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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 206 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Was that excerpt from a satire column? Also, that's not because of a prosecutorial background. That's called being a competent professional. Granted, a rarity these days.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 46 points 1 month ago

Nah the tweet/post is just kinda weirdly clickbait-ifying the article to make it sound like people are complaining about competence.

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

My very first thought was, “Is this guys tweet quoting an Onion article?”

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[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 196 points 1 month ago (3 children)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-ran-her-office-like-a-prosecutor-not-everyone-liked-that/ar-AA1q6EmE

TL:DR she’s exceptionally good at her job and some people find it difficult to keep up with such a high, demanding standard.

This is not a quality unbecoming of a president and in fact should be a requirement for any high level government official.

[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah...this honestly just makes me want to vote for her more

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Too bad she's not republican, if she was we could vote for her twice!

... do I have to say it?

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[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

People who have worked for Harris say her interactions with staff can resemble a prosecutor prying details from a witness, asking pointed questions about everything from her schedule to policy briefings. And her cautious approach to big decisions has frustrated deputies rather than inspire them.

how dare she gasp schedule her time?!?!

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Man, I WISH I had bosses like her. Ask me questions, make sure, then explain why I'm wrong if I am. It ain't hard. Don't micro-manage, just exist as someone I can trust to actually speak up.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 166 points 1 month ago (2 children)

staffers are used to politicians that don't read shit and just move about sponsoring laws they don't know or care about.

this is actually a great endorsement for Harris. she reads, highlights, takes notes, asks questions and demands reasons? sign me the fuck up.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And also important: changes their mind when confronted with evidence that their administration or themselves might have the wrong position on a topic. Some may call that flip-flopping, but it isn't when it follows the facts.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The president of the USA not being a puppet for once would be cool yeah.

I think thats what some trumpers believed before 2016, but turns out he was just a puppet for different people

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 103 points 1 month ago

Actually yeah, the billionaire class do think it's bad to have a president who asks for sources on the data and calls out hand-waving.

[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 101 points 1 month ago (2 children)

She has read all the material AND is prepared to talk about it!? What a horrible woman! 😠

[–] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

What a fuckin nerd amirite?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You mean, she's actually *gasp* competent? The sheer gall!

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Read the following in a conspiratorial whisper:

I heard she's... literate.

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[–] norimee@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago (2 children)

OMG she reads and uses critical thinking and also wants to know the reason behind things.

What a monster. Lock her up!

s/

[–] duckduckohno@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A boss who reads stuff I write in reports for them? What kind of nightmare is this?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"We can't just bullshit her into doing what we want. It sucks!"

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[–] cmrn@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is the equivalent of being bullied for being the only one who actually does your homework

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[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

God I want someone this competent in office so badly. I'm tired of bad politicians conning the system and "good" politicians just running things on autopilot. I want a leader that understands their government so badly.

This echoes what I've been feeling about Kamala's campaign too. I feel she'll be great at the job of presidency, but may have to rely on Walz to grease the wheels of congress to actually pass things.

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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago

I work with local-level politicians and we constantly complain about the ones that don't do the reading. At our level, they nearly all have other jobs, so I get it, but we LOVE when they actually read what we give them and can ask relevant questions. It's a thousand times better than the ones that just sit there and embarrass themselves every time they open their mouths.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It sucks when your manager is prepared and sees through your bullshit.

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

I'm not your manager, but you should have used "your" there.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 52 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"We prefer the guy who likes everything to be pictures."

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[–] ByteOnBikes 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remember when Donald Trump fired experts and specialists at all levels of government and put in people who bribed him or provided him favors? And to this day, we are still rolling back a lot of their initiatives?

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like Wilbur Ross? The guy that bailed Dementia DonOLD the weird racist rapist with 34 felonies out after bankrupting a casino during the casino boom. The same Wilbur Ross that is a coal baron and miraculously was appointed to be our Secretary of Commerce.

Can you imagine a Democrat doing some bullshit like that? The republikkklown party stands for nothing but hypocrisy.

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[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

"It would be such a dream job to work for Trump. He doesn't read anything, and as long as you call him sir and agree with him, you can basically do whatever you want. It just be amazing!

Meanwhile I'm trying to figure out what the hell I meant in my memo because Harris is probably going to give me a pop quiz. Ugh, I hate homework."

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

You have to actually do your job because you're boss does hers? Oh boo fucking hoo. Welcome to being an ordinary working class citizen, assholes.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Look at this loser who walks around WITHOUT shit in his pants.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

A president that reads all the briefs? What a monster!

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 35 points 1 month ago

"so i can't ask my boss to do something, i need a reason for them to do so, it's so stressful."

🤔

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I remember 2016.

2016 is when the corporate media world - in particular the newspapers showed their ass and decided profit was more important than a functioning democracy.

It was abhorrent and there was even a few tiny scattered mea culpas afterwards, but of course nothing changed and it even got worse as we can see by right-wing billionaires buying up CNN to make it "a voice of conservatives" specifically - and CNN was already one of the worst!

Anyway - this article is just more of the same. Talking about "nothing" while making it very clear they're trying to smear the candidate in one of a hundred ways. Her emails, probably.

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[–] cogman@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Yeah gotta be honest this is just what (competent) lawyers do. A major part of law school is teaching students to consume large amounts of legal documents.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Talking about staff turnover; meanwhile the other candidate's own VP no longer supports him, for some weird reason...

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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

LOL. So she's like an English teacher, heaven forbid!

She had to hit the pedal to the metal and blitz events across the country with zero notice. Duh, she's going to be pretty picky about how her schedule is organized and what she deems most effective. That sounds like leadership material to me.

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[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

And Trump wouldn’t even read his dumbed down bulleted daily briefings. Instead he watched TV.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

As a lawyer, it was literally her job to be well informed and ask the right questions to make sure she didn't receive an inquiry on something she wasn't aware of.

I'd rather have someone like that at the helm instead of someone who works only on assumptions and prejudices.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did they really frame it as a bad thing in the article?

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[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 23 points 1 month ago

How evil of her to expect people to use their brain at work?

They need to keep their brain unused for when they smoke their state sponsored tobacco, which has all the right to use that brain.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

So what they thought they’d just skate through their job as aides to the VP of the USA. I mean I know it’s not as demanding as POTUS but come on

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

My old boss who is now my bosses boss is like this. It's the best leader you can have IMHO. I don't want a yes man. I want someone to challenge my ideas and similarly I will challenge theirs.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I prefer a tough boss as opposed to one that wants everybody to like them. Lazy workers will walk all over the nice boss and good workers get stuck carrying the weight.

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I'm starting to think we should have all candidates pass a basic leadership and competency challenge to be able to be president. (This is not a series take)

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If this is how these assistants talk about their boss, imagine how they treat their underlings.

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[–] mayo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This article was written by Jeff bezos' awkward laugh.

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