Biden VP Countdown!

[pablo2752 106]

I really, really hoped that either Sanders or Warren had been nominated for a presidential candidate - but once again, democrat voters fall into familiarity rather than well-informed pragmatism. 

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Decision might be moot:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/02/dan-bongino-warns-bidens-cognitive-decline-is-rapidly-worsening/

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

38 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Decision might be moot:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/02/dan-bongino-warns-bidens-cognitive-decline-is-rapidly-worsening/

Not that I put much faith in this theory, let's assume for a moment it's true.

 

Who will the dems replace Biden with as the candidate?

[pablo2752 106]

55 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Not that I put much faith in this theory, let's assume for a moment it's true.

 

Who will the dems replace Biden with as the candidate?

If replacing is even possible, they should pick Warren and Sanders, two of which actually champion for low working classes. Bernie may have a few extreme ideas that i don't like i.e. forgiving student loans- he is one of few democrats who are opposed to open borders. 

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

Not that I put much faith in this theory, let's assume for a moment it's true.

 

Who will the dems replace Biden with as the candidate?

[TBoneTX 45,288]

"What difference, at this point, does it make?"

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

32 minutes ago, pablo2752 said:

If replacing is even possible, they should pick Warren and Sanders, two of which actually champion for low working classes. Bernie may have a few extreme ideas that i don't like i.e. forgiving student loans- he is one of few democrats who are opposed to open borders. 

Warren or Sanders would lose in a landslide, imo........I would love to see either as the candidate or VP.....

[designguy 1,179]

5 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

Didn't Biden already commit to a pick based on race and gender?

I think the only thing he has said was that it would be a woman. Im not sure that they have publicly announced that it must be a black woman.

 

Think we will ever go back to electing people based on their positions and actions rather than immutable characteristics?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 minute ago, designguy said:

I think the only thing he has said was that it would be a woman. Im not sure that they have publicly announced that it must be a black woman.

 

Think we will ever go back to electing people based on their positions and actions rather than immutable characteristics?

I think you are correct about the woman part, the race would just be the icing on the cake if he chose a minority.

 

Not in our lifetimes, sadly.  Maybe never?  

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

3 minutes ago, designguy said:

Think we will ever go back to electing people based on their positions and actions rather than immutable characteristics?

Not likely.  The Dems have become what they claim to detest and protest.

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

16 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

I think you are correct about the woman part, the race would just be the icing on the cake if he chose a minority.

 

Not in our lifetimes, sadly.  Maybe never?  

He didn't promise, but some people are going to be very disappointed if he chooses someone other than a woman of color.

https://nypost.com/2020/06/30/joe-biden-to-pick-woman-of-color-as-running-mate-by-august/

 

"Joe Biden will choose ‘woman of color’ as running mate by August"

 

"Joe Biden said Tuesday he had prepared a list of “women of color” for consideration to be his running mate in November — but that he wouldn’t announce a decision until August.

“There are a number of women of color. There are Latino women. There are Asian. There are — across the board. And we’re just under way now in the hard vet of going into the deep background checks that take anywhere from six to eight weeks to be done,” Biden said during a campaign speech in Wilmington, Delaware."

Edited August 4, 2020 by Lucky Cat

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1 hour ago, Lucky Cat said:

Warren or Sanders would lose in a landslide, imo........I would love to see either as the candidate or VP.....

😥😥

I read an article that interviews this black lady and asked why she is not voting for Sanders...and she said because he didn't take time to come to her black church. 

Never mind the fact that Bernie sanders is one of the oldest advocates for racial equality and even worked with MLK. 

[laylalex 7,284]

Errrr, Sanders isn't even in the running for VP though.

 

Anyway, the reality is (as much as I am also unhappy with it) that the big tent of the Democratic Party covers both progressive and "mainstream" members, as well as people further to the center and left of those positions too. There are simply more "mainstream" moderates in the party -- the people who pushed Biden into a first place comeback well before COVID19 -- than there are people who support Warren or Sanders. I'm a Warren supporter, and almost all of my friends and family who are registered Democrats were too. If I were to only look to them, I'd think she would have won in a landslide. But I'm still an outlier, and I accept that. I like Bernie too, he was my second choice after Kamala Harris dropped out, but if Warren was too out there for a lot of people, it's no surprise Sanders was not nominated.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

2 hours ago, designguy said:

electing people based on their positions and actions rather than immutable characteristics

This is contrary to every precept in the Democrats' plank.

[designguy 1,179]

25 minutes ago, laylalex said:

There are simply more "mainstream" moderates in the party -- the people who pushed Biden into a first place comeback well before COVID19 -- than there are people who support Warren or Sanders. I'm a Warren supporter, and almost all of my friends and family who are registered Democrats were too. If I were to only look to them, I'd think she would have won in a landslide. But I'm still an outlier, and I accept that. I like Bernie too, he was my second choice after Kamala Harris dropped out, but if Warren was too out there for a lot of people, it's no surprise Sanders was not nominated.

While the majority of the Dem base is mainstream, but the party itself and its positions are more and more controlled by radicals like "The Squad"