Democratic Primaries

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Sat Feb 15, 2020, 09:42 PM Feb 2020

We had defections on the right and left in the 1948 presidential election and still won

Henry Wallace on the left and Strom Thurmond on the right.

Make your own inferences.

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

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We had defections on the right and left in the 1948 presidential election and still won (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 OP

A headline mistake like 1948 would likely kill me. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #1

I believe Thurmond walked out of the Convention when HHH put a civil rights plank on the floor. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #2

I am having trouble discerning the link between my post and your response. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #3

Just free associating about the 1948 election. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #4

I try that but keep thinking about how hard it was to walk without falling down. rzemanfl Feb 2020 #5

We're not supposed to relate 2020 to 1972, but 1948 is okay? brooklynite Feb 2020 #6

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)

1. A headline mistake like 1948 would likely kill me. n/t

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 09:46 PM

Feb 2020

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

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. I believe Thurmond walked out of the Convention when HHH put a civil rights plank on the floor.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 09:47 PM

Feb 2020

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

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)

3. I am having trouble discerning the link between my post and your response. n/t

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 09:49 PM

Feb 2020

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

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

4. Just free associating about the 1948 election.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 09:51 PM

Feb 2020

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

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)

5. I try that but keep thinking about how hard it was to walk without falling down.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 09:55 PM

Feb 2020

Also, going in my pants. Wait, that seems like what I worry about now....when I am not worrying about the Republicans destroying the country.

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

brooklynite

(94,552 posts)

6. We're not supposed to relate 2020 to 1972, but 1948 is okay?

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 11:29 PM

Feb 2020

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

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