Booker: Biden's words 'causing a lot of frustration and even pain'

[brooklynite]

Politico

Democratic presidential contender Cory Booker on Sunday again criticized former Vice President Joe Biden's comments on race, saying the primary front-runner’s rhetoric is dividing the nation.

In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the New Jersey senator said the candidate Democrats nominate to oppose President Donald Trump will need to “talk openly and honestly about race.”

“I’mnot sure if Vice President Biden is up to that task,” he said.

“We have one destiny in this nation and right now the vice president to me is not doing a good job at bringing folks together,” Booker said. “In fact, and I’ve heard this from people across the country, he’s causing a lot of frustration and even pain with his words.”

Allow me to start the discussion:

HIT JOB!!!

Please continue...

[hlthe2b]

1. ...

[Little Star]

48. +1

[question everything]

2. No, s/he needs to talk about the future, about directions for the country to take

which, of course, will include race relations.

But not to look back for "crimes" committed in the past century when things were different.

I really would like to hear candidates talking in positive ways about how much better we can do.

[still_one]

59. No, no, no, no, no. Democrats top issue should be forced bussing, and distoring people's words

F**k going after how our national security is being compromised by the current administration, healthcare, and how trump has destroyed our relationship with our allies, undoing any progress made on Civil Rights, Workers Rights, Environmental Rights, Women's Rights, etc. etc. etc., because forced bussing is the issue of the day...……..

[emmaverybo]

3. Amazing. Ironies abound in Booker's self-interested attack. And MSM is going all out against

Joe. His team needs a serious media campaign.

[FloridaBlues]

23. Agree where is his campaign spokes person?

They should be getting out on tv and radio.
If they have perhaps I missed it.

[emmaverybo]

28. A young advisor spoke the day after debates, but the host kept interrupting and repeating Harris

talking points. It was bad.

That same day, Stations played and re-played Harris’s “gotcha” moment
and interviewed only those raising doubts, taking up Harris and Booker’s line of attack.

MSNBC pummeled Biden with critics just after Linda Flores claimed he mocked women and mocked consent with a self-effacing joke he made about needing permission to hug a little boy at a fire-fighting union members’ event.

I don’t know if MSM is Biden-critic stuffing their guest list or actually not giving air-time. I can certainly say they are not giving fair time to support.

[Celerity]

56. watching Cedric Richmond on a panel now on MSNBC

https://streamfare.com/msnbc_two.html

[JI7]

4. Booker is just hurting himself at this point. even if Biden loses support

that support is not likely to go to Booker. just like Inslee demanding climate change debate they just come off as whining after a certain point.

Booker needs to focus on selling himself as a candidate.

[emmaverybo]

32. I think he could sell himself as a candidate but that he sees his first piece of business as

bringing down Biden’s support with progressive whites and older black voters.
He needs to prevent Biden from gaining more endorsements from Black leaders.

[JI7]

35. most of Bidens white support are lower income working class moderate types

if they leave Biden they are more likely to go to someone like beto or Bullock or some other white man.

[emmaverybo]

37. Ah. Yeah, he has no progressive support, true. But he could take a big hit with older AA

support and crucial endorsements.

[Turin_C3PO]

38. I support Joe

and I’m progressive. I believe, at this time, that Biden is the best choice to trounce Trump. That could change as the primary season rolls on, but Joe’s my man for now.

[emmaverybo]

40. That's one. Seriously, if you do, there are many other progressives then whose support is not

shaken by this latest development and of course could be along the way, even by the next debate.

[Celerity]

58. older too, they sure are not going to flock to a flat out hard prog (whoever that may be)

Bullock may surprise some people, he has been my dark horse since he talked about running (and now I will add my obligatory HE SHOULD RUN AGAINST DAINES for the MT Senate seat mini-rant)

[Claritie Pixie]

5. This is so disappointing.

Someone else is dividing the nation, not Biden.

What a ridiculous thing for Booker to say.

[Kahuna7]

16. Right. nt

[emmaverybo]

34. Indeed. I guess all is fair in love, war, and politics regardless of what is good for the nation.

[Funtatlaguy]

6. Hey Booker. It's time now to STFU.

[calguy]

7. The biggest pain it's causing for Booker is......

why aren't his poll numbers rising as he pushes this narrative about Buden. And also why Biden's AA numbers haven't taken a hit?
This has to be causing a lot of pain for Cory.

[BootinUp]

20. Rofl

[Cha]

44. Yeah, it almost sounds like

Booker's projecting!

[highplainsdem]

8. I suspect Booker's frustration and paiin have to do with his poll numbers. And his

going after Biden on issues of race is not working for him, since the latest poll, another post-debate poll, has him at 2%.

[Drunken Irishman]

9. Booker: Defender of Bain and vulture capitalism. Yeah, I'm good.

[Hav]

10. I think his own poll numbers are causing pain and frustration

It's pitiful to witness how a candidate is reduced to this kind of attacks because nothing else works. Still going on about "boy" and using it in this deliberately ambiguous way to make it appear as if Biden himself used these words in a racist way is just low.

[madville]

11. What I am seeing is that Booker and Harris are willing to attempt to divide the party

For their own political gain. Talk about what you can do for the country, not how terrible Biden is. It's already desperation setting in at this point, sad really and will turn voters away from them with the negativity.

[Kahuna7]

18. Biden did the right thing by not getting ugly with Harris. It was a no win. nt

[JI7]

25. Biden understands it's primary politics

[emmaverybo]

39. Wow yes. Dodged a big bullet there even if he did himself no favors. He did say, but very

inoffensively, “But you were bused by your local school board” and I didn’t oppose local authority.

