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Posted on 08/02/2019 7:28:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
In his opening statement at Wednesday's Democratic debate in Detroit, Joe Biden addressed Donald Trump while pointing proudly to the racial and ethnic diversity of the nine Democrats standing beside him.
"Mr. President, this is America and we are strong and great because of this diversity, not in spite of it. ... We love it. We are here to stay. And we certainly are not going to leave it to you."
Whereupon the other nine -- three women, two African Americans, one Asian American and one Hispanic -- began a multicultural mugging of Biden that at times took on the aspect of a flash mob.
Said The Washington Post, Biden "faced relentless attacks on his decades-long Senate record on race and criminal justice, immigration and health care, and his commitment to women's rights."
The 1994 crime bill, of which Sen. Biden was once proud and which cut U.S. crime rates for decades, was trashed as a reactionary and racist measure that led to the imprisonment of countless thousands of black Americans who were guilty only of minor drug offenses.
Cory Booker called Joe the "architect of mass incarceration."
Biden's Senate friendships with segregationists and opposition to busing to integrate the public schools came in for yet another hiding by Sen. Kamala Harris.
His support of President Barack Obama's border policies that led to the deportation of hundreds of thousands seeking asylum and entry into the country was denounced as heartless.
Did he never object in the Obama Cabinet meetings to what was happening to these unfortunates being turned back, Biden was asked?
For two hours, when the Democratic candidates were not attacking each other, they were piling on Joe.
Kirsten Gillibrand, a self-described "white woman of privilege," attacked him for a long-ago op-ed that warned that women who enter the workforce imperil the family.
He was attacked anew by Harris for having supported the Hyde Amendment that denies federal funding for abortions
On and on it went. Biden's support of NAFTA was attacked as was his vote for the war in Iraq. He was made to recant his support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal he helped to forge. The TPP was once seen by U.S. elites as uniting the democracies of Asia and the Americas to counter the Chinese drive for trade hegemony.
"Everybody's talking about how terrible I am on these issues," wailed Biden. He fought back gamely. But he also stammered, mumbled, misspoke and some of his answers seemed to be canned rebuttals.
Biden eased some fears that he has lost more than a step as a presidential candidate. Yet this is not the same Joe who bested Mitt Romney's vice presidential nominee, Paul Ryan, in 2012.
In closing Biden misidentified his website, "If you agree with me, go to Joe 3 0 3 3 0 and help me in this fight."
In a city that was stunned by the halting public testimony of Robert Mueller, Biden's debate performances raise a valid question: Can the Joe Biden we saw in the two debates be an articulate and energetic leader and president until January 2025, five and a half years from now?
While every candidate scored points Wednesday night, much of the scoring was done at the expense of other Democrats on stage. The GOP has a new library of videos of Democratic fratricide, and sororicide.
Bottom line of the July Democratic debates: It seems astonishing how far the Democratic Party's center of gravity has moved to the left.
Today, much of the career record of Joe Biden -- his opposition to busing, his credentials as tough-on-crime, his support for NAFTA, his backing of the Iraq War, his career-long support of the Hyde Amendment -- is seen not as a record to be proud of, but a record to be ashamed of, and a record to apologize for.
How do progressives, many of whom regard Biden's career as an embarrassment, embrace him as their leader and agent of progressive change if he wins the nomination?
Biden today seems to be the kind of candidate, like Congressman Joe Crowley of Queens whom Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ousted in a primary in 2018, that progressives want desperately to be done with.
After the July debates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren sit in the second and third positions, with one of the two the almost certain beneficiary of a Biden fade.
Yet, if the Democratic Party nominates either -- both are committed to a sweeping restructure of society and the economy -- are the American people ready to buy into a radical or outright socialist agenda?
Are Americans looking for an alternative to Trump who will abolish private health insurance, embrace open borders and reparations for slavery, extend the ballot to felons in prison, add half a dozen justices to the Supreme Court and vote for free college tuition and forgiveness of student loans?
Where is the evidence of that?
Joe Biden was the surrogate for Barack Obama, the REAL target.
And the worst mischief that Barack Obama did? He set up the conditions for Donald Trump to even enter the race, and managed expectations so poorly for Herself, that eventually, Trump DID win.
Unexpected, of course, in their calculations, but now, Biden is getting the brunt of the accusations and insults.
Plus, I never saw him sniffing girls or women of color!
Hey, Joe, just like my grandfather discovered it appears that the Democrat Party has left YOU!
Wonder how long Joe will hang around. When the field gets pared down to three or four contenders he won’t be able to hide behind a controlled script. The attacks will be frequent and furious on the “moderate” frontrunner. Doubt he will hold up or is capable of resisting the challenge. The core crazies are the Democrats most likely to vote in the primaries. They won’t vote for Biden if they have a choice.
Rigging the primaries to nominate one pre-selected candidate is something the DNC will get away with ONCE.
Now that they are hip to it the radical base is never going to let them get away with that again.
Say goodnight, Joe.
One could argue we are great “in spite of it”.
They have a plan.
“.. began a multicultural mugging of Biden ...”
That’s what happens when you kiss arse, Joe; nobody has any respect for you.
Trump fights back, and they hate him for it.
The first GOP debate with Trump wasn’t until September 2015. These are all just prelims for the Dems. The real battle will start when all the candidates are on one stage.
So it's Obama III, without the racial bonus points, under Sleepy Creepy Joe... or Marxism on an even grander scale. How is this even close?
...as our Brithish cousins across the pond would say,
your comments are spot on....!! here’s how it’s all
gonna end up....
Biden as number one...for the nonce....
then Harris, Warren and Sanders, not necessarily
in that order of preference.... all the rest
of the wannabees will simply become historical
footnotes....soon to be forgotten...I predict
(for what it is worth....) Harris will percolate
to the top...sad to say....
Joe Biden is the democrat’s version of Jeb Bush... they think he is inevitable, but turns out, he’s a terrible candidate.
Not entirely the reason.
Obama is being attacked but the charade that the target is Biden is a transparent one by design.
This is also a pre-emptive strike at the wookie. When the convention rolls around the current factions will be able to quash and move to present her as a solution.
So are the two half Asian women only counted as women. While the barely African man is black? How does this work? I think they must be counting the women ion numerous categories. Cory Booker who grew up in a rich white neighborhood and went to great colleges based on his ethnicity is clearly black by todays standards of wanting to be black. But maybe Biden is counting the slave owning plantation family of Harris who is at most 25% African. Its all a scam. These people never knew hardship.
What Joe apparently doesn’t realize about revolutionaries is that once they get a bit of power, they turn on their own leadership and start purging.
I don’t think Uncle Joe realizes much any more!
Night, day, hungry or not, bathroom (?)
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