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Hekate

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17. Uh-huh. I notice the usual tropes are on display in this thread: quotas, identity politics, ...

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #14)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:04 AM

Nov 2020

...and should only choose a woman if she happens to be the most qualified person in the known universe. It was exactly the same when Obama announced he was going to select a woman for the SCOTUS vacancy.

It’s instructive that when a couple of dozen candidates are presented who are all white men, nobody brings up identity politics, or quotas, or needing to be the most qualified candidate in the known universe.

Why is that, I wonder?

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Big California donors want to fill Kamala Harris's Senate seat with a woman of color [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP

prefer a most qualified candidate nt msongs Nov 2020 #1

Or he could just pick the best person regardless of race or gender. BlueStater Nov 2020 #2

I would rather that he just name a plaecholder, someone who won't run for the seat in 2022. Yavin4 Nov 2020 #3

Jerry Brown? DrToast Nov 2020 #8

Yeah. Someone like him. Yavin4 Nov 2020 #11

No BainsBane Nov 2020 #16

Or maybe Barbara Boxer. tinrobot Nov 2020 #24

I beg to differ. There will be a tsunami of outside money on behalf of a Republican... Hekate Nov 2020 #13

I don't think that it's fair to give someone an incumbency advantage who was not elected to the seat Yavin4 Nov 2020 #14

Uh-huh. I notice the usual tropes are on display in this thread: quotas, identity politics, ... Hekate Nov 2020 #17

I would prefer the people of California pick someone dsc Nov 2020 #4

Democrats shouldn't be picking spokesmodels LuvNewcastle Nov 2020 #5

Pick the best person for the job...someone the GOP can't knock off in a statewide race... Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #6

It's fairly hard for the GOP to win statewide in CA FreeState Nov 2020 #9

We are the state that brought you Duncan Hunter, Darryl Issa, and Devin Nunes, among other.... Hekate Nov 2020 #18

House races are not statewide FreeState Nov 2020 #21

Congressional districts aren't close to statewide races, especially in CA. Ace Rothstein Nov 2020 #25

BIG donors ... how about the people of California??? Raine Nov 2020 #7

This is another reason why Newsom should select a placeholder. Yavin4 Nov 2020 #12

I agree with most of the other posters before me. TexasTowelie Nov 2020 #10

Interesting how people assume a woman of color BainsBane Nov 2020 #15

See my post #17 above Hekate Nov 2020 #19

BARBARA LEE is the best choice hands down. PTWB Nov 2020 #20

We've had both CA seats held by women since 1992 Polybius Nov 2020 #22

What tradition? Retrograde Nov 2020 #23

I Think It Should Be A Woman Indykatie Nov 2020 #26