https://www.cornelwest2024.com/ballotaccess

 

According to the website, Dr. West is on the ballot in 15 states, write-in (23), no-write in (8) and pending (3).

 

Dr. West has chosen Dr. Melina Abdullah as VP running mate. Theirs is probably the 1st ticket with two Ph.Ds on it.😁

 

Of course, under the 2-party system Dem and GOP, Dr. West's campaign gets little or no media coverage. 

 

Remains to be seen if Dr. West will continue his aspirations by running for another political office. He could also start a non-profit.

 

Regardless, I'd imagine Dr. West will continue to lecture and advocate for the poor and working class.😎

I already voted. West was not on the ballot here in Florida. I recently wondered what happened to his campaign. I assumed he dropped it, but I guess I was wrong.
 

Sad the algorithm did not feed me a single thing about West’s presidential run. Maybe if he slept with a little girl at one of puffy’s parties I would’ve heard something about him running for office.

My objective is to help Trump lose.

Voting for West would not accomplish that.

It's a sad state of affairs when our POTUS election comes down to voting against a candidate instead of electing someone who will most effectively lead the country.😎

@ProfD there are people who believe Kamala can and will effectively lead the country. 
 

When we voted for Biden four years ago, we knew Kamala had a very good chance of assuming the office given Biden’s advanced age.

 

If she had to go through the primary process she would not have had a chance — even as VP.
 

For others her biggest strength is that she is not Trump. Time will tell if that is enough.

@Troy, agreed on all accounts.

 

The country will decide next month whether or not it's ready for 1st female POTUS of Asian-Indian descent.😎

Cornel West is on the ballot here in Georgia, but he is ineligible, so a vote for him would be wasted either way. If West was serious about working for the government, why hasn't he entered any other legislative race? Why does he, like Jill Stein, pop up every four years like it's ground hog day?

When I tried contributing to Madame VP Harris's first campaign, she had already suspended it. I was thrilled that Biden selected her as his running mate—she is beyond the most accomplished candidate we've had besides Hillary. 

 

And if VP Harris were a man, there would be no question or contest. This is one more reason why I despise this patriarchal society the Europeans created.

 

Early voting starts here on the 15th, and I'm already planning my white ensemble for the inauguration.  I've been with HER since then Senator Harris wanted to bring back nationwide after-school programs for our children during her first presidential campaign in 2020.  

#VoteBlue #VoteHarrisWalz

Kamala was not.my first choice to run against Trump. I fear she won't beat him because this country is still not ready for a woman president, much less one of color. And, I'm especially turned off  by the numbers of Blacks who are against her, and that includes other black women. It's like their prime objection to her candicacy is their indignation over the assumption that they will automatically vote for her, and they don't appreciate their support being taken for granted. Some of them, however, really do hold her in contempt for various personal reasons, while overlooking Trump's sordid past and present treachery.

Meanwhile, I continue to be amazed by those who think a lying, incompetent, ignorant, narcissistic, petty, bigoted, mentally-impaired felon is fit to hold the office of POTUS.  

I didn't really think I'd be around to vote in this election but here I am, still kickin' with the election only a month away. 

What can I say? I hope Trump loses,  but  I wouldn't bet on it. 

America is on the brink of something. What? I don't know...

12 hours ago, ProfD said:

It's a sad state of affairs when our POTUS election comes down to voting against a candidate instead of electing someone who will most effectively lead the country.😎

 

You have a problem with voting against someone who would lead us down a rathole?

 

I am not a Democrat or a Republican and never have been. I concluded that technology was more important than politics Long Ago and Planned Obsolescence is where technology affects economics.

 

When was the last time you heard an economist talking about planned obsolescence? I worked for IBM and watched their rip offs.

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6 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

You have a problem with voting against someone who would lead us down a rathole?

No, I don't have a problem voting against someone who wants to take the country down a rathole. 

 

I'm just wondering how that candidate became a choice in the 1st place.

 

Surely, there are more qualified folks in the US.😎

5 hours ago, ProfD said:

 

I'm just wondering how that candidate became a choice in the 1st place.

 

Is there a Doctor in the White House?

 

The psychiatric kind!

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I love our brother West, but he....like RFK...needs to keep his ass off the ballot when he KNOWS he can't win.

At this point, we don't need people running just to "make a point".

RFK wants to get on the ballot in mostly Democrat places like New York where he figures he could split the Democratic vote with Kamala, weaken her, and help Trump win the state.

West is doing the Bernie Sanders thing and running simply to "bring attention" to certain issues that the mainstream parties won't address.
They aren't going to address them anyway, so he's wasting his time and energy and a lot of money AND confusing some of the people.

It's basically boiling down to the lesser of two evils.
If you don't want Trump to win...stop dividing and splitting the Democratic vote.

I've said it before and I'll continue to say that I think the Democrats *over all should have really tried harder to convince Michelle Obama to run because she would have had a MUCH better chance of galvanizing the AfroAmerican vote and CLEARLY would have beat Trump.
People like and trust her far more than they do Kamala.

I'm neither a Democrat nor a Republican but if she would have ran, I would have not only voted for her but I would have gotten out and advocated for her Presidency!

 

*When I say "over all" I mean both the Democratic leadership as well as the grass-roots base and voters. 
The entire party and it's affiliates.

 

11 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

At this point, we don't need people running just to "make a point".

It's basically boiling down to the lesser of two evils.

We really need more choices than the current two-party political system provides. 

 

People need to form more special interest groups to truly hold politicians accountable in working for them.😎

4 hours ago, ProfD said:

We really need more choices than the current two-party political system provides. 

