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Liberal Redneck Is Worried About The Democratic Primaries and We Should Be Too
This is the biggest issue confronting us, not healthcare, not the economy Republican cohesiveness vs. Democratic cat herding. The Republicans derive their power from acting in concert, to the point of absurdity. Simply put, they dont care what kind of a scumbag misanthrope racist a given candidate may be, if s/he has an R after his/her name, they stick behind their candidate. They walk the line, man, in a way that we just dont, says the Redneck.
While theyre walking the line, Democrats are busy weeding out impurities. We are known for our purity. And if we dont watch out, were going to purify ourselves to extinction.
Liberal Redneck makes the salient point that whomever we vote for for our ticket, we know whos going to be on theirs, and that is nothing short of a set up for political armageddon take two.
At our worst, Democrats are like a herd of cats. But at our best, when we actually unite, we are like a pride of lions. Were majestic. We rock the world.
While theyre walking the line, Democrats are busy weeding out impurities. We are known for our purity. And if we dont watch out, were going to purify ourselves to extinction.
Liberal Redneck makes the salient point that whomever we vote for for our ticket, we know whos going to be on theirs, and that is nothing short of a set up for political armageddon take two.
At our worst, Democrats are like a herd of cats. But at our best, when we actually unite, we are like a pride of lions. Were majestic. We rock the world.
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A valid and lucid point
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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Liberal Redneck Is Worried About The Democratic Primaries and We Should Be Too (Original Post)
Soph0571
Feb 2019
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SKKY
(11,838 posts)1. A valid concern, but allow me to add some perspective...
...With a very, very mediocre candidate, we lost the election by 80K votes across 3 states. 80 THOUSAND VOTES!!! We've already seen how our current top 4 have rolled out their campaigns, and you can already see that the lessons from 2016 have been well studied. We're going to be fine. We for sure can't get complacent, because this will take a huge 50 state effort. But, I like where we're headed, especially when you consider where we've come from.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)2. Luke warm maybe, but not mediocre
HRC was the best qualified candidate we've seen in recent memory. Her problems involved the "inevitable" label and missing the shift in the political tides.
Bernie's challenge should have informed her choices during the campaign.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided