Joan Walsh to Joe Biden: "Don't run"

[PDittie]

CNN political analyst Joan Walsh suggested that if former Vice-President Joe Biden really wanted to change the so-called “white man’s culture” then he would not run for President in 2020.

Walsh’s remarks were in response to comments Biden made on Tuesday lamenting how Anita Hill was treated during the Clarence Thomas hearings — hearings over which Biden presided.

Panning the “white man’s culture,” Biden said this during the Biden Courage Awards ceremony in New York: “She paid a terrible price. She was abused through the hearing…To this day, I regret I couldn’t get her the kind of hearing she deserved.”

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“You’ve got Joe Biden as the white grandfather in all of this, the white man saying it’s a white man’s culture. Okay. It’s got to change,” (host Erin) Burnett said.

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“I have an idea for how he can change it. Don’t run,” Walsh said. “Come out and support a woman. There’s six women in the race, four female senators. If you want to change it, that’s a way to change it. You know, I admire Joe Biden. I am a fond Democrat. He was a great vice president. But you want to change it? Don’t run.”

She then added his treatment of Hill was not going away.

It “will remain a huge issue if he does run,” she stressed.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-joan-walsh-to-biden-if-you-want-to-change-white-mans-culture-in-2020-dont-run/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Bugger off, Joan.

What about the other white men - Beto, Bernie, Buttagieg, etc., are they disqualified, too? Or just Joe?

[RandySF]

3. I saw trolls attacking Mayor Pete for being a white male

[RLG]

31. But it's not trolling.

He is a white male.

[RandySF]

32. Ok

I saw idiots attacking Mayor Pete for being a white male.

[RHMerriman]

7. One of the most significant issues in 2020 is going to be legitimacy, as in who can

One of the most significant issues in 2020 is going to be legitimacy, as in who can restore it to a federal government that has been tarnished by the excesses of the Trump Administration and campaign, much less the GOP (Sessions, Flynn, Manafort, Gates, Cohen, etc.)...

Biden's history includes a lot of baggage; but it also includes a lot of institutional knowledge of the post-Watergate norms of politics and governance.

Something to be said for that; whether Biden can make the case it is significant enough to warrant support for a campaign for the nomination, and then for the presidency, remains to be seen.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Joe has advantages and flaws. Whether one outweighs the other

is for us to decide, not the likes of Joan Walsh.

[RHMerriman]

9. Indeed...

All candidates have flaws; most have strengths as well.

Punditry has no job description; reporters and editors do, but apparently pundits are self-identified.

[brooklynite]

22. Joe is the white male most likely (based on polling) to win the nomination.

[RandySF]

2. This is getting old

I'm all for everyone getting in and letting us sort it all out, and a black woman is among my top two choices.

[chimpymustgo]

4. Could not had said it better. Joe had his moment and took a pass.

Old white man...go fishing...or something. Don't run for President! Again!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Does that go for Bernie, too?

[TwilightZone]

13. He "took a pass" because his son died.

I'm sure it wasn't a decision he took as lightly as you're suggesting.

[Peacetrain]

21. Bull-Hockey!!!!

As my dear old Dad used to say... Anyone can run and we do not do tests of who they are or are not, .. this is the Democratic Party..not the Republican Party

[aikoaiko]

6. I just don't like journalists and media telling candidates to not run.

Rubs me the wrong way.

Endorse who you like, but let the voters decide whether a candidacy is worthy.

[Stuart G]

10. Joan Walsh view doesn't represent everyone's view. That's all.

[randr]

11. Biden had his moment in the spot light

He failed.

[Demsrule86]

18. Nonsense.

He can beat Trump. Joe will take PA without which Trump can't win,

[Karadeniz]

12. I'm not sure that in running against Trump the Anita Hill mistake would be consequential.

Trump and his supporters are hardly in a position to condemn decisions made concerning a woman. Joe is basically a good human being and probably is genuinely regretful.

[LovingA2andMI]

14. Actually...

He should run as he need to atone for this moment in his history. Biden likely cannot unless an African-American women joins as his V.P. but he need to answer for his treatment of Anita Hill, in debate after debate before he can make a dent into righting that WRONG.

[BlueFlorida]

15. Joe, Kamala and Beto have the best chance of beating Trump

I don't care about their gender, color or species.

If a green iguana could beat Trump, that would be fine with me.

[Demsrule86]

16. Mind your business Joan. Far worse to reelect Trump, I do not believe

a woman can win the presidency...too much misogyny. We must beat Trump.

[Celerity]

20. really????

I do not believe a woman can win the presidency

Ridiculous, but that is just my opinion.

[Demsrule86]

25. The misogyny out there is terrible. Why risk it?

[Celerity]

26. NOT buying it at all, and it's so so wrong to frame all female candidates as risks!

Try pushing that out as a national message during the primaries and watch us COLLAPSE against the orange monster. The alienation of women voters would be immense and devastating.

Just so wrong on so many levels.

[Demsrule86]

29. It is an opinion. I wish I didn't think it...I love kamala but I do

not believe she can win a general.

[George II]

17. Biden isn't my first choice (yet) but who needs someone like her telling him to not run?

[BlueStater]

19. Biden had his time.

He represents the past and certainly not the future. He just needs to go away, at least as a presidential candidate.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. If he's the candidate who can Trump, he can stick around a little longer.

[MineralMan]

24. Who? Never heard of her.

I have heard of Joe Biden, though. I suspect that, in that, I'm not a lot different from the rest of the voters in this country.

I think I'll ignore Ms. Walsh's opinion, and expect that Joe Biden will, as well.

[FM123]

27. As a woman, I feel the best way to support women is to put someone in the WH that will support women

[stonecutter357]

28. Joe Biden 2020 !

[lark]

30. Who the fuck gives one God damn what this woman says?

I for one sure don't. She says she wants a woman, but bet you anything she's one of the ones already hammering on Liz, Amy and Kamala for sins that would never be mentioned or even considered if they were men. MSM doing what it always does, trying to make it even, get someone in who drumpf would poll even with and they have ratings! That's what most of these care about, certainly not the facts. Looks like defeating Drumpf is not her main goal anyway, just taking out the best almost surefire option to win for Dems.