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Please join me in voting for Kamala Harris for president

November 4, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris

OPINION by MARC BRAZIL

The 2024 presidential election is perhaps the most consequential since the Civil War. There have been many presidential contests over the last several decades where Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives have lamented our choices but at least the candidates were in the range of normal. This time our choice might well determine whether we remain a nation of laws, a nation where our liberties are not in jeopardy.

I am a conservative Republican who until now has never voted for a Democrat. While I disagree with many of the policies advocated by Kamala Harris, I fear that Donald Trump will inflict great harm on our nation. Harris has made clear that she will consider differing points of view while Trump has made clear that his way is the only course.

No presidential candidate in the modern age has so set on dividing us rather than uniting us.

Trump’s lack of character is breathtaking. The constant lies, attacks on his fellow citizens and idolization of our adversaries disqualify him from serving.

Many Trump supporters explain away his vile behavior and cruel statements by suggesting that he is just kidding. I fail to see the humor. This man represents a grave threat to the United Sates. The Founding Fathers must be rolling over in their graves as are the millions of Americans who have risked their lives to advance the promise of America.

His threat to use the military to go after his political opponents, his obscene behavior toward many women and his demonization of illegal immigrants are unconscionable.

I agree that we need to reform immigration laws but let’s keep in mind that the overwhelming majority of people here illegally or trying to get here are doing so because they view the United States as a beacon of hope. They like all of us just want a better life for themselves and their families. Trump’s never ending lies about them being criminals or eating pets are outrageous and do nothing to help create conditions for policy reform.

Trump’s economic policy is based on a foundation of tariffs, to be imposed on both allies and adversaries. The reality is that the American consumer will pay the tariffs. He has also made misleading statements that the tariffs will allow for the elimination of the federal income tax. There is no basis in reality for this claim.

According to an economic analysis comparing Harris and Trump’s economic proposals published by the University of Pennsylvania (Trump’s alma mater), his plan would add nearly $8 trillion to the federal deficit while hers would add nearly $4 trillion.

Trump’s plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants would wreck havoc on the economy and be highly inflationary.

On foreign policy matters the power and influence of the United States would almost certainly decline as Trump would likely sell out Ukraine’s independence and be prey to the influence of Putin, Xi and the obese Korean dictator.

Please join me in voting for Kamala Harris for president. God Bless America.

Marc Brazil is a San Luis Obispo resident whose father’s family moved here in 1869.

 


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Once again our choice comes down to a Giant Douche or a Turd Sandwich.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pfsneLSSM


Vote Giant Meteor 2024 and let’s go the way of the dinosaurs.


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Team Turd Sandwich here


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Even a faithful Trump Army General should be able to admit that Trump isn’t interested in America. He wants revenge on 65% of Americans that doesn’t like him. If he wins and starts slashing through Americas population. Will the Trump army stand up and say “Ya. I voted for this ring of terror?”.


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You’re living in a fantasy. Stop watching shows like the Handmaid’s Tale and go touch grass


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so your family moved here in 1869? So what, somehow that makes your argument more credible, more cogent?


I found your point of view so full of the kind of MSNBC and CNN talking points that I’m sorry to say, it reflects the millions on low information voters who focus on emotional drivel as opposed to performance. As I recall Trump already did the job once for four years and put none of his political rivals in jail. NONE. On the other hand that cannot be said of the current regime who is still trying to jail his opponent.


While I find Trump’s rhetoric and behavior non presidential at times, he did a fairly good job running the country, not a great job, but reasonably well for first time politician with zero government experience. I cannot say the same for the Biden/Harris regime that allowed 12 million, unvetted people into our country and yes some (not all by any means) are criminals, not to mention the financial burdens placed on US taxpayers and municipalities. Let’s not also forget the more than 350,000 children that have been unaccounted for under their watch, LOST! I haven’t even started on the economic mess Biden/Harris created, huge inflation… Trump left office with inflation around 1.4 percent. Finally, let’s not forget the hugely, colossal failure of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan! That failure by some experts estimation precipitated the invasion of Ukraine and all out war in the Middle East. The list goes on and on…


Yes, the Dems, including Harris, who said she was always the last one in the room, had a go at it and they have been weighed and they have been found wanting. So somewhere between 75-80 percent of those polled say the country is headed in the wrong direction but you want to double down?


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No Marc, I will not join you.

I, like millions of our fellow citizens will vote for bringing back accountability in the actions of our politicians who have broken our Laws and Trust by being so unfair with the power they hold.

Both of the Political parties have done their best to destroy a good man.

We won’t let that happen.

Trump will do a great job again.

The next four years is going to be a glorious time to be an American.


75

Absolutely!


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Whilst I know several guys who say they intend to vote for Trump, they don’t strike me as individuals who really care what his policies are, what he says, or who may be negatively affected by a repeat performance, sans guardrails. But there often seems to be a strong component of bravado attached to their declaration. An echo of the toxic, superficially masculine behavior of their candidate.


Women, on the other hand, unable to reach these guys with reason, find themselves going along or ignoring such behavior, letting their men think they will vote against their own rights and interests when the time comes, just to keep the peace


This, of course, reinforces the immature and unrealistic ideation of their partners, who see the polls and think some sort of a landslide is due to them. They will be “ruling the roost” again, just like the “good old days”, when women couldn’t even have a credit card or a bank account or reproductive rights over their own bodies. We had so much less economic opportunities, which often held us prisoner in a demeaning or even dangerous relationship.


It is going to come as a shock, just like in ’22, when the “right leaning” or should I say “right saturated” polling sources inflated their chances, but that “red wave” never happened. That is apparently being done again, by the way.


But the real surprise is that the majority of women are not taking any crap from some dude who declares he will exert his will over us whether we “like it or not”. We will vote for an almost overqualified woman who has proven herself as a servant of the people and a steward of Democracy and rule of law and we will defend our agency over our own health and our own bodies, and we will protect the Constitution of this country, for which so many of our people have served and even died to pass on to us.


So, if any are planning to call “fraud” when the “red wave” does not materialize (yet again), save it. While some may not prioritize our Democracy over a cheesy reality show host with no real understanding of the processes of government and a misogynist attitude, women are Not Going Back. No matter what they may tell their men.


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Very well said, Francesca. I hope you’re right. I’m a very old man now and none of this really matters to me anymore, but when I look at my grand niece’s young daughters I pray that this country doesn’t turn back the pages to a time when women had very few rights over their finances or bodies and were beholden to men like Donald Trump who has never looked at a woman without objectifying her.


-56

Everything wrong with our country summed up in one sentence. Congratulations


-30

How do you spell RINO?


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Definitely not!!! Biden-Harris has divided this country more than any other president/vice president in history. You are definitely not a conservative republican, sounds like you were a closet Democrat until today.


66

Don’t forget the division that Barry and Mike have caused, and are still causing behind the scenes.


38

Nope.


99

Second that nope.


40

Third that Nope.


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