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DanTex

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47. So saying nice things about right-wingers is OK as long as they are elected officials?
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 04:44 PM
Jan 2020

That's a rather illogical purity test you have come up with, and again Biden fails, kind of like last time where people were piling on Bernie for voting the exact same way as Biden on that bill in the 90s. That was interesting.

So... let's try some googling.

Oh, hey, look what I found! Biden saying nice things about Henry Kissinger. A "great friend". OMG. Does this mean that Biden is cool with death squads and war crimes?

It gets even worse when the purity test is extended to two-degrees-of-separation like you did when you said "Rogan counts Alex Jones as a buddy." Cause now Biden's in deep. You know what kind of people Biden is linked by two degrees to, just through Kissinger alone? We're talking freaking Pinochet. I mean, Alex Jones is a horrible human being, but some of Biden's two-degrees-of-separations have actually been convicted of crimes against humanity.

And, no, this isn't a hit piece on Biden. It's a hit piece on hypocrisy.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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Hear hear! Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #1
So Biden squirecam Jan 2020 #2
How is it bad for Biden to get the white working class? I don't follow. DanTex Jan 2020 #3
It's not squirecam Jan 2020 #6
Well, taking policy positions to attract right-wing votes is a bit different. DanTex Jan 2020 #38
By retweeting Rogan he demonstrated support for Rogan and his miserable shitty comments. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #46
Here's 2 endorsements for you. Howard Stern and David Brock. nt Autumn Jan 2020 #70
Because he said something nice about the Bern. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #25
The moment a Democrat's campaign touts an endorsement from Rubin tishaLA Jan 2020 #4
Do we really need to google all the good things Biden has said about Republicans over the years? DanTex Jan 2020 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #8
Is Rogan a "Trumper" or "moderate Republican" or neither? What's "pandering" vs "reaching out"? DanTex Jan 2020 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #13
+1000000000 Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #44
Rogan is pretty damn boomer_wv Jan 2020 #61
He should not be promoted on DU...I don't care who he endorsed. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #45
Well, then neither should Jennifer Rubin or any other Never Trump Republican. Right? DanTex Jan 2020 #53
And I disagree with him about that tishaLA Jan 2020 #11
OK, that's fair. DanTex Jan 2020 #16
That is nonsense...working with the other side's elected is not the same as approving of a racist Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #27
So saying nice things about right-wingers is OK as long as they are elected officials? DanTex Jan 2020 #47
You know what I tire of this sort of thing. I am not dealing with you any more... Clearly you Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #54
What is actually disruptive are the stupid hypocritical smears. DanTex Jan 2020 #57
Neatly said! emmaverybo Jan 2020 #76
Sanders values support from a guy who say shit like this...And because he had Alex Jones on his Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #37
Especially when you accept... pfeiffer Jan 2020 #5
This.. why would one want to have endorsements from an obvious bigot like that! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #9
RIIIIght.... billpolonsky Jan 2020 #12
Funny how Bernie didn't feel the need to keep his endorsement of Cenk in place... brooklynite Jan 2020 #14
Well, receiving and giving endorsements are different things. DanTex Jan 2020 #17
Sander re-tweeted Rogan so no. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #28
Some great takes on Twitter redqueen Jan 2020 #15
lmao from the same people who, just last week, were telling us the Dem Party was too big of a tent. Drunken Irishman Jan 2020 #56
Where did she say she's fine with it? redqueen Jan 2020 #62
So, she's not okay with the endorsement? Drunken Irishman Jan 2020 #63
Embracing Joe Rogan costs you suburban women scheming daemons Jan 2020 #18
Do suburban women know who Joe Rogan is? DanTex Jan 2020 #20
Trump will make sure they do. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #29
Really, you think Trump would attack Joe Rogan to try to smear Bernie by association? DanTex Jan 2020 #49
He doesn't have to go to war...he has Rogan to do it for him...his support of Sanders is total Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #50
Now there's a conspiracy theory! DanTex Jan 2020 #55
