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I would have preferred Cory Booker, but given that someone has to still be in the race to win...
I think Biden is (SOMEHOW) the safest choice (of the viable folks left to vote for)
1.
Based on all polling of likely voters both Bernie and Biden would beat Trump. I think its a safe assumption that polling will change as we get closer to November, but the i think those changes are more likely to be worse for Bernie than for Biden
Bidenās nomination is unlikely to impact the current numbers negativelyā His base of supporter is unlikely to grow or shrink (he is a known commodity on the dem side so turnout will probably mirror expectations and isnāt objectionable enough on the Republican side to increase their turnout)
Sandersā nomination impact is more uncertain and more likely to be negativeā He is a known commodity among democrats so his support there will likely remain as expected...BUT among republicans he has much more adamant opposition and may drive increased turn out (more so as Trump deliberately paints him as a full on socialist and Bernie doesn't deny it)
2.
A Bernie election pretty much ensures weāll lose many of the gains we had in the house and will 100% not take the senate. It will be impossible to run in a purple state while trying to support a āsocialistā presidential candidate (they could choose to NOT support Bernie...but that has other impacts on Bernieās chances and we may end up losing both the presidency and the houses). In house/senate races republicans will (a) paint all candidates as socialists who support Bernie or (b) Make the case that electing a republican will restrain Bernieās worst impulses.
Biden on the other hand is a run of the mill democrat. Wonāt hurt or hinder state level races while leaving the avenue open for democrats to make the case that we at minimum need a Congress/Senate that will restrain the potential president Trumpās second term.
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To me, this is an effort to minimize the likelihood of a Republican House + Senate + Presidentā¦.and unfortunately (SOMEHOW)...Biden does that as the least threatening option for folks who view the national election as a referendum on Trump.
Would he be my first choice HELL NO...But the sad reality is that he is a better choice than the likely alternative.
Now Iām just holding out hope for Stacey Abrams to get the VP slot that puts her on track to be the first black female president
Even a full on deluge* wonāt have the equivalent impact on down ballot races of running on a āsocialistā platform (even a democratic one)
*There is no proof to date that Joe Biden was involved in anything illegal or unethical related to Burisma (and Iām sure republicans have been searching). The worst thing likely to come out is that his son is a idiot who tried to leverage his fathers name**...which Iām pretty sure is what people assume happened already.
**Likeliest source being the Burisma hack by the Russians a few months ago
Pro
Iām a Bernie supporter and I donāt have any illusions about how we fair among the masses, when placed up against a favored status quo Democrat. Itās true people didnāt like Clinton, but thereās plurality in those numbers. Time and again, Sanders was favored OVER Trump for the general election - for the very reasons that brought us Trump in the first place. People are tired of the same broken promises, seeing their interests over-writ by corporate donations and diminishing family wealth and well-being. Period.
That said, I knew most would fall in line once moderates wrapped their arms around Uncle Joe, even if reluctant - which why you didnāt see a strong showing for Biden until ten days ago. You also have coronavirus and so many people just wanting the emotional security of a familiar face and governing-style. Apocalypse isnāt the best climate for revolution. So here we are...most have fallen for it, because they canāt see beyond next week & here comes Uncle Joe promising that dad wonāt dare divorce mom. Lol Yeah, weāll see.
In any case, I believe most people want the things Bernie talks about, but they canāt see it happening. They have trouble believing, unlike some of us, that they the could defeat the powers theyāre up against. Thereās this sort of antique argument, like the one we saw during the Civil Rights era. You have a majority of people who want incrementalism and ānot too much too soon.ā But going with the flow doesnāt work always.
If Biden finds a meaningful and genuine way to acknowledge Sanders, Yang, Warren supportersā concerns and ideas - perhaps he has a shot. But I donāt see him doing it, as he owes too many favors and now all the folks who endorsed him and all the corporate outfits that support them. So....status quo...and thatās again, what Trump will highlight. Not to mention, the very sh*t that drove the impeachment...Hunter Biden. Joe isnāt Clinton, but they will attached that crooked association / message like a barnacle until folks are so disillusioned itās unreal.
Pro
Before is the key word. Iām not acting like anything. He is a moderate and he will most certainly take the money from āfriendsā of his endorsing āfriendsā. Anyways, have a nice weekend and donāt forget to wash your hands!
I would have NEVER voted for Kamala
Me too movement :)
Biden, a 78 year old who cannot complete a thought, not to mention his role in the mass incarceration of young black boys, is now the person we are collectively carrying to the White House. I know youāll quickly say he had Obamaās back - yes, he did, but Obama already had the momentum and picked him mainly to appeal more to the moderates and folks in middle America. Bidenās record has mostly been center right until around the time he was picked to run as VP. Itās really sad to see how we continue to fall for the same mistakes - picking people we have been told to vote for vs someone who truly believes in us and represents our values. On the electability question, I really doubt he can beat Trump and so demoralized we turned our back on those who had a better fighting chance. Anyways, thought to share my 2 cents
Rising Star
As for Joes role ion mass incarceration itās a little unfair to blame him. Context is everything. As child growing up in the 80s, I can remember many black politicians, community leader calling for tougher drug laws and enforcement, things were real bad..
