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Democratic Primaries

The Valley Below

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20. Precisely. One needs to seek knowledge, wisdom and reason to grow into...

Reply to beastie boy (Reply #19)

Sat Jan 11, 2020, 03:56 PM

Jan 2020

a mature well-thinking person.

The liberal political philosophy encourages just such a journey. Populism and reactionary ideologies based on hated of "the other" do precisely the opposite.

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

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The generational gap among black Democrats is very revealing [View all] bluewater Jan 2020 OP

And if these younger voters ever vote as reliably as older voters, guillaumeb Jan 2020 #1

Proof that wisdom comes with life experience. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #2

Wisdom comes from knowledge. Uncle Joe Jan 2020 #5

Thank you for sharing this, Uncle Joe. bluewater Jan 2020 #6

Actually, wisdom is a combination of knowledge, experience and good judgement. Sloumeau Jan 2020 #7

Boom! Skya Rhen Jan 2020 #17

Excellent post. jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #9

Thanks for making my point for me. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #13

Patronizing load of baloney Bradshaw3 Jan 2020 #27

THIS. BlueWI Jan 2020 #30

Yes they are Bradshaw3 Jan 2020 #32

Only if one thinks one has something to learn... ehrnst Jan 2020 #24

Then why are most Trump supporters so old? LOL nt Quixote1818 Jan 2020 #12

That was perfect! ChubbyStar Jan 2020 #16

Causation and correlation. beastie boy Jan 2020 #19

Precisely. One needs to seek knowledge, wisdom and reason to grow into... The Valley Below Jan 2020 #20

The poster didn't say all of that. Mariana Jan 2020 #29

Wisdom comes with life experience. Mariana Jan 2020 #28

Yes, Turin_C3PO Jan 2020 #3

If older people didn't vote for Trump in high numbers BlueWI Jan 2020 #31

Or those with more years behind them might do the swaying. NT TidalWave46 Jan 2020 #4

Bloomberg and Buttigieg do much better among older black voters. David__77 Jan 2020 #8

Bloomberg polling that high (albeit 5-6%) among any African American age group jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #11

Tv ads and appearances like this maybe lunasun Jan 2020 #26

So Biden has an overall lead of 48-20 over Sanders. That shows the power of the top three.... George II Jan 2020 #10

Biden is weaker with African Americans than HRC 2016 crazytown Jan 2020 #14

That generational gap exists among all ethnic groups, not just African Americans. totodeinhere Jan 2020 #15

50-64s moving to a socialist who didn't vote during the civil rights Hortensis Jan 2020 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #21

or 50-64 y/o Afican American voters moving to Elizabeth Warren? bluewater Jan 2020 #22

Some might, who knows. We'll see. Hortensis Jan 2020 #23

I don't think Iowa or New Hampshire matter in this case. In 08, they liked Obama. But I don't think Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #25