Rand Paul Grandstanding (for Putin now)
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These people are such children. Good grief.
Just wish Biden hadn’t made a spectacle of choosing a black woman. Her qualifications should be enough. Now she’s known as being chosen for her color and gender instead of her accomplishments.
The only people accusing him of making a spectacle are Republicans who don't like that it's a black woman. He looked at the Supreme Court and said this doesn't look very representative of America. He said there are a ton of very qualified women of color and they've never been given a chance. I'm going to do so. That isn't grandstanding, it's trying to right previous wrongs.
She was immensely qualified for the position. The only people grandstanding are the Rand Paul's and Lindsay Grahams and the like.
He should have just stfu and introduced her as the nominee without coming out beforehand saying he was selecting a black woman.
eh, I don't have an issue with it. It kept coming up that there were no black women ever considered, he was asked, he answered and said he'd rectify that problem. Again, the only people upset are the Republicans who would have hated her no matter what.
It's probably a good thing to hold it open for him even if he' just being a rear end, because down the road when McConnell is in charge again, he will remember.
I remember several years ago, The Hammer (cannot remember the name, a republican) held open a vote way over the limit until they twisted enough arms to get the vote reversed until it passed.
Where's his neighbor when you need him?
Yeah i hate when politicians do this type of crap, I can't imagine any Democrat would ever pull a stunt like this to delay a vote. Oh wait, it wasn't one, it was more than 50. https://time.com/6079803/texas-democrats-walkout-dc/
Sounds like someone has a chip on their shoulder about something.
It doesn't matter if it's a black woman so let's not go there. This would happen if it were a white DEM moderate male with an impeccable record of conservative voting. This is where we are now at as a country. I'm used to it.
Good Lord, but you are really struggling to zero in on a persona for this handle.
Yep. It’s really sad we continue to re-elect people who aren’t grownups.
reagan should have STFU when elected saying he would nominate a woman to the supreme court. but thats reagan for you. the great grandstander.
What does that have to do with politicians who act like children? I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, if you’re elected to do a job, f#cking do it.
Not to pick on you, but it’s this idiotic tribalism mentality that is why Congress and the Oval Office are full of halfwit degenerates who don’t give a f#ck about anyone but themselves.
Accountability. It should be applied universally.
Is that when we see what childish is really all about?
I’d love to grab that little fancy boy by his perm and slap him around, though I fear he’d likely enjoy it more than I.
You’re right. And that’s unfair to her. Shame on Biden for putting her in that position.
This is the best argument in favor of Biden announcing his intentions to only consider a woman of color, but that still doesn’t mean it was wise of Biden to do so.
I see why pepsi has been so derisively referred to on here over the years. He pretty much walked in to that with such a stupid, irrelevant comment.
I don't think it was wrong to acknowledge that sad truth that institutional racism against black women was a driving reason for the lack of AA woman on the court. As such, the country missed out on some real excellent scholars like Barbara Jordan. Whether that was "in the past" as most GOP members like to believe or still existent (see Trump's short list of candidates), is still a question. But acknowledging the inherent unfairness that existed before and suggesting it needs to be corrected was not wrong.
I don’t dispute that and respect the argument. The issue was how it was framed. Instead of Biden saying something to the effect of he’ll certainly not overlook any qualified female of color and that he hopes one emerges, he blatantly said he will only consider a black female. That is not fair to her.
He seems like a really nice guy on the football board. It took me a long time, though, to understand what people were talking about after I had first joined when they would say something about “Pepsi.” Lol.
I wish he hadn’t as well just for the unwanted distraction it caused, but at the same time. People didn’t really blink an eye when trump promised to nominate a woman either.
