It's Kamala!

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(08-14-2020, 11:46 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I don't think it had to be a black woman. They were looking into white women like Whitmer, Warren and Klobuchar. They were looking into Asian women in Tammy Duckworth (and Kamala Harris). And they were looking into a variety of black women, like Bass, Rice and Harris. And they were vetting a few Latina women as well, as I detail below.

Yeah his team allegedly was looking into Whitmer and he was immediately warned about further inquiring her. Same when Klobuchar's name came up. I guess over 100 black 'leaders' told him he has to pick a black woman, for they are the future in politics and whatnot, and specifically that if he did not pick a black woman, it would be akin to the black community having to vote for "a devil". The pressure for a black woman was not his idea probably, the pressure came from within the party structure and from prominent black people and it was massive enough that I for one did not doubt he had to go with a black woman. If he was formally committed, I can not quite remember, imho it was always implied that he would be.

Also, he has pledged that his first SC pick would be a black woman too. And I have to say, I am also not a fan of that commitment either.

(08-14-2020, 11:46 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: With the current protests going on surrounding the mistreatment of black people in this country, I think choosing a black person was prudent given the situation as it can be, at worst, viewed as an olive branch to the black community.

Weird how he picked "the cop" though. I know that particular expression comes from the right wing, but it's not like they misrepresent a prevalent notion of her. Kamala, as far as I can tell, is one of the least liked black women within the black community he could have chosen. Which kind of contradicts that whole olive branch notion.

(08-14-2020, 11:46 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: As far as a Latina woman...did you have someone in mind? They couldn't just pick any Latina woman and name her Vice President. She still needs to actually be qualified and have some sort of appeal with voters. There are only two Latinx Senators in the Democratic Party, Bob Menendez and Catherine Cortez Masto. The former is not only a man but also one of the most unpopular senators in the country and Cortez Masto is...well, have you ever heard of her? I haven't. And, to be perfectly frank, she appears white so it's not like you'd win "woke points" for choosing her. And, apparently, she was in consideration before withdrawing her name anyway haha. They were apparently vetting Michelle Lujan Grisham, the Governor of New Mexico, as well.

Well, there you have one, the New Mexico governor. You're right though, there aren't too many hispanic women around. Almost as if they were marginalized.
There are a few in the house, but I don't know any of them. But I'm a stranger, I'm excused.

(08-14-2020, 11:46 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: It's also important to remember that Kamala Harris also has Indian ancestry. So this is kind of a double whammy in terms of diversity.

lol, yeah that is cool and that might be the solution to hand every group their periodic olive branch. You just need an black-asian-indian-native american lesbian woman, possibly also a veteran (it's still the US after all), she would come with an unique experience about all these groups' grievances and check multiple boxes in one turn.

(08-14-2020, 11:46 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Ultimately, I think our best bet for a Latinx President or Vice President comes in 2024 when AOC becomes eligible to run. I don't know if she will choose to run nor do I know if she would be successful, but she'd definitely be high profile. Fox News would cover it all ad nauseum, I'm sure.

Just to be clear, I'm exactly advocating that it is not ideal to give a specific group its turn and that I am not particularly fond of committing to a certain race and gender in advance. I brought up hispanics and asians as an example to illustrate why, not because I actually demand that someone from one of those ethnicities should get chosen as well.