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live love laugh

(13,003 posts)
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 11:20 PM Mar 2021

Every time I see Biden with Harris I'm reminded what a good man he is

A lesser man like the former guy would’ve shunned Harris for that embarrassing moment in the debate.

Joe Biden did the opposite.

He had a wide field to choose from.

His choice set an example of decency for the world.

I love him for that.

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Every time I see Biden with Harris I'm reminded what a good man he is (Original Post) live love laugh Mar 2021 OP
I agree with you LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2021 #1
the right man for the right time.... samnsara Mar 2021 #2
That's exactly right canetoad Mar 2021 #18
They are a good team. sheshe2 Mar 2021 #3
I agree. brer cat Mar 2021 #4
He is confident enough not to be intimidated by a strong woman. That in itself speaks LiberalBrooke Mar 2021 #5
Confident enough to team with someone who had challenged him... GopherGal Mar 2021 #9
I'm really glad he made it this time, and he chose most wisely. Baked Potato Mar 2021 #6
It also reminds me what a good woman SHE is. And how secure Biden is in Beastly Boy Mar 2021 #7
the perfect man demtenjeep Mar 2021 #8
lot of bullshit about nothing bigtree Mar 2021 #10
Many people are not decent though as we saw with how Neera Tanden is treated JI7 Mar 2021 #12
+1 Lucinda Mar 2021 #14
I don't think it was a legitimate point ... ARandomPerson Mar 2021 #16
I appreciated her raising it bigtree Mar 2021 #17
Also, it was said that when they were vetting for VP he liked it that she stood JI7 Mar 2021 #11
He shares the spotlight with her too left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #13
Joe rocks. Joinfortmill Mar 2021 #15

LetMyPeopleVote

(143,999 posts)
1. I agree with you
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 11:21 PM
Mar 2021

I got to meet Joe twice in person at fundraisers back in 2019 before the COVID restrictions. Joe is a good man.

canetoad

(17,088 posts)
18. That's exactly right
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 01:45 AM
Mar 2021

I know Joe has had a few shots at the Presidency, but this time around, from the whole field of candidates, he was the ONE who could beat Trump by being his polar opposite. The steady, experienced hand vs. the dilletantes and know-nothings.

LiberalBrooke

(527 posts)
5. He is confident enough not to be intimidated by a strong woman. That in itself speaks
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 11:40 PM
Mar 2021

wonders for him. He respects both women and intelligence.

GopherGal

(1,999 posts)
9. Confident enough to team with someone who had challenged him...
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 12:11 AM
Mar 2021

unlike TFG, who was way too insecure to associate with anyone other than sycophants. And we certainly saw what kind of swamp-dwellers he ended up with.

Quite a contrast to a "Team of Rivals" as Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote of Lincoln's cabinet.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
6. I'm really glad he made it this time, and he chose most wisely.
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 12:06 AM
Mar 2021

Both of our leaders complement each other in ways which will never be matched by the other side.

Beastly Boy

(9,060 posts)
7. It also reminds me what a good woman SHE is. And how secure Biden is in
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 12:08 AM
Mar 2021

fully acknowledging this in a woman of color.

bigtree

(85,917 posts)
10. lot of bullshit about nothing
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 12:19 AM
Mar 2021

...if you watched the two friends afterward, it wasn't the outrage people made it out to be.

Joe Biden acknowledged her broader point and moved on, but some people twisted it into something horrible and unforgiving. It's just weird, and they would have just buried Kamala Harris for what was a legitimate point, by belaboring the worst interpretation of what she said in the debate.

Let it go. It didn't take 'decency' to pick the person MOST Democrats polled said they wanted as Vice President.

ARandomPerson

(2,406 posts)
16. I don't think it was a legitimate point ...
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 12:55 AM
Mar 2021

... not in the way Harris used it, especially with the ready-made T-shirts. She went down in my estimation after that stunt.

bigtree

(85,917 posts)
17. I appreciated her raising it
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 01:41 AM
Mar 2021

...it resonated with me.

With Joe Biden, too...

"Biden apologizes for remarks on segregationists.."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-invoking-obama-s-picking-him-vice-president-defend-record-n1027096

...he acknowledged the “misstep” weeks ago at a Democratic fundraiser when he noted he had to work alongside segregationists when he first joined the Senate, but did so with “civility.”

“Now was I wrong a few weeks ago, to somehow give the impression to people that I was praising those men who I successfully opposed, time and again? Yes, I was,” he said. "I regret it and I am sorry for any of the pain or misconception that may have caused anybody.”

That's pretty decent.



JI7

(89,174 posts)
11. Also, it was said that when they were vetting for VP he liked it that she stood
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 12:19 AM
Mar 2021

by what she said in the debates.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
13. He shares the spotlight with her too
Sun Mar 14, 2021, 12:21 AM
Mar 2021

He doesn't stick her in an office somewhere out of sight like Trump did with Pence.

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