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Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
Sat May 23, 2020, 10:19 AM May 2020

About Joe's comment

The problem with it is that it literally was politically incorrect. "Politically incorrect" as in "people aren't supposed to express that thought in public". And, you know, I'm a Liberal, so I get it. It's incorrect, especially for a public figure (a White public figure at that) to say to any African American "You ain't Black if... (fill in the blank).

When I was a civil rights activist decades back the term "Oreo" came into common use (Black on the outside, White inside). My Black friends could use that term to describe someone, but not me. Not out loud. So yeah, it was right for Joe Biden to issue a public apology, and he did. But I know what Joe Biden meant. Regardless of our race we all do. Whether or not every single voter agrees with Biden on this is not the point. Everyone knows that, give or take, 90% of African American voters will vote for a Democrat over a Republican. Very few things in America are that lop sided.

That's it folks, there's nothing else to see here, unless you think that saying something "delicate" out loud when it not surprisingly comes to mind is automatically disqualifying for a public leader. And if you think THAT and still vote for Donald Trump over Joe Biden: You ain't a sentient being.

That is what burns my ass Trump trying to score points on Biden by accusing him of being "politically incorrect" when Trump's personally elevated that stance to a status closer than cleanliness to God.

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About Joe's comment (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo May 2020 OP
Hear Hear, Sir! The Magistrate May 2020 #1
Post removed Post removed May 2020 #2
Trumo does "gaffs" 50 times more frequently but most of them get "celebrated" Tom Rinaldo May 2020 #3
Trump's are usually vicious and vile Bev54 May 2020 #5
I agree Horse with no Name May 2020 #4

Response to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
3. Trumo does "gaffs" 50 times more frequently but most of them get "celebrated"
Sat May 23, 2020, 10:37 AM
May 2020

for "sticking it to the Libs". Even if you don't count those comments Trump still flubs ten times as frequently as Biden. They just call it "Trump being Trump". And you know what? The American public has known Joe Biden for a long time now, and they view Biden's gaffs as a part of "Joe being Joe". Strong partisans who are against either Trump or Biden are unforgiving, but it doesn't seem to register much with anyone else. It folds into the "common man" appeal. And for every Biden gaff that could be spun to indicate Joe has lost a step there are dozens that show Trump to be a total doddering idiot.

I am not concerned.

Bev54

(9,963 posts)
5. Trump's are usually vicious and vile
Sat May 23, 2020, 12:11 PM
May 2020

and not considered gaffes but his inner thoughts. If you watched the video of this, Biden chuckles as he says it, clearly a joke, maybe a bad one. But sure let's concentrate on one of Biden's comments, this stinks of both siderism once again. Has nobody learned anything form 2016.

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
4. I agree
Sat May 23, 2020, 10:40 AM
May 2020

I am trying to tune out so that I am motivated to vote because to say “I don’t care what he says or does because our country is in that much danger” sounds a bit over the top.

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