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loyalsister

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24. Exactly

Reply to tishaLA (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 20, 2019, 02:21 PM

Jun 2019

If a republican had talked about the bipartisan glory days of bipartisanship when they could find common ground with George Wallace or Strom Thurmond when they were Democrats, outrage among 2019 Democrats would have been the predictable and legitimate response.

The defensiveness is an astonishing display of white fragility.

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

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Attacking VP Biden for saying he had to work with people across the aisle 40 plus year ago [View all] Peacetrain Jun 2019 OP

yeah... TrunKated Jun 2019 #1

Biden is not my first choice, murielm99 Jun 2019 #2

That's the way it should work. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #3

Yes it should be that way, if polled voters would want government to work. FloridaBlues Jun 2019 #6

Nobody really has an issue with people working with folks on the other side of the aisle tishaLA Jun 2019 #4

Are you saying that the named Senators were not segregationists? DURHAM D Jun 2019 #8

On the contrary, I'm saying, "Joe, please talk about senators who AREN'T segregationists" tishaLA Jun 2019 #10

Exactly loyalsister Jun 2019 #24

The problem is not that he had to work across the isle. DURHAM D Jun 2019 #5

I agree with Morning Joe Gothmog Jun 2019 #17

I can't believe the attitude of many who choose to totally discount the existence of a big chunk.... George II Jun 2019 #7

+1, and history! That's the reality of the way it was for Southern R B Garr Jun 2019 #19

And, the Black lawmakers who have Biden's Back understand this.. Cha Jun 2019 #9

Harris was mentored by Mayor Willie Brown in SF PupCamo Jun 2019 #11

I was disappointed to hear her twist the issue today. I'm watching R B Garr Jun 2019 #22

Across the aisle? The segregationists he mentioned were also fellow Democrats madville Jun 2019 #12

Yes Eastland and Talmadge were Democrats delisen Jun 2019 #29

Those guys were Democrats if I recall correctly. comradebillyboy Jun 2019 #13

Yes, he was working with members of his own party. Demit Jun 2019 #28

These attacks on Biden are really weak Gothmog Jun 2019 #14

K&R Scurrilous Jun 2019 #15

I hate it when I have to agree with Morning Joe Gothmog Jun 2019 #16

All never Trumpers are on Biden's team robbedvoter Jun 2019 #21

For this thread Gothmog Jun 2019 #23

It is not treestar Jun 2019 #26

The Gamesters of Triskelian say BootinUp Jun 2019 #18

It's the celebration of it in these times that is offensive even to people who are not black robbedvoter Jun 2019 #20

It is history treestar Jun 2019 #25

What gives me pause Midnightwalk Jun 2019 #27

According to Symone Sanders, Biden did not praise a segregationist Gothmog Jun 2019 #30

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