Democratic Primaries

marylandblue

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47. Huh? Mining media? I'm not looking to confirm anything.

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #34)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 08:51 AM

Jun 2019

I just see what I see. I follow links other people post and comment on them. That's all. What are you doing here?

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

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Biden, Recalling Civility in Senate, Invokes Two Segregationist Senators [View all] melman Jun 2019 OP

The 1970's and 1980's are the past. I am interested in looking towards the FUTURE Indygram Jun 2019 #1

Those fuckers are dead, Joe dalton99a Jun 2019 #2

He didn't call you "boy" because you're white, Joe. dawg day Jun 2019 #3

Eastland was his close ally in the anti-busing fight dalton99a Jun 2019 #5

I apologize, I didn't see your post before I posted mine. nt More_Cowbell Jun 2019 #8

Yeah, that was an unfortunate choice of words there for Biden. cwydro Jun 2019 #12

Oh my. demmiblue Jun 2019 #4

It's been 10-years since VP Biden served in the Senate. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #6

He never called Biden "boy" because Biden is WHITE More_Cowbell Jun 2019 #7

Some did, essentially, work with him, but he sent out Biden to do the proxy negotiations. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #11

"I can't tell you how angry this makes me." (re: another Biden quote) More_Cowbell Jun 2019 #9

let's go Joe ! stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #10

Christ he's embarrassing. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #13

I can't believe anyone thinks this guy is our best bet to beat Trump mtnsnake Jun 2019 #14

Most of America thinks this way and they are not the delusional ones. Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #15

if most of America has fond remembrances or are sympathetic towards racist scum like Eastland Celerity Jun 2019 #18

Com'on. YOU associate civilly with people at work. If this were Hortensis Jun 2019 #20

the big difference is he is NOW, STILL using pure evil racists as a Celerity Jun 2019 #36

No, there is no big difference. And he is at work on Hortensis Jun 2019 #39

I profoundly disagree with you, but I think we will just have to remain at loggerheads on this Celerity Jun 2019 #46

Are you really defending this remark by Biden? BlueWI Jun 2019 #49

Yes, and of course I'm defending it -- and you. Hortensis Jun 2019 #54

But this is politics. BlueWI Jun 2019 #55

:) How is being courteous to Boehner different in the slightest? Hortensis Jun 2019 #56

We're mostly in agreement really. BlueWI Jun 2019 #60

That we have to be polite to racists? Yes, that is certainly the American Way. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #24

It's humanity's way. Do you imagine people around Hortensis Jun 2019 #57

I'm not. Are you? WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #58

Oh. Yes, I am. We moved from California to Georgia, Hortensis Jun 2019 #59

. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #61

Good response. BlueWI Jun 2019 #65

The excuses people make are staggering. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #66

...and.... NYMinute Jun 2019 #16

Desperation? BlueWI Jun 2019 #50

I'm pretty sure I know why Eastland didn't call Biden 'boy'. I also know what I think he Autumn Jun 2019 #17

I'm not sure why he had to bring that up Otto Lidenbrock Jun 2019 #19

Apparently too much truth for some. Hortensis Jun 2019 #21

No too much tone deafness. marylandblue Jun 2019 #25

For trumpsters. We're both smarter and far more honest. Hortensis Jun 2019 #27

Your post is the most truth I have seen for some time. Autumn Jun 2019 #28

It's been said Biden is a gaffe machine. This is a gaffe. marylandblue Jun 2019 #33

Well, think what you will, but maybe remember that Hortensis Jun 2019 #34

Huh? Mining media? I'm not looking to confirm anything. marylandblue Jun 2019 #47

I think I'm the one that was supposedly media mining melman Jun 2019 #64

Southern conservative culture took over the Republican Party. Hortensis Jun 2019 #22

"slipping briefly into a Southern accent" PDittie Jun 2019 #23

:) He's from Maryland. More north or south is a matter of Hortensis Jun 2019 #29

To make a point about civility, he offers instances of those who were very, very, very different ehrnst Jun 2019 #26

:) But not at work. Mostly. Fairly often some brief YouTube Hortensis Jun 2019 #30

I'm all in favor of Senators being polite to each other. marylandblue Jun 2019 #41

His point is way too nuanced for a lot of folks. Dream Girl Jun 2019 #51

Misty water-colored memories. Demit Jun 2019 #31

The thing is, in the 1973 speech, he said Eastland *did* call him boy. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #32

It's a rare double-dog gaffe. Politicub Jun 2019 #42

A meta-gaffe. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #43

The universe just collapsed into itself. Politicub Jun 2019 #45

re: "he got the two versions tangled up" thesquanderer Jun 2019 #48

Interesting find. nt ecstatic Jun 2019 #70

Biden is doing great. SouthernProgressive Jun 2019 #35

oh christ. tymorial Jun 2019 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Politicub Jun 2019 #38

The newest shiny object to express concern over. LanternWaste Jun 2019 #40

Winston Churchill's civility in dealing with Stalin really pissed me off. oasis Jun 2019 #44

Forget it, he's rolling BeyondGeography Jun 2019 #52

When Connie Schultz corrects you in public, you have a problem. irisblue Jun 2019 #53

As an AA, I am trying everything within me to get as worked up as those in Twitter World... Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #62

de Blasio's tweet. aidbo Jun 2019 #63

de Blasio is right on this one nt Celerity Jun 2019 #68

De Blasio is twisting the meaning of Biden's comments in order to oasis Jun 2019 #69

So what. Bernie extols FDR who was racist and Warren voted for Kahuna7 Jun 2019 #67

According to Symone Sanders, Biden did not praise a segregationist Gothmog Jun 2019 #71

James Clyburn is siding with Joe Biden on this issue Gothmog Jun 2019 #72

Who are you for? treestar Jun 2019 #73