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Towlie

(5,324 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 10:10 AM Aug 2019

Unless ANY of the candidates on the list are electable over Trump, we're hopelessly lost.

To claim that an old white man should be nominated simply because he's the most electable is to say that he resembles Trump enough to lure a sufficient number of Trump supporters. But I find it hard to believe that there will be enough Trump supporters in existence to matter after what Trump has, and continues to, put us through. We shouldn't need to accept such a compromise. If it's not true that ANY of the Democratic candidates on the list are electable then our nation has hopelessly lost its way and we might as well give up.

Speaking as an old white man myself I favor a candidate who is the "Anti-Trump", and by that I mean as opposite to Trump as possible, including not an old white man. We need a young, female, liberal, intelligent, knowledgeable, honest, altruistic, amiable, and rational candidate to face and defeat the old, male, right-wing, idiotic, ignorant, dishonest, insensitive, crude, and irrational incumbent. Electing such a polar opposite is necessary to help us convince the rest of the world that America's inexplicable insanity was only temporary and we have finally come to our senses.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Unless ANY of the candidates on the list are electable over Trump, we're hopelessly lost. (Original Post) Towlie Aug 2019 OP
They're all electable over Trump. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #1
Absolutely. dalton99a Aug 2019 #3
I also want the opposite of Trump. I don't judge a person's exterior - I judge a person's character. Skya Rhen Aug 2019 #2
I agree with you. "Old white man" and "young woman" represent only how a person is packaged. WheelWalker Aug 2019 #4
"The candidate that has all of these qualities is Joe Biden." Are you saying none of the others do? Towlie Aug 2019 #5
 

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
1. They're all electable over Trump.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 10:12 AM
Aug 2019

The biggest threat is a third party candidate. Almost any democrat running now would beat him heads-up.


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

Skya Rhen

(2,701 posts)
2. I also want the opposite of Trump. I don't judge a person's exterior - I judge a person's character.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 10:23 AM
Aug 2019

That being said, I want someone who is compassionate, empathetic, decent, respectful, humble, selfless and authentic.

The candidate that has all of these qualities is Joe Biden, who is in stark contrast to Trump and who will defeat him because of this.

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

WheelWalker

(8,954 posts)
4. I agree with you. "Old white man" and "young woman" represent only how a person is packaged.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 10:33 AM
Aug 2019

What I look for is under the exterior wrapping.

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

Towlie

(5,324 posts)
5. "The candidate that has all of these qualities is Joe Biden." Are you saying none of the others do?
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 10:38 AM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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