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The Velveteen Ocelot

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46. No.

Reply to BooScout (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 07:22 PM

Sep 2019

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

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Is Joe Biden the new Ed Muskie? ... [View all] BooScout Sep 2019 OP

Because Joe Biden is an empathetic, caring person in contrast to the total sociopath, Trump... hlthe2b Sep 2019 #1

anything is possible.. samnsara Sep 2019 #2

Don't forget DownriverDem Sep 2019 #21

Agree, this article's a buncha malarky onetexan Sep 2019 #31

Muskie didn't get the nomination Cattledog Sep 2019 #3

Muskie did not have Biden's empathy, charisma and authenticity. nt NYMinute Sep 2019 #4

This is no surprise coming from Salon, who went out of their way to propagate as many still_one Sep 2019 #6

I looked up this writer and he has not been slanted OKNancy Sep 2019 #8

That may be, but after their distorted coverage toward Hillary in 2016, still_one Sep 2019 #10

I totally agree with you about what trash the once great Salon comradebillyboy Sep 2019 #39

We are exactly on the same page, including with HuffPost still_one Sep 2019 #40

In an era where 70+% only read the headlines NYMinute Sep 2019 #11

You are absolutely right NYMinute, and I am at fault for that also still_one Sep 2019 #17

No I don't... BooScout Sep 2019 #45

That's funny- my perception was that Salon was decidedly pro-HRC and anti-Sanders Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #33

You have got to be joking; do a site search on salon.com for that time range LongtimeAZDem Sep 2019 #38

Muskie couldn't have done worse than McGovern, my 1st presidential vote. elocs Sep 2019 #5

I don't think you read the whole article OKNancy Sep 2019 #7

Exactly. OP shoots self in foot. Cattledog Sep 2019 #12

Actually Muskie was completely trashed by the media before the March 7 NH Primary when he called still_one Sep 2019 #15

Hillary also led Obama by over 20 points in Nov. 2007 bigtree Sep 2019 #9

McGovern lost in a landslide... lost 49 states with just 39% of the vote. mr_liberal Sep 2019 #13

Yes, he lost in a landslide, but one cannot ignore what was happening at the time. Nixon's dirty still_one Sep 2019 #16

McGovern had to rescind his VP pick Otto Lidenbrock Sep 2019 #19

A better question --Is Warren the new McGovern? Always Randy Sep 2019 #14

I don't see the country getting excited about Warren Buckeyeblue Sep 2019 #18

Those are some of my reversations about Warren Ba2020 Sep 2019 #43

I agree that Biden is too old school Buckeyeblue Sep 2019 #44

Warren seems quite popular in the field delisen Sep 2019 #22

thank you for your response ---key word is apprhensive Always Randy Sep 2019 #24

I think Warren will do fine in the general election delisen Sep 2019 #51

A much better question. LincolnRossiter Sep 2019 #26

This is more accurate, IMO LongtimeAZDem Sep 2019 #35

At this point, anybody who doesn't vote for whoever has a D next to their name is an idiot. vsrazdem Sep 2019 #20

This is a good time for the left wing to think about the 1972 election. yardwork Sep 2019 #23

All the dirty tricksters of today..... calguy Sep 2019 #28

They will rip ANY of our candidates if we let them. yardwork Sep 2019 #29

+ 1000 BooScout Sep 2019 #47

Thanks, Boo. yardwork Sep 2019 #54

There are so many articles that simply don't need to be written... LincolnRossiter Sep 2019 #25

What's the point? paleotn Sep 2019 #27

Yeah, he is, and Trump is the new Eisenhower bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #30

Keep trying dear Warren acolytes. Polly Hennessey Sep 2019 #32

Lol, at least its not another gaffe thread Biden apologists have to twist into pretzels defending Baclava Sep 2019 #34

I remember the 1972 race well Gothmog Sep 2019 #36

"OTOH, Nixon had substantive foreign policy achievements." treestar Sep 2019 #37

I don't know. BlueWI Sep 2019 #41

LOL! I'd say that's the most ridiculous comparison I've seen yet, but I just saw another highplainsdem Sep 2019 #42

No. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #46

The Democrats weren't going to win the 1972 election no matter who they nominated. Drunken Irishman Sep 2019 #48

Nobody is the new anybody and nothing is the new anything. Not this time. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #49

I think you're right... myohmy2 Sep 2019 #50

bit of a difference between Nixon in 72 and Trump in 2020 qazplm135 Sep 2019 #52

Maybe in that... Mike Nelson Sep 2019 #53