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Democratic Primaries

CrossingTheRubicon

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10. Correct. And we should inspire our young people to invent, innovate, and create jobs

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:55 PM

Mar 2019

that will feed our economy, feed our people, and feed the national purse so we can take care of our people.

We need to be "happy warriors" for progressive capitalism.

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

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Hickenlooper Won't Call Himself a Capitalist [View all] Gothmog Mar 2019 OP

He's right about labels. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #1

Yes but his handling of the question was not good. MH1 Mar 2019 #24

I think candidates who don't provide their own labels marylandblue Mar 2019 #2

He's right that "All these labels have gotten to the point where they divide us elleng Mar 2019 #3

Big mistake. Elizabeth "I am a capitalist" Warren has the right idea. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #4

I agree with governor Granholm Gothmog Mar 2019 #5

Correct. And we should inspire our young people to invent, innovate, and create jobs CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #10

I wish he'd try to call himself WA-03 Democrat Mar 2019 #6

+1000000 n/t ZeroSomeBrains Mar 2019 #9

That'd be good. calimary Mar 2019 #26

I would have said that I support a mixed economy vlyons Mar 2019 #7

That makes a lot of sense to me. David__77 Mar 2019 #16

Until republicans, with their loud mouths, made government funded research and development Blue_true Mar 2019 #17

then there's the insterstate highway system vlyons Mar 2019 #19

But shit - you've GOT TO get the messaging right! calimary Mar 2019 #27

Can he please stop pretending he's going to be President ZeroSomeBrains Mar 2019 #8

So, you get to decide who's pretending and who's legitimately running? TwilightZone Mar 2019 #11

We need to get control of the US Senate ZeroSomeBrains Mar 2019 #14

He almost surely knows Colorado better than you or me. Blue_true Mar 2019 #18

That's foolish. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #12

I'm not sure the "Democratic Socialist" in the race will self-identify as a capitalist. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #20

That is for branding purposes. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #22

But that wouldn't be "authentic" CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #23

Not a Capitalist. No legal weed. Fracking is Good. crazytown Mar 2019 #13

Yeah, he ought to just pick up his shoes and walk away, IMO. nt MH1 Mar 2019 #25

I appreciate his position. David__77 Mar 2019 #15

+1 n/t Devil Child Mar 2019 #31

This is a losing position . . . peggysue2 Mar 2019 #21

Bad move by Hick. Paladin Mar 2019 #28

I usually don't like wishy-washy No Labels answers, but kcr Mar 2019 #29

I am supportive of his self-definition as non-capitalist Devil Child Mar 2019 #30

He didn't define himself as a non-capitalist. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #32