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DFW

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4. Yeah, but consider what really mattered

Reply to Budi (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 09:07 PM

Jul 2020

Bowman is under 50, has no experience in government, and had the support of lots of people who consider both to be overwhelming assets--far greater than all that cool stuff Engel accomplished and fought for.

Don't forget, it is far more important (and less work) to take down Democratic incumbents who have done good than it is to stand up to Republican incumbents who have done evil.

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Oh by the way Eliot Engel got to the House [View all] Voltaire2 Jul 2020 OP

Biaggi was a crook. Engel is not. Budi Jul 2020 #1

Yeah, but consider what really mattered DFW Jul 2020 #4

Yeah, democracy sucks Yeehah Jul 2020 #7

Out of context statement. What was the conversation that included that snippet? Budi Jul 2020 #13

He did not co-author the Green New Deal Yeehah Jul 2020 #16

It's. What. The. Constituents. Voted. For. Arazi Jul 2020 #8

He also opposed the Obama/Biden Iran Nuclear deal liskddksil Jul 2020 #17

Bowman damn well better deliver as a Congressman. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2020 #2

Is the granddaughter anything like her granddad? Blue_true Jul 2020 #3

Not in the least. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2020 #9

Thanks. She seems like a person who has a big future ahead of her in leadership. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #11

Alessandra Biaggi NY State Senator Budi Jul 2020 #5

I looked up her bio. Looks pretty solid and she seem to be one of the new Blue_true Jul 2020 #6

A rising star, indeed. DinahMoeHum Jul 2020 #10

A lot of people complain about the older politicians in our party not making way for younger Blue_true Jul 2020 #12

Kinda of "cutting off your nose to spite your face" politics, is more like it. Budi Jul 2020 #14

I am sort of conflicted. Blue_true Jul 2020 #18

Alot of people also talk about the older politicians as having no value. Budi Jul 2020 #15

That is an empty-headed proposition if taken at it's core declaration. Blue_true Jul 2020 #20

If we couldn't primary incumbents we wouldn't have AOC. nt jalan48 Jul 2020 #19