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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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BS is Still Asking For Campaign Donations.. & No BS you didn't "win".. (Original Post) Cha Mar 2020 OP
Face saving statements when faced with a colossal defeat NCProgressive Mar 2020 #1
People are losing their jobs and we're facing an economic Cha Mar 2020 #6
So THAT'S why Sanders lost all those primaries BidenBacker Mar 2020 #18
He knows he's lost. Is it deceptive and fraudulent to continue to ask for donations? NurseJackie Mar 2020 #2
I think he should tell potential donors that it's Cha Mar 2020 #8
Sanders in 3rd place on Predict It! kinksfan1 Mar 2020 #3
Yes, BS is in 3rd place but he's telling Cha Mar 2020 #12
How big is his family & what paid campaign positions do they hold? William769 Mar 2020 #4
Good question, Bill.. Thank You! Cha Mar 2020 #21
Something To Remember, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2020 #5
Thank you that from Jonathan Chait at the NYMag, Cha Mar 2020 #22
He wants a 4th house. showblue22 Mar 2020 #7
.. Cha Mar 2020 #25
republicons will continue to 'invest' in BS until November is BS wishes empedocles Mar 2020 #9
You should see the email I got about three hours ago. I won't even bother posting it, but... George II Mar 2020 #10
Doesn't he know there's an Internet? Cha Mar 2020 #23
WTF is a "generational debate"? I am so tired of the ageism. MH1 Mar 2020 #11
You're not missing anything.. BS lost it.. he just says Cha Mar 2020 #24
The Great Fallacy Of The 'Generational Debate', Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #27
I had no idea Ben Stiller was even running for president yaesu Mar 2020 #13
Thanks for kicking the thread Cha Mar 2020 #28
He should look to Elizabeth Warren brer cat Mar 2020 #14
Thing is Rebl2 Mar 2020 #15
Thing is he Rebl2 Mar 2020 #16
Waste of Bernie's time and his donors' money BidenBacker Mar 2020 #17
I still don't understand how he won the ideological debate when his ideology betsuni Mar 2020 #19
From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Mar 2020 #20
I Knew It, I Knew It, I Knew It Me. Mar 2020 #26
 

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
1. Face saving statements when faced with a colossal defeat
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:53 PM
Mar 2020

but... but... we won all left handed grocery store stockers blind in the right eye, wearing khaki pants and a bow tie by 30%

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

Cha

(305,440 posts)
6. People are losing their jobs and we're facing an economic
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:00 PM
Mar 2020

crash.. I don't think he should be asking for donations when there's no mathematical chance for him to be the nom.

Mahalo, North Carolina

If I were to vote in a presidential
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BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
18. So THAT'S why Sanders lost all those primaries
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:30 PM
Mar 2020

All the voting machines have right-handed handles and them grocery store stockers couldn't pull 'em.

Hate when that happens.

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

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
2. He knows he's lost. Is it deceptive and fraudulent to continue to ask for donations?
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:58 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(305,440 posts)
8. I think he should tell potential donors that it's
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:04 PM
Mar 2020

Last edited Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:50 PM - Edit history (1)

mathematically impossible for him to be the nominee if they haven't figured it out for themselves. That would be the honorable thing to do.

Mahalo, Jackie~

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

kinksfan1

(25 posts)
3. Sanders in 3rd place on Predict It!
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:58 PM
Mar 2020

I got an email from Predict It today. I thought it was funny that Bernie is now in 3rd place in the race for the Democratic nomination...right behind Andrew Cuomo. Biden was at 80 cents. Andrew at 8 and Bernie at 6.

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

(305,440 posts)
12. Yes, BS is in 3rd place but he's telling
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:50 PM
Mar 2020

his supporters he can still "win". Although it's mathematically impossible.

Thank you, kinksfan! StaySave!

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

William769

(55,830 posts)
4. How big is his family & what paid campaign positions do they hold?
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:58 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(305,440 posts)
21. Good question, Bill.. Thank You!
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:01 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
5. Something To Remember, Ma'am
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:00 PM
Mar 2020

From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway.


From Mr. Chait at New York magazine:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/bernie-sanders-democratic-primary-joe-biden-2020-voters-establishment.html



"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

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

Cha

(305,440 posts)
22. Thank you that from Jonathan Chait at the NYMag,
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:20 PM
Mar 2020

Last edited Fri Mar 27, 2020, 04:13 AM - Edit history (1)

The Magistrate. He is dead on.

