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    Re: I should have known re: Bernie v Biden Archived Message

    Posted by Raskolnikov on June 28, 2019, 8:33 am, in reply to "I should have known re: Bernie v Biden"

    https://www.dumptheguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/28/democratic-debate-kamala-harris-leads-changing-of-guard

    the fraud followed up with a second piece where they revel in the fact that there are no "straight, white men" who did well in the debates as if this ####ing matters.

    In the most dramatic moment, Harris challenged former Biden over his recent comments about working with segregationist senators early in his career, as well as opposing government-mandated bussing – transporting students to schools within or outside their local districts to rectify racial segregation – in the 1970s. It was an exchange that illustrated a yawning gap in age and race.

    “I do not believe you are a racist,” she said in a withering tone for which she is becoming famous.

    “And I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground. But I also believe – and it’s personal and it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country.”

    The senator pressed on: “It was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day.”

    Then, the killer line: “That little girl was me.”

    The crowd erupted. It was the moment in every courtroom drama when the accused is skewered. It was the mic drop moment. It could possibly end up being the Biden-loses-his-third-bid-for-president moment.

    Jesus wept.

    It was a bruising exchange that exemplified the two-night debate involving 20 candidates, the speaking of Spanish and the championing of trans rights. The breakout stars were Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren. None is a straight white male. A changing of the guard.

    Indeed, Thursday’s debate put Biden and Bernie Sanders centre-stage, two white men with a combined age of 153. On either side of them were Harris, 54, and Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who at 37 is youngest in the field and bidding to become the first openly gay president. It was Harris and Buttigieg, who was honest about his failings regarding policing and race relations, who carried the day.

    And once again, you'd be forvgiven for thinking Sanders had been silent all night:

    Sanders hit the usual notes for his base but did little to expand it. Asked about diversity, he struggled, as always, and reverted to economics. He too seemed out of touch with the America of Black Lives Matter.

    The final line:

    One other question lingered in the air. What did Obama make of it all?

    ........................you can write your own punchlines to this.





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