Cautious Optimism on Biden
So I just saw one of these "national" news pieces about Biden and it is giving me cause for perhaps some optimism. It is also funny how finicky the stories can change which is why my optimism remains cautious (I say this because a story like I just saw while Biden was a candidate for President might have allowed him to do more than just drop out, but instead during those days the story was on his mouthy, folksy racist statement against Obama, which he didn't mean with hatred but with ignorance, but which nonetheless reminded African-Americans- I assume- of just what they struggle against every day in the US).
This story on "The Today Show" defined Joe Biden as a humble Irish Catholic of the working classes whose life was marred by tragedy. If his Irish Catholic roots compose a large part of the story then there might be a chance for him to pull in people who are suspicious or hostile towards Obama. Of course if Republicans have their way they will pull a page from the Kerry playbook and try to play up his support for women and women's health options as somehow anti-Catholic. My only hope is that Biden and Obama somehow manage to hold on to the Irish, Catholic, Working Class frame for Biden. If they do and the frame (and it is all about frames... just ask George Lakoff) holds there is a real chance to pull in voters in Western PA, Ohio etc, all the areas where people are aware enough to know that they are hurting, but not educated enough to recognize that voting for Republicans only exacerbates their economic pain and all the rippling extra consequences (broken homes, drug dependency, violence etc.). Here is the hoping. See even the Travellinguist can be optimistic at times.
Labels: Biden Working Class Irish Frame VP Obama
posted by travellinguist @ 5:45 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home