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Renew Deal

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7. Biden may deserve the benefit of the doubt, but it doesn't make it any more acceptable.

Reply to Jedi Guy (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 9, 2020, 04:52 PM

Feb 2020

I don't know any kind of serious candidate that would make a comment like that about another person.

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

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Should Biden end is campaign after calling woman in NH a "lying dog-faced pony soldier?" [View all] Renew Deal Feb 2020 OP

Gotta love the flood of intentionally misrepresentative posts about this. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #1

What is misrepresentative Renew Deal Feb 2020 #3

No, Biden shouldn't end his campaign. N/T lapucelle Feb 2020 #13

The title of your other thread on the subject is misleading and disingenuous. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #22

Yet here we are with attempt #2....and didn't vote in his/her own poll..things that make you go hmm AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #30

This is an awful post snowybirdie Feb 2020 #2

Would you find it funny if Trump said it? Renew Deal Feb 2020 #4

That's not really a fair comparison. Jedi Guy Feb 2020 #5

Biden may deserve the benefit of the doubt, but it doesn't make it any more acceptable. Renew Deal Feb 2020 #7

If you choose to get worked up about it, that's your prerogative. Jedi Guy Feb 2020 #15

It is a silly poll, the young woman was shaken, and of course the room felt it funny. krissey Feb 2020 #23

The article says she was "shaken." Jedi Guy Feb 2020 #31

Laughing is a pretty common reaction when faced with something uncomfortable. krissey Feb 2020 #34

I don't think she's lying, and I think her question was honestly meant. Jedi Guy Feb 2020 #39

Don't really think an undecided should be smearing. No Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #41

it is, i reported it. i would report if this was about ANY of our candidates. IT is NOT news. trueblue2007 Feb 2020 #8

After the joke he told her "you gotta be honest". The laugh was at whose expense? krissey Feb 2020 #10

No, but he should know Hav Feb 2020 #6

+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #36

Good point. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #42

Call a woman you don't know "dog faced"??? 4139 Feb 2020 #9

The intent of the poll feels like it is to dismiss what Biden said to a young woman on national tv, krissey Feb 2020 #11

I don't think it's campaign-ending, but especially calling a woman dog-faced, regardless of the JudyM Feb 2020 #12

No, just fire the staffer who made him say it and all will be fine BeyondGeography Feb 2020 #14

Which part is the joke: "lying," "dog faced," or "pony soldier?" WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #16

I am not a biden fan but this is a really stupid poll! Nt USALiberal Feb 2020 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Feb 2020 #35

Can you make one of the choices, "Awww that's just Joe"? n/t zackymilly Feb 2020 #18

Seems like an inexplicably dumb thing for Biden to say. NT enough Feb 2020 #19

It was a line from a John Wayne movie and a joke. hlthe2b Feb 2020 #21

At the expense of a young woman that was shaken by the joke. Not ok. Not end of the world. krissey Feb 2020 #24

I'm alot more concerned about self-professed Democrat on this forum making such a poll. hlthe2b Feb 2020 #25

Ok. Ridiculous to ask if it should be the end of Bidens campaign. But, I won't dismiss the krissey Feb 2020 #26

it remains a stunningly dumb thing to say in public during a campaign. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #29

#25 hlthe2b Feb 2020 #37

After your previous post attacking Biden, I thought you'd be done. Apparently not. hlthe2b Feb 2020 #20

Oh please. Next it will be about a belch NoMoreRepugs Feb 2020 #27

Should people stop asking asinine questions like this? Squinch Feb 2020 #28

He had a 4th place finish in Iowa likely because Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #32

Hell no. Knock off the divisiveness wnylib Feb 2020 #33

No Democrat should be forced to drop out or resign anything unless and until convicted of a felony dalton99a Feb 2020 #38

No. BlueWI Feb 2020 #40

Too easy a question. NO n/t Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #43