Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Steve Kornacki tweeted two 1970s polls showing how unpopular busing was in Delaware then [View all]RHMerriman
(1,376 posts)Works great ... her Hail Mary was just that: "Look at me!"
Biden was at 45 percent favorable with AA: she was at 5. Pretty obvious what this pathetic little flap was all about.
FWIW, the Berkeley public schools were NOT de jure segregated by race, as well; attendance was organized by residential neighborhoods, which meant de facto by wealth, but unless you're going to say housing prices are something to be regulated by the federal government, it's a moot point.
See:
[link:https://www.berkeleyschools.net/2018/12/50th-anniversary-of-berkeleys-pioneering-busing-plan-for-school-integration/|]
Pretending the child of two University of California PHds - in Berkeley - in the 1970s was somehow underprivileged is ludicrous.
It's a stupid argument, a cheap shot, and generally makes her look both cynical and emotionally manipulative, which is not a winning look for someone trying to get political support from across a diverse party that wants to see Trump defeated in 2020.
Self-righteousness - especially against a fellow Democrat - is not going to work.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden