Has anyone acknowledged that James O. Eastland was in fact a Democrat? Somebody ask Biden how things went working hand in hand with the Republicans during the Obama administration.
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Once again, the Bernie Bros and the HuffPost Social Justice Warriors are out gunning for another White, Straight, Male, Political scalp to hang on their belts to help B.S. and Kamala Harris climb out of the single-digits, with the issue being furiously fanned by the Russian Trolls (and if you donât see that you are a fool.)
Joe Biden started in the Senate in 1973. That was a different time, when you could vehemently oppose Republicans on the Senate Floor, but be good friends with them after the days work was done (just like the REST OF US in the 70âs!)
He made a lot of friends among the other politicians he worked with every day for 30 years (some of them far-right figures with repugnant ideas) and he wonât apologize for that fact, and he shouldnât have to.
I wonât apologize for my Right-Wing Friends either, and I wonât change my feelings towards them because some idiot 20-something SJW over at HuffPost looking to get more column-inches gets their undies in a bundle over it.
Fuck that.
They are MY FRIENDS and I wonât apologize for them. Joe should not have to either.
People who ABANDON THEIR FRIENDS because of Political Pressure should NEVER BE TRUSTED. Period.
That is the very definition of a âWind-Sock Politicianâ and the LAST thing we need as President.
This is the kind of âPolitical Purityâ testing that will doom the entire Democratic Party to DEFEAT in 2020 and usher in Dictator Trump because of Self-Righteous Assholes demanding we ALL embrace their PROGRESSIVE PURITY GROUP THINK.
Fuck them sideways.
Joe isnât my first choice for the Democratic Nomination, but I wonât ding him for not apologizing for making friends over 30 years.
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But here we are in 2019 when we know that words matter, and that every word matters. Itâs important not to make oneâs point with off-handed words and phrases that are hurtful to, for example, women or people of color, then double down without apology and say âYâall should know me better than to think I meant anything wrong by that.â A graduate school professor once told me that I was responsible not for what I mean to say, but for what I am heard to say.
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I donât think he needs to apologize for his larger point about needing to work across party lines to get legislation passed.
I do think he needs to apologize (or at least acknowledge) for not understanding how hurtful the statement âHe didnât call me boy, he called me sonâ is to so many people.
By refusing to not acknowledge this, he is stooping to the level where Democrats should not go.
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Thereâs always a trade off when voting for an older or a younger candidate. With the older candidates you get experience and, usually, a cooler head. However, what I need to see in that candidate is a willingness to accept that he or she is not going to be quite with the times because of their age and to approach that with some humility and try to catch up. I am not seeing that with Biden. He is stubborn and thinks he already knows it all and is perfect as he is. As cute and touching as his friendship with Obama is, I suspect he feels it inoculates him in some way from needing to examine his own biases or be questioned about his racial attitudes.
Now, when looking at a younger candidate, you have that energy and the fact that they are more likely to have their finger on the pulse of what the country needs right now, but they need to have humility, too. Anyone who hasnât been President before is going to have a lot to learn, and quickly. Theyâll need to âlevel up.â Although I disagreed with some of his decisions, it was clear President Obama was aware of that and threw all of his energy into learning what he needed to know and respecting the enormity of his task. Biden is pretty much his mirror opposite in this regard.
Of course, it goes without saying that I will vote without hesitation for whoever wins the nomination. I just hope it isnât Biden.
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Itâs easy for a white man to say, He didnât call me boy." Of course he didnât. Biden is white.
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Which only serves the Rightâs purposes to point and laugh at the weak Left who need smelling salts and safe spaces if they hear the wrong word.
People could just grow up a bit, stop harping on little shit.
Iâm sure every candidate has said things in their lives that could be interpreted as insensitive by one person or another.
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Is this Bidenâs Sista Souljah moment, except with a large part of the Dem base?
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This is not perfect, and I know some will disagree, but in political races, it is about the long game.
Historically, to win elections, candidates have to track to the middle. Bernie is too far left and his use of the term, âsocialismâ, scares people. Yes, we have social security and other entitlements, but the average voter does not see those for what they are. I know and you know they are socialistic policies. In fact, they are welfare, and should be characterized that way, but that is way too much for the middle ground white voter. And, like it or not, the middle ground voter (no matter what ethnic origin) are the ones who vote.
Getting people to vote is basic marketing. Define your product, make your audience believe they need your product, and then sell the product using the terms the audience wants to hear. Realize you have a short time to cut through the noise so when you are in front of your audience, you have 30 â seconds to close the deal.
