Biden 2020
Related: About this forumTime to tweet to Joe. Give him some moral support. A bunch of sick slander is multiplying in his
feed, age jokes but worse, accusations that he molests women and children, replete with photo montages. If we support Joe, we need to get out there and do it.
quickesst
(6,300 posts)Carol Moseley Braun slams Harris debate tactics: She "got it wrong" about Biden
Democratic presidential Kamala Harris has come under scrutiny after she confronted former Vice President Joe Biden over the issue of race at the second Democratic primary debate last week.
Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, D-Ill., the first black woman to serve in the Senate, called the California Democrat's decision to attack Biden over his past civil rights record "sad."
https://www.salon.com/2019/07/01/first-black-female-senator-slams-harris-debate-tactics-her-ambition-got-it-wrong-about-joe-biden/
Once people start understanding the machinations behind what occurred, they will begin to see how Harris got it wrong and Braun got it right.
PatSeg
(49,723 posts)knows how off the mark Harris's attacks were. Harris would have been better off selling herself as presidential than to try and bring down a fellow Democrat, especially one with such a long respected career.
People commented how unprepared Joe was for the attack, but I can understand how he did not expect that from another Democrat. It certainly does not mean he can't go up against Trump. With Trump, one knows what kind of garbage will be flung about. Joe is the one who gave us the classic, "There's only three things he (Giuliani) mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb and 9/11." He was able to handle both Sarah Palin and Paul Ryan in debates quite well.
Plus, when you have three major networks acting like giddy school children when it comes to Harris, and completely ignoring those machinations I mentioned further hamstrings Joe. I expect that to change after his Friday morning CNN interview with his wife Jill. Unfortunately, there is a chance they will try and turn it into an anti-Biden shitshow, but I have confidence he will turn the tide and it will backfire on them.
PatSeg
(49,723 posts)You can be their favorite darling, but then to keep things interesting, they'll turn around and pulverize you. Too often, they end up creating the story instead of reporting it. To keep ratings up, they'll add a lot of unnecessary drama and intrigue. Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are burned out already and they aren't tuning into cable news so much.
2016 was a real eye-opener and the MSM bears some responsibility for the nightmare we are living today. Still I sense they just can't help themselves and they will repeat the same mistakes again.
quickesst
(6,300 posts).... follow the money. Controversy equals ratings, ratings equal increase viewership, and increased viewership equals profit.
PatSeg
(49,723 posts)OhZone
(3,216 posts)Apparently there WERE close friends.
I wonder if that's all over now.
I was hoping for a Biden/Harris ticker.
But maybe Biden/Abrams would be better.