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Every day a new article comes out on Biden's VP prospects, and every day I want to throw my device out the window. One, because we are putting way too much weight on the future VP (it's not that they don't help it's that they don't help as much as you think they do!). Two...
because they are usually quite sexist! https://twitter.com/deannagmcdonald/status/1276692370478600193?s=20
Three, they are usually based on polling that is either outdated or doesn't factor in things like name recognition. But there is one thing in every. Single. Article. That drives me crazy. I think y'all know what I'm getting at: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/06/28/joe-biden-kamala-harris-race-busing-nbc-democratic-debate-bts-vpx.nbc
Now, let's forget for a minute the fact that every single person on that debate stage in 2019 had some not nice things to say about Biden (Harris's own VP contender Warren once said he was running in the wrong primary!). I say forget it bc, I'm not sure I see the problem you see.
Biden had, just the week before, touted his ability to work with segregationists. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/19/18690910/biden-fundraiser-controversy-segregationists-donors
Now, sure, @ the time maybe many people were longing for the boring era of politics where people worked together (I mean...I've not experienced this in my lifetime but if you have in yours, OK). But imagine if he had said that in June of THIS year. Would you not be RIGHTLY upset?
What about if you were only the second Black women U.S. Senator? And this was a friend of yours? And he's going out there making comments that almost refer to the friendly politics of segregationists. She was f***ing right to call him out.
And what everyone loves to miss about that exchange is she gave her old friend a way out... "I do not believe you are a racist...and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground." That's how she OPENED.
If you were having this conversation with a friend it's the equivalence of saying "Hey, I think you're great, you are SO nice, but, this thing you said upset me." You know who ACTUALLY made that moment so devastating? Biden.
Biden made that moment devastating because he didn't know how to answer. Because he did not see a problem with his remarks or past stances. Kamala didn't make him seem like a racist, he made himself seem like one.
And so when we go on and on now about how we gotta talk to our friends and our problematic family members - that's what she did. She called him out. And he is BETTER for it. He LEARNED from it. And the very fact that she is clearly at the top of his list should show us...
that he doesn't hold it against her. Because aside from friendly fire being the nature of politics (did all of you just start paying attention this year? Have you really never before seen two political adversaries join up for a ticket?)...
he knows she was right. He apologized for his remarks on segregationists less than two weeks after this debate. So if he can move on, why can't we? Why are we mad at the Black woman who called out the old white man for being problematic?
And why would we ever object on those grounds someone in his administration who isn't afraid of calling him out on his bullshit? Why would we not want someone who would bring him a different perspective?
So think about why you really keep bringing it up when handicapping the VP race. Do you really think she was mean & blindsided him? Or do you really just hate that she called out a white man (& also maybe some problematic opinions you had about the hopes of us all getting along)?
