(12-28-2024, 10:22 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(12-28-2024, 10:08 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: That's a good point.  Maybe Biden was a little too honest about how he would pick his running mate.  I don't recall any other candidate giving the real reason.  It's usually some pablum about how they are picking the best person to do the job if something happens to the President, etc etc.  I don't recall Trump saying anything like "I am going to pick someone to shore up the evangelical vote."  Biden came right out and made the pick all about affirmative action, which was stupid because most people don't like affirmative action.

There is a bifurcation in principle here. Typical VP picks are for shoring up shades of political votes. DEI is based strictly on gender, race and sexual orientation. While those can be considered political in nature, they are superficial in nature as compared to ideological beliefs.