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Hortensis

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33. We want to elect a president for domestic policy, but we are forced to

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 09:34 AM

Jan 2020

also choose for a foreign-policy president who can oversee putting the planet as well as our nation back on course. I look over the field, and Biden is the one who can do both well.

299 days to November 3 and electing a real president and Democrat congress.

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

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The unsinkable Joe Biden? Many months and many gaffes later, Biden is still ahead [View all] Gothmog Jan 2020 OP

Perhaps not the best quality in a candidate. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #1

Love when undecided pan a candidate. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #3

Withstanding BS attacks is not a good quality? Beartracks Jan 2020 #6

Considering how many attacks Trump is going to throw at our candidiate bearsfootball516 Jan 2020 #9

Focus DownriverDem Jan 2020 #12

Resilience is a great quality in a candidate. BannonsLiver Jan 2020 #23

We're lucky we have him flamingdem Jan 2020 #2

I don't think he "gaffes" anymore than any other. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #4

You know PatSeg Jan 2020 #7

Yes. Some of the others have canned lectures or harangues they keep repeating, replete emmaverybo Jan 2020 #16

That sums it up so well PatSeg Jan 2020 #18

In a nutshell, PatSeg YOU sum up how he really moves folks, the essence of his appeal. emmaverybo Jan 2020 #21

That's probably closer to the truth. paleotn Jan 2020 #11

And aren't they only called gaffes when Biden does them? Beartracks Jan 2020 #5

Ha, ha, good point! PatSeg Jan 2020 #8

"I said black 50 times, there I said it 51 times..." - NOT a gaffe. George II Jan 2020 #14

"He's had the kitchen sink thrown at him" crazytown Jan 2020 #10

"Timex, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking!" George II Jan 2020 #13

Quietly Impressed with Biden kurtcagle Jan 2020 #15

Wow. Insightful and eloquent analysis. I am saving. Right now policy appeal is running neck emmaverybo Jan 2020 #17

That was beautifully said PatSeg Jan 2020 #19

The so called "gaffes" was a media and Sirota creation NYMinute Jan 2020 #20

I was most disappointed in Harris because I had held out hope that she would be Joe's VP pick. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2020 #22

Going after his character will get you a slap in the face. TidalWave46 Jan 2020 #24

K&R Scurrilous Jan 2020 #25

Joe's got it in the bag. PubliusEnigma Jan 2020 #26

"He's had the kitchen sink thrown at him," said former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Gothmog Jan 2020 #27

What's endearing of him to me dware Jan 2020 #28

The media finally discovered Joe Biden Gothmog Jan 2020 #29

Joe Biden shows strength in Democratic race weeks from Iowa Gothmog Jan 2020 #30

This Joe Biden ad really hits home Gothmog Jan 2020 #31

Joe Biden is the only candidate fit to contest Trump in what is now a foreign policy election Gothmog Jan 2020 #32

We want to elect a president for domestic policy, but we are forced to Hortensis Jan 2020 #33