Democratic Primaries

George II

(67,782 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:05 AM Mar 2020

So, trump went down to South Carolina and pleaded for his Magats to ratf*....

...the Democratic primary by crossing over and not voting for Biden (won't say who he was promoting)

What happened? Biden won by about DOUBLE the margin expected.

trump ratf*ed himself into giving Biden a HUGE win.

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

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So, trump went down to South Carolina and pleaded for his Magats to ratf*.... (Original Post) George II Mar 2020 OP

Reminds me of "Devil Went Down to... dchill Mar 2020 #1

Ha! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #7

Lol onetexan Mar 2020 #14

ETTD. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #2

It was never going to happen in any substantive way. It never has. Garrett78 Mar 2020 #3

How many times have Republicans cancelled their own primaries to do this? Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #6

They canceled their primaries because people like Weld were challenging Trump. Garrett78 Mar 2020 #8

You were in on the meetings? Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #9

This is well-known. They didn't want Trump or the GOP to suffer any potential embarrassment. Garrett78 Mar 2020 #10

Sure. And Hillary's emails were somehow a threat to national security. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #11

Um, okay. If you want to believe it was a plot to enable mischievous crossover voting... Garrett78 Mar 2020 #12

Republicans lie. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #13

I thought traitortrump asked them to vote for sanders? Cha Mar 2020 #4

Ain't no Rat F like a Roger Stone Rat F Baked Potato Mar 2020 #5

Why yes he did.. and "Lindsay Graham sent out flyers.. " Cha Mar 2020 #15

dchill

(42,660 posts)

1. Reminds me of "Devil Went Down to...

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:07 AM

Mar 2020

Georgia."

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

2naSalit

(103,811 posts)

7. Ha!

Reply to dchill (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:55 AM

Mar 2020

That's what I thought of too! Arr, arr... great minds and all that!

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

onetexan

(13,913 posts)

14. Lol

Reply to dchill (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:50 AM

Mar 2020

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

MontanaMama

(24,751 posts)

2. ETTD.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:11 AM

Mar 2020

That and tRump always makes things worse for tRump. Loser McLoserson.

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

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

3. It was never going to happen in any substantive way. It never has.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:11 AM

Mar 2020

This issue comes up every 4 years for both parties, and there's zero historical evidence of mischievous crossover voting having a noticeable impact. It's the voter fraud of primaries. Always talked about; never realized.

There is crossover voting, but not in the way people imagine. For instance, a staff member of 538 was interviewing a South Carolina Republican who said he was going to vote for Buttigieg in today's primary.

Still, 4 years from now, we'll be listening to rampant and baseless speculation from members of one or both parties. Different year, same story.

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

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)

6. How many times have Republicans cancelled their own primaries to do this?

Reply to Garrett78 (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:46 AM

Mar 2020

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

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

8. They canceled their primaries because people like Weld were challenging Trump.

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:56 AM

Mar 2020

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

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)

9. You were in on the meetings?

Reply to Garrett78 (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:06 AM

Mar 2020

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

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

10. This is well-known. They didn't want Trump or the GOP to suffer any potential embarrassment.

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:09 AM

Mar 2020

They weren't exactly hiding why they canceled primaries all across the US. You can find articles all about this from 5 or 6 months ago.

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

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)

11. Sure. And Hillary's emails were somehow a threat to national security.

Reply to Garrett78 (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:29 AM

Mar 2020

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

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

12. Um, okay. If you want to believe it was a plot to enable mischievous crossover voting...

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:34 AM

Mar 2020

...more power to you. But here's one of numerous articles on the real reason why they canceled primaries: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/shield-trump-embarrassments-gop-prepares-scrap-primaries.

Again, 4 years from now, we'll be hearing the same baseless speculation from members of one or both parties. Different year, same story.

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

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)

13. Republicans lie.

Reply to Garrett78 (Reply #12)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:37 AM

Mar 2020

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

Cha

(320,603 posts)

4. I thought traitortrump asked them to vote for sanders?

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:15 AM

Mar 2020

Link to tweet

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

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)

5. Ain't no Rat F like a Roger Stone Rat F

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:42 AM

Mar 2020

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

Cha

(320,603 posts)

15. Why yes he did.. and "Lindsay Graham sent out flyers.. "

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2020, 10:13 PM

Mar 2020

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

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