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Laura PourMeADrink

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24. Totally surface but important to woo people initially

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 12:10 AM

Jun 2020

He gives off this nervous energy and he stares with his eyes bulging. It is a total image thing. Not what he's saying. Not what Warren saying either. Both brilliant. But people as a whole want someone who is maybe a 4 and sometimes a 10. Not 9 all the time. It makes them feel uncomfortable.

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Why didn't Corey Booker do better in the primaries? [View all] Stinky The Clown Jun 2020 OP

Personally, his stand against Al Franken eliminated him for me from the beginning. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #1

why didn't anyone do better in the primaries Skittles Jun 2020 #2

This, right heee. n/t ms liberty Jun 2020 #7

That's right nt Adelante Jun 2020 #9

Yeah, we only need one candidate.. that's Democracy for ya. Cha Jun 2020 #12

yes Skittles Jun 2020 #13

Especially when the magats do everything possible to Suppress Votes. Cha Jun 2020 #18

and Russia helps them Skittles Jun 2020 #19

vegan handmade34 Jun 2020 #3

Seems like he miscalculated in some of his attacks. nt R B Garr Jun 2020 #4

Dunno, waiting to see what DUers say; elleng Jun 2020 #5

Same reason Harris, Beto, Buttigieg, and many others didn't do well JI7 Jun 2020 #6

I think the race would have been different with covid Skittles Jun 2020 #8

His campaign was the only one I gave money to...... a kennedy Jun 2020 #10

No one reason. Xolodno Jun 2020 #11

The establishment seems to pick who they want before it starts. KentuckyWoman Jun 2020 #14

We had so many candidates. herding cats Jun 2020 #15

He was just another candidate who didn't really distinquish himself from the rest. brush Jun 2020 #16

Good point... No one really distinguished themselves because Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #25

uh, no Skittles Jun 2020 #29

Agree with last sentence, but not sure I understand Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #30

"Amazes me that people don't just say, "I am 100% for X, Hortensis Jun 2020 #32

That might be where we need a super strong DNC chair? Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #34

Agree. End amap these media-provided debates. Can't force Hortensis Jun 2020 #35

You made me think. Perhaps the term "debate" doesnt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #36

If we lose this one, it may have been our last Hortensis Jun 2020 #38

It would certainly root out those who lack passion. I really Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #39

Yup. 1980-90s for "liberal," who around then forgets the attacks? Hortensis Jun 2020 #40

Hope it does! Here's a good example. Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #41

:) Blue Dog Tim Ryan doing a great job demonstrating Hortensis Jun 2020 #42

His horrible Spanish!!! LeftInTX Jun 2020 #17

Everybody's jealous that he's dating Rosario Dawson! TheBlackAdder Jun 2020 #20

Saw him three times here in Iowa Strelnikov_ Jun 2020 #21

After 3 1/2 of riding with daily DUIs everyone went for the designated driver. grantcart Jun 2020 #22

Really? 50 points ahead long before he announced, Hortensis Jun 2020 #37

He jumped in too early Sewa Jun 2020 #23

And Beto too late. Looking back, the debates were a joke Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #26

Totally surface but important to woo people initially Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #24

There is a bias in most of the country toward most pols from New York, New Jersey and Chicago pecosbob Jun 2020 #27

I was rooting for him initially, but his message was way too nice ecstatic Jun 2020 #28

Booker's star was on the rise in 2017 NewJeffCT Jun 2020 #31

In a crowded field one needs to stand out. Codeine Jun 2020 #33