Sorry, Joe - there were many reasons Obama picked you as his running mate

[StarfishSaver]

But your "long-standing relationship" with the black community probably wasn't among the top 10 of them.

[IronLionZion]

1. Biden was chosen for the same reason some DUers think he can beat Trump

to get white voters in the midwest

[StarfishSaver]

2. Exactly.

His strong relationships in the black community were a result of his being Obama's VP, not the reason for it

[oasis]

3. The primaries in South Carolina will lift Biden. Then you'll see

[StarfishSaver]

4. The South Carolina primary results have nothing to do with my OP

[oasis]

5. Fair enough. I'll wait till then and kick this OP after the results are in.

[quickesst]

6. "probably"

Which means you don't know whether it was one of the reasons or not. If you want to remove the word probably from your statement, then of course you must be able to prove it as fact. The word probably means you are guessing, and the removal of the word probably means it is incumbent upon you to prove it as fact.

[StarfishSaver]

7. What proof do you have that Obama picked Biden because of his relationship with the black community?

And no - Biden saying so isn't proof.

If you don't have any proof, you're in no position to complain that anyone else is guessing that he's wrong since you yourself are simply guessing, without proof, that he's right.

[quickesst]

8. haha....

I haven't claimed that he did or didn't. I don't have to prove anything. I simply pointed out that's your claim is nothing more than a personal opinion, and has no basis in fact.

[StarfishSaver]

9. You don't have to prove anything. Neither do I. He made the claim, without any proof.

[quickesst]

10. "He made the claim, without any proof."

So did you. What proof do you have that Obama did not take Joe Biden's standing with the black community into consideration? A statement to that effect from Barack Obama? ESP? I would assume that there were more important reasons why Obama chose Joe Biden than his standing with the black community. I would venture a guess there were at least two or three reasons that took precedence, so how do you know that Joe Biden's standing in the black community was not one of the remaining seven reasons in your top 10? Do you know, or are you guessing?