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Baitball Blogger

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11. Geez, I know the right thing is to walk away and not say anything,
Mon May 13, 2019, 06:15 AM
May 2019

But, the party is moving left today mostly because of the decisions that Biden’s Democratic generation made in order to get along with Republicans. Whether it involved gay rights, favorable legislation for struggling families that would have also helped women and minority groups, and defining moments that would have made a difference on the Supreme Court, Biden’s generation was not on the right side of history. Do I think he can change? I presume he can. But not with people feeding him with the idea that past mistakes don’t matter.

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Fascinating article. I like this summary: CaliforniaPeggy May 2019 #1
+1 honest.abe May 2019 #10
Amen. The intelligentsia are becoming increasingly... Kahuna7 May 2019 #13
People like to pretend that a large swath of the Democratic Party isn't made up of madville May 2019 #2
Actually poor assumptions angrychair May 2019 #5
they may be the minority of people dsc May 2019 #8
Old thinking angrychair May 2019 #16
It was a huge increase on a small number dsc May 2019 #19
Not really the point angrychair May 2019 #21
no matter who is rising, the people voting now (or more accurately in one year) dsc May 2019 #23
Ok angrychair May 2019 #24
By the time they are running the world, they will be old, too. MH1 May 2019 #20
Again, old thinking angrychair May 2019 #22
Or another way to put it, Playing Not to Lose is Not Playing to Win. n/t MarcA May 2019 #29
Thank you! True Blue American May 2019 #7
👏 👍👍 Duppers May 2019 #3
"..From relic to Runaway.. "! Stranger Cha May 2019 #4
yup. EveHammond13 May 2019 #6
"a chasm between perception and reality" honest.abe May 2019 #9
Geez, I know the right thing is to walk away and not say anything, Baitball Blogger May 2019 #11
No, the right thing is what you have said. Many in MSM and $$$ MarcA May 2019 #30
Biden would have been an easy winner in 2016, but same democratice intelligentsia beachbum bob May 2019 #12
I really get tired of hearing this bullshit dsc May 2019 #14
+1 oasis May 2019 #15
You are correct. Biden would have been sitting in the WH as we speak mtnsnake May 2019 #17
The so called intellegentia LibFarmer May 2019 #18
K&R highplainsdem May 2019 #25
"A movement ahead of its time" saidsimplesimon May 2019 #26
Wow, what a great article. It is all true. Demsrule86 May 2019 #27
From Political Wire Gothmog May 2019 #28
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