You know I have been here a while and remember you...always enjoy stirring people up ...took Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #65
Stirring the pot or not, I am consistently opposed to purity tests that lose elections. DanTex Jan 2020 #66
The simple answer is, it turns off more people than it turns on if you will excuse the pun... Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #67
That's a fair argument, but I disagree. DanTex Jan 2020 #68
I don't see people who think like him voting for us and it would be a disaster down ballot too. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #69
Well, for example, we're trying to get Obama/Trump voters back, right? DanTex Jan 2020 #71
Those are not the same voters...they don't love proud boys...they just want better jobs...this guy Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #74
They voted for Trump! Trump! Think about that. DanTex Jan 2020 #75
And they will vote for Biden this time...Trump broke his promises but not Sanders. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #77
No it won't be helpful...it never pays off to pander to this sort of thing. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #78
I have no idea who Joe Rogan is other than the headlines I'm seeing here. chia Jan 2020 #48
My concern is-- Trump has been pumping Sanders for a week or so dawg day Jan 2020 #19
Pretty far-fetched. DanTex Jan 2020 #21
Bullshit...he like Alex Jones...that is political...he likes all of the right wing garbage...he Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #31
He might suck, but he's obviously not in the Alex Jones category. DanTex Jan 2020 #34
He is a friend of Alex Jones and had him on podcast..I have heard his shit...yeah I listened to see Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #39
So we should be just as friendly to Billionaires, Wall Street CEO's and 1% as well, right? rogue emissary Jan 2020 #22
So, if David Duke endorsed a Democratic candidate mcar Jan 2020 #23
Jennifer Rubin is a journalist...Rogan is a conspiracy right wing nutter and a racist...so no Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #24
+1,000,000 highplainsdem Jan 2020 #30
Rubin is definitely a right-winger. I don't know if Rogan is. DanTex Jan 2020 #32
Yes he is...you know he is because of who associates with...like Alex Jones. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #35
You're making an assumption. Would be like saying Ellen is a right-winger for hanging with W. DanTex Jan 2020 #36
Rubin is a right-winger, but she's very anti-Trump- dozens of columns eviscerating him dawg day Jan 2020 #41
I don't know Rogan's politics either. DanTex Jan 2020 #59
I saw a video where Rogan trashes Obama and praises Trump...I posted it...if you search my posts Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #80
Yeah, and I'm sure there's also a video where he praises Obama and trashes Trump. DanTex Jan 2020 #82
If you find one, I will watch it...He likes Trump though...he really really like him. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #84
Whatever, the guy is a giant asshole...and all the shit he says makes me a permanent Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #42
Sorry, I'm not kissing the ass of racists on the off chance Blue_Tires Jan 2020 #26
After Rogans bit about Hillary giving a room of blow jobs he hasn't been #metoo'ed? tirebiter Jan 2020 #33
Me too is often a target as are powerful women...if you look at who he has on his show...POC Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #40
Bigotry is not about "agreeing." It's violence, it's garbage and we don't need it in our party. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #43
everyone keeps mentioning his name but i have never heard of him.. who is he? samnsara Jan 2020 #51
He has a shitty podcast where he invites right wingers like Alex Jones...on They are Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #64
Come on man Glamrock Jan 2020 #52
Now we're cool with racist, misogynistic, kill regulation, Ron Paul style Libertarians? herding cats Jan 2020 #58
This is killing Bernie Sanders. Scurrilous Jan 2020 #60
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #72
And now it's the centrists are saying the tent is too big. Confusing, right? DanTex Jan 2020 #73
We don't expand the party this way NCProgressive Jan 2020 #79
This isn't policy...this is changing who we are ....and it can't be allowed to happen. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #81
I stand with the HRC Gothmog Jan 2020 #83
Compare the Rogan endorsement to the endorsement of a Gold Star father Gothmog Jan 2020 #85
Pretty sure the Joe Rogan endorsement reaches more people and particularly DanTex Jan 2020 #86
From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Jan 2020 #87
Umm, OK? DanTex Jan 2020 #88
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