Thatās the 40 and up crowd that voted for him. So be mad at your parents.
Pro
Speak for yourself, my mama is Bernie supporter!
Rising Star
Yāall might as well get ready to Make America Great again, if it aināt Bernie itās nobody
Disagree. Biden can win because he appeals to more moderates and independents vs Bernie. Also the more seasoned democrats consistently show up at polls and will do so in November. We can eventually get to a Bernie type candidate but letās focus on priorities. Why lose an election with someone who wonāt appeal to centrists?
Honestly, I didnāt connect well with Booker or Kamala. I havenāt quite connected well with any of the candidates to be fair. At this point I just want to have 45 out and whoever 46 will be, in.
Regardless of who enters the White House, unless we have reasonable allies in the House and Senate, I donāt think we will quite see any impact.
The moment Biden entered the race it became less about who could hold down the debates or offered the best policy changes and went completely to who could beat Trump. Personally, Warren was my choice after O'Rourke dropped, but here we are š¤·š¾āāļø
The biggest thing that needs to be promoted now, though, is a non-vote = a Trump vote, because I feel like Bernie and Warren supporters are going to be the most disappointed and not want to show up
@M1
1. On the international military conflict front, Trump's impact goes beyond whether or not he wound down specific conflicts,and even in that arena the method of withdrawal matters.
e.g., Trump technically pulled / is pulling the US out of Syria...but to do so he abandoned one of our key allies in the area and ceded regional control to forces from Iran and Russia. Is that a good thing? Will it be viewed as a good thing when other allies decided that the word of the US on international stage is valueless?
e.g., Trump ended the primary bulwark that was preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon in the near term...AND THEN...Killed one of the country's most revered military leaders. Will that be viewed as a good decision when we end up on the brink of war with a nuclear powered Iran or more likely have to engage in ANOTHER war to prevent them from acquiring that capability
2. On the general international relations front, Trump's behavior has completely destroyed our credibility as a country...at a point in history where international cooperation is required to solve our biggest problem.
e.g., He pulled out of the Paris Climate accords;to date the largest effort of global scale to push for solutions on the climate front.
e.g., He has dealt with North Korea without concern for or real cooperation with our allies in the region (e.g., South Korea), and has literally NOTHING to show for it (what metric are you using to claim he has improved relations?)
e.g., He has started public conflicts with a shocking number of foreign leaders...somehow more frequently with allies than with traditional enemies
3. On the domestic side of things (which for some reason you have ignored), Trump has made this country a more dangerous and unequal place to for black people (and other minorities) from the day he took office (incl. appointing a known racist like Jeff Sessions to be the AG)
e.g., By the end of his term Trump may have appointed 25% of all federal judges in this country (including multiple supreme court judges). Invariably these judges are very conservative and will vote for policies that are anti-black, anti-minority, anti-choice, anti-civil liberties, etc. AND These Judges are essentially appointed for life...so Trump's choices will be shaping our lives until many of our Children are full blown adults
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/02/14/donald-trump-is-appointing-federal-judges-at-a-blistering-pace
e.g., Trump substantially cut resources to the Civil Rights division of the DOJ
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/civil-rights-sessions/528126/
e.g., Trump issued guidance intended to diminish federal oversight of police departments found to be violating black people's rights
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/sessions-consent-decrees-police.html
e.g., Trump pushed the narrative that "Black Identity Extremist" Groups were more of an issue than the growing threat of white supremacy
https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-leak-black-identity-extremist-threat-1453362
e.g., Trump instructed the DOJ Civil Rights division to look into college admission discrimination against....WHITE people. They've even filed briefs in support of the affirmative action cases currently working through the courts system
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-universities.html
3b. Clinton was no friend to Black voters, but at LEAST she wouldn't have done the above things. Even if she'd wanted to, her desire to be reelected would have prevented her from doing them.
I could go on, but I think the point is apparent. Just because Hilary Clinton was a deeply flawed candidate doesn't mean her presidency would be "just as bad" as Trumps. There are degrees of incompetence and prejudice, and across both spectrums Trump is much worse.