This was HRCâs failure. While she may not have been the best candidate, she did beat Trump. And aside from the foreign interference and failure to shore up the vote in PA (literally the Keystone State), she failed to capitalize on the time in front of the voters. Instead of explaining her policies, HRC put it on the voter to âgo to her websiteâ to read her white papers. BULLSHIT.
It is not up to the âbuyerâ to learn about the policies, not more than it is up to the buyer to wonder if their new car has a back-up camera. If back-up cameras are important to me, then tell me!
Before the last few weeks, I thought Warren was old news. She has been around saying the same things since her first appearances on John Stewart. I stopped paying attention. However, she has successfully been able to utilize every minute she has before her âbuyersâ to articulate clear policy actions both domestically and on foreign policy. Donât ask me to repeat her policy ideas. I canât and I donât need to. I just like what she is doing and saying.
Biden is ahead because he does represent a sense of adulthood, experience, and assurance that there is a path back to sanity. If Biden says something that seems contrary to some voters, then that is what it is. And, anyone in public life for two minutes has a history, good or bad. That history will haunt. Hell, we all have history that âknowing what we know nowâ would be different. It is our ability to change that is a sign of humility and intelligence. Biden is tracking to the middle and presenting himself as the candidate who can heal our wounds. Knowing that electorate is exhausted, this is a smart strategy. But, none of us know if it will work. Yet.
For now, the Democrats need to stop the infighting before it gets out of control. If we had any brains at all, anyone who is less than in the top five candidates per the polling should just drop out of the race. BETO needs to run against Cornyn, and others need to find their place in the sun somewhere else.
This is hard, because I like what Pete says. I like the force and focus of Kamala. If they dropped now, their ideas would be in the marketplace. But, as long as 21 stand for election, then no one is standing for election. It is a shit show and Trump knows it.
Because we donât have a candidate, Trump is running to the future. We need to give him a foil, with everyone, and I mean everyone who hates Trump and all he stands for, to be firmly and vigorously against him, and in a FULL support of the candidate, or the ticket.
Anything less is suicide by voter.
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âThereâs not a racist bone in my bodyâŚâ
Iâm always suspicious when anybody says that.
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The sad reality is that a most white folks are racist to some extent and if you refuse to work with anyone that has any bit of racism you never will get anything done. And in politics youâll have to work with some of the most racist like it or not.The other sad thing is this kind of admission is what will get the racist white vote you probably need to get a landslide win that will cover the EC. Something Hillary didnât get which cost her the election and cost the US a decent human being for president.
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We all have racist bones in our body.
Itâs when you recognize that, we begin to heal.
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All I have to add to this is that itâs better that Biden have a self-inflicted gaffe/controversy now so that we can see how he responds and deals with it. Canât make mistakes like this in the general, but if voters forgive him anyway it might not matter. Personally, I feel he inadvertently lit a fire under Booker and Harris and drew some raised eyebrows from black voters. Harrisâ comment is the one that will be toughest for Biden to deal with. It also touches upon his handling of Anita Hill. These backroom deals with racists and sexists have costs and itâs women and minorities who pay them for the sake of national stability. In 2019, those folks are done payinâ. Thatâs Joeâs challenge in a nutshell.
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âAnd now heâs being praised by the Dowager Empress of South Carolina.â
OK, you win the internets.
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This is a political campaign, people are going to go after each other. Then when itâs over, they all get behind the winner and put up a united front.
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If he upped his segregationist comments and really got serious about how civil it all is, he could switch parties and just might have a chance to run as a republican and beat Trump.
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Itâs like when people say, âSome of my best friends areâŚâ
Why, some of my best friends romanticize working with virulent racists!
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Booker barely has a pulse, stuck with Yang, Delaney & Co. sitting close, down at the end of the bench. I understand his position but itâs really just fake outrage for a candidate who says all the right thing but canât get any traction. So now heâs newsworthy but using identity politics to get attention isnât going to work. Biden IMO doesnât deserve any sympathy. His reminiscing will hurt his poll numbers and make him look and sound like grandpa. Letâs just hope his team doesnât use this as an opportunity where itâs âmoderateâ Joe against the Lefties.
Yep, but here we have a candidate who says heâs not racist at all. That he âdoesnât have a racist bone in his body.â Do we want a President that lacking in self-awareness? I mean, donât get me wrong, Iâd take him over Trump any day of the week, but Iâd prefer not to have to.
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At what point should we start applying standards to all the candidates statement? Seems like everything they say from the beginning should be sifted and considered. A lot of what Biden is saying at this point is falling thru the sift box.
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