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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: An uncomfortable truth about "Angry Black Women" in politics [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)70. I didn't realize the campaign ended the day after the debate
that Harris got nothing but cheers and accolades for "going after Biden" and that no one subsequently ever criticized her for it.
We all just imagined the criticism. We even imagined that people right here in this thread jumped on her for that incident.
Never mind.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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She didn't "go after" Biden any more aggressively than Any "went after" Pete
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#4
You are making an accusation that is untrue, quite ugly, and offensive.
The Valley Below
Dec 2019
#23
Nah. Joe Biden has overwhelming support in th black community because they
The Valley Below
Dec 2019
#24
You're consistent in missing points. You can't deny he stopped repeating the story...
brush
Dec 2019
#27
You are ignoring the fact that Biden was referencing how the segregationist Senator referred to
emmaverybo
Dec 2019
#44
So very true SS... the double standards are as obvious as they are absurd in the extreme!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#64
No she wasn't ...it was worse...she called him a racist...and acted like it was of the moment when
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#56
She ran a bad campaign...and had she done better with AA voters in Carolina, she would still be in
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#81
Go back and read the comments here and elsewhere following the first debate
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#14
I think that there's justifiable anger. If anybody's entitled to be angry it's black people and
abqtommy
Dec 2019
#6
True. But we're accused of being angry regardless how calm and quiet we are
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#8
I just said that there's justification! We all have to own our anger, no matter what the projections
abqtommy
Dec 2019
#11
Black people usually have to preface any discussion of race with a white person with
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#31
Harris attacked Biden - no one said she was angry. For a full month afterwards she was
Skya Rhen
Dec 2019
#37
They, nor I, called her angry - because we knew that it was a pre-orchestrated performance. Some
Skya Rhen
Dec 2019
#48
"Calculating and cunning" were frequently used - never, ever saw "angry". Search for the posts and
Skya Rhen
Dec 2019
#53
I've wasted enough time talking about a past, non-successful candidate. I'm back to focusing on the
Skya Rhen
Dec 2019
#59
She failed to impress this black woman, and the majority of us. It's on her. Biden is succeeding
Skya Rhen
Dec 2019
#61
Thought I'd check in to see the number of people who downplay race and racial perceptions
ismnotwasm
Dec 2019
#42
And she was trashed for it. And, as you can see just in this thread, she's STILL
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#65
She became a sensation overnight. MSNBC celebrated her by playing the confrontational scene
emmaverybo
Dec 2019
#71
Funny - you criticized her relentlessly for days after that debate because she went after Biden
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#80
Commented and self-deleted because mistakenly believed your claim addressed to me. But I
emmaverybo
Dec 2019
#85
It's starts with black girls getting detention, expulsion more than white girls
MaryMagdaline
Dec 2019
#79