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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden, Beto O'rourke Reportedly Met to Discuss Potential 2020 Presidential Ticket [View all]violetpastille
(1,483 posts)36. Who are the "Rubes" anyway?
Am I possibly a rube? Do I have enough income? Is my playlist correct? I have been to NYC a couple of times but never actually lived there..? I was born in an international city but raised in the country..
Do I need to get a 23andme kit and determine how much percent "Rube-American" I am?
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Joe Biden, Beto O'rourke Reportedly Met to Discuss Potential 2020 Presidential Ticket [View all]
Yosemito
Dec 2018
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I love them both but hope they would be accepted and embraced by black and latino people.
mahina
Dec 2018
#2
And his first date with his wife was at the world famous Kentucky Club in Juarez
TexasBushwhacker
Dec 2018
#22
1960 was the reverse age and experience wise. But LBJ was only 52 in 1960. Hardly a senior citizen.
hedda_foil
Dec 2018
#8
You have a point, though it doesn't really fit your analogy. Nevertheless, a point.
hedda_foil
Dec 2018
#14
Definitely not the same electorate. The men so easily manipulated by the Russians
delisen
Dec 2018
#47
It was MULTIPLE bills over decades; and he was a leader, not just someone who voted.
pnwmom
Dec 2018
#72
it would have been more than 3 million more without the things i mention and same goes for the other
JI7
Dec 2018
#44
if it was that easy it would have been dealt with. California which is controlled by democrats gets
JI7
Dec 2018
#46
It wasn't just the Republicans; people seem to have forgotten the disunity in our own camp
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#55
so why are the rubes more important than black women ? how about black men ? hispanic men ? hispanic
JI7
Dec 2018
#21
BlueStater; Your opinion that Biden will not win the nomination is not what the polls are showing.
friend of m and j
Dec 2018
#30
Give Biden one term to restore some semblance of sanity to the federal government at home and
RandySF
Dec 2018
#28
I am ready for a woman. The entire country just showed they are ready for a woman.
Sparky 1
Dec 2018
#43
On the contrary; choosing a VP as an actual partner and successor, rather than a seat warmer,
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#57
This story has been updated to reflect that Biden and O'Rourke have not met to discuss the possibili
herding cats
Dec 2018
#63