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My wife was pretty excited when Vance was first announced....but the more she hears now though the less enthusiasm she's having for the pick.
Agree that the top ticket is what really matters....but in a race that may end up having pretty tight margins any slight negative could be damaging.
This is how I feel as well. We can argue and debate whose worse between Trump & Kamala, but the average American has a poor opinion on both, making the VP picks way more consequential than a typical election.
IMO Vance was a terrible pick from a strategic front, as all he really does is represent the voter base that was already voting Trump to begin with.
Vance was a hubris pick that is going to come back and bite Trump. Scott, Haley, Burchum, even Gabbard would have been good picks as they bring something to the table. Vance brings nothing and even looks like a grooming to continue 8 more years of Trump after he is done. That is going to be deterrent to vote for them.
100% agree. Any of the names mentioned would have been significantly better.
Haley would have been horrific... he would have lost his base.
I disagree, where would they go? Harris? Trump is not losing his base! Hell, half of you are saying he could put a Dem on the ticket in Gabbard and do fine. Haley may be pro-Ukraine, but she also has legit conservative history and believes.
Also, Haley is a pro, she would not have said anything that irritated the Base and would have stressed what she did consistent with Bases believe. She is not a loose cannon.
The difference is that Haley or Gabbard would have appealed to votes that Trump doesn't have and irritates people not going away from Trump.
Vance on the other hand, rubs salt in the eyes of the people Trump is trying to attract.
Tulsi didn't insult the MAGA base like Haley has. And for not being apart of the MAGA base Tulsi has actually been fairly deferential and respectful to our concerns. I think Tulsi is a populist at heart and there is nothing the uniparty hates more than populism and nationalism.
DeSantis was adept at walking that fine line between running against Trump and keeping his critiques directed at Trump the man without insulting the MAGA base... Haley ran over the line like she was in a F1 race.
Haley has always been a manufacturered/astro turf candidate without any real grassroots support and the base knows this.
Trump is not losing the base over Haley, maybe you would since you feel that strongly about someone that went to battle for Trump at the UN and called both Russia and China to task. But, the rest are so Trump-centric it don't matter.
I'd be OK with Haley being US rep to the UN again, but that's about all.
Tulsi won a lot of love from me for her break away from the democrat party and her savaging KH on the debate stage. She has evaluated Trump objectively and supports him. But VP is a hard no for me. She is one heartbeat away from being POTUS and, I believe still quite liberal in a lot of her positions. I hope he rewards her with a cabinet position but not VP.
Since she "saw the light" I have also been impressed by and have agreed with virtually everything I've heard Gabbard say - but you're right - there are definitely some concerning things in her dimcrat past. One of those is buying into the climate scam. While I don't think we truly know if she really does or did actually believe in the climate BS or if it was just something she dutifully pledged allegiance to while trying to succeed as a dimcrat (since it is a sacrament of the party along with abortion) but I haven't heard her disavow it since the conversion. Still like the current version of her, but when she was a dimcrat she talked the talk and walked the walk of a dimcrat.
I think where you live has a lot to do with whether you believe the Climate stuff or not. Living in FL by the water, we are seeing water temps that are really high and not usual. The Gulf is usually warm in the summer, but it is getting to 90 in June. One or two years, ok. But it seems to be getting warmer more consistently and we are seeing more extreme heat. Tampa was never a 100 degrees place due to sea breeze, but I am seeing 100's, Phoenix type temps more often.
What is causing it? I don't know, but we are seeing coral kills, fish migrations and more red tides. All of a sudden we are seeing way more sharks and different species, some don't make sense Great Whites in the Gulf??? They may have always been there and we are just getting better information but it is different info than before.
I can see her being from Hawaii being more concerned over climate.
When has it been 100 in Tampa? the answer is not in 2024. I just googled the max temp for Tampa in July 24 and its 94. June was 93. I just spent the past week in Orlando and it was pretty typical summer weather in Florida of about 89-92 every day. 10 day weather forecast for Tampa shows 89-93 for the highs which is what I would assume for Tampa summertime.
I live here. My thermostat and the one at work has hit it several times. Officially, from May 29 to Jun 9 we hit over 97 seven times. 95 days has become the new norm, we used to see 90-92 consistently, now it is 95 pretty often. just didn't pick a City. I take our boat out every weekend and see the water temp, the gulf was 90 on Sunday. My pool was up to 90 in June. Don't tell me what the weather is where I live. It is hotter than it has been and I lived here since 1978.
Well, I already know you live there and you're going off your car or some random thermometer but I googled the official temps for Tampa and its what i posted above. You are like the climate alarmists cherry picking data to reinforce your narrative. And I live in Charleston and our summer weather is always the same. 78-92 or 93 everyday. Cools down to the lower 80s in the evening and always humid as it gets. Right now i'm in Myrtle Beach and its 83 and raining.
So did I, it was 99 officially. You literalist are ridiculous. ,You get the point. The point is that Gabbard being into the Climate is not unexpected as the Sen from Hawaii. She may also disagree with you because of her observations, I guarantee she gets out in the surf more than we do. There is definitely changes in the weather and if it is climate based I don't know, but it should not be ignored.
Tampa Bay has been record-breaking hot this year. What that means for summer.
Water temperatures off Florida may have broken world record (tampabay.com)
Record-breaking heat scorches the Tampa Bay area | WFLA
July was the hottest month in Tampa's history. Again. (tampabay.com)
Tampa is on track for record-breaking heat | WUSF
In parts of Tampa Bay, more people are going to the ER amid record heat
Should I keep going? Or do you prefer to argue over of a F-ing degree... It's hot, hotter than normal and we are definitely looking at water rise and increased storm. I am on several Transportation Resiliency Committee looking at mitigation measures. The data is scary. There are some good ideas to protect areas, but I am sure the don't spend crowd will kill them. There is one in Galveston now that makes sense.
How sea level rise affects the Tampa Bay area | wtsp.com
I know, deep state... Now the Corps, DOD, NOAA, and Coast Guard are infiltrated and lying to us...
As per usual you're wrong unless you're referring to 1985 or 2020.
It might come as a shock, but Tampa has never officially hit 100 degrees. Since they began keeping track of temperatures in Tampa back in 1890, Tampa has only ever made it as high as 99 degrees.
From 1890 until 1939, temperatures were measured at the weather station in downtown Tampa. Since 1940, temperatures in Tampa have been measured at Tampa's International Airport.
Back in McFly's day, Tampa recorded a 99-degree day on June 5th, 1985. The next time we saw a 99-degree day was on June 26, 2020.
********, you do know there is more to a Region than the airport, no one lives at an airport. It can be 65 there and not matter. Check the temperatures around Tampa or read the articles I posted. Tampa is always hot, so we are not on the scary end. Look at Phoenix or even Dallas. But, keep looking for whatever you can hang your hat on to say it isn't happening. The Gulf was at 100 degrees last year. Don't tell me, not at Marker 27 was really 98, see no climate issues...
Water temperatures off Florida may have broken world record (tampabay.com)I connect 7 different articles showing an issue and what you focus on is that the TIA location was 2 degrees different. Really, you are able to do that with a straight face? You are proud of that is how you look at issues, find one discrepancy that has nothing to do with the original idea and just hammer that? Small people...
People like you are the f-ing problem in this Country, worse the Kamala and her friends and that takes some work.
