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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: The front runner is making it extremely difficult for a great many of us [View all]still_one
(92,168 posts)87. Sorry Blue, I am going to self-delete my post.
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