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Were we supposed to support them just because they were black? Kamala wasnāt for her own people when she was locking up black people for petty offenses and keeping innocent men in jail even after evidence proved they were innocent. Then she just looked pathetic when she lied about smoking week at Howard but dodged questions about locking black people up for weed. I like Booker, but I think heāll actually get more done in the position heās in now. Biden is a nice guy but heās a hard pass for me....although Iām sure heāll end up being the democratic nominee. At this point, Iām with Bernie since heās speaking about issues that actually affect me. I havenāt really heard Biden talk about anything that will help me or give realistic solutions to our countryās issues at the moment.
OP did you say āthe blacksā? Youāre obviously not black. Not an issue, just an observation.
Chief
This part.
Iām also disappointed in our people right now. š
Rising Star
They were out of the race before the first primary. When would we have had a chance to show support? I gave money to Deval Patrick, but he didnāt make it past NH.
Are you saying write them in or not vote? They werenāt on the ballots.
Donāt understand the comment. Itās not like we chose Biden over Kamala. We chose Biden over Elizabeth.
And we didnāt fall for the herd mentality. The herd followed us!
Chief
I posted it because I think some of that same mentality is at play here...obviously not the part about race, but about electability. Do older Black voters think this country would elect another Black President so soon after the first one...especially a Black woman? Doubtful. They donāt trust that white people would do anything but what they did in 2016 and I canāt really blame them. Biden is viewed as the safe vote for a lot of our elders - full stop.
Chief
Your premise infantilizes (and insults) those voters, though. Youāre saying that they wouldnāt have voted the way they did without Clyburn (or somebody) telling them to. Whatās your basis for making that statement? I honestly think they made what they thought was the pragmatic choice.
Iām not saying that the country isnāt ready for another Black (or non-traditional) President. I believed that prior to Obamaās election and I was wrong. But Iām considering that that particular block of voters doesnāt believe that to be true and made their choices accordingly. š¤·š¾āāļø
All three u named are/were pandering and untrustworthy imo.. i dont vote based off race
Especially Kamala š
I donāt put much faith in polls. Those same polls showed Hillary as beating trump and you see what happened. My first choice was Warren but as sheās no longer in the race I will look at what the nominee says and does once they secure the ticket. Too many people on the Bernie side are pulling the same thing they pulled the last time he ran and that if he didnāt get the nomination they wouldnāt vote or vote for Trump and you see how that turned out. I was a Bernie supporter last time but still voted for Clinton as I thought she would be a better choice than the alternative of a Trump leadership.
The Bernie or bust mentality that his supporters are showing is a spiteful and dangerous way of thinking not to mention full of privilege. If he loses the nomination this year he needs to sit it out the next time if heās still alive as his base is proving to be divisive and petty. I think he also needs to focus on bringing change in his current position.
I just donāt get why itās hard for many to understand that not voting because your preferred choice is not nominated makes any sense? Itās unfortunate that only few candidates can be seriously considered In the first place so itās ALWAYS going to favor one or the other.
Debating who is better at this point is useless if the losing side wonāt rally around the eventual democratic winner.
Personally, I like Both but can also see how Bernie May be seen as too far left. Whatever is the case, trump is an absolute disaster for this country and if care is not taken, he will destroy it if allowed to run further.
Chief
Iām not disappointed - even if I disagree, I understand. Hereās a good article I read yesterday. What do yāall think about it?
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-black-vote/
This article is too short sighted and narrow, so Iām not surprised it doesnāt get to the heart of what Iām trying to get at. It acknowledges though that Kamala didnāt receive the same selective treatment Joe seems to have gotten so far, which to some degree speaks to the part of blacks not taking an early stand. E.g. what stopped the black caucus in congress from putting their weight fully behind a candidate from the get-go? Why were they waiting for the āwhitesā to first decide - like they did for Obama too? And then, when everyoneās decision has significantly changed the landscape, why are blacks called in to āsave the dayā? The two issues the article mentioned about Bidenās record should be enough to disqualify him in the eyes of blacks, but again, we swallow all the mess and elevate the same people who took us for granted when they didnāt need us. No wonder the Democratic Party takes us for granted. We are malleable and easily swayed to do what everyone else wants us to do.
Four. More. Years.
Rising Star
Except He doesnāt have the best chance of beating Trump. Biden is plain Jain, status quo hanging onto to his Obama association...Democrats still trying to fight yesteryears wars...Trump was elected because folks were tired of the status quo politician, so what do Dems do ..they go find the embodiment of status quo politician to fight him...not intelligent
As opposed to...who? And how are you qualifying that who as having a better chance?
Not to say Biden wonāt lose, but itās hard to argue his chances are worse than any of the other candidates based on all the data we have right now.
I was ready for kamala. She dropped out. I have ZERO appetite for booker. Iām from NJ. I know him. Not interested š¤·š½āāļø you canāt just be āblackā to get my vote.
On that we definitely agree. I just have personal experiences with Corey. Nice dude but not ready for the presidency or vice presidency. I felt like kamala was ready for both positions (hopefully she will get a nod)