Guno צְבִי (06-02-2023)
Guno צְבִי (06-02-2023)
No you are just being dishonesty and i do not know why.
We ARE NOT discussing Newsome pick and my view or your view of it being oK. We have NEVER engaged in that discussion.
What we ARE discussing is you stated a view that xsaid you believe there is such a thing as a singular qualified person for a job and i questioned how and why you could think that as it does not follow any logic.
in every attempt to defend or explain your position you have instead went off to tangents to misrepresent as i think you realize you simply cannot defend it and instead of owning you want to deflect.
This 'singular best person' for the job is a political myth used to agitate people who are gullible. There will always be, especially for the SC or any Political position numerous people in many different groups, who will have the qualifications ALL OF WHICH are fine to choose. It will then come down to subjective criteria (do you prefer a SC Justice who worked as a Defense attorney or a prosecutor) which you may prefer one aspect and i may prefer another. What that does not mean is that the person picked was not qualified just because you would prefer it was the other person.
It is a lie. You seemingly have bought and internalized the lie and do not want to reflect on it and thus you deflect.
He was pandering because he was getting recalled. At the end of the day the recall wasn't close but for a period of time polls showed voters wanted him out so he was taking no chances. Black people make up a small percentage of California but are the most loyal Democratic voting block (especially black women) so he was trying to shore up that base.
Depending on your viewpoint what's funny is he likely had two candidates in mind when making this pledge, Karen Bass and Barbara Lee. Karen Bass is now Mayor of LA so she's out and Barbara Lee is running for the Senate seat so giving her the seat now would give her a huge advantage as an incumbent (and Newsom especially doesn't want to do that considering Pelosi has endorsed Adam Schiff for the seat). So now the name being thrown around is Oprah Winfrey.
But you are correct, the pandering pledges do a disservice to the people chosen.
Sessions said Bush's secretary was the single most qualified person in the country to be put on the Supreme Court. It was wrong but also stupid. She was laughed out of consideration. However there are lots and lots of highly qualified people for every government position. There is a notebook full of people in California for the senate.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
No you are being dishonest.
YOU and I disagreed over a 'best person for the job' and what that means, and that is what we have been discussing. You proclaimed you disagreed with me on that EXACT thing and we engagged.
You now want to back away from it and pretend that was never the case, which is fine. We can move on. It is a function of this forum that people do not want to own their positions and just deny them when they feel they are wrong later. I am used to it from others.
If you want me to go back and quote the origins of our dispute i can.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
we did not disagree though. Not in any supported way. You kept making points that when challenged you backed away from. In no way did you establish any argument for 'singular qualified person' for a job, a position you stated absolutely stated at the beginning you held in opposition to me.
The singular qualified person is a political myth created by right leaning derps simply to suggest anyone they do not agree with being picked is not qualified, when that is not the fact or accurate. A POTUS could say tomorrow if he gets a SC pick, he/she will choose a latino. That statement does not mean the person is any less qualified than anyone not latino. There will be qualified people in pretty much each group you could look at.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Well, I think it a very good policy. I mean, just look at how well the same logic worked for BRANDON when it came to choosing who would be his Vice President ! Don't be fooled, folks. Gavin Newsome may look like a moron, but actually he's one really "smart cookie." !
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Last edited by Dachshund; 06-02-2023 at 09:36 PM.
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