This from Warner Todd Huston

Yesterday's Joe Biden story where he insulted backs is typical of how the media works. They completely ignored Biden's comments all day. Then, they only began reporting his walk back "explanation" of what he meant. In other words, they ignored the news all day to give the Democrats time to craft an "explanation," and then they made the explanation the actual story. This is how the media works for the left.

A WORD FROM TIM:

When Mitt Romney spoke about the forty eight percent it was the final nail in his coffin. Will that be the case for Biden? No doubt most people won't even hear about it.

Actually, I think Biden's point was the following: the Hispanic "community" is an amalgamation of people from very different countries. They come from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Columbia, Peru, etc. The main connection is the come from Spanish speaking places. As a result they are every bit as diverse as whites. The same does  not hold true for blacks not because they don't come from different places (they do, but mostly from West Africa) but because most of them have lost their indigenous cultural ties as they blended into a kind of "American tribe" (that phrase will get me into very hot water, I know, as it is politically incorrect but rather accurate.) In Africa everyone belongs to a tribe; most African nations are confederations of tribes under a central government, rather like the Native American situation in the U.S.

So there is a black culture that is distinct and unique to the U.S., and the black community votes pretty much as a block.

Biden was trying to say that. And while he may be correct that is a monumental mistake in modern American politics. You simply can't do that.

A Republican would be held to strict account on this. But since it's Biden the media will excuse it, and the majority of the black community will pull that lever for Captain Peachfuzz.

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