The VOR
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Why didn't I nominate one what, for what?Then why didn't you nominate one?Picking a woman to be his running mate is tokenism?Tokenism for the Party that lives on itJoe Biden may have sown up the Democrat nomination for President, but his thoughtless commitment to pick a woman (of color?) has made it much less likely that he could be elected. Because of his age and mental health issues, there will be serious questions about his capacity to serve out one full term as President, much less two. As a result, his choice for Vice President is much more important to voters than in previous elections.,
The problem with his commitment is that he will have reduced the gravity of his choice to that of tokenism. By ruling out all male (and White?) candidates, the person he selects will be scrutinized to a much greater degree than is usual. If it is seen as simply pandering to a particular voting block, the negative effects of this selection may far outweigh the positive.
I have no doubt that the DNC is weighing all of these considerations very carefully. The next four months will be verrry interesting...
Seems appropriate.
You do realize there are more women in this country than there are men, right?