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29. I usually don't like wishy-washy No Labels answers, but

Sat Mar 9, 2019, 01:22 PM

Mar 2019

I love that this is being spun as Not A Capitalist. Not sure that's what he intended, but I don't care.

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

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

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

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

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