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OnDoutside

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13. Gabbard ?

Reply to JonLP24 (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 26, 2020, 05:03 AM

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Barbara Lee: Defund the Pentagon budget. [View all] melman Jun 2020 OP

Defund tRump. marybourg Jun 2020 #1

Seriously? murielm99 Jun 2020 #2

Not really JonLP24 Jun 2020 #3

...which is not "defunding" brooklynite Jun 2020 #16

What do you think Barbara Lee means? JonLP24 Jun 2020 #17

I don't CARE what she "means". brooklynite Jun 2020 #18

Defund the police is a local issue and several cities are following suit JonLP24 Jun 2020 #20

Which is not "defunding". brooklynite Jun 2020 #21

"I don't CARE what she "means"." melman Jun 2020 #24

So you think Biden should advocate a losing policy? brooklynite Jun 2020 #33

Loaded question melman Jun 2020 #34

Yes melman Jun 2020 #7

Any candidate trading in the word "Defund" needs to be De-selected. It's an incredibly inappropriate OnDoutside Jun 2020 #4

Barbara Lee is great JonLP24 Jun 2020 #5

Gabbard ? OnDoutside Jun 2020 #13

I don't think Gabbard was in office for the votes JonLP24 Jun 2020 #14

It's actually good and right melman Jun 2020 #6

For Republican ads perhaps, otherwise self inflicted stupidity, but OnDoutside Jun 2020 #12

Uh melman Jun 2020 #23

You should be thankful they're on our side this time, one can only OnDoutside Jun 2020 #25

They're not on our side melman Jun 2020 #29

They want Joe Biden as President, and want the Democrats to win the Senate as well OnDoutside Jun 2020 #30

Rick Wilson's greatest hits melman Jun 2020 #31

They're nasty feckers, but are taking it to Trump & Republicans EVERY single day. The best the far OnDoutside Jun 2020 #32

trump and the republicans are already using this as a campaign issue. Most of us have started.... George II Jun 2020 #22

Exactly. You have to wonder sometimes whether those who think OnDoutside Jun 2020 #38

the core mistake that politicians make, imho, is worrying how their words mopinko Jun 2020 #35

No, words matter, and the connotation of defund is less money for OnDoutside Jun 2020 #36

they are picking up the people's words. that always wins. mopinko Jun 2020 #39

That's activists words, not "people's" words. The people spoke in March when they gave a resounding OnDoutside Jun 2020 #40

YES!!!! The Pentagon budget is one of the biggest reasons we can't have nice things. (nt) scarletwoman Jun 2020 #8

There's always money for bombs Bettie Jun 2020 #27

It could definitely use some "fat trimming". smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #9

Incredibly poor timing on Ms. Lee's part, IMO. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #10

Blame it on the cops who killed George Floyd JonLP24 Jun 2020 #11

Excellent reasoning. murielm99 Jun 2020 #15

+1 ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #19

Yep, don't say it, do it. You have to wonder about the motivations OnDoutside Jun 2020 #37

There is a lot of that budget that could be Bettie Jun 2020 #26

We spend what the next 7 countries do COMBINED SoonerPride Jun 2020 #28