POLITICO: "The Left's Stupid Second-Guessing Of Biden"

Their opinion doesn't matter

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/politico/

I disagree with a significant amount of the reporting but this site is not a right wing site by a long ways

Knee-jerk denial is not an intelligent response to new information. It however is an excellent way of maintaining the kind of ignorance that defeats commitment and helps reelect Republicans.

Think it can’t be true? Check that out, because what if it is?

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‘Let’s you and him fight!’

One is that he frankly conspired to cover up a murder, and that should be disqualifying under any circumstances. But even without that, he simply was a very anti union guy when mayor of Chicago.

The "left" is its own worst enemy.

There's no denying or refuting it.

reminded me of the same thing. They do not see what that does? If it's to our advantage, we cheer it on.

I cite always Christine O'Donnell, who lost a Senate seat the Republicans had in the bag, but they chose the more extreme candidate (the Witch) and lost.

This helps to put things into perspective. It's just a short paragraph from the Politico article, but it certainly explains much.

fascist Fuhrer.

We banded together and gave Joe and Kamala over 81,000,000 votes and still counting. J&K are ahead of Trump by close to 7,000,000 votes. 4.3%.

Be afraid, Politico, you ain't seen nothin' yet. 100,000,000 Democratic votes in 2024.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/politico/

differs from theirs.

Their disparaging of the "Left", for example.

If Democrats are not the "Left", then what does that make us?

... Biden's choices. They have illustrated that "the left" are objecting to Biden's choices for unjustified reasons, or for reasons of pride (ie: "she said Bernie wasn't the best candidate, therefore we don't like her!" Of course nobody said those words, but that's their justification and motivation.)

In any case, I think it weakens whatever point you're trying to make by making absurd accusations like "their beloved fascist Fuhrer" when such things are demonstrably false.

That's all I'm trying to say.

Remember, Emanuel stonewalled the investigation into Laquan McDonald's murder until after he was safely re-elected



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rahm-emanuel-joe-biden-progressive-wing_n_5fc6af50c5b6e4b1ea4f8075?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Who in their right mind would support this pick?

Looking at the facts of this horrible incident and the facts surrounding it:

The shooting took place on October 14, 2014.
The investigation began almost immediately after the shooting.
The election took place on February 24, 2015 - just 133 days after the shooting.
On April 13, 2015 the US Attorney's office confirmed that it was conducting a FEDERAL investigation.

There was no cover up - murder cases move slowly and if evidence is capriciously released before an investigation is completed it could affect any subsequent legal actions, like Grand Jury proceedings, indictment, or trial.

Barely a year after the shooting (roughly the normal amount of time in such cases) the officer was charged with first-degree murder, and on December 16, 2015 he was indicted by a grand jury on six counts of first-degree murder and additional charges.

The officer involved, Jason Van Dyke, was tried and convicted of second-degree murder and is in prison.

Three officers were also charged with conspiracy, misconduct, and obstruction of justice connected with a "coverup" and were acquitted.

There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Rahm Emmanuel was involved in a "cover up".

I'm not crazy about Emmanuel and don't know what kind of job he'd do, if anything, in a Biden administration, but to falsely accuse him of a crime is simply wrong.

I think it's an intentional smear.

Emanuel's administration covered up video evidence of Laquan McDonald's murder that proved the cops lied. There is no other way to interpret the sequence of events

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/opinion/cover-up-in-chicago.html

....were charged with a coverup and subsequently acquitted.

The whole affair was messy and not handled properly, but that doesn't mean there was a coverup or intentional bungles. Even Emmanuel admitted that he made some errors in the handling of this. But they certainly didn't rise to the level of criminal behavior as many are claiming.

It was a coverup, plain and simple.

Everything else is just hairsplitting.

Because listen to Black voters, right?



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-naacp-cabinet-members-civil-rights-policy

... no need for me to repeat it all again here. I think he makes a better argument.

Look it up, the links are right there

At least not in any direct manner. It only paints a self-serving narrative that ignores the explosive nature of the video and how it upended the narrative surrounding Laquan's murder.

The fact of the matter is that Emanuel and his deputies kept the incriminating video under wraps because he was too scared to indict the crooked cops and risk the wrath of the cop unions during an election year. The video would have built up public pressure to put cops in handcuffs, complicating Rahm's campaign.

You could have read the NY Times op-ed analysis about the murder without dismissing it as an "editorial," but it is clear you are not interested in any good faith discussion of the topic. This will be the last reply I will make on this subject.

Hillary lost because of depressed turnout of PoC, youth and urban areas - Biden won because he brought it back to normal levels (even if not as high as Obama levels).

People fixate on the Spanberger type of districts. But the fact remains, Democrats are a metrocentric party that cannot win any statewide or national race without heavy turnout from our urban base. Just look at any electoral map by county, and it is evident that Dem votes are concentrated in urban (ie diverse) areas, for whom progressive issues such as policing, systemic racism and income inequality are front and center.

It's not.

....I've seen them criticized for not being so enough.

I always see it criticized here for being too far right....
(That doesn't make if too far right...I just see people complaining about it when they don't like an article)


I see it more neutral than anything...

There are a variety of opinions over at Politico.

They got nothin, in other words. 🙄

Here's another excerpt from the Politico article that I found to be very interesting.



And that last sentence actually deserves to be quoted again in its own gray box...

Klain’s success in positioning himself to the left of Ricchetti (who will serve in the West Wing as counselor) may be the best evidence that he has the necessary political cunning to be an effective chief of staff.

away with them so often. What is a slight difference in strategy or what can get enough votes is turned into an enormous serious ideological difference. Ridiculous.

And the ones going around claiming old idea like those in Emanuel and Reed's book are somehow new -- enough!

He covered up the murder of a black man - nothing he wrote in some book 15 years ago excuses that away. He also did many other illiberal things (not just 'centrist') as mayor.

It was our diverse urban base (Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Philly, Atlanta, etc) that flipped the swing states for Biden, and the policing issue as well as systemic racism is front and center for such voters.

....who WERE indicted and tried for a cover up were acquitted.

like they always do - which is the entire policing/systemic racism issue in a nutshell.

You may as well be talking to a waffle-iron for all the good it will to provide anyone with facts and reason. (Nice try, though!)