Something to that effect. Showed good self-control.

[StarfishSaver]

45. It may have shown self-control, but it wasn't true

Politifact found Biden's claim that "I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education" to be Mostly False.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jun/28/joe-biden/joe-biden-oversimplifies-his-record-school-busing-/

Sokol told us after the debate that Biden’s position on busing evolved but by the late 1970s he was decidedly against busing.

Biden’s claim that he was for integration but against busing doesn’t make a lot of sense, he told PolitiFact. "By that point in history, there were very few school districts voluntarily integrating by other means, which is why judges were ordering busing. He is using disingenuous logic," he said.
...
Biden proposed an amendment to prohibit the use of federal funds to assign teachers or students to schools based on race.

Biden said that his amendment would not preclude court-ordered busing, Gadsden wrote, making it an "admission of a certain incongruity between his legislative efforts and the concerns of his white constituents who were concerned about an impending court-ordered busing mandate."

[emmaverybo]

53. Nothing to do with the topic at hand: Biden not going scorched-earth under attack. Please do not

respond to my comments by inserting an argument you want to get traction for which I am not arguing against or for.

[emmaverybo]

36. I see this. Divide and conquer then split the spoils. NT

[Little Star]

49. +1

[democratisphere]

12. I think the dividers should step aside PERMANENTLY and let

the Uniters move on to victory.

[tritsofme]

13. I'm sure he is pained that no one seems to care about his irrelevant and quixotic campaign.

[Kahuna7]

14. He's getting dragged on twitter after tweeting a link to the MTP appearance.

Link to tweet

[UniteFightBack]

33. People DO NOT LIKE the circular firing squad. They don't like and don't want it. #NOT THIS TIME. nt

[Cha]

63. He is getting "dragged".. here's a sample..

Link to tweet

Mahalo for making me look, Kahuna!

[ananda]

15. Yawn.

Booker must be desperate for attention.

[monmouth4]

17. Booker needs to find a seat and shut up..n/t

[DallasNE]

19. Biden Fumbled The Ball Badly

He has a good overall record on civil rights but on the issue of busing he once supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw the practice. He defended those words when he needed to distance himself from those hurtful words. He still has not done that and that is what Booker is talking about. Last Friday I explained how easily he could have done that in this post.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=177859

[quickesst]

21. The irony in this fiasco...

.... is how many times I've heard Joe Biden's detractors proclaim that they don't want to go back to or dwell on the past, yet every accusation against Joe Biden has done exactly that.

Another thing that pisses me off is the fact that Joe Biden's political career spans twice that of the other younger candidates, and yet they seem to place themselves on equal footing when it comes to their history, and any negatives that may arise when it comes to their careers.

I'll never understand people who work so hard to bring down the person who has the best chance of defeating a repug. This is not me thinking I know more than anyone else. This is the opinion the majority of Democratic constituents have voiced.

[UniteFightBack]

30. Don't worry they'll be doing the same thing to Mayor Pete in 30 years when he has a record behind

him.

[treestar]

42. Exactly. They have no way to prove what they would have done

They don't even try asserting it.

That's the thing about negative campaigning. Voters are tired of it. That's why voter turnout is low. They think all the candidates are bad by the end of this.

[FloridaBlues]

22. He's really trying hard to claw his way past 5% in the polls.

[Green Line]

27. Is he that high?

This isn’t going to help him, people that are paying attention now, are too informed to fall for his whining.

[customerserviceguy]

24. He's getting desperate

Even with having the most speaking time on Wednesday, his numbers are not budging. This reminds me of his Sparticus moment during the Kavanaugh hearings when he boldly said he would risk his job by releasing "classified" information that was already cleared for release.

[msongs]

26. is the t shirt for sale yet? nt

[Peacetrain]

29. That was weird wasn't it..

[UniteFightBack]

31. Oh yes I'm sure Senator Booker is very 'hurt'. Pffffffffffffft. nt

[treestar]

41. I've heard across the country

sounds a lot like "people tell me."

Biden not being up to the task does not prove Booker is. Yet Booker wastes time where he could be telling us why he is.

[Grasswire2]

43. Be careful, Cory.

Best to not be tearing down another candidate at this point.

Lot of negativity is following Harris' comments.

[Aaron Pereira]

46. Race is the most poisonous wedge and Dems using against our own is an insult.

There is racism out there today in the real world and real racists just outside the door. Let's identify and go after them instead. OK?

[emmaverybo]

57. +1000

[UniteFightBack]

60. +1000

[stonecutter357]

47. let's go Joe !

[Little Star]

50. Cory and Kamala sitting in a tree.

[Cha]

51. Hey Little Star!

You're a Biden supporter!

Yay!

lol, btw..

[Little Star]

52. Hey Cha

[Goodheart]

54. Cory, just stop.

[tymorial]

55. He can unite over defeating Trump. That's about it

I know that will offend some but its demonstrably true.

[Skidmore]

61. Does Booker not remember Trayvon Martin's

hoodie? Biden pointed out the type of stereotyping that got that young man and many others murdered. Feel good words do not erase injustice or racist behavior plaguing communities in this nation.

[Cha]

62. Thank You, Skidmore, for

that sad reminder of Trayvon in his hoodie getting murdered because an Idiot stereotyped him.

I doubt if Booker wanted to think about anything real like Trayvon Martin.

[Kahuna7]

65. Exactly. Biden's reference was most likely to Trayvon Martin. nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

64. Oh Cory, I know you're trying desperately to be noticed, but puhleeze.....