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Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden to voter: You're a damn liar, man. [View all]radius777
(3,921 posts)34. This is exactly the correct response to these trolls,
you don't respond to them in good faith because they aren't coming in good faith.
you beat them down, and show strength, as any normal person would do if their family was attacked.
Dems have always had the 'Dukakis' problem of giving overly flat/academic answers to charged questions. Voters don't want that, they want to see their leaders respond like normal people. Bill Clinton and Obama both knew how to do this, and didn't take shit. "You oughtta be ashamed of yourself for jumpin on my wife" remember how Bill beat down Jerry Brown about the Hillary Whitewater stuff.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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The problem is that what Biden said was wrong. Biden's claim that "No one ever said" that
pnwmom
Dec 2019
#29
The author of Clinton Cash says it, and he's not "no one." He's someone who sold
pnwmom
Dec 2019
#48
On the other hand Joe does need to be able to explain that his son did nothing wrong
groundloop
Dec 2019
#5
Or that his son is an adult and finds his own business opportunities
question everything
Dec 2019
#18
He's said this before and it has nothing to do with appearance. The guy said he was 'too old.'
Scurrilous
Dec 2019
#47
The problem is that Joe's heated response only brought more attention to the issue.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#33