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Black Reaction Online to Joe Biden as VP

August 23, 2008 by Jack and Jill P...

I’ve been poking around the blogs and papers and watching twitter, talking to friends. Overall, I’d say there’s at best a resignation factor e.g. it could have be worse. A shrug factor. A sigh. A yawn or even eye-rolling cynical sentiment among black folks. There’s a willingness to try and see the positives - Joe’s not without  supporters in the black community. There’s also a hint of concern about some of the things Biden has said — and what he might say. And a little hostility for some.

Here’s a quick roundup so far of typical and/or interesting responses.

As a friend who also happens to be black texted me this am:

Well, Obama’s got his attack dog, that’s for sure. At the very least this will be entertaining. Joe’s always good for foot-in-mouth fun.

Tru dat. In McCain vs Biden, we have got some white hair Crazy-on-Crazy competitive action coming up. I think McCain is gonna win that hands down though.

Nobody texted me, but the nets are all calling it: Obama picks Biden for VP

August 23, 2008 by Blue Jersey

In Biden, Obama gets a street fighter whose toughness may serve as a needed counterpoint to Obama's smooth, gentlemanly style. He also gets a running-mate who possesses the longevity on the national scene that Obama lacks; Biden is the fouth-longest serving Democrat currently in the Senate. Obama prevailed by making the primary about judgement, not "experience," but now that he's got the nomination sewed up, it will not hurt to have Biden standing beside him, considering that McCain will likely try to throw "lack of experience" at Obama, as Hillary Clinton tried to do, with some success.

The scorecard on Biden's judgment is mixed. He is Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and you would think that perspective would lead him to more diplomatic solutions in the days after September 11. Yet, Biden voted for the war, jumping on the Bush bandwagon blaming Saddam Hussein for the World Trade Center, though only after a failed bi-partisan attempt (with ranking Republican Richard Lugar) to persuade the President to go to war only after diplomatic solutions failed.

Joe Biden For VP? He Has too much baggage on issues of color and race

August 20, 2008 by AfricanAmerican...