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Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 09:10 AM Feb 2020

"The Prevent Defense" is often not "the safe bet" that people make it out to be

And there is real risk present when a political party enshrines caution and throws boldness to the winds.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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"The Prevent Defense" is often not "the safe bet" that people make it out to be (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 OP
Exactly - three times in the last twenty years the "safe" candidate has lost Blues Heron Feb 2020 #1
and Biden would be the weakest of those 3 mention LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #3
Absolutely! hedda_foil Feb 2020 #2
K&R nt redqueen Feb 2020 #4
Saw this on Twitter, thought I'd share it here. redqueen Feb 2020 #5
We live in restless times, each year more so. Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #6
 

Blues Heron

(5,898 posts)
1. Exactly - three times in the last twenty years the "safe" candidate has lost
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 09:12 AM
Feb 2020

Gore, Kerry, and Clinton. Let's not make that mistake again.

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

LeftTurn3623

(628 posts)
3. and Biden would be the weakest of those 3 mention
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 12:02 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

hedda_foil

(16,368 posts)
2. Absolutely!
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 11:50 AM
Feb 2020

Positively. Absolutely positively irrefutably true.

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

redqueen

(115,096 posts)
5. Saw this on Twitter, thought I'd share it here.
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 12:39 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
6. We live in restless times, each year more so.
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 04:56 PM
Feb 2020

Obama represented change, the others much less so. I think Joe Biden is a good man and if he gets the nomination I will fight like hell for him. But I fear he is to our side this year what Jeb Bush was for Republicans in 2016; the well groomed"safe choice".

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