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Biden gets 'personal' in new TV ad in Iowa focused on health care (Original Post)
Cattledog
Aug 2019
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VP Joe Biden helped save ObamaCare by convincing Sen. McCain to vote, "No."
Princetonian
Aug 2019
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uponit7771
(93,512 posts)1. K&R, Hammer meet nail head
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(317,998 posts)2. Thank you, Cattledog!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(61,175 posts)3. Brilliant -- and very poignant -- ad. K&R
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Butterflylady
(4,584 posts)4. Husband saw it
Mighty personal and if you don't cry, he said you're not human.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(177,725 posts)5. Washington Post-Opinion: Biden's heart-on-his-sleeve campaign
I want someone who is as different from trump as possible. I agree with the premise of this Washington Post editorial
Link to tweet
In a race in which candidates are jockeying to be the most un-Trumpian candidate whether by intellect, ideology, experience or vitality Americans are reminded he is a man of decency, kindness and loyalty.
This is the polar opposite of a president who gives a thumbs-up with an baby orphaned by the El Paso shooting, who brags about crowd size on a day of mourning and who attacks opponents in between stops with survivors and their grieving families. Trump is entirely lacking in empathy and sincerity; Biden has a surplus of both.....
We may be in an age that is far too snarky, cynical and polarized for that message. It is certainly understandable that older voters whove lived in a United States that is kinder, gentler and more unified would appreciate that message.
However, building a presidential campaign based not on policy plans but on emotion, aspiration and inspiration is a very contemporary phenomenon. Bill Clintons I feel your pain and Barack Obamas hope and change reflected an awareness that voters want more than PowerPoint presentations from their president. They want to know he or she sees, understands and cares deeply about them.
This is the polar opposite of a president who gives a thumbs-up with an baby orphaned by the El Paso shooting, who brags about crowd size on a day of mourning and who attacks opponents in between stops with survivors and their grieving families. Trump is entirely lacking in empathy and sincerity; Biden has a surplus of both.....
We may be in an age that is far too snarky, cynical and polarized for that message. It is certainly understandable that older voters whove lived in a United States that is kinder, gentler and more unified would appreciate that message.
However, building a presidential campaign based not on policy plans but on emotion, aspiration and inspiration is a very contemporary phenomenon. Bill Clintons I feel your pain and Barack Obamas hope and change reflected an awareness that voters want more than PowerPoint presentations from their president. They want to know he or she sees, understands and cares deeply about them.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)6. K&R
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Princetonian
(1,501 posts)7. VP Joe Biden helped save ObamaCare by convincing Sen. McCain to vote, "No."
I and millions of other Americans will always be indebted to him.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
COLGATE4
(14,886 posts)8. Now THAT'S how its done!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(53,491 posts)9. K and R
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden