Democratic Primaries

OilemFirchen

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3. This marks my first ever defense of either Sanders or Yang:

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2019, 01:27 PM

Sep 2019

These media pseudo-town halls are a gimmick, and a sad replacement for actual coverage of this Primary. Worse, whether by design or not, they provide an opportunity for candidates and their supporters to call out any individual not participating, regardless of the reason. Put more bluntly, they force candidates to participate. The "town halls", along with the participation or lack thereof, help to create and/or intensify rifts among the candidates, while offering little, if any, merit - especially since our candidates largely agree on these issues.

My hat's off to these two.

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

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With LGTBQ rights under assault why are certain candidates skipping the CNN LGTBQ forum? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2019 OP

'Scheduling conflict': Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang absent from two major LGBT events Autumn Sep 2019 #1

OCTOBER 10! That's more than three weeks after the invitation. George II Sep 2019 #2

This marks my first ever defense of either Sanders or Yang: OilemFirchen Sep 2019 #3

I agree customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #4

"...seeing who's desperate enough to pander the most to extremists on issues..." obamanut2012 Sep 2019 #6

ikr HeartlandProgressive Sep 2019 #7

I was talking about town halls in general customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #8

LGTBQ rights are human rights. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2019 #13

Or maybe Sanders is afraid of alienating his swing state voters. I don't know why pnwmom Sep 2019 #5

I'm not congratulating him for a scheduling conflict. OilemFirchen Sep 2019 #9

Then you're saying he really doesn't have a conflict, he's just not being "cowed" pnwmom Sep 2019 #10

Did I say that? OilemFirchen Sep 2019 #11

You said: pnwmom Sep 2019 #15

Yes. OilemFirchen Sep 2019 #16

So why should he get a hat tip for citing a scheduling conflict? pnwmom Sep 2019 #17

He (they, actually) could have changed their schedules. OilemFirchen Sep 2019 #19

"gameshow tomfoolery"? bluewater Sep 2019 #12

It's a lil game he plays. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2019 #14

Interesting indeed. cwydro Sep 2019 #18

It's a lil game of he plays. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2019 #20