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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDems on Twitter are already at one another's throats
Progressives dissing liberals and vice versa. Arguments about Latino women vs. black women. Some are upset by Eva Langoria's comments on MSNBC about Latino women and the election. Fury over rumors that Biden might appoint Republicans to his cabinet. AOC versus Nancy Pelosi (notice how women are always pitted against each other?)
It didn't take long for the unity to fall apart.
Folks, this is why we can't have nice things, like a decent US Supreme Court.
msongs
(67,361 posts)BainsBane
(53,012 posts)by name? I could list some, but prefer not to. Are you doubting this is happening?
Crunchy Frog
(26,578 posts)BainsBane
(53,012 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,578 posts)I find it hard to believe that our people are being that idiotic all on their own, right at this particular moment. But what do I know?
BainsBane
(53,012 posts)It is soon, but those kind of fights are endemic to the party. Remember what Will Rodgers said.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)People's Front of Judea!?!
*** spitting on ground ***
SPLITTERS!
Crunchy Frog
(26,578 posts)"People's Front!"
"Whatever happened to the Popular Front?" "He's over there." "SPLITTER!!!"
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)herding cats
(19,558 posts)Manipulation from such might be s different matter. I will say, people are acting stupidly. Lots of sheep following their various herds.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)Even after the election, Putin still seeks to sow discord throughout the American political landscape. Russia benefits by turning Biden voters against one another.
Hekate
(90,556 posts)FelineOverlord
(3,571 posts)Particularly Twitter accounts of "Democrats" who won't accept Biden.
Cha
(296,848 posts)crap in my life.
I am savoring Biden & Kamala's WIN & waiting on Arizona.. the Georgia Senate Runoff elections.. Oh & the Georgia POTUS call!
brush
(53,741 posts)BainsBane
(53,012 posts)Latinos delivered Pennsylvania, considering everything we know about African Americans and their overwhelming votes for Biden. She may not have meant it how it sounded, but she did say it nonetheless.
brush
(53,741 posts)share the credit for Biden's win. This kind of thing can cause divisions within the Dem coalition just a day after our huge win, and we need to be together to contest the Georgia Senate elections coming up soon.
Cha
(296,848 posts)I got emotional too when Braden Harrington came on and spoke.. and told us Joe Biden helped him.
I thought it was interesting.. do you mean she went overboard talking about how much Latinas & Latinos helped Biden?
brush
(53,741 posts)I don't get the need to take so much credit for the win, especially when we all know that Rep. Clyburn and black voters rescued Joe's campaign.
Cha
(296,848 posts)She did talk about the Black Voters in Georgia.
But I know what you.. There's Detroit & Philly & wherever else The Black Community came out for Biden/Harris.
Since she was part of the campaign I do think she should have talked more about how all the POC came out to VOTE & gave us back our Democracy.
I really like her, too.. I hope one of the other campaign people noticed that like we did and ask to share the Credit.. cause that inspires Everyone!
Celerity
(43,107 posts)I did a DU search on her, and she sure was not well liked here.
here is a short roundup of her last two firms she headed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman#Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
In January 2011, Whitman joined Hewlett-Packard's (HP) board of directors. She was named CEO on September 22, 2011. As well as renewing focus on HP's Research & Development division, Whitman's major decision during her first year as CEO has been to retain and recommit the firm to the PC business that her predecessor announced he was considering discarding. In 2012, Whitman announced that HP would write down $8.8 billion of the value of Autonomy, the British software company it had purchased the previous year. The announcement eventually led to a civil case in the UK in 2019 at which Whitman testified to having not carried out "proper calculations of the write-down."
In May 2013, Bloomberg L.P. named Whitman "Most Underachieving CEO" along with Apple's CEO Tim Cook (ranked 12th) and IBM's Virginia Rometty (ranked 10th) -- whose stocks have all turned in the worst numbers relative to the broader market since the beginning of each CEO's tenure. HP's stock led the list by underperforming by 30 percentage points since Whitman took the job.
On July 26, 2017, Whitman stepped down as chair of HP Inc.'s board of directors, while remaining as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Whitman fought off further rumours around her position at HPE, where she was quoted by The New York Times "So let me make this as clear as I can. I am fully committed to HPE and plan to remain the company's C.E.O. We have a lot of work still to do at HPE and I am not going anywhere" On November 21, 2017 it was announced Whitman was stepping down as the CEO of HPE, effective February 1, 2018, with HPE president Antonio Neri taking over as CEO.
Quibi
Whitman is currently CEO of Quibi, a short-form media content app designed for smartphones. In September 2020, just 5 months after its launch, Quibi was considering sale or acquisition with a valuation of $500 million, despite its $1.75 billion initial investment, having failed to meet subscriber targets. Coverage and analysis has blamed this failure on the concept itself, feuds between Whitman and founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, and failures of leadership from Meg Whitman due to her lack of experience in the industry of the company she is running. The failure of the app was predicted by many in the Silicon Valley tech ecosystem, with one critic, Rob Enderle listing this as the most recent in Whitman's repetitive failures due to her inability to take responsibility for mistakes, an inability to support subordinates, a focus on shifting blame, and a lack of subject matter expertise.
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do not think this one will get far
JI7
(89,240 posts)republicans who are not supporting Trump .
BainsBane
(53,012 posts)That I like.
OnDoutside
(19,948 posts)stuff like that into the Q/RWNJ/Trumpist world. Now is the perfect opportunity to create all levels of shit between them and the Republican Party.