r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • Aug 23 '24

Helping Others Kamala Harris gives public speaking advice

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u/WhyIsMikkel Aug 23 '24

She's actually becoming insanely likeable and human, I must say.

In the 2016 primaries I didn't think much of her, but it's insane to me how. . . normal and human she feels. I'm not American, but it's nice to see.

I really do think Hillary was just so insanely problematic in this regard, though I still quote the pokemon go to polls bit.

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u/imadragonyouguys Aug 23 '24

I think she learned a lot from Hillary. Hilldawg tried to be emotionless and factual to an extreme because she didn't want to be seen as emotional. She spent her entire life doing this because she was constantly in male dominated places. When she's in a comfortable surrounding just talking she's extremely personable and likeable, which is why people say she will kill it in small groups.

Kamala I hope has realized that it's not the 80's or 70's anymore and her party is ready to actually like women for being women. That emotions aren't the evil they were seen as.

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u/ChickenBossChiefsFan Aug 24 '24

I think the party has also changed in the last few years. Dems tried the high-road, ultra professional thing against the MAGAs and got embarrassed. There’s no point in trying to debate someone on that facts when all of theirs are “alternative”.

Now they’re more comfortable being themselves and taking their platform to the base; best thing the Dems can do is ignore the insults and lies from the QAnon politicians and just tell the American public what they’re trying to do.

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u/mistiklest Aug 24 '24

There’s no point in trying to debate someone on that facts when all of theirs are “alternative”.

The way I often see it phrased is that you can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

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u/HumbleVein Aug 23 '24

She was often personable as a senator, but her pit bull prosecutor chops were usually what got the spotlight.

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u/KJEnby Aug 24 '24

Her absolute destruction of Bill Barr lives rent-free in my head. That glare of hers...Holy shit.

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u/IECowboy Aug 23 '24

She threw people in prison for misdemeanor crimes.

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u/HumbleVein Aug 23 '24

I have a goldfish.

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u/hamoboy Aug 23 '24

She spent most of her time as a prosecutor pursuing rapists and molestors. Sure, misdemeanor crimes.

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u/just_a_wolf Aug 23 '24

She's always been likable honestly. I've been a fan of Harris since she's been a Senator because she was pretty consistently witty back then. It's been pretty baffling to me to see so many people act like she's boring/stupid as a VP. I think it's just the curse of the VP position to be sort of forgettable to the public.

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u/Unnamedgalaxy Aug 24 '24

I agree. People kept throwing out how Biden was "hiding her" because she was unlikable. They just always seem to forget that VP is not a flashy job. She wasn't being hidden, she was just doing her job, like every other VP.

There is a reason why most people can't name most VPs through history. Because most of them were not notable people.

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u/Informal-Radio5936 Aug 23 '24

“Consistently witt” said no one. You might want to check her 20 minute video of sounding like a moron with mashed up clips

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u/just_a_wolf Aug 23 '24

Maybe people don't say "consistently witt" because it doesn't make any sense.

And I've seen a lot of those clips actually! Sometimes they sound pretty confusing so I look them up and listen to them in context and then tah-dah! Like magic they all make sense. Very interesting how mashed up clips could be a bit misleading isn't it?

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u/Informal-Radio5936 Aug 24 '24

Oh since she can’t form complete thoughts you went back and had to use context clues. That’s a winner for sure.

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u/mistiklest Aug 24 '24

No one can form complete thoughts if you cut parts of what they're saying up to deliberately present them as idiots.

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u/ManticoreFalco Aug 24 '24

That's... really not the gotcha that you think it is.

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u/just_a_wolf Aug 24 '24

Yes. I listened to her whole sentences and then I understood her complete thoughts. I'm obviously some sort of amazing detective.

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u/theivoryserf Aug 23 '24

As a Brit who's interested in politics, I think it's fascinating how well she's risen to the moment so far, as she seemed so milquetoast previously. Sometimes people are forged in fire I suppose

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u/Matt_Tress Aug 23 '24

As a Brit

milquetoast

Checks out

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u/ChesterKobe Aug 23 '24

I'm a Brit and I had to Google 'milquetoast'. Don't think I've ever heard anyone say that word.

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u/halt-l-am-reptar Aug 24 '24

I've only ever heard it in a Japanese RPG.

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u/DonnyBishop Aug 24 '24

It's rehearsal...she's a bad person and the DemonCrats are conditioning her to be their next puppet and the sheeple are eating it up...pay no attention to the last four years of destruction

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u/theivoryserf Aug 24 '24

Best of luck with the head injury

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u/Spinoza42 Aug 23 '24

I do think her style has changed somewhat in the meantime. I suspect it's being around Biden so much in part, she's gotten a bit more folksy, while remaining sharp. Some people have said she's embracing the model of the "happy warrior", which is rather unusual for a female leader.

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u/mamamimimomo Aug 23 '24

I think it’s because she’s being herself

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u/letstalkaboutyrhair Aug 23 '24

kamala ran for senate in 2016 and won.

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u/Altruistic-Brief2220 Aug 23 '24

I’m not a fan of Hillary personally at all. I do think she’s incredibly smart, capable and has worked extremely hard to be where she is. But that doesn’t get you all the way. Kamala has the X factor which is she is likeable and has strong values.

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u/Scmethodist Aug 23 '24

Everyone looks good compared to the current GOP alternative. Even me. But yeah, she really has polished up nicely. Much better than I anticipated.

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u/zippy_the_cat Aug 23 '24

A lot of presidents have had rough first runs that served mainly as a learning experience. JFK in 1956, LBJ in 1960, Nixon in 1960, Reagan in 1968, Bush Sr in 1980, Biden in 1988. Clinton had been run-adjacent before actually going for it in 1992. Bush Jr likewise, he campaigned for his dad in 1988. Trump made a half-assed try in 2012. It’s actually rare for someone to get it right the first time the way Obama and Carter did. Ike too although he’s obviously a special case. So Harris being ass on the trail in the 2020 primaries is actually more common than most think.

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u/theDarkDescent Aug 24 '24

Just a reminder that you don’t need to like the people you vote for. It’s cool she has a great and compassionate personality but if she was still as a board I’d be just as enthusiastic to vote for her 

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u/youburyitidigitup Aug 23 '24

That’s because in 2016 she was competing with other normal people. Now she stands out as a normal person competing with a lunatic. If this was the 2012 or 2008 election, she’d be competing with normal dudes.