The media vs. the t***h (Page 2): Your argument would hold more weight if it weren't that for the last 200 years you had to be male and White to be the Vice President. Isn't it about...

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

boberic wrote:

Apparently you aren't paying attention to most of Bidens advisors. They have gone on record saying "Unless you choose a black woman as VP" you won't win the black v**e. And BTW black and/or female should not be any (not just the first two) consideration. There one AND ONLY one consideration. Who is the most qualified to be president. That is one of the reasons why McCain lost. Palin was not the best choice, as she was not qualified to be president.

Your argument would hold more weight if it weren't that for the last 200 years you had to be male and White to be the Vice President.
Isn't it about time?

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Frank T wrote:

Your argument would hold more weight if it weren't that for the last 200 years you had to be male and White to be the Vice President.
Isn't it about time?

Yes if the candidate was chosen on the basis of qualfications. But not on the basis of sex and color. Candy Rice would have been qualified. But she didn't want the job. Smart Lady

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

boberic wrote:

Yes if the candidate was chosen on the basis of qualfications. But not on the basis of sex and color. Candy Rice would have been qualified. But she didn't want the job. Smart Lady

Yeah, Trump was well qualified.

Worse yet he has proven he wasn't and isn't. One of the few positive accomplishments was being able to continue the economic recovery that was already well under way.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

DaveO wrote:

Yeah, Trump was well qualified.

Worse yet he has proven he wasn't and isn't. One of the few positive accomplishments was being able to continue the economic recovery that was already well under way.

Memory challenged are we? The so called Obama recovery after a recession was acknowledged by economists as the worst in history. The only president to Never see the GDP go above 3.0 Trump left Obama's recovery in the dust setting all new records.

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

mwalsh wrote:

All the alt-righties claiming the Joe chose her solely on the basis of being black and female are truly showing shallowness of thought process (lack of thought process.)

That was the just the first two criteria...not the sole criteria.

All the mooing about how he should of chosen the most qualified person without consideration to g****r or race is also shallow. There are tons of qualifed people....there are also many qualified women of color...

I firmly believe that Joe had little say in the se******n of his VP.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Fotoartist wrote:

Memory challenged are we? The so called Obama recovery after a recession was acknowledged by economists as the worst in history. The only president to Never see the GDP go above 3.0 Trump left Obama's recovery in the dust setting all new records.

Really? Look at where we were and the gains, unmatched by the way, in the unemployment area. For every economist you can cite, I would suggest that you can find several reputable ones to dispute such claims. Also keep in mind that most will concede that it takes a fairly protracted period of time for any president to have an effect with any new policies. There is no question that the economy was improving, albeit the rate can certainly be an area of discussion.

mwalsh Loc: Houston

Fotoartist wrote:

Memory challenged are we? The so called Obama recovery after a recession was acknowledged by economists as the worst in history. The only president to Never see the GDP go above 3.0 Trump left Obama's recovery in the dust setting all new records.

I will assume you mean annual GDP growth never went above 3% while Obama was POTUS. True.

But Obama is not the only POTUS to not see that 3% annual rate.

When did annual GDP go above 3.0 while Trump has been POTUS?

Its not a trick question, but you will likely be surprised.

On a quarterly basis, the growth rate hit in the 5% area several times while Obama was in....its never gone above about 3.5% under Trump.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2020/02/21/trumps-gdp-growth-rate-is-only-03-greater-than-obamas/#24d461356f4b

You can make stuff up all day...you just can't make it true.

DennyT Loc: Central Missouri woods

Tex-s wrote:

Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his VP running ma... (show quote)

Is a “ nasty” liar different than a regular liar.

Your bias is showing and casting a big dark shadow in you entire post.

Kraken Loc: Barry's Bay

mwalsh wrote:

I will assume you mean annual GDP growth never wen... (show quote)

What if you repeat it enough times? And they will.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

boberic wrote:

Harris was chosen for 2 and ONLY TWO reasons. Nneither of which had anything to do with qualifications. In fact it was a r****t dicision. BLACK and FEMALE. That's it. Any one who thinks otherwise is a stupid fool.
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And misogynist, no?

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Knicker twisting time!

wilpharm Loc: Oklahoma

boberic wrote:

Harris was chosen for 2 and ONLY TWO reasons. Nneither of which had anything to do with qualifications. In fact it was a r****t dicision. BLACK and FEMALE. That's it. Any one who thinks otherwise is a stupid fool.
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well...you nailed lil frank on that one!!!

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

mwalsh wrote:

I will assume you mean annual GDP growth never wen... (show quote)

Obama averaged 2% annual GDP over 8 years. Trump has averaged 2.5% in his first 3 years, 25% better than Obama. But give Trump time. Trump did it with good tax and regulation policies. I can't for the life of me think of one Obama economic policy but Cash for Clunkers. Obama was propped up by free money from the Fed for 8 straight years.

mwalsh Loc: Houston

Fotoartist wrote:

Obama averaged 2% annual GDP over 8 years. Trump has averaged 2.5% in his first 3 years, 25% better than Obama. But give Trump time. Trump did it with good tax and regulation policies. I can't for the life of me think of one Obama economic policy but Cash for Clunkers. Obama was propped up by free money from the Fed for 8 straight years.

Of course trump did not start his tenure with the economy in a decline. The only real claim that can be made about the economy over the past three years is that it became more consistent...did not have the wide gyrations that occurred while Obama was prez.

To claim that trump "turned around" a bad economy or that he has achieved the greatest economy ever is just propaganda bs.

I showed you the numbers already...deny them all you wish.

You can make up stuff all you want...you just can't make it be true.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

boberic wrote:

Apparently you aren't paying attention to most of Bidens advisors. They have gone on record saying "Unless you choose a black woman as VP" you won't win the black v**e. And BTW black and/or female should not be any (not just the first two) consideration. There one AND ONLY one consideration. Who is the most qualified to be president. That is one of the reasons why McCain lost. Palin was not the best choice, as she was not qualified to be president.

Someone in the past may have chosen a VP candidate because they were the most qualified for the job, but generally the VP is chosen based on how they may help the e******n. Was Palin most qualified? Was Dan potato Quale? A candidate's job is to get elected. If they get elected all the other things become important. Under Johnson people forgot all about Humphrey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUnHZAUR6hE