It's gonna be a long 3 months.

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lots of right wingers that seem to do nothing but make comments on news items - Yahoo seem to respond to that by putting on a blindfold.

have nothing better to do than pollute the internet.

Russia hacked into something like 3 billion Yahoo accounts a few years ago (sometime before the 2016 election).

Lots of people used Yahoo e-mail in the past, then switched years ago to Google and other options. So it wouldn't be surprising if many of those accounts had been forgotten by previous users.

comments; it has been a few weeks.

I pointed out that unless Yahoo heavily moderate them, the company should get rid of them. Yahoo comments are a haven for racists, women haters, and religious bigots. They always seem to be there to post vile shit that stays up.

Thighland? Maybe we can ask Stormy Daniels as to where this mysterious country is located. Apparently it might be near Thailand.

Link to tweet

Vote Blue!

I don't mean it as a diss on Joe at all, but the oppostion in this case is so spectacularly awful that most people inclined to vote for him at this point, would do so if he showed up for a rally drunk, in his pajamas and with a cat as his running mate.....
The people who are inclined to vote against him will find imaginary reasons for doing so anyway...

Which leaves that small % of swing voters whose mentality is largely incomprehensible - at least to me. Who knows what drives them...

Hence, your consistent use of 'n/t'

Does 2+2=22?
Yes, n/t

I think you may want to check your calculations. Seems fuzzy.

it's all a lot are talking about. African Americans trended for a big chunk of the day yesterday and today black voters is trending.

Joe needs to be careful with what he says. I don't think it's a big gaffe but the problem is that he is not doing a lot of events, so, these gaffes stand out more since they're often what we hear when he's mentioned. I don't think it'd be a big deal in a normal campaign but if he's going to do only one major interview every two or three weeks, and essentially go radio silent between that, he can't have these gaffes or that's what everyone discusses when he's actually in the news. Then eventually, that's all anyone ever hears.

The interview was a tough one. I'll give props to Joe for doing it but he struggled at times during it and, as they did with Trump's last interview, the media is going to focus on the areas that highlight most his struggle. Hopefully he can work on that because right now, it's the buzz of Twitter and while Twitter isn't everything, I do think it's a good representation of what people are talking about.

Most of his gaffes are on race. That's why an African American running mate is a necessity !

Every single A-A pundit I saw on MSNBC and CNN (well over 10 or 15 by now) said it was a gaffe and most said he tends to make them on racial issues and (as you and Clyburn said), that is why he needs a black female running mate.

The repugs ignore the real issues and waste their time on inane things like this that won't change anyone's vote.

First generation Latin Americans can come from various different latin american countries in Central And South America. There is a tinge of pain sensitivity when we all get lumped into one one or two categories, assigned as Latinos or Mexican Americans, but we do our best to fall in place.

However, in that huge "diverse" group that Biden mentioned, we also have Latinos with strong African descent. And to complicate the issue, we also have other people with family origins that come from Europe. Argentina, for example. Very white.

So, the word "diverse" is subjective, especially when you have Black Americans who can claim the same connections to Latin America.

We are evidence of the melting pot.

there are no gaffes that Biden can do that trump trump.

and has exactly zero credibility on the issue of race- from here to eternity. I'm not quite sure what to make of Biden's comment but I don't think he's a racist.

they are raising a fuss that Biden basically said Black voters aren't as diverse as Hispanic voters?

What's not true about that? Black voters vote 9:1 Democrat over republican, Hispanic vote share relies much more on their geographic location in the country and the nation of origin of their closest non native relatives. Hispanics in Florida are much more republican than hispanics in Texas, for example.


Let's put a little punctuation on this.

The congressional black caucus has 55 members......55 democrats and 0 Republicans. That means either black Republicans don't want to associate with organizations focused on black issues or those organizations think the republicans are too out of step with their issues to let into the group.

That doesn't suggest diversity. it suggests that there are major overarching issues among the group that influence voting behavior. you know, something like institutional racism, the thing Republicans say doesn't exist.

See: Gina Torres, Laz Alonso, Amara la Negra, and the late Celia Cruz.

which is one of the reasons there is more diversity among that group.

I don't see this as insulting. Black voters should be voting as a bloc. If not there's no chance of them ever getting fair representation.

It's a bit insulting to African Americans

Hispanics tend to be more socially diverse. It's like trying to court the Italian or Jewish vote. There tend to be alot of Republican Hispanics too. They're all over the place down here. South Texas. Cowboy and rancher types.

