Disguised Conservatism and Performative Progressivism

They’re not “Political Junkies,” they’re just Irrelevant Misogynists.

Biden has nominated Neera Tanden to lead the OMB and conservatives on both the left and right are super mad about a woman of colour potentially holding power. (Source)

Hope springs eternal. It truly does. For instance, I had hoped that we could elect a reasonable Democrat with a decent amount of experience who would then populate the upper echelons of her — for I had initially hoped it would be a certain Kamala at the top of the ticket — administration with a diverse cast of characters that reasonably represented the American population as a whole and would be in a position to faithfully execute their offices. I had also hoped that once said individual was elected and started picking diverse and experienced women that we’d stop having to have this discussion about why white men totally aren’t being super sexist when applying extreme double standards to female candidates, politicians, and nominees.

But evidently, we cannot have nice things.

Biden has nominated some really superb people to his cabinet and to the various offices to which a President must appoint people. And as worried as I was about having yet another old, white, male President I do recognize that the women he has chosen are all superbly qualified probably to a greater degree than most or any of the men who have held those positions in the past and I sincerely doubt that any other…