SaysWho? Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Sure thing, Ms. Romney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Joe Biden Gets Wistful About Some Very Polite Segregationists (NOT The Onion!) Quote Addressing a crowd at a fundraiser in New York, Biden spoke about his belief in unity and bipartisanship. And showing his incredible political acumen, he decided to illustrate his point by sharing just how well he got along with two of the Senate’s biggest defenders of white supremacy during the 1960s and 70s, fellow Democrats James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia. Let's see what James Eastland said during the Civil Rights Era: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Joe Biden’s Segregationist Nostalgia Is Even More Ignorant Than It Sounds Quote At first blush, Biden’s segregationist riff is disturbing. When you poke below the surface, gets even more disturbing. It suggests that he has not grasped any of the tectonic changes in American politics, and that he is equipped neither for the campaign nor the presidency. Quote For another, by citing segregationists, he is revealing the very reason the bipartisanship he longs for can’t return. The era of bipartisanship was built on suppressing racial conflict. The white South could only be cajoled into a coalition that supported bigger government by preventing African Americans from voting and, at times, outright denying them the benefits of government altogether. He’s invoking the most unappealing aspect of the bipartisanship era. You can argue that forging American consensus was worth the cost of suppressing racial conflict, but actually highlighting the grotesque moral costs of that era is a bizarre way to advertise it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 2 hours ago, SFLUFAN said: This word salad from Joe Biden is positively Trumpian in its incoherence: Maybe we'll have two candidates in the general election sun downing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Biden misses his good friend Strom Thurmond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Yeah Biden is pretty bad. I really hope he continues to slide (to Warren's benefit). The greatest risk is that Sanders and Warren split the progressive vote, and that Biden slides in to victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Yeah Biden is pretty bad. I really hope he continues to slide (to Warren's benefit). The greatest risk is that Sanders and Warren split the progressive vote, and that Biden slides in to victory. My boy Butti going all the way to the White House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Just now, mclumber1 said: My boy Butti going all the way to the White House. He is also on the rise. Personally I am hoping for a Warren-Buttigieg ticket. Can you imagine Pence having to debate a gay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 How is Biden still this bad at being a politician? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Man, that first debate is going to be rough for old Diamond Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 People are still on the Buttigieg train at this point? My mind can always change but a lot is stacked against him. The debates will be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: While he's right, no one gives a shit what Cory Booker thinks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Just now, Greatoneshere said: While he's right, no one gives a shit what Cory Booker thinks. It's not so much what PharmaBro Booker thinks, but rather that Biden blew off his advisors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: It's not so much what PharmaBro Booker thinks, but rather that Biden blew off his advisors. Oh, no, I'm glad you posted it, I agree. I just think it's funny out of the candidates that tweet thought to tell us what Cory Booker thought first was all, presumably because he's black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 "Joe, maybe don't use working with the guy who advocated the genocide of black people as an example of civi..." "Nah, I'm good. I was VP to a black guy so I got this covered here." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: "Joe, maybe don't use working with the guy who advocated the genocide of black people as an example of civi..." "Nah, I'm good. I was VP to a black guy so I got this covered here." You gotta admit, being VP to a black guy is all the cover he's ever gonna need. It's ridiculous. People also forget Obama is half-white too. Trust me, that matters to some racists. Edited: Added "some" for clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: You gotta admit, being VP to a black guy is all the cover he's ever gonna need. It's ridiculous. People also forget Obama is half-white too. Trust me, that matters to racists. One drop rule, bruh. There is a whole subset of racists who find race mixing to be the highest of offenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Diamond Joe strikes me as a "One Drop Rule" kinda guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, sblfilms said: One drop rule, bruh. There is a whole subset of racists who find race mixing to be the highest of offenses. I agree, I should have been more clear - that it matters to them in their President that at least he wasn't full black - and of course many racists still didn't care, I just meant some do make that distinction, and either way (whether Obama is half black or whatever) should not work as cover for Joe Biden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I know that there has been stuff before this but I think Joe's remarks and the reaction to them are the official bell that the fight is underway. kenwatanabeletthemfight.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 38 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: I agree, I should have been more clear - that it matters to them in their President that at least he wasn't full black - and of course many racists still didn't care, I just meant some do make that distinction, and either way (whether Obama is half black or whatever) should not work as cover for Joe Biden. "He's one of the good ones" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 53 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: Diamond Joe strikes me as a "One Drop Rule" kinda guy. I seriously wonder how many people only still like him because of those Onion articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jason said: I seriously wonder how many people only still like him because of those Onion articles. Zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 25 minutes ago, Jason said: I seriously wonder how many people only still like him because of those Onion articles. He could have retired off that shit and rode that good will into his grave. But no. He had to fuck it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/black-lawmakers-get-biden-s-back-amid-segregationist-uproar/ar-AAD7Dqq?ocid=AMZN Quote Progressives pounced on the remarks, and two other White House hopefuls criticized the 76-year-old Democratic presidential poll leader over his comments at a fundraiser Tuesday night. But more than a half-dozen CBC members argued that Biden’s remarks were taken out of context and that the former senator’s call for decency is needed now more than ever. “I worked with Strom Thurmond all my life,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the highest-ranking African American in Congress, said of the infamous segregationist senator. “You don’t have to agree with people to work with them.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I kinda/sorta get where the CBC is coming from. However, this is about Joe Biden's sense of judgment...or demonstrated lack thereof. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of political adversaries Biden could have used to make his point, but he went with the one who literally advocated African-American genocide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Ugh, the more stuff comes out, the more I hope Biden gets taken down in the debates and then the primaries. I went from being just unenthusiastic to downright, "fuck you, Joe." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Dems are gonna fuck this up, aren't they? Edit - I think Warren/Pete is the right answer. She's got actual policy ideas, she's a "firebrand" or whatever and will hit back at Trump's schoolyard shit, she's obviously passionate, they're both articulate, he's a veteran, she's a woman, he's gay, one's old, the other's young, etc. etc. Neither one should give the sense that we're being force-fed another tired, careerist politician (Biden). Biden's gonna look like a doddering old man with a checkered past, and will once again only garner the support of people who were gonna vote (D) no matter what. He's not gonna inspire anyone to vote for the first time or switch from Republican to Democrat. With regard to voting outcomes, I think he'd be a lot like Clinton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Sanders knocks Warren: Corporate wing of Democratic Party is 'anybody but Bernie' Warren emerges as potential compromise nominee Centrists who once said the senator would lead the party to ruin are coming around to her as an alternative to Bernie Sanders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 56 minutes ago, Scott said: Biden's gonna look like a doddering old man with a checkered past... I certainly hope that all of those who have given "armchair analyses" of The Imbecile's mental state have the guts to do the same for Biden because right now I'm not seeing a whole helluva lot of difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: I certainly hope that all of those who have given "armchair analyses" of The Imbecile's mental state have the guts to do the same for Biden because right now I'm not seeing a whole helluva lot of difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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