1. I've heard some people say that Biden is being cynical here, that he really doesn't believe this & is just saying it because it appeals to the older, centrist Dems who are his base. I want to argue on behalf of Biden's sincerity. He really thinks this.https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1192181187466473472 …
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3. Biden is a man neither of the left or the right, but of elite friendship. He's buddy Biden, the guy who can bring people together and make deals. The enormous personal tragedies he's suffered is part of that -- it's made him open to people.
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4. On a human level, there's something admirable about Biden's cult of friendship, his sense that the personal suffering that unites us as human transcends ideology. But as a political program? It's a fucking disaster.
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5. I had a Nation column a while back explaining why friendship was so important to Biden. https://www.thenation.com/article/joe-biden-strom-thurmond-eastland/ …
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. Which is -- wait for it -- worse
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The premise is wrong. There is no "trans-ideological" friendship. Biden is at heart and soul a Republican, as Warren pointed out.
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But in some ways Biden as a believer in this post Trump fantasy world is more frightening than if he were just cynical.
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How can that possibly survive his eight years of failure managing senate relations in the Obama White House? I don’t understand maintaining this perspective after what happened with Merrick Garland.
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For a regular person, I am 100% for this. We should be open to people as people. If they have bad political views (assuming they aren't endorsing pure evil), we should try to change their views. For politicians though this is crazy & shows that he believes in nothing.
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