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George II

(67,782 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 08:55 PM Mar 2020

As noted, this latest ad is offensive. "Which side are you on"? Talking about being divisive!

Asking people to choose sides? That's what we did when we set up stickball games in Brooklyn!

And he's using video/events that he had nothing to do with to push this - very sad.

Which side am I on? Joseph Robinette Biden, Junior's!


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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As noted, this latest ad is offensive. "Which side are you on"? Talking about being divisive! (Original Post) George II Mar 2020 OP
God, Family and the United States of America TomCADem Mar 2020 #1
& throw MLK in there when BS lost the majority of the Black Cha Mar 2020 #5
I find this pretentious, grandiose, infuriating, and offensive. His divisiveness reaches new heights emmaverybo Mar 2020 #2
I'm On Joe Biden's Side.. the Winner who's going to Beat Cha Mar 2020 #3
The Ad Is Especially Divisive Coming From Him Me. Mar 2020 #4
Bernie has seen his last debate in his life. showblue22 Mar 2020 #8
I Don't Know That It's Even Up To Him Anymore Me. Mar 2020 #12
I'm going to write to the Biden campaign showblue22 Mar 2020 #15
Good Idea Me. Mar 2020 #22
Wondering out loud whose side the Democrats are on? What are the odds of this not backfiring on him? beastie boy Mar 2020 #6
I think it's funny! ZenDem Mar 2020 #7
What Was Really Funny Was BS's Ad Featuring President Obama TomCADem Mar 2020 #11
Desperate.. Thanks for reminding us that the edited Ad with Pres Obama Cha Mar 2020 #25
Shameful. Egoism run amuck. And AOC needs to disassociate herself from this loser... brush Mar 2020 #9
Translation: Look at me! I'm a pompous ass! Choose my side NCProgressive Mar 2020 #10
as is my want, and although I do agree that the ad is offensive, I simply must say that the Tweeter Celerity Mar 2020 #13
Honestly, that guy has run hot and cold, seemingly more cold (he has me blocked too!).... George II Mar 2020 #16
So is that scum Ragnarok Lobster, who I unfortunately see posted here with impunity still Celerity Mar 2020 #17
Yes, there is scum on Twitter (I'm blocked by Mr Weeks too!!!!) but the underlying message.... George II Mar 2020 #19
A shame it comes from the wrong messenger, though. Celerity Mar 2020 #21
CREEPY Skittles Mar 2020 #14
I don't find it offensive. SharonClark Mar 2020 #18
Neither do I Chainfire Mar 2020 #30
I'm on the side of the real Democrat. :) nt Sloumeau Mar 2020 #20
I don't necessarily think the ad is offensive... npk Mar 2020 #23
What the ... betsuni Mar 2020 #24
I am on the Democratic side True Blue American Mar 2020 #26
To hell with this bony fingered old man. Go away. NT centrarchus Mar 2020 #27
He's just pathetic now. Squinch Mar 2020 #28
Yo, Bernie! BidenBacker Mar 2020 #29
 

TomCADem

(17,760 posts)
1. God, Family and the United States of America
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 08:58 PM
Mar 2020

I am not on the side of a narcissist who thinks that the world revolves around himself and is willing to let American workers suffer at the expense of his personal political ambitions and desire for attention.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(305,440 posts)
5. & throw MLK in there when BS lost the majority of the Black
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:06 PM
Mar 2020

Vote to Joe Biden.

BS couldn't even make it to Bloody Sunday March 1, 2020 to honor John Lewis and those who Marched on Bloody Sunday 1965.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

emmaverybo

(8,147 posts)
2. I find this pretentious, grandiose, infuriating, and offensive. His divisiveness reaches new heights
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 08:59 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(305,440 posts)
3. I'm On Joe Biden's Side.. the Winner who's going to Beat
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:01 PM
Mar 2020

the monster in the WH.

BS Lost and he Spent 4x More $$$$ to do it than Joe Biden did to WIN.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Me.

(35,454 posts)
4. The Ad Is Especially Divisive Coming From Him
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:06 PM
Mar 2020

who only stands for himself, uses others and doesn't show up for the occasion. Not for the infant son he didn't support, not for those who were trying to defeat the very person he helped to elect by his obdurance, his lack of transparency, the lies he allowed his campaign to tell, the twisting of the truth and not showing up to support the people who the other Dem Senators are trying to help. It shows a real lack of introspection to put out an ad like that.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

showblue22

(1,026 posts)
8. Bernie has seen his last debate in his life.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:14 PM
Mar 2020

He's done. I hope he retires soon.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Me.

(35,454 posts)
12. I Don't Know That It's Even Up To Him Anymore
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:19 PM
Mar 2020

I think everyone is going to walk on by and leave he and his in the dust. He is no longer welcome.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

showblue22

(1,026 posts)
15. I'm going to write to the Biden campaign
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:23 PM
Mar 2020

and ask they not invite Bernie to speak at the convention. I hope others will too.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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beastie boy

(11,148 posts)
6. Wondering out loud whose side the Democrats are on? What are the odds of this not backfiring on him?
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:11 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

ZenDem

(442 posts)
7. I think it's funny!
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020

If you take all the BS parts out, it's a great ad! Otherwise, it's just weird. "Hey, look at all these cool civil rights pics and vids...oh, and here's an old white guy with some signs, but...MLK!"

