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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: The front runner is making it extremely difficult for a great many of us [View all]marylandblue
(12,344 posts)51. We need better reactors with fail safe designs.
I've seen some possible designs, but there needs to be more development.
The nuclear fuel disposal problem is, in my view, somewhat exaggerated. I think it is technically solvable. But nobody wants their great grandchildren to be the guinea pigs.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Magoo48
Jun 2019
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It is a big electorate. If we are going to defeat trump we have to appeal to a big electorate.
wasupaloopa
Jun 2019
#1
They do not need to go to the right. It is important to be main stream in 2020.
wasupaloopa
Jun 2019
#93
I don't know but consider 40 moderates were elected and helped get the house...those on the left
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#94
Biden has put progressive legislation on the table and gotten it passed which is more than most of
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#96
This is the only way you get anything...the idea that we go in and pass sweeping proposals is a pipe
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#105
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MineralMan
Jun 2019
#3
GreenPeace heavily biased organization, and I wouldn't trust their criteria. Here are FACTS:
still_one
Jun 2019
#26
Sanders LCV score is 92%, Harris 100%, Warren 99%. It doesn't score non-Congressional pols.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#71
I don't agree with GreenPeace's categories, or their scoring system. From my perspective LCV's is
still_one
Jun 2019
#85
Glad to see my three Sanders, Warren and Inslee at the top. Thanks for posting.
Nanjeanne
Jun 2019
#7
What a bullshit flame bait thread. The League of Conservation of voters gives him an 85% pro
still_one
Jun 2019
#10
F**k the Guardian. Since Biden announced 90% of their OP Eds have been distortions and outright
still_one
Jun 2019
#20
and Biden is there on the environment, in spite of the distortion that GreenPeace says.
still_one
Jun 2019
#27
same all or nothing approach that did so well for some in 2016. The fact is if the Democratic
still_one
Jun 2019
#31
Biden's record says differently, and you're analysis that he is only aiming at moderate voters,
still_one
Jun 2019
#41
The Green New Deal is the new dividing line, and my understanding is that he has not signed on.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#48
Politically, there is always a middle ground, but Mother Nature does not compromise, so
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#64
And he shouldn't. Look what happened to Harris in California yesterday...you won't win the rust belt
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#97
You may be correct politically, but if we don't do something drastic, climate change will kill us.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#110
I didn't say it was you, I said that was the same approach some used in 2016, all or nothing, and I
still_one
Jun 2019
#66
I already responded to you in another post on that, but I will repeat it again
still_one
Jun 2019
#38
I have nothing bad to say about Biden, but please recognize there are choices to be made here.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#35
I know you don't. You actually want to have a dialog, and try to persuade people why someone is
still_one
Jun 2019
#67
These votes do not intimate that VP Biden has the will to lead our nation through the most
Magoo48
Jun 2019
#32
Okay, so what "votes" intimate any other candidate has the will? Votes, not just words. Thanks.
George II
Jun 2019
#37
Valid point, except the LCV is looking at his lifetime record, Greenpeace is so bias they cannot
still_one
Jun 2019
#68
Thanks gothmog. Also, when they give Andrew Yang a D+, either their criteria is
still_one
Jun 2019
#133
The Climate Crisis is not an agenda; the Climate Crisis is an immediate absolute.
Magoo48
Jun 2019
#45
Like all policy unless you can convince the American public, it is a non-starter and we have no shot
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#98
Don't forget that the chart addresses only two (fossil fuels and green new deal)
grumpyduck
Jun 2019
#13
They are distorting and misrepresenting Biden's record also. The GreenPeace analysis is very
still_one
Jun 2019
#34
fair enough. However, I am not so quick to embrace nuclear as an energy source unless they can
still_one
Jun 2019
#43
Anyone naive enough to believe that fossil fuels are not the road to oblivion is in denial.
Magoo48
Jun 2019
#42
but that isn't what I said or implied either. I said there will be a transition period.
still_one
Jun 2019
#44
No, I was not accusing you of that. But the people who put out the chart that you panned
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#86
Thanks Blue. When they rate Andrew Yang a D+, there is something wrong with their criteria
still_one
Jun 2019
#89
You and I and a lot of people here and in the country know what their agenda is.
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#90
There isn't a democrat that is in office that I know denying what you pointed out.
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#75
Excellent post. Shows the lie about Biden's voting record for what it is, a lie.
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#74
I never claimed to be an average Democrat. The time for "average Democrats" is over.
Magoo48
Jun 2019
#39
Greenpeace is the lunatic fringe, really; one must do some powerful work themselves to so cavalierly
Magoo48
Jun 2019
#54
Respectfully, this debate reminds me of the dire predictions on marijuana policy
crazytown
Jun 2019
#60
I look forward to seeing Biden's climate policy, but I think he has less room to be bold
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#113
Biden was the first to put climate change on the floor of the Senate...what have any of the
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#62
The purpose of the made up chart was to make Senator Sanders look like the ultimate climate change
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#82
Inslee is running almost exclusively on the environment and climate change.
progressoid
Jun 2019
#129
We can't move forward without getting rid of Trump...and having looked at the electoral map
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#101
Look at the map and tell me how we win then? No one else could...and consider that we have never
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#122