Posted on 08/23/2020 3:35:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
For at least the second time in two months, Democratic nominee Joe Biden used a quote made famous by communist leader Mao Tse-tung when it came to women. Calling it simply an “old expression,” Biden got away with quoting the communist monster (who killed millions of people) because his interviewer, ABC’s Robin Roberts refused to call out, push back, or question her candidate as to why he was doing it.
The interview, which was done for Sunday night’s 20/20, was previewed on that morning’s Good Morning America and was touted by co-anchor Eva Pilgrim. “In an exclusive ABC News interview with Robin Roberts and David Muir, Robin asking the Democratic nominee about why he chose Harris as his running mate,” she announced.
Biden’s quotation of the communist butcher came when explaining why he chose Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) to be his running mate.
“You alluded, Mr. Vice President, about the fact that you made it clear early on that you were going to select a woman to be your running mate, you select a woman of color, did you do that to rally your base, did you feel pressure to select a black woman,” Roberts teed him up.
Biden explained that he wanted his administration to “look like the people, look like the country” and noted, “51 percent of the people in this country are women.” He then dropped the Mao quote, saying, “As that old expression goes, ‘women hold up half sky.’”
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It’s a dumb quotation, but sometimes awful people make good quotations. Sometimes I quote Voltaire (”The perfect is the enemy of the good.”) even though he was a rotten excuse of a man. I sometimes hear people quote Lenin approvingly (”To make an omelette, you have to break some eggs.”)
IIRC, Anita Dunn is one of his advisors. She’s a student and admirer of Mao, and surely has plenty more to impart into Joe’s p-brain.
“...did you feel pressure to select a black woman,” Roberts teed him up.”
I use Stalin’s “Useful idiots” quote often when describing leftists.
Gotta give Joe a C grade on this. Correct answer “She was qualified for the job.” If you’re going to lie, lie big.
The left is mighty fluid.
I dare you to quote one of Hitler's "good quotations."
I took it to be a twisted variation on the Atlas myth. I’ll admit I didn’t know it was Mao. Joe’s speechwriter probably did.
Biden cites quote made famous by Mao Zedong during fundraiser
“We’ve got to get real economic relief into women’s hands now,” Biden said on Monday evening to the 14 wealthy donors who attended the digital fundraising session.
According to the pool reporter who watched the event, Biden then cited the Chinese proverb, “Women hold up half the sky.” The phrase comes from a proclamation by Mao in the mid-20th century that helped grant certain rights to women in China.
Anita Dunn’s husband Bob Bauer represented Obama in his many birth certificate legal cases against him. They’re all Mao lovers!
“It’s a dumb quotation, but sometimes awful people make good quotations. “
Mao was often right. “Power comes out of the barrel of a gun.”
I seem to remember that McCain also quoted now same time when he was running for president. “Let a hundred flowers bloom.”
“”””That’s funny, just four years ago AP was hailing her as the first Indian-American voted into the Senate.”””””
Indian is the new black.
Democrats have been following the teachings of Joseph Goebbels for decades.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
-PJ
Roberts is a pea brain. Muir seems to be more leftist by design.
Hey, he gets quoted all of the time here on the FreeRepublic. My favorites were when he got all pissed off when the Cowboys lost to Seattle, and then when he lost his shirt in the housing crash of 2008, and when Hillary lost in 2016. Lots of classic good quotes, and many memorable rages.
I use the ‘Lenin-Omelet’ line as well, but almost always in a sarcastic way. Like when a leftist complains of police brutality against an ANTIFA scumbag.
Why would a member of the DTM (Domestic Terrorist Media) take issue with a Mao quote?
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