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maxrandb

(16,738 posts)
14. This kind of cuts both ways
Fri May 22, 2020, 08:54 PM
May 2020

For one, the Democratic Party nominated and supported, and put their blood sweat and tears into electing the first African American president in history.

This President passed the largest expansion of health care in history.

This President appointed 2 women, including a minority woman to the Supreme Court.

This President nominated and got confirmed, countless federal judges that support civil rights legislation and voting rights.

This President nominated and got confirmed the first African American Attorney General in history. That's right. The most senior law enforcement agent in the land was a black man.

I really could go on and on, but... how did we support him and his party?

We turned 2/3rds of the State Houses and both Houses of Congress over to T-Bagging racists after just 2 years of this Presidents term.

Imagine the judges that could have been confirmed. Imagine the progress that could have been made.

We could easily have a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court today. We could have hundreds of federal judges that would enforce the rule of law, not some racist Federalists Society jackboots.

It's not African Americans... it's Democrats as a hole. Change requires persistence. We can't turn the levers of power over to wingnuts in just 2 years, and then bemoan the fact that our priorities are not being addressed.

We must treat every election as critical to our priorities, because they are.

That's what is depressing to me.

I think of what the possibilities could have been.

It makes me so angry I can't see straight.

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Good For Him, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #1
I am a PoC, and whilst it was ham-handed (as were other parts of the entire interview tbh) by Biden, Celerity May 2020 #2
That Is An Excellent Point, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #4
he needs to stop putting himself in positions that prompt apologies Skittles May 2020 #5
Agreed, he does lack a certain level of innate political intuition. I wish more of the Obama's Celerity May 2020 #7
I am an Af-Am female and I feel the same Blasphemer May 2020 #10
If I was a gambling girl, I would wager that Harris, Rice, Demings, and Abrams stock went up today, Celerity May 2020 #13
I love all 4... Caliman73 May 2020 #21
I am more i the Harris camp, Rice would be great but has never run for elected office, plus it Celerity May 2020 #22
Agree .... LenaBaby61 May 2020 #15
yes, it is INSANE how much slack MSM STILL cuts that fucker Rump!! Celerity May 2020 #16
Biden apologized, and made it clear he doesn't take the African American vote for granted still_one May 2020 #3
This should end the whole fake "scandal!!11" mcar May 2020 #6
My eternal question: Why would *any* minority support or be a Repuke? UTUSN May 2020 #8
the 'famous' ones are often paid-for shills, others are rich greedy rotters, some are Celerity May 2020 #9
LOL ! +1 n/t jaysunb May 2020 #11
I will follow the lead of the Black community on this one ibegurpard May 2020 #12
This kind of cuts both ways maxrandb May 2020 #14
The Root and Jezebel are claiming Biden's faking a "blaccent" because he said "man" a lot betsuni May 2020 #17
damn, The Root article is brutal AF (other than they do state at the beginning they're voting Biden) Celerity May 2020 #18
Jezebel and The Root just suck and they always have. nsd May 2020 #19
we disagree on this, I like both The Root and Jezebel a lot, plus Teen Vogue Celerity May 2020 #20
Jezebel did it AGAIN today! betsuni May 2020 #23
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