11 Oct 2024
Beta Episode 2 - Barack Obama Demands That Black Men Vote for Kamala Harris
Barack Obama believes that black men especially owe their vote to Kamala Harris because something something strong black women.
Here is CNN’s reporting regarding the comments from Barack Obama (https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/10/politics/obama-pittsburgh-trump/index.html):
“You’re thinking about sitting out or supporting somebody (in former president Donald Trump) who has a history of denigrating you, because you think that’s a sign of strength, because that’s what being a man is? Putting women down?” Obama said. “That’s not acceptable.”
The problem, he suggested, was less complicated than some are making it out to be – and that it often comes down to sexism.
“You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses, I’ve got a problem with that,” Obama said. “Because part of it makes me think – and I’m speaking to men directly – part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
And here is Seymour Hersh’s reporting on how Barack Obama led a cabal of Democratic Party insiders in removing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for president.
By Saturday, July 20, former President Barack Obama was deeply involved, and there was talk that he would place a call to Biden. It was not clear whether Biden had been examined or just what happened to him in Las Vegas. “The Big Three,” the official said, referring to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, continued to be directly involved. “On Sunday morning,” the official told me, with the approval of Pelosi and Schumer, “Obama called Biden after breakfast and said, ‘Here’s the deal. We have Kamala’s approval to invoke the 25th Amendment.” The amendment provides that when the president is determined by the vice president and others to be unfit to carry out the powers and duties of his office, the vice president shall assume those duties.
“It was clear at this point,” the official said, “that she would get the nod”—that is, the support to run for the presidency in the November election. “But Obama also made it clear,” the official said, “that he was not going to immediately endorse her. But the group had decided that her work as a prosecutor would help her deal with Trump in a debate.”
In this episode I have a new microphone, which should hopefully help with some of the audio quality issues, but I would still be grateful for any feedback whatsoever. I know this episode is somehow even shorter than the last; it turns out podcasting and having things to say is harder than it looks. I expect that as I improve my episodes will get long, and I will have more to say and get more comfortable. Regardless, for now maybe shorter beta episodes are a good thing. Please leave comments with any feedback that you have, or message me directly. Thanks for listening.
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