Why It Couldn't Be Shapiro

 For some reason, I didn't feel like saying this before Kamala made her VP choice, but I am very happy that she did not go with Josh Shapiro.  And here is the reason:  because Shapiro is a Jew.


Now, before you attack me for being some sort of anti-Semite, let me explain why I feel that way.  If Kamala had picked Shapiro, the entire Democratic ticket would have been made up of minorities.  Only one thing wrong with that: you know perfectly well that, from that moment on, the entire Republican campaign would consist of telling white Americans that the Democratic party only exists to benefit minorities, and that only the Republicans represent white people, who are still a sizable majority in this country.  And you know that the Republican party already was prepared with a campaign strategy based on this single issue, and the mainstream press, supine to Republicans as usual, would allow it to define the 2024 election.


Sure, that is a racial line that the Republicans have been selling as hard as they can, at least since the days of Nixon, but if you are happy that it isn't the only ground on which the 2024 electoral battle will be fought, you must realize that the Democrats could not allow that to happen.

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Paula said…
I love Tim Walz!
August 8, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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