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jezebel321

(278 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 04:53 PM Feb 2020

Mayor of Dayton calls out Biden's 2012 quote about not wanting to be Mayor because its a real job.




“I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to be a senator for 36 years.” —March 29, 2012

source: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/02/joe-biden-bidenisms-103689
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Mayor of Dayton calls out Biden's 2012 quote about not wanting to be Mayor because its a real job. (Original Post) jezebel321 Feb 2020 OP
Bashing Joe... MindMover Feb 2020 #1
LOL!! denem Feb 2020 #2
That's a great ad. Control-Z Feb 2020 #3
Yeah well, let's have fewer self-righteous replies about bashing candidates. denem Feb 2020 #4
I honestly don't remember making any Control-Z Feb 2020 #6
I was replying to this comment. denem Feb 2020 #9
Wow! Now that's a commercial. I'm absolutely speechless. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #5
Probably just a line he tosses out to get laughs. Right? Magoo48 Feb 2020 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author denem Feb 2020 #8
It wasn't cool when Republicans mocked Obama's demofan40 Feb 2020 #10
 

denem

(11,045 posts)
2. LOL!!
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:13 PM
Feb 2020
you're going reap, just what you sow

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Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
3. That's a great ad.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:17 PM
Feb 2020
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denem

(11,045 posts)
4. Yeah well, let's have fewer self-righteous replies about bashing candidates.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:21 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
6. I honestly don't remember making any
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:30 PM
Feb 2020

self-righteous replies. Can you show me where I did that?

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denem

(11,045 posts)
9. I was replying to this comment.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:35 PM
Feb 2020
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287489798

A mayor responds to an ad making light Pete's service in South Bend? Imagine that.
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jimfields33

(15,787 posts)
5. Wow! Now that's a commercial. I'm absolutely speechless.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:23 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Magoo48

(4,708 posts)
7. Probably just a line he tosses out to get laughs. Right?
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:33 PM
Feb 2020

It’s a good line, though, most good lines have a sliver of truth in them.

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demofan40

(45 posts)
10. It wasn't cool when Republicans mocked Obama's
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:36 PM
Feb 2020

Community Organizer experience, and it’s not cool now.

It smacks of elitism.

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