I wish for our Country and our Planet that it wasn't happening.

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

showblue22

(1,026 posts)
7. He wants a 4th house.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:03 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
9. republicons will continue to 'invest' in BS until November is BS wishes
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:15 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
10. You should see the email I got about three hours ago. I won't even bother posting it, but...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:20 PM
Mar 2020

...he was all but taking credit for what was contained in the relief bill, even though he was in Vermont when the details were hammered out by Schumer, Pelosi, and Warren.

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primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(305,440 posts)
23. Doesn't he know there's an Internet?
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 04:12 AM
Mar 2020

What must the Senators think who were there actually working on it?

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MH1

(18,158 posts)
11. WTF is a "generational debate"? I am so tired of the ageism.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:23 PM
Mar 2020

I mean, is "generational debate" supposed to be about "boomers suck" vs "millenials are lazy"?

JHFC on a trailer hitch ....

(or what am I missing here?)

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Cha

(305,440 posts)
24. You're not missing anything.. BS lost it.. he just says
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 06:20 PM
Mar 2020

he "won it".

Thank you, MH StaySafe!

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The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
27. The Great Fallacy Of The 'Generational Debate', Sir
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:42 PM
Mar 2020

Is that people will keep voting in the same manner and for the same policies all their lives. This is not how it goes with most people. Sanders, having seldom if ever changed his mind and his views since his college days, may have been shielded from this. President Obama made a great appeal to young voters in 2008, and youth turnout for him was higher than usual. Today, the twenty somethings who voted for him then are nearing forty, the teenagers who voted for him are breaking thirty. They will not have the same attitudes, about life or politics, as they did a dozen years ago. They will have different desires, different needs, different ambitions, a different sense of what life is, a different sense of their proportion to the world around them. They may maintain a party identity, but will respond to different appeals and different styles and demeanors and factions within that party. Even a few years can make a difference at younger ages. Sanders is not getting the same 'youth vote' as he did four years ago. Fewer young people are voting in these primaries. Some whom Sanders initially appealed to have probably 'aged out', some will have grown disenchanted for other reasons, and even more important, Sanders has lost his novelty. 'Bernie' is no longer the hot new thing, he is a blast from the past.





From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

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

yaesu

(8,237 posts)
13. I had no idea Ben Stiller was even running for president
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:50 PM
Mar 2020

Last edited Sat Mar 28, 2020, 08:25 PM - Edit history (1)

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

Cha

(305,440 posts)
28. Thanks for kicking the thread
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:00 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

brer cat

(26,290 posts)
14. He should look to Elizabeth Warren
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:54 PM
Mar 2020

for a guide on how to exit gracefully and continue working for the people.

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Rebl2

(14,715 posts)
15. Thing is
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:03 PM
Mar 2020

he doesn’t work for the people, just himself.

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Rebl2

(14,715 posts)
16. Thing is he
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:09 PM
Mar 2020

doesn’t work for the people, only himself. He reminds me of someone else we all know. He didn’t show up until yesterday in the Senate. Why was he home in VT for the last two weeks and not in D.C. working for the people?

If I were to vote in a presidential
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BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
17. Waste of Bernie's time and his donors' money
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:15 PM
Mar 2020

Trump is unbeatable...

US now has more coronavirus cases than any other country

https://nypost.com/2020/03/26/us-now-has-more-coronavirus-cases-than-any-other-country/

Is this what the Fuhrer meant by "America First"?

Too bad Drumpf can't hold rallies so his brownshirts can all chant "USA! USA! USA!" when they get the great news.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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betsuni

(27,258 posts)
19. I still don't understand how he won the ideological debate when his ideology
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:45 PM
Mar 2020

consists of both-sides-same-bad, capitalism-bad-revolution, and taking other people's policies and exaggerating them, then claiming it's the only progressive policy because everyone else is corrupt.

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

Gothmog

(154,590 posts)
20. From the Hoarse Whisperer
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:29 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Me.

(35,454 posts)
26. I Knew It, I Knew It, I Knew It
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 07:18 PM
Mar 2020

Pathetic, not to mention how sad it is that this millionaire still has his hand out in a "Buddy Can You Spare Me A Dime" fashion.


Aloha

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