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Related: About this forumHickenloopet People, help me out
Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) Tweeted:
Hickenlooper: "You don't do big things with big government."
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Um, was this said today in Iowa? I can't get the Des Moines Register to load so I can listen to the speech?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Hickenloopet People, help me out (Original Post)
irisblue
Jun 2019
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JI7
(93,360 posts)1. he has no chance of being the nominee
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Reaganesque
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CanonRay
(16,025 posts)3. Tell that to FDR
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(92,821 posts)4. At 3:00
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/media/cinematic/video/1403713001/full-speech-john-hickenlooper-at-the-iowa-democrats-hall-of-fame-event/
Full speech: John Hickenlooper at the Iowa Democrat's Hall of Fame event
Full speech: John Hickenlooper at the Iowa Democrat's Hall of Fame event
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Turin_C3PO
(16,385 posts)5. Sounds like he's bought into Reagan-era framing.
I like him okay but he demonizes government way too often.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Celerity
(53,997 posts)6. Hickenlooper is the only 'big name' Senate turn-down I am actually happy about
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
irisblue
(37,051 posts)7. He was iffy for me b/c of his tightness w/ John Kasich
But missing the WW1, the NewDeal, rural electrification, interstate highways, beating the Nazis, the internet, space exploration, social security, medicare, the civil rights act, voting rights acts, US Marshalls in Little Rock.
Wow that isn't just Reganesque, that is trump level ingorance of our history and people.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
