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In reply to the discussion: I now believe Joe Biden will run for President in 2020. [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)After being nearly smothered under all of the reasons that Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein have been around too long, are old hat, are too Estalishment, too tied to money, and should step aside for newer fresher faces, Im puzzled to see that not only are some DUers madly in love with non-spring-chicken-either Joe Biden, but all of the negatives used to try to push these women out of the scene are being pointed to as attributes that qualify him to take center stage.
And lets not even get in to the fact that he has many of the same positions that caused progressives to absolutely trash Hillary as not worthy - Iraq, the Crime Bill (which Hillary didnt vote for, but Biden WROTE), not to mention allowing Anita Hill to be eviscerated, letting Clarence Thomas get confirmed to a lifetime seat, and aligning with segregationists to undermine integration. I dont think any of these disqualify him, but I do question why Joe is being held to a different standard than Hillary, Nancy and Dianne.