Democratic Primaries

redqueen

(115,112 posts) Tue Nov 12, 2019, 09:16 PM Nov 2019

Does baggage worry you? [View all]

Maybe I need to stay away from social media. I keep seeing things that I can easily imagine the media using against our top tier candidates (to borrow a phrase) and for me it is definitely anxiety-inducing.

Whatever junk gets amped up to hurt our candidate of course won't be a fart in a windstorm compared to the mountain of shit that Trump has left trailing behind him, of course - but for whatever reason, right-wing shit is always spun as somehow less meaningful than whatever real or imagined stuff they decide is newsworthy about Dems.

So what do you think? Is this stuff nothing to worry about? Or is it a cause for concern, considering how the MSM loves to put its thumb on the scale?

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Does baggage worry you? [View all] redqueen Nov 2019 OP

What "baggage" would you be worrying about. I have heard of nothing about any of our candidates monmouth4 Nov 2019 #1

I dunno what to tell you. redqueen Nov 2019 #2

"Also don't want to get my wrist slapped for bashing candidates / using RW talking points." TidalWave46 Nov 2019 #11

Not at all. If you insist I'll post some clips redqueen Nov 2019 #12

"Not at all" TidalWave46 Nov 2019 #14

It IS baggage. And it IS being used as RW talking points redqueen Nov 2019 #15

That is more straightforward. TidalWave46 Nov 2019 #16

That Warren is 'elitist' redqueen Nov 2019 #17

Which candidate do you think that won't be used against? TidalWave46 Nov 2019 #19

You're right, most likely all. But that's on video redqueen Nov 2019 #20

I don't see any "worse" there. TidalWave46 Nov 2019 #21

Really? That has you worried? maximusveritas Nov 2019 #26

What might be legitimate baggage, and not made-up fakery? I don't know what baggage you mean. ancianita Nov 2019 #3

Whether they are clear or not, or why, won't save us. redqueen Nov 2019 #4

There's no benefit to getting worked up about it. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #5

I don't get worked up. But I do worry. redqueen Nov 2019 #6

Anything that works will be back. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #7

Good attitude. TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #23

The deadliest baggage is the actual footage of the candidate... DCofVA Nov 2019 #8

Yep sadly I can think of two video clips right off the bat redqueen Nov 2019 #9

Yes, me too. cwydro Nov 2019 #10

I admit that it does. Inspired Nov 2019 #13

I hope I'm just being paranoid redqueen Nov 2019 #18

I consider baggage to be a "cost of doing business" in our political climate. LanternWaste Nov 2019 #22

Not really. I pretty much agree with TwilightZone above... TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #24

Acquired baggage is revealing to me loyalsister Nov 2019 #25