Has he been fooling everyone, including the Obamas all along? Was his time as Vice President all just him working to destroy race relations? To undermine President Obama?

Paleeze! Some people need to get a life!

I am casting my very first vote ever this fall and it will be for the VP. Like a lot of other people who turned 18 in an election year, I am very excited and while VP Biden was not my primary choice, I am all in. But you and others need to stop acting as if really unfortunate stumbles that he makes can't be discussed. No one is saying he's a "rabid, spit-slinging racist." He said something foolish. He realizes that and clarified. It helps no one to act as if he did nothing wrong and people discussing it are being problematic.

It’s an excellent year for first time voters.

But you probably haven’t been around long enough to get it that all those so-called gaffes are, as Joe Biden would say, just malarkey. The Republicans have been making this shit up for longer than you’ve been alive.

I would be a bit more circumspect in how I tell long time Democrat’s to act. You’re on a political sight for Democrats. Defending the Democratic nominee for President is expected here.

However, I'm a young black woman. I have stated this elsewhere when I've engaged with fellow DUers. So I'm not really just talking to wag my Gen Z finger at long time Democrats. It is a friendly warning. Many of my friends and family, along with other people in the black community across the diaspora, were upset with the Vice President's statements. This is the third or fourth time he has had to clarify something rather silly he has said about black people.

The Vice President needs to be more careful in how he states things, particularly in regard to race. He has a young black staffer who has a high-level position. Her name escapes me, but I saw her often on AM Joy. I wish she would take him more in hand.

So your point is noted, and it was not my intent to be a scold. But I also hope you equally understand how I as a black Gen Z woman will have very strong and possibly very different opinions about comments made about my racial and ethnic group than those who are do not share those characteristics with me.

He must have fooled all of us.

If every time he says something he has to prove he isn’t a racist he might as well just drop the pretense he’s kept up all his life AND especially as President Obama’s Vice President.

In no way do my words suggest that, but because I am saying he said something silly about black people, you are jumping to this conclusion.

Just a thought: Black people are allowed to speak our minds when non-black people say something silly about us. That doesn't mean pistols at dawn. That doesn't mean we think the person is to the right of HP Lovecraft as far as racism. It just means we are speaking our minds about someone saying something silly about us.

No sarcasm tag needed.

You have every right to react the way you do, but to tell me I’m not helpful because I’m reacting to the lies and spin put out there by a Republicans and the media is a waste of both out times. The Republicans have been doing this since Ronald Reagan started running for President. It’s old, very old underhanded methods to confuse the issue for young voters and their base.

In their determination to win they are quite willing to destroy their opponents. No lie is too putrid nor is any slur too despicable for them. They lie. They smear. They attack and they never stop.

If you allow them to influence you even a little they are thankless and they will use you and then empty your pockets and thwart you at every opportunity.

I have no patience for their tactics.

Having said that I want to apologize to you. I was needlessly harsh and wrong. I hope you accept my apology because I really am delighted that anyone your age is voting as a Democrat. And I also believe that your generation is going to save us from ourselves and you’re going to save the planet too. Welcome to DU. I’m proof that we can get pretty cantankerous during election years.

I think that for me, it is difficult to be taken seriously. I'm sure everyone felt that at 18, but not everyone had four years of Trump to contend with. Many people seem to think my generation is doing nothing but making Tiktoks, taking potshots at Millennials, and going on IG Live to overshare. I am absolutely serious when I say I feel life will be over if that Orange gherkin gets another term in the White House. I and others of my generation will have no future at all. That's why I am very concerned at setbacks. I know rationally not to worry about Kanye, etc, but I am so scared for what this country will be if Trump is reelected. So I just want the Vice President to stay the course and when he makes mistakes like this, it just frightens me, that's all. So much is at stake here. I know I'm preaching to the choir.

So, allow me to apologize to you. I am learning a great deal by being here, which is why I've tried to "Talk Less and Smile More" and absorb the wisdom from those Dems who have been doing this for a long time, but who also remember being my age and just hungry for change and a country to be proud of.

You are more than welcomed here. We need you. The country needs you!

This is a good place to be. We are solid and we are determined and you’ll find a lot of incredibly smart DUers. We keep each other sane. In many ways we are as solid as family. I hope you’re here for many years!

And all white people are racist. But maybe he's not a rabid, spit slinging racist. He's probably one of the good racists.

Hispanics are extremely diverse.

It is good that he is working on outreach and realizing this immense task.
Many are not going to be moved by children in cages.

Glad he clarified, though.