But this is not any normal situation. It is Hillary's turn dammit!
Posted on 09/14/2015 4:06:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
“Everybody likes Joe Biden,” new “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said to the vice president, followed later by “I think we’d all be very happy if you did run.” With the crowd chanting “Joe! Joe! Joe!” you could not blame Biden if he felt like Colbert was speaking on behalf of America, or at least Blue America.
But if Biden wants to keep that feeling of universal affection, the last thing he should do is launch a presidential campaign.
Overnight, he will transform from everyone’s favorite political uncle into the personification of the glass ceiling. Furious Hillary Clinton supporters will hold up Biden as the latest example of a man refusing to let a qualified woman reach the top.
Why would Biden suffer that sexist distinction when rival candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has not? Because Sanders has clear-cut substantive differences with Clinton: from socializing health insurance to capping the size of banks to the Patriot Act to the Iraq War vote.
Simply put, Sanders has a reason to oppose Clinton, just as the Iraq vote provided the basis for Barack Obama to leapfrog over his elder. You can’t plausibly argue the Sanders candidacy is an exercise in mansplaining.
Biden, on the other hand, is cut from the same Establishment Democrat cloth as Clinton. They have taken similar votes that Democratic base voters view as cynical, including in favor of the Iraq War resolution, the Patriot Act and the 2001 bankruptcy bill. They both eschew left-wing pipe dreams like single-payer health insurance. Perhaps some daylight would creep between them over the course of a presidential campaign, but it would not amount to a deep philosophical breach. A Clinton presidency would be similar to a Biden presidency.
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“But if Biden wants to keep that feeling of universal affection, the last thing he should do is launch a presidential campaign.”
Why? He is the VP, everyone knows him and he doesn’t need to raise 500 million. He can get into the election after New Years and it won’t make much of a difference.
The case against Joe Biden in three words: “He’s a moron.”
RE: The case against Joe Biden in three words: “He’s a moron.”
I hasten to remind you that this moron and his President were elected TWICE by the people of the United States.
Satire, right?
RE: Satire, right?
Not if you consider Democrat voters.
Someone needs to do a phtoshop of his head, with a few bathtub plugs in it.
“Furious Hillary Clinton supporters will hold up Biden as the latest example of a man refusing to let a qualified woman reach the top.”
But that will be ridiculous because in almost any normal situation, the Vice President will run.
You are never as popular as you are the day before you announce.
But this is not any normal situation. It is Hillary's turn dammit!
The very same people of the USA who are going CRAZY for the Donald.
She is soooooooooo yesterday!
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