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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
The hypocrisy of complaining that Harris was chosen because she's a black woman, yet never a peep about Pence being chosen because he's a white evangelical man.
Cards on the table, they're both qualified and have the experience to be Vice President (Pence had it before holding the position).
Harris is qualified, would do a the job to the best of her abilities, and frankly I'm gonna have the popcorn ready for the VP Debate.
Harris v. Pence has the potential to be much better than Biden v. Palin or Bentsen v. Quayle.
Loves me a political slaughter on the debate stage.
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I think the difference is the Democrats and the media. We've known it would be a woman for about 5 months now. We've known it would be 99% a black woman for about 1 month now (Wittmer got some headlines late). The Democrats themselves make it a big deal and are open to criticism.
When Pence was named, we had no idea. Ted Cruz named Carly Fiorina his running mate even before he lost the nomination and nobody cared. And even the previous female VP candidates, Ferrero and Palin weren't made such a big deal due to being female. This time, it's been pre-determined and made a big deal for months, therefore the criticism that a white man was never considered, it HAD to be this way. Harris is totally qualified but the setup makes it look bad.