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oasis

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31. Joe's Rival's Endless Search for a Gotcha on Race.

Reply to melman (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2019, 09:48 AM

Jun 2019

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

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Joe Biden's Endless Search for the Middle on Race [View all] melman Jun 2019 OP

1970s? Really? MineralMan Jun 2019 #1

Stuff often get posted from the 70s. Mostly from 1972 though. Autumn Jun 2019 #4

This is the problem with having a long record, there is a lot to look back on. marylandblue Jun 2019 #10

Anything to bring down his favorable polling with AA voters. I would think Obama's team emmaverybo Jun 2019 #12

So when does the Joe Biden you want to think of as the real Joe Biden begin? Demit Jun 2019 #13

That's a great question melman Jun 2019 #17

People change. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #2

This is almost comic tishaLA Jun 2019 #3

I grew up in a white neighborhood, then moved to another mostly Jewish neighborhood.... George II Jun 2019 #6

I don't know how to be more clear tishaLA Jun 2019 #9

A good start would be people not going back almost 50 years in a futile attempt to "prove"..... George II Jun 2019 #14

You'll have to find someone else who's tishaLA Jun 2019 #20

In the late sixties, and likely into the early seventies... OilemFirchen Jun 2019 #11

Biden isn't searching for anything on race, but those who would put him down are searching.... George II Jun 2019 #5

Unbelievable? Nah, not at all. People go back to the 70s often to post about Bernie Sanders. nt Autumn Jun 2019 #7

Well, he does so himself. Often. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #18

He's not the only one who goes back in time to discuss the Civil Rights movement. Autumn Jun 2019 #25

Trust me. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #33

Hey remember when you posted that thing about a quote from 1974? melman Jun 2019 #8

I see you neglected the context in which I posted that, but I'm not surprised. George II Jun 2019 #15

So it's okay except when it's not melman Jun 2019 #16

Read the thread to which you linked. I think that'll answer your question. George II Jun 2019 #21

Context? What a silly idea. BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #19

And even more woke and judgy mjudgerson if it lines up with that one's preferred candidate. George II Jun 2019 #22

Sometimes you don't have to go back to the 70's. lapucelle Jun 2019 #23

And yet BS hired him anyway. Go figure. George II Jun 2019 #24

Also, Senator BS's newly found racial sensitivity LibFarmer Jun 2019 #30

you change my mind about Biden ...... stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #26

.. and scraping at the bottom of the barrel continues ... NYMinute Jun 2019 #27

I don't see where Joe put down African Americans in that piece Vegas Roller Jun 2019 #28

Ohhhh poor David Sirota LibFarmer Jun 2019 #29

Joe's Rival's Endless Search for a Gotcha on Race. oasis Jun 2019 #31

50 years? loyalsister Jun 2019 #32