 

People need to from more special interest groups to truly hold politicians accountable in working for them.😎

Like you said, we need more choices.
We actually need to form our own political party as AfroAmericans....strictly for the interests of AfroAmericans (FBA/ADOS)

We can and would work with other groups, but there would be no mistake that OUR interests would come first and would be of paramount importance.

Ofcourse, the majority of our focus would be local....in major Black areas like Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Philly, etc...but atleast we'd have a political and social base that caters to our needs specifically.

5 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Like you said, we need more choices.

We actually need to form our own political party as AfroAmericans....strictly for the interests of AfroAmericans (FBA/ADOS)

Agreed.

 

Of course, people will accuse a Black political party of splitting the vote. 

 

5 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

We can and would work with other groups, but there would be no mistake that OUR interests would come first and would be of paramount importance.

Consolidating capital in the form of a political party would be powerful.

 

Politicians would have to come with tangible in order to get the vote.😎

Former POTUS Orange Julius is the 1st indicted person who could end up back in the White House instead of prison. Unbelievable.😎

ProfD

 

Of course, people will accuse a Black political party of splitting the vote. 

 

Should we be overly concerned with what our "enemies" accuse us of?

If your enemy doesn't oppose or slander your behavior...THAT'S when you really should be worried, lol.

 

 

 

 

Politicians would have to come with tangible in order to get the vote

 

Even more effective than that, WE PRODUCE THE POLITICIANS OURSELVES.

We don't form a political party for the purposes of pleading our case to the CURRENT Democrat or Republican politicians with the hopes that they'll do something for us.

Naw...we're beyond that.

We produce OUR OWN politicians who will enact OUR OWN agenda from our Party's platform.

They already know what time it is, so see don't have to plead any case to them.

 

 

 

Former POTUS Orange Julius is the 1st indicted person who could end up back in the White House instead of prison. Unbelievable.

 

And GUESS who you can thank for this?

Obama and Biden

Because BOTH of them were(are) in office during the time he committed the offenses and could have prosecuted him and kept him from running but instead decided to play politics and let him do his thing.

 

If the shoe were on the other foot, do you think Trump would have hesitated to try to get Obama locked up????
 

3 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Should we be overly concerned with what our "enemies" accuse us of?

Absolutely not. 

3 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Even more effective than that, WE PRODUCE THE POLITICIANS OURSELVES.

We don't form a political party for the purposes of pleading our case to the CURRENT Democrat or Republican politicians with the hopes that they'll do something for us.

Naw...we're beyond that.

We produce OUR OWN politicians who will enact OUR OWN agenda from our Party's platform.

Right. Form a political party to put forth selected candidates. If they don't win office, the opposition will be pandering for support.

3 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

And GUESS who you can thank for this?

Obama and Biden

Because BOTH of them were(are) in office during the time he committed the offenses and could have prosecuted him and kept him from running but instead decided to play politics and let him do his thing.

We've covered this already. Neither POTUS Obama nor Biden could have had former POTUS Orange Julius prosecuted for the crimes he committed as a private citizen. 

3 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

If the shoe were on the other foot, do you think Trump would have hesitated to try to get Obama locked up????

If POTUS Obama had committed crimes as a private citizen, it would have been on the state to make the case against him. Not the government. 😎

ProfD

 

We've covered this already. Neither POTUS Obama nor Biden could have had former POTUS Orange Julius prosecuted for the crimes he committed as a private citizen. 

 

Ofcourse it's not the PRESIDENT himself that prosecutes people but they do it through the Department of Justice and with their Attorney Generals.

Obama could have done this.

 

 

If POTUS Obama had committed crimes as a private citizen, it would have been on the state to make the case against him. Not the government. 

 

The state IS a government, but Trumps crimes...assisting foreign interference with an election and others...were FEDERAL crimes.

 

Again, Obama could have used his Department of Justice to investigate and go after Trump.

Private citizen or not....doesn't matter.

Infact, because of the recent SCOTUS ruling....it would have been EASIER for him to go after Trump BEFORE he became President than now.

It's not so much that Trump was above the law, it's that Democrats don't play like Republicans do.
We saw this back with the 2000 election fiasco with Bush and Gore.

27 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Ofcourse it's not the PRESIDENT himself that prosecutes people but they do it through the Department of Justice and with their Attorney

 

Again, Obama could have used his Department of Justice to investigate and go after Trump.

POTUS Obama was on his way out the door after the 2016 election. He was in no position to have DOJ investigate the incoming POTUS and any collusion or election tampering.

 

However, Congress did go after POTUS OJ. Impeached him twice. Convicted. Folks still riding with him.

 

27 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

It's not so much that Trump was above the law, it's that Democrats don't play like Republicans do.

That's because they are two sides of the same coin. 😎

5 hours ago, ProfD said:

POTUS Obama was on his way out the door after the 2016 election. He was in no position to have DOJ investigate the incoming POTUS and any collusion or election tampering.

 

The shit Trump was doing was well known as far back as 2015 and quite possibly 2014.

 

5 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

The shit Trump was doing was well known as far back as 2015 and quite possibly 2014.

Well, he did brag about how he could grab women in the crotch and shoot somebody on 5th Ave and get away with it.

 

Still, nobody was going to prosecute him. Too much money and white privilege. Current cases a smoke screen.😎

22 hours ago, ProfD said:

Current cases a smoke screen.😎

Obviously.

How many people do YOU know with over 30 felony convictions (stop right there...how many people do you know who actually HAVE over 30 felony convictions???) who are not only NOT locked up behind bars, but can go around giving speeches and raising money and meeting with world leaders?

Obviously this thing is a sham.