Looks like Joe may win Georgia -- and the election

I had planned not to write another post until the election was called. But Steve Colbert is beyond magnificent in the video embedded above. Even if you're not a Colbert fan, you should watch this one. He's dressed the way I usually feel.

 

I need to point out one fact which most liberals would prefer to forget. 

 

At one point in the above monologue, Colbert plays an instantly-infamous clip of a Trumper in Arizona screaming nonsense about the "Biden crime family." That man's outburst was terrifyingly inane, no doubt about it. But is that asshole really so very different from the left-wing maniacs who -- with just as much ferocity and just as little evidence -- screamed about "the Clinton crime family" throughout the 2008 primaries? 

 

I remember those days. I'll never forget.  And I'll never forgive.

Kos and D.U. and Huffpo and TPM were filled with anti-Clinton conspiracy theories -- Vince Foster, "the Clinton death list," Whitewater, all of it. Democratic sites overflowed with commentary that was every bit as repulsive, thoughtless and paranoid as what we're hearing right now from the Q qretins. These displays of Clinton Derangement Syndrome were not occasional or sporadic; they came every minute of every hour of every day -- and they came from (putative) liberals. Kos published at least one death threat against Hillary. 

 

In 2008, Keith Olbermann broadcast a plea to have Hillary murdered. He did not apologize until years later. Is there any substantive difference between Olbermann 2008 and the beer-addled Arizona Asshole seen in the video embedded above?

 

The BernieBros recapitulated the same "Clinton crime family" madness in 2016. They were just as hideous as the Trumpers are now. Never forget. Never forgive.

Lefties condemn Trump supporters who act like raving Bedlamites. But when progressives act in the same disgusting way, Democrats ignore or rationalize obnoxious behavior. That double standard must end.

 

On another topic:

Purple Blacks are gold. In the preceding post, I argued that the Democrats paid too much attention to African Americans and not enough to Hispanics. For the most part, I still feel that way. If Dems had focused more on Hispanic voters -- for example, if Biden had picked a Latina running mate -- we might have won Florida and even Texas. (As I write, there is still a chance that AZ will go red.) Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for letting Trump peel off so much of the Hispanic vote.

 

But I may have been premature when I used this phrase to sum up the situation: "Black ain't purple. Brown is purple." 

 

Frankly, it's still hard for me to get used to the idea of Georgia as a purple state. I'm an old dog, and that is one hell of a new trick. But if Biden wins there -- and he just now pulled ahead in the counting -- we will unquestionably have Black voters to thank. (Also see here and here.)

 

I, for one, will offer those thanks on my knees and with tears of gratitude in my eyes.

 

So let me restate my position. In most of the country, Black ain't purple. African Americans tend to live in solid blue states (NY, CA, IL) or solid red states (the south), while Hispanics outside of California tend to live in battleground states. That's why I think the party should stop talking about African American issues all the damn time, and should be downright obsequious in courting people who speak Spanish. 

 

I really like Joy Reid, but why isn't there an Hispanic equivalent of Joy Reid on MSNBC? Why aren't there more Hispanic "talking heads" on that network?

 

That said: It is also true that Black voters helped Biden win Michigan -- and right now, it looks as though they've given us Georgia. 

 

Purple Blacks are gold.