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Democratic Primaries

redgreenandblue

(2,125 posts) Thu May 2, 2019, 08:48 AM May 2019

Call me superstitious: I believe no one who voted for the Iraq war will ever be president. [View all]

For this reason I believe that of all candidates, Joe Biden is the most likely to lose to Trump.

And no, I don't have any quantitative information to back that up.

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

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Call me superstitious: I believe no one who voted for the Iraq war will ever be president. [View all] redgreenandblue May 2019 OP

WTH? watoos May 2019 #1

Our Hawaii contingent voted against. Send Akaka, Inouye and Rep Abercrombie. mahina May 2019 #34

Good info. More: 73% of Americans supported in 2003, Hortensis May 2019 #37

I blame myself for Drumpf. If I hadn't broken that rzemanfl May 2019 #2

LOL! And I lost my lucky rabbit's foot in Oct. 2016, and walked under a ladder looking for it. highplainsdem May 2019 #4

You're lucky to have lived through that!!!!! n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #8

I disagree. Many people of voting age are not old enough even to remember that vote. spooky3 May 2019 #3

And many of those young people loyalsister May 2019 #20

Have you seen any evidence anywhere that suggests that spooky3 May 2019 #26

Whether or not they remember the vote loyalsister May 2019 #30

Nice try nt NYMinute May 2019 #5

It's a new form of concern apparently BannonsLiver May 2019 #18

I can't wait for Voodoo and Santeria concerns nt NYMinute May 2019 #21

It's not even an issue with the vast majority of voters. Kaleva May 2019 #6

You could be right. Three Vietnam War veterans ran for president Glorfindel May 2019 #7

it now seems certain that no vietnam veteran will ever be president rampartc May 2019 #35

The Iraq War vote is no laughing matter, nothing to joke about. democrank May 2019 #9

+1 rampartc May 2019 #32

this is the only issue that can sink Biden, IMO AlexSFCA May 2019 #10

They did use Hillary's Iraq vote against her, along will a lot of other things. marylandblue May 2019 #12

I don't think the IWR was ever a deciding factor delisen May 2019 #15

It could if people were thinking about it. BannonsLiver May 2019 #19

Do you have any evidence that supports your assertion? Kaleva May 2019 #23

Although it wasn't your intention, this article does a good job of showing what Hillary StevieM May 2019 #31

The GOP was all for war in Iraq treestar May 2019 #29

Hillary actually won and it was stolen. most people also blame Bush JI7 May 2019 #11

The vast majority of Dems voted to give the president the power to wage war, which he did yaesu May 2019 #13

you left out W Bush in 2004 JI7 May 2019 #14

! crazytown May 2019 #22

Iraq War is ancient history to many left-of-center2012 May 2019 #16

Iraq is done. Beating trump is the ONLY issue themaguffin May 2019 #17

I believe 2+27; and no, I don't have any quantitative information to back that up. LanternWaste May 2019 #24

There would be no Iraq war except for the purity standards R B Garr May 2019 #25

How would they have voted? treestar May 2019 #27

No need for superstition, BUT Ponietz May 2019 #28

The last thing the country needs is . . . peggysue2 May 2019 #33

This post has me convinced that Trump/Putin are really afraid of Biden. McCamy Taylor May 2019 #36

Red, try to put yourselves in the minds of other voters. Hortensis May 2019 #38