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OneBro

(1,159 posts)
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 04:01 PM Oct 2020

I don't have any political issues, but thanks for asking.

Until Biden is sworn in on January 20, 2021, I don't have any political issues. None.
When Biden won the nomination, I was asked what I thought about it. I said "Yes!, Biden is our nominee!" Not, "He wasn't my first choice, but . . . "
When Biden picked Harris as his running mate, I was was asked what I thought about Harris. I said "Yes!, Biden picked Harris, and she's gonna be our next V.P.!" Not, "Well, she wasn't my first choice, but . . ."

It isn't that I don't care about freedom of choice, separation of church and state, the environment, criminal justice reform and a whole host of other political issues that are important to me, it's that GETTING BIDEN/HARRIS ELECTED IS THE PRIME OBJECTIVE. Majorities in Congress go hand-in-hand with that objective, but any issue, and I do mean ANY issue, outside of that objective, is a non-starter.

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I don't have any political issues, but thanks for asking. (Original Post) OneBro Oct 2020 OP
My first choice was Hillary! Miigwech Oct 2020 #1
Hear Hear, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #2
Well said. Otherwise it's like arguing about curtains before we have a home. OneBro Oct 2020 #5
Well, if you want to get technical... AZ8theist Oct 2020 #3
Thank you. lamp_shade Oct 2020 #4
This election is about whether or not there will even be another real election Silent3 Oct 2020 #6
The sad reality is that Trumpvangelicals would gladly burn the country down. OneBro Oct 2020 #7
I make sure I don't have first choices lunatica Oct 2020 #8

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
2. Hear Hear, Sir
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 04:09 PM
Oct 2020

There will be time enough for our regularly scheduled intramural contrempts once the barbarians have seen off from the city walls....

AZ8theist

(5,459 posts)
3. Well, if you want to get technical...
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 04:24 PM
Oct 2020

my first choice was Jimmy Carter.
But whose counting the decades...

Silent3

(15,210 posts)
6. This election is about whether or not there will even be another real election
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 04:57 PM
Oct 2020

Even the "realness" of this election has gotten shaky enough that we're scared that only a landslide will keep us safe.

No other issues matter more than this at the moment. Even the few non-brainwashed Republicans who remain, like the Lincoln Project, understand this.

We all fight for Biden/Harris today so if there are any other issues that are important to us, we'll at least have a chance to fight over those issues on another day.

OneBro

(1,159 posts)
7. The sad reality is that Trumpvangelicals would gladly burn the country down.
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 05:04 PM
Oct 2020

They've been looting America and sewing hate so long that they don't know any other way, and they are totally at peace with the idea of burning the whole country down if white, "christian" men aren't at the helm.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. I make sure I don't have first choices
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 05:05 PM
Oct 2020

The entire primaries, all the way up to the Democratic nomination are of no real interest to me. This time the candidates were all good. All of them. I was going to be happy with whoever was nominated. I did hope for a woman as VP, and I thought a Black woman would be just perfect. Crash those damn glass ceilings ladies!

So I’m quite happy with Biden and Harris!

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