Well he's keeping a campaign promise, so good on Joe for that.

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Well he's keeping a campaign promise, so good on Joe for that.

Author: Stark Raving Dad (5192 Posts - Joined: Aug 19, 2020)

Posted at 7:04 pm on Jan 29, 2022

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But I agree, it's a needlessly foolish thing to do. For precisely the reasons you noted. But this administration has been sorta ham and egging around since the jump.

Further damaging this search, these 13 pols have some 'splaining to do....

Link: Who would've thought this would come back to bite their butts?

"It’s always a wonder how you all are experts in everything." jimbasil 6/26/2022

Replies to: "Well he's keeping a campaign promise, so good on Joe for that."

Can anyone make a coherent argument why announcing you will nominate a black woman to SC is smart? - Iggle - 6:49pm 1/29/22 (31) [View All]
- You know he had said while campaigning his choice for a jurist would be a woman of color, yes? - jimbasil - 12:47am 1/30/22
- Because Biden pledged to do so when he ran for President. [LINK] - conorlarkin - 8:52pm 1/29/22
  - Also because he had poor records on black at SCOTUS: opposing C Thomas, mistreating A Hill, - Eli - 10:39pm 1/29/22
  - He pledged to erase some student debt too.. - cubsfanin16 - 9:20pm 1/29/22
- Focus people on the characteristic rather than the political leanings - LanceManion - 8:50pm 1/29/22
- By doing so, i.e. the race, any opposition from R to his nominee is going to be painted as racism. - Eli - 8:46pm 1/29/22
  - Don't think the Pubs will kavanaugh her? - Stark Raving Dad - 9:00pm 1/29/22
    - Anyone who dare to kavanaugh her will be racist. [NT] - Eli - 10:23pm 1/29/22
      - They're already saying it. Might as well make a show of it. [NT] - Stark Raving Dad - 10:32pm 1/29/22
- Biden's poll numbers were plunging with AA's and this staunched the hemmorhage. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:05pm 1/29/22
- It's a desperate attempt by Biden to secure the black vote in the mid-terms. He knows the Dems are - Domer From Hell - 7:46pm 1/29/22
  - I get the nomination being a positive, but not the pre-announcement. - Iggle - 7:50pm 1/29/22
    - Why is the nomination a positive? [NT] - ELP - 7:52pm 1/29/22
      - Speaking of Biden’s view of what is important to his base. - Iggle - 7:54pm 1/29/22
- No. Joe’s VP called him a racist in the first democrat debate - MuskyTommy - 7:40pm 1/29/22
- I’m in favor of this move. - Curly1918 - 7:13pm 1/29/22
  - Fine. Then nominate a black woman without saying that’s the only qualification that matters. - Iggle - 7:17pm 1/29/22
    - You are correct. [NT] - notredame678 - 7:31pm 1/29/22
    - I guarantee that none of these women will feel insulted. - Curly1918 - 7:25pm 1/29/22
      - It goes against your color blind society, people will forever see the justice as a token [NT] - holybull101 - 7:31pm 1/29/22
      - Drinking heavily? [NT] - notredame678 - 7:30pm 1/29/22
- Well he's keeping a campaign promise, so good on Joe for that. [LINK] - Stark Raving Dad - 7:04pm 1/29/22
- I’ll venture. There has never been a black women on the Court. So there’s that. If - PBHangingChad - 6:58pm 1/29/22
  - There's never been a dwarf. An Asian. A transgender. A pole vaulter. [NT] - ELP - 7:55pm 1/29/22
    - One day. Thank God we won’t be alive to see it. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 8:12pm 1/29/22
  - Why not just nominate a black woman, rather than pre-announcing it? - Iggle - 7:00pm 1/29/22
    - Then they lose another opportunity to virtue signal [NT] - holybull101 - 7:13pm 1/29/22
    - Yep it makes her merely a token. Unfortunately for her. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 7:02pm 1/29/22
      - I disagree. She will not be a token in her own mind. - Curly1918 - 7:20pm 1/29/22
        Will this emboldened her to be more of an activist than she likely already will be? - Stark Raving Dad - 7:41pm 1/29/22
      - * [NT] - PBHangingChad - 7:02pm 1/29/22