Titans279 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Starkiller said: She has been a private citizen for 4 years. If and when she is back in some sort of government office then it’s a different story. This is so obtuse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 23 minutes ago, Titans279 said: This is so obtuse Your problem is that you are totally irrational in your insistence of holding possible future Democratic office holders to some unrealistic standard. Also that you are inherently assuming that stock ownership is a moral failure. The fact that Rice and her husband currently own stock in a company today doesn’t mean she is going to work to benefit that company later. Should she own that stock if she becomes VP? No, she should not. But right now she is not even a candidate for anything much less preparing to take office. Elected officials need to be held to a higher standard when it comes to financial conflicts of interest. Private citizens don’t. Pragidealist, and ChemEngr79 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Starkiller said: Your problem is that you are totally irrational in your insistence of holding possible future Democratic office holders to some unrealistic standard. Also that you are inherently assuming that stock ownership is a moral failure. The fact that Rice and her husband currently own stock in a company today doesn’t mean she is going to work to benefit that company later. Should she own that stock if she becomes VP? No, she should not. But right now she is not even a candidate for anything much less preparing to take office. Elected officials need to be held to a higher standard when it comes to financial conflicts of interest. Private citizens don’t. It's not unrealistic to want a VP who doesn't have tens of millions of dollars in fossil fuel investments. That is not an impossible standard. She was a prominent member of the Obama administration at the same time as she owned all this stock. It's not irrational to judge a private citizen who is vying to be a heartbeat away from the presidency by their choices. Edited August 8, 2020 by Titans279 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 20 minutes ago, Titans279 said: It's not unrealistic to want a VP who doesn't have tens of millions of dollars in fossil fuel investments. That is not an impossible standard. She was a prominent member of the Obama administration at the same time as she owned all this stock. It's not irrational to judge a private citizen who is vying to be a heartbeat away from the presidency by their choices. It is when she hasn’t done anything wrong... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamo9 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/williesworld/article/Willie-Brown-Kamala-Harris-should-say-no-to-vice-15468145.php Why is he saying this now? Does she know she's not the pick? Would he be in a position to know this anyway, if true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Starkiller Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, Titans279 said: Let them make all the sexist attacks they want. Let people see them for who they are. tgo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragidealist Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Titans279 said: It's not unrealistic to want a VP who doesn't have tens of millions of dollars in fossil fuel investments. That is not an impossible standard. She was a prominent member of the Obama administration at the same time as she owned all this stock. It's not irrational to judge a private citizen who is vying to be a heartbeat away from the presidency by their choices. Most people - especially wealthy people have their portfolio managed for them. They also don’t check every decision with their client - bc they’re being paid to remove that burden. I’m fine with a law banning law makers and a certain level of executives from owning stock .. but until it’s illegal - I’m faulting them for them ctm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Wonder if this is legit? I think it will be Whitmer - makes a ton of sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Pic is a few years old looks like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Looks like maybe a fake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilerTitanHybrid Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, tgo said: Looks like maybe a fake. LOL No it's real. You said you thought it would be Whitmer! Damn you tgo! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilerTitanHybrid Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Latest VP odds... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Haha pretty sure it's fake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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