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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Matt Taibbi Is Going Full Bernie Bro...On Bernie Sanders? [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)50. The whole thing does have a Doctor Frankenstein aura to it.
A longtime, somewhat misfit Doctor, finds a long cold corpse of an idea (socialism) and gets resources from wondrous adherents who flood to the light to help resuscitate the wonderful idea. The Doctor goes about creating a monster, one that was destined from the beginning to consume him. And it is left to the villagers in the valley below to rise up and try to slay the monster, as the monster and the Doctor's erstwhile, and fully engorged, adherents rampage on the outskirts of the glens above the village.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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They believe his lips spew the purest of speakin' words which all can attest great for debate.
Scurrilous
Mar 2020
#43
Yep, a fool's errand. A combination of stubborn egotism and a sad naievete and...
brush
Mar 2020
#66
Ah thanks. I hadn't heard there was another. Nope, he just has to quit taking money and get behind
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#15
I love going back and reading older stuff now. Before March 2nd. Bad Takes Olympics 3-D Spectacular.
Scurrilous
Mar 2020
#16
Yeah, old Bernie knocked Senile Joe right out of the ring in that debate!
True Blue American
Mar 2020
#28
Good points. I saw that about Warren's plan. Bidens of the world consider and buy. LOL
Scurrilous
Mar 2020
#40
If folks like Taibbi ever came to power, I think they'd send non-believers to re-education camps.
sop
Mar 2020
#13
He's also a Trump-apologist. His hatred for Democrats affects everything he does.
pnwmom
Mar 2020
#18
Back in 2013 Chris Hedges, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky and a few others sued Barack Obama
ucrdem
Mar 2020
#45
"Taibbi has spent the past three years destroying his journalistic credibility"
wyldwolf
Mar 2020
#44
David Sirota and his buddies have been all over the media churning out deceptive
NCProgressive
Mar 2020
#48