classy, right?)

Vice President (3 years)
Senator (4 years)
AG (6 years)
DA (7 years)

Of course, what one accomplished during that public service is another question.

[Jolly]

Uh, name one bill she authored and passed as a senator...

[George K]

@Jolly said in TNCR Biden Betting Pool:

h, name one bill she authored and passed as a senator.

Well, at least she didn't vote "present" as a state-level politician, afaik.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in TNCR Biden Betting Pool:

@Jolly said in TNCR Biden Betting Pool:

you wanna do Kamala-lama-ding-dong?

Her record of "Public service" is probably quite long.

(I won't go down the "service" Willie Brown road because I'm pretty classy, right?)

Vice President (3 years)
Senator (4 years)
AG (6 years)
DA (7 years)

Of course, what one accomplished during that public service is another question.

Well, she sent over 1000 young brown men that were first time offenders to prison for nonviolent marijuana possession charges, while advocating for the release of violent criminals that then committed more violent crimes when released. She also withheld exonerating evidence from two cases l, resulting in likely innocent men going to jail for very long periods of time.

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in TNCR Biden Betting Pool:

Pete did oversee a 150M sewage project when he was a mayor. He paved a few streets. He then decided to jump from mayor to POTUS, falling far short. I think he decided not to run for a third term and to run for the presidency, because he couldn't be reelected mayor.

He was appointed as Transportation Secretary, mostly because he was intelligent and gay. He then proceeded to have multiple fuck-ups, including the
nonresponse to the Ohio Derailment, the massive flight outage stranding hundreds of thousands and walking away from his job on paternity leave in the middle of COVID while there were major transportation issues, from lack of trucking to ships piled up in harbors, unable to unload cargo.

You forgot to mention being MIA for 10% of term on paternity leave, to help his spouse after a particularly hard labor. That labor having been listening to the actual mother go through the process of actually giving birth. Wow, it must have been tough on them.

[89th]

I mentioned before I like Pete... smart, fast thinker (like Trump), and his resume is bonkers. As I said before: "He can speak 7 languages, Harvard, Oxford, Rhodes scholar, military vet, classical pianist, mayor, cabinet secretary. Look how much you can do when you don’t have a wife!"

Maybe he'd be a good fit for VP, although I think Harris will pick Shapiro. Pete might not have the chops to be President, but let's also look at who's been elected recently... an old frail man, a TV host and businessman with a long list of bankruptcies, and a young senator who used to be a community organizer.

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in TNCR Biden Betting Pool:

@Axtremus said in TNCR Biden Betting Pool:

They both have long histories of public service in government offices. Much longer than Trump’s.

Well, Pete's been in public service 5 years (three of which were appointed, not elected), so there's that.

You forgot Pete was mayor from 2012 to 2020, eight years right there.

ETA: I suppose you could count his time in the military as public service, unlike the asthmatic, football-playing, lifeguard student deferred guy.

You forgot cadet bone spur.

[George K]

@Axtremus said in TNCR Biden Betting Pool:

You forgot Pete was mayor from 2012 to 2020, eight years right there.

You're right. I was mistaken - one source said he was mayor for 2 years. Clearly that's wrong. City of 102K people.

ETA: I suppose you could count his time in the military as public service, unlike the asthmatic, football-playing, lifeguard student deferred guy.

You forgot cadet bone spur.

Didn't forget him. Chose not to mention, because everyone mentions him, but not the senile wizened man in the White House.

[Axtremus]

Sort of off a tangent:
It's not unusual that the military and other civilian employers/institutions/sports leagues adopt different standards for what health conditions are or are not disqualifying.