Sen. Joe Biden has been named Sen. Barack Obama’s choice for Vice President. The best thing people of color can say about Biden is he’s like cold faucet water: you can add any flavor you like. He doesn’t have any rep at all with black folks. He called Obama “articulate” once, but he can be forgiven for his imprecise language: white people everywhere are struggling to come to grips and articulate their emotions about discovering an eloquent black man, what, with his relentless swagger and terrorist fist bump. Obama looks familiar to Us, but to white America he remains an extraterrestrial, and Biden has been to this point as bereft of adjectives as most of his ilk. So obviously, he gets a pass.
With Biden and all his cool credentials and no heavy additives, pollutants or bitter taste, Obama going to add his flavor and essentially make political Kool Aid, which was the best thing for the party. I doubt the Clinton supporters will be sipping, and I see some salt her game that her supporters might throw in the mix. But let’s face facts: Obama needed a white man in his stable. Flat out. I’m not an Obama supporter: in fact, I haven’t chosen sides one way or the next. I like to keep my politics to myself. Suffice it to say, however, as white men go, he could have done a lot worse than Biden.
August 23rd, 2008 | Uncategorized