Quote (ThatAlex @ Mar 4 2020 02:01pm)
We all know about it, and we all see it. It's obvious. Nobody ever wants to admit it, but it's there.
People on this subforum hate Joseph Biden. The first question to ask: why? Why do you all hate him? The obvious answer: you didn't watch him in his prime.
Likely explanation: I know that most of you are around 14 or 15 years old. That means you only got into politics in the last couple years. So you never watched Biden in his prime.
And because you didn't watch him in his prime, you try to compensate for that by diving into voting records and analyzing previous public statements. But here's the thing: politics isn't played on Congressional voting records. The moment somebody brings up "previous racist statements on Black people" or "poor voting record on LGBT issues" I know they know nothing about real politics. Biden's impact cannot be encapsulated by historical analysis. He's the greatest Vice President ever, and one of the best candidates to ever run for President.
So when I hear somebody say that Sanders is better than Biden, I laugh, because I know that anybody who watched Biden in his prime wouldn't think that. Unlike you guys, I have watched politics for a significant amount of time, so I know that Biden is better.
You might be jealous of Biden's DNC support, or jealous of his status as the greatest Vice President in American history, or whatever. Unless you're a Democrat who watched politics in the 1980s, or watched Biden absolutely steamroll Anita Hill in the Senate chamber, you don't know what real, cold-blooded, killer instinct, will-to-win politics look like. And there's nothing wrong with that. This sub would make you think that Biden isn't even a top 100 Democratic candidate ever.
So don't go spouting bullshit about politicians you didn't watch. Talk about your "greats" like Sanders, The Best Democrat in the Field™, but leave the Biden talk to the adults. Fair?
Biden has likability. people who deny this are idiots trying to rewrite history. they'd be better served saying that his likability is to cover up malicious actions, rather than deny it exists.