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Israel/Palestine

AloeVera

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22. "She declined to publicly break with him over Israel'.

Reply to Eko (Reply #18)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:15 PM

Feb 24

A fatal mistake imho. I thought so at the time and moaned and groaned about it.

Empathy is great. Absolutely. And Kamala showed empathy.

But I think she miscalculated in thinking that empathy was enough. It was not. People wanted to see a change in policy. In fact they wanted to see ANYTHING being done to provide some relief to the suffering in Gaza and stop the SLAUGHTER. They also wanted hope that the party would go in a different direction on Gaza under Kamala.

Instead they heard a re-commitment to defend Israel and it's "right to defend itself" (code for a carte blanche and the status quo). For many voters, that was just the last straw.

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Secret Report Found Gaza Cost Kamala Harris Votes [View all] applegrove Feb 23 OP

No shit. I could have told them that, and would have for half the price. RockRaven Feb 23 #1

Yes! JBTaurus83 Feb 23 #3

Well no shit JBTaurus83 Feb 23 #2

But let's not be distracted from the fact that Kamala would be president if red states didn't kick millions off the yaesu Feb 23 #4

OK. But then, let's ALSO not forget that the vast majority stopdiggin Feb 23 #6

Which got us Trump Bobstandard Feb 23 #5

Or folks that didnt listen to us about Gaza helped Trump win. Simple truth. Eko Feb 23 #7

still rationalizing the 'punish the party' agenda ... and the clear proceeds of that self immolation. stopdiggin Feb 23 #9

What? Eko Feb 23 #10

Precisely! stopdiggin Feb 23 #11

When asked a question to clairify what you said and you respond with a non-anwser Eko Feb 23 #12

from the person that is completely satisfied with "What?" as query for information .... - - - -(nt)- stopdiggin Feb 23 #15

Obviously you understood it. Eko Feb 24 #17

"What" offers virtually nothing in terms of soliciting real information. stopdiggin Feb 24 #19

So in essence, you agree. Gaza protest votes helped Trump. Bobstandard Feb 23 #14

Or that people felt that not enough was done on the Gaza war. Eko Feb 24 #18

So in a fit of pique... Bobstandard Feb 24 #20

I guess leaders need to be careful not to thoroughly demoralize a good chunk of their base. AloeVera Feb 24 #21

That's funny. And pathetic. Bobstandard Feb 24 #23

Apparently that's not going to happen... AloeVera Feb 24 #25

That's what voting is. Accountability Bobstandard Feb 25 #26

Sure, civilians were dying in large numbers by our arms and you call being upset about that Eko Feb 24 #24

"She declined to publicly break with him over Israel'. AloeVera Feb 24 #22

sure as heck wasn't much of a secret on just about any given college campus stopdiggin Feb 23 #8

My otherwise cobalt-blue congressional district went Trump in 2024. no_hypocrisy Feb 23 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Feb 23 #16