I donтАЩt know the specifics of what you are talking about, but I just talked to a friend who was bused into a mostly African American school in San Francisco when busing first started in the early 60тАЩs. She said the gifted and talented classes were populated by the white kids from the suburbs, so it didnтАЩt work very well for integration.
It's about the entire body of work. Dig deep enough into the past, and you'll find skeletons in everyone's closet. Including yours. My calendar reads 2023, and I'm focused on the future. I'll buy you a beer if you'll join me there.
No, Paul, it doesn't make his actions hidden. But we're all free to make our decisions on who to vote, or not vote, for. From my perspective, Biden has a good record overall on Civil Rights. He was wrong on busing, but I'm okay with someone making mistakes and working to overcome them.
If you want to hold something that happened 40 years ago against him, by all means go ahead. But please don't make it sound like if we disagree, we're unethical or racist or something like that.
To take it a step further (and I don't believe this either), I'd still vote for a Biden who believed in segregated schools over a MAGA who embraces hanging instead of segregation. There's always nuances involved and we're never going to have what any of us might consider The Perfect. Just the Best We Can Do. And that truly has been Biden and I think needs to be for a few more years.
So, we're lucky he made deals with segregationists to end school integration plans?
We're lucky he understands that deals need to be made. A leader who doesn't make deals is called a dictator. DeSantis doesn't make deals.
So we're lucky he made deals to prevent integration?
I donтАЩt know the specifics of what you are talking about, but I just talked to a friend who was bused into a mostly African American school in San Francisco when busing first started in the early 60тАЩs. She said the gifted and talented classes were populated by the white kids from the suburbs, so it didnтАЩt work very well for integration.
It's about the entire body of work. Dig deep enough into the past, and you'll find skeletons in everyone's closet. Including yours. My calendar reads 2023, and I'm focused on the future. I'll buy you a beer if you'll join me there.
If you don't like what he did or said 40 years ago, you don't have to vote for him. Simple as that.
So that makes his actions hidden? Odd system of ethics you have
Why not be happy that Joe has evolved over time? Do you think he has the potential to regress? You don't think that he's being truthful?
What's your concern other than to simply criticize his past?
No, Paul, it doesn't make his actions hidden. But we're all free to make our decisions on who to vote, or not vote, for. From my perspective, Biden has a good record overall on Civil Rights. He was wrong on busing, but I'm okay with someone making mistakes and working to overcome them.
If you want to hold something that happened 40 years ago against him, by all means go ahead. But please don't make it sound like if we disagree, we're unethical or racist or something like that.
If I thought Biden today would work against integrating our schools, I wouldn't vote for him, but I don't think that.
To take it a step further (and I don't believe this either), I'd still vote for a Biden who believed in segregated schools over a MAGA who embraces hanging instead of segregation. There's always nuances involved and we're never going to have what any of us might consider The Perfect. Just the Best We Can Do. And that truly has been Biden and I think needs to be for a few more years.