So...I'm on the side that votes for Democrats.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TomCADem

(17,760 posts)
11. What Was Really Funny Was BS's Ad Featuring President Obama
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:19 PM
Mar 2020

BS probably got polling data that his attacks on the "Democratic Establishment" and his past attacks on President Obama, including reports that he was considering primarying President Obama, was hurting him in certain primary states, so he published this ad featuring ...President Obama:



Of course, it is so misleading and such an obvious effort to pander to African Americans that even BS's campaign chair Nina Turner was offended.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(305,440 posts)
25. Desperate.. Thanks for reminding us that the edited Ad with Pres Obama
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 04:51 AM
Mar 2020

didn't get him anywhere, either. They obviously haven't learned anything.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

brush

(57,601 posts)
9. Shameful. Egoism run amuck. And AOC needs to disassociate herself from this loser...
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:16 PM
Mar 2020

cause it's over.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
10. Translation: Look at me! I'm a pompous ass! Choose my side
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:17 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Celerity

(46,229 posts)
13. as is my want, and although I do agree that the ad is offensive, I simply must say that the Tweeter
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:21 PM
Mar 2020

chris evans
@notcapnamerica

is a fucking prick troll who posted completely false bullshit about Buttigieg, which I debunked immediately (and he got flamed hard by other Tweeters) and then the bellend blocked me. This was ages ago, so do not know if he ever apologised (I cannot even remember which smear du jour it was, I think it was a repost of one of that piece of shit homophobe, Henry 'I hate gays so much I will post a pic of a man fucking a dog' Davis Jr, an ex South Bend city councilman's made-up stories) but Evans is a rotter for blocking me when all I did was show him to be posting false info. I was not even nasty or aggressive about it.

But I will rec the OP on principle because I detest Sanders' campaign style, so there's that.



edited to add (so you and others do not think I am making this up)



only time (other than some MAGATs I pwned in replies) I have been blocked on Twitter

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George II

(67,782 posts)
16. Honestly, that guy has run hot and cold, seemingly more cold (he has me blocked too!)....
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:27 PM
Mar 2020

...but the message itself is correct. He's the first source of that ad, and I couldn't find another source so far.

He's a homophobe and I suspect a bit schizophrenic, a veritable nutcase.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Celerity

(46,229 posts)
17. So is that scum Ragnarok Lobster, who I unfortunately see posted here with impunity still
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:36 PM
Mar 2020

He is way worse that Evans, actually, but he never blocked me, lololol. MrWeeks too, is pure vermin. (long banned on Twitter)

Just because a person is anti-Bernie does NOT, for me, make them an ally at all. I have far higher standards and am not so jaded that I need to fall back to the old adage 'An enemy of my enemy is my friend.'

I have no compulsion to play reverso-world 'own the libs' (but insert Berners for libs) games via fools on Twitter.

That all said, if Evans was the first and only source you found, then I take no issue with his use.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
19. Yes, there is scum on Twitter (I'm blocked by Mr Weeks too!!!!) but the underlying message....
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:45 PM
Mar 2020

...isn't always wrong, regardless of the source. A shame it comes from the wrong messenger, though.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Joe Biden
 

Celerity

(46,229 posts)
21. A shame it comes from the wrong messenger, though.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:48 PM
Mar 2020

SOOOOOO ironic that that is the Sanderite problem in a bloody nutshell!!!!




lol, I made my self spit my 3 48 am wine

eeeeek

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Joe Biden
 

Skittles

(159,374 posts)
14. CREEPY
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:22 PM
Mar 2020

but SOP for BS as far as I can tell

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

SharonClark

(10,324 posts)
18. I don't find it offensive.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:40 PM
Mar 2020

I also don’t think it’s effective as a pro-Sanders ad.

The ad asks “whose side are you on”. I would guess that we’re all for the people pictured in the ad. But AOC’s weird voice is a negative and Sanders is irrelevant at this point.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
30. Neither do I
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 06:39 AM
Mar 2020

The man is still running for President. He is still asking for votes. Perhaps some find it offensive because it strikes a nerve.

I don't know why Sanders has not thrown in the towel, but I have enough respect for him as a person, to give him the benefit of the doubt, if not the benefit of my vote.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
20. I'm on the side of the real Democrat. :) nt
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:47 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

npk

(3,701 posts)
23. I don't necessarily think the ad is offensive...
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 10:37 PM
Mar 2020

I just think it's weird and also too little too late. It's almost like Sanders is asking everyone that has already voted who's side are you own. Well if they didn't vote for you they are obviously not on your side. Weird. This is the kind of ad you run at the beginning of your campaign not at the end of it. Sanders biggest issues is that he is really bad at strategizing. He, like Trump, is good at big rallies and stump speeches - i.e. most populist candidates are good at that. But when it comes to timing and placing the pieces in the right spot on the board, he kinda sucks at that.

Either way it's over. Sanders should see that writing on the wall and get out of the race, while he still has some credibility left in the Senate.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

betsuni

(27,258 posts)
24. What the ...
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:18 PM
Mar 2020

I cannot find words.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

True Blue American

(18,166 posts)
26. I am on the Democratic side
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 05:11 AM
Mar 2020

Have been for all of my voting life since JFK. Is that good enough?

If I were to vote in a presidential
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centrarchus

(62 posts)
27. To hell with this bony fingered old man. Go away. NT
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 05:14 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Squinch

(52,770 posts)
28. He's just pathetic now.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 05:54 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
29. Yo, Bernie!
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 06:02 AM
Mar 2020

Let's ask America whose side they're on...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-primary-elections/results-map

Asked and answered. Too bad this virus has delayed several primaries or you'd have a few more Biden blue answers by now.

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