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I will not vote for a billionaire (Original Post) Opel_Justwax Nov 2019 OP
So you'll vote for Trump? RichardRay Nov 2019 #1
Bazinga! TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #24
It would take a lot BootinUp Nov 2019 #2
I'll alert the media! Nt USALiberal Nov 2019 #3
How about millionaires? rogue emissary Nov 2019 #4
1% by wealth leaves Warren out. Yang and a few others are out too. Hoyt Nov 2019 #5
Biden's est. worth is $9 million so he clears the bar too BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #8
Heck, by income, all House and Senate members, including AOC, fall in 8%. Hoyt Nov 2019 #12
Me too BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #13
no one cares evertonfc Nov 2019 #6
So he bought elections in VA? I thought buying elections was bad. Unless our party profits? n/t X_Digger Nov 2019 #11
He also detained protesters during the GOP convention in 04 Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #15
Or a reality TV "star"(?). BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #7
Personal wealth of a candidate is not the most important issue for me. NCLefty Nov 2019 #9
Def not voting for him here. roamer65 Nov 2019 #10
I wouldn't either lunatica Nov 2019 #14
Limiting your options there. Why? Not all billionaires... TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #16
Blue no matter who. Trump is a fucking Hitler if he is allowed to continue doing anything he wants. Flaleftist Nov 2019 #17
What makes anyone think he will do any better this time than he did last time? world wide wally Nov 2019 #18
I'll vote for nearly anyone who isn't Trump Silent3 Nov 2019 #19
Only on occasion do they work out. FDR was wealthy and for some odd reason was a Quixote1818 Nov 2019 #20
Being married to Eleanor sure didn't hurt. nt crickets Nov 2019 #21
I hate to break it to,you, but anti-Semite and racist. He would not support a law against lynching, emmaverybo Nov 2019 #22
abt Demonaut Nov 2019 #23
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
12. Heck, by income, all House and Senate members, including AOC, fall in 8%.
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:26 AM
Nov 2019

I’m OK with that, BTW.

 

evertonfc

(1,713 posts)
6. no one cares
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:17 AM
Nov 2019

Your hate for billionaires is noted. Mike is a good guy. Spent millions in VA. He might not be your candidate but an angle compared to Trump. Will you vote for millionaires? Our top contenders are one.

 

Dem4Life1102

(3,974 posts)
15. He also detained protesters during the GOP convention in 04
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:32 AM
Nov 2019

to protect Bush from embarrassment. He instituted the racist stop & frisk policy. Then subverted the will of the people to buy himself a third term.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
9. Personal wealth of a candidate is not the most important issue for me.
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:20 AM
Nov 2019

I would consider it among the other factors for or against them.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
14. I wouldn't either
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:29 AM
Nov 2019

As a matter of fact I’ll never vote for a businessman who claims being one is what makes him qualified.

Silent3

(15,204 posts)
19. I'll vote for nearly anyone who isn't Trump
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:41 AM
Nov 2019

And we'd better all start thinking that way. Fuck this "my vote is my special act of self-expression" shit.

And no, I'm not "telling you", as if I think I can command you, what you have to do. (God, I get sick of that totally-missing-the-point "you can't tell me how to vote!" reaction.)

I am saying, flat out, however, what the smartest and least selfish way to vote is.

Quixote1818

(28,929 posts)
20. Only on occasion do they work out. FDR was wealthy and for some odd reason was a
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:43 AM
Nov 2019

decent human being and an epic president.

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
22. I hate to break it to,you, but anti-Semite and racist. He would not support a law against lynching,
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 01:28 AM
Nov 2019

his anti-Semitic immigration policy meant death for hundreds of thousands, and he signed off on
Japanese internment camps. Enlightened labor laws did not apply to agriculture, with so many POC workers, and his policies reflected his personal views.

Originally found at Truthout

Author Timothy Scott
Snip—————————————-

, The 2016 presidential election cycle and its three prominent candidates are being held up as representing polarizing interests that are emblematic of the political, economic and cultural tensions of our time. Yet, a look back at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt reveals some familiar tones and policy positions that capture those of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.

As president, Roosevelt is widely celebrated by American “progressives” for fathering the New Deal, which encompassed financial regulations, union rights and a number of social programs. While FDR’s extramarital affairs are well known, what is less known is his racist and anti-Semitic worldview and white supremacist loyalties, which contributed to the suffering and death of millions of the most vulnerable people.

https://narrativedisruptions.wordpress.com/disrupting-the-myth-of-franklin-d-roosevelt-in-the-age-of-trump-sanders-and-clinton/

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