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BeyondGeography

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8. This isn't about gaffes and who wins the rust belt states

Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:33 PM

Aug 2019

It’s about owning up to your mistakes and respecting the truth. Try not to be so wedded to YOUR candidate that you can’t spot obvious problems.

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

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from MSNBC this morning it is clear: #ButHisGaffes are the new #ButHerEmails [View all] EveHammond13 Aug 2019 OP

Oh I'm sure ol' Andrea is salivating! calimary Aug 2019 #1

Corporate owned media. PatrickforO Aug 2019 #2

Yup. KPN Aug 2019 #16

I think the whole "gaff" thing is going to peter out. madaboutharry Aug 2019 #3

They will be so dismayed when Trump gets another... dchill Aug 2019 #4

Biden's facts-don't-matter reaction to this story is a disaster that no Democrat should defend BeyondGeography Aug 2019 #5

Biden will win back the rust belt states. Warren-maybe not redstateblues Aug 2019 #6

This isn't about gaffes and who wins the rust belt states BeyondGeography Aug 2019 #8

The high-minded stuff does not work. Gaffes give limited room from which to extrapolate global emmaverybo Aug 2019 #30

Exactly, emmaverybo peggysue2 Aug 2019 #33

A simple truth so well and succinctly put that this post should, if fair-mindedness prevailed, put emmaverybo Aug 2019 #39

Thank you, Ma'm! peggysue2 Aug 2019 #40

You are wrong about the rust belt. I couldn't care less about his gaffes. redstateblues Aug 2019 #34

You nailed it! Skya Rhen Aug 2019 #11

Every MSNBC show opened with the same story. True Blue American Aug 2019 #7

I'm reading France in the World BeyondGeography Aug 2019 #9

facts don't matter is not what he is doing treestar Aug 2019 #32

CNN, my local Los Angeles news and MSNBC were all covering the story at the same time earlier TeamPooka Aug 2019 #10

Yes the pundits are doing their best. Let's hope it doesn't work this time around. FloridaBlues Aug 2019 #12

Andrea Mitchell needs to retire nt NYMinute Aug 2019 #13

And spend more time at home with Alan Greenspan....yuk. Meadowoak Aug 2019 #14

I agree. She should have long ago. KPN Aug 2019 #17

perhaps a less flawed candidate would be a better choice. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #15

Easily most qualified in all areas and duties of the office. Also, one of the most well-liked and emmaverybo Aug 2019 #31

First time one of my GOP Relatives makes #ButHisGaffes remark CDerekGo Aug 2019 #18

If that's your theory, who do they want to win? brooklynite Aug 2019 #19

It seems to me, that Biden's opponent in the primaries is not yet the President. AtheistCrusader Aug 2019 #20

tRump has no gaffes! SCVDem Aug 2019 #22

Fair point. With his volume of lies, it's impossible to gauge what might be an honest mistake. AtheistCrusader Aug 2019 #24

That's the only way you get SCVDem Aug 2019 #29

I suspect the m$$$media that brought Cha Aug 2019 #21

You're not wrong. They love Donald Trump despite what he's doing to the country and the globe. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2019 #25

I've long thought, since 2002, that Cha Aug 2019 #26

I could be wrong, but the talking heads are also saying that the gaffes aren't bothering the common a kennedy Aug 2019 #23

This!! Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #27

Because the 'common folk' . . . peggysue2 Aug 2019 #41

Andrea - look out the window to see if it's raining - don't take someones word for it. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2019 #28

Both are unforced mistakes that provide ammunition loyalsister Aug 2019 #35

Morning Joe handled it much better, with Gene Robinson, Walter Isaacson and Scarborough defending highplainsdem Aug 2019 #36

+1 EveHammond13 Aug 2019 #37

So far this is not hurting Biden Gothmog Aug 2019 #38