Sanders-supporting Democratic Convention delegates proposed a list
of suggested running mates for Biden — three black females.
I've been impressed by Rep. Lee's courage in voting against military
action and spending, for years, when hardly anyone else dared to.
Aside from that, I am unfamiliar with them, but I expect they are all
long-standing progressives. Maybe they are good choices. I am
disappointed by Karen Bass's willingness to participate in a
Scientology event in 2010, but mainly because she should have checked
more carefully which platforms to speak on. Surely they are all much
better than the plutocratist women we hear Biden's camp suggest.
However, I rebuke the delegates' foolishness in choosing these people
based on their race and their gender. Didn't we learn, from Obama, not
to let candidates' identity distract us from things that really matter?
Biden's statement that he will choose a woman was an attempt to
distract us with identity. The plan was that he would choose a
not-very-progressive woman and we'd be so thrilled by her identity
that we would fool ourselves into cheering.
When I was asked to say which VP candidate I preferred, and offered a
list of several women, I wrote in "Bernie Sanders" and said that he's
a tried and true progressive. If a woman were equally so, I'd support
her too, but I don't know of any.