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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

highplainsdem

(61,918 posts)
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Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:30 PM
Feb 2020

His supporters are pretending she was suggesting no one likes Sanders anywhere. She clearly wasn't.

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

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The horse is dead. You can stop beating it now. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #1
Obviously not, because people are still trying to justify it all over the internet. DanTex Feb 2020 #2
Then stop feeding the argument. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #3
You mean, like replying to this OP? DanTex Feb 2020 #4
I'm not feeding the argument. I'm trying to get it to starve. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #5
Rebutting the argument. And successfully so. ehrnst Feb 2020 #136
Cause and effect just ain't your thing, is it? LanternWaste Feb 2020 #152
"I agree, just say that was a mistake, and forget it." ehrnst Feb 2020 #151
Hillary should just apologize for attackin Bernie as Tlaib apologized to her & we could all move on! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #156
Clearly, obviously, this is exactly what should happen. DanTex Feb 2020 #160
It's so obvious, but I don't think Hillary WILL apologize to Bernie. It's a shame though... InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #163
When Bernie apologizes to HRC, then there will be party unity. ehrnst Feb 2020 #164
LOL still_one Feb 2020 #56
Thank you +1 OKNancy Feb 2020 #64
LOL, thank you, I needed a laugh!! eom at140 Feb 2020 #79
OP is like an outboard motor in a cesspool. Stirring up s**t. Everyday redstateblues Feb 2020 #84
+1...nt SidDithers Feb 2020 #94
+1, complete reversal from his Hillary days. R B Garr Feb 2020 #122
I've noticed that. I find it rather odd redstateblues Feb 2020 #129
+1,000,000 NCProgressive Feb 2020 #144
+10000. Doesn't show much faith in their candiate's ability to endure vetting or criticism. ehrnst Feb 2020 #146
Yep mcar Feb 2020 #93
She was talking about his peers in congress showblue22 Feb 2020 #6
Yeah, that's what I mean. DanTex Feb 2020 #8
Hillary DID make a mistake & should apologize to Bernie... I know he'd graciously accept if she did. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #159
You keep saying she was wrong, but where are all those colleagues rushing to contradict her claim? ehrnst Feb 2020 #165
+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2020 #13
No. She was talking about his colleagues showblue22 Feb 2020 #16
The truth hurts Gothmog Feb 2020 #18
They keep saying it's about policy but it's clearly not. showblue22 Feb 2020 #32
She sounded like a 7th grader during a middle school election ripcord Feb 2020 #166
I can't believe your still an undecided dware Feb 2020 #7
Maybe, like me, he's tired of all the Bernie bashing. brutus smith Feb 2020 #9
But he's sure not tired of all the Joe Biden bashing is he? dware Feb 2020 #11
Are you also tired of the bashing of the Democratic Party Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #39
Same here. Thank you. Nt Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #58
. jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #123
No worries, the Bernie bashing's why he's SURGING! I call it the Baseless Bernie Bashing Backlash! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #161
Clinton has great reasons for her comments Gothmog Feb 2020 #10
Is that, like, "not the Onion"? DanTex Feb 2020 #12
The NYT has issues but they are right here Gothmog Feb 2020 #15
I'm sure the quote was accurate. Just the content is self-contradictory. DanTex Feb 2020 #17
Not if you want to defeat Trump Gothmog Feb 2020 #20
You forgot the "from the Sanders campaign" part of the quote. lapucelle Feb 2020 #35
I don't think it makes much sense, either, DanTex. Scotch-Irish Feb 2020 #47
"Market odds" That's your source for political analysis? ehrnst Feb 2020 #135
Really? I figured a pro-free-market capitalist would be all about prediction markets. DanTex Feb 2020 #138
So, that's a yes, a gaming site is you source for political analysis. ehrnst Feb 2020 #154
LOL. If you think that's gambling, you should check out a Wall St trading floor. DanTex Feb 2020 #157
lol. The Red Herring and Ad Hominem attacks didn't work... ehrnst Feb 2020 #158
Since you brought up who exactly is funding 'centrist campaigns...' ehrnst Feb 2020 #162
Speaking of the capitalist financial assets of those with socialist inclinations... ehrnst Feb 2020 #179
Sour grapes, reason #1. SMC22307 Feb 2020 #69
Yeah, Hillary speaks the truth and some can't handle it.. Cha Feb 2020 #103
Do you approve of the booing of John Lewis and Michele Obama? Gothmog Feb 2020 #14
Of course not. For the same reason that I don't support childlike insults at Bernie. DanTex Feb 2020 #21
Clinton's comments were appropriate Gothmog Feb 2020 #23
And apologize to Barack Obama for pushing to have him primaried. Skya Rhen Feb 2020 #33
I was just going to post that one. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #68
No democrattotheend Feb 2020 #140
When I get angry or frustrated, I pop a Xanax NCProgressive Feb 2020 #148
Exactly. I certainly don't call up a reporter to attack a Dem candidate. DanTex Feb 2020 #149
I was not talking about Hillary NCProgressive Feb 2020 #155
And Barbara Boxer, and Dolores Huerta? RandySF Feb 2020 #31
Yep Gothmog Feb 2020 #86
I can't believe you are stirring this shit again. What is this, your 5th post like this? Squinch Feb 2020 #19
Sanders apologists can't handle any criticism about Bernie calguy Feb 2020 #51
on the contrary - criticism is high octane fuel for Sanders floppyboo Feb 2020 #60
Yes, keep telling yourself that.... ehrnst Feb 2020 #174
One thing in her defense loyalsister Feb 2020 #22
That's fair. One problem with that is that a reporter read that back to her a week ago DanTex Feb 2020 #24
wow loyalsister Feb 2020 #30
Yeah. This is the part that raised eyebrows. DanTex Feb 2020 #37
People on Bernie's campiagn right now actively cammpaigned against Hillary showblue22 Feb 2020 #45
Up to and after mcar Feb 2020 #96
.... lapucelle Feb 2020 #38
What if... showblue22 Feb 2020 #44
+1000 sheshe2 Feb 2020 #71
People would get a lot less mad at each other if the assholes stopped stirring shit about it. Squinch Feb 2020 #65
"A sensationalist project like a documentary is the exact model of infotainment lapucelle Feb 2020 #90
meant to say that documentary loyalsister Feb 2020 #107
HRC's remarks were made during an interview last year as part of a documentary lapucelle Feb 2020 #25
And then last week in an interview she defended those statements. DanTex Feb 2020 #26
She re-affirmed her honest and informed opinion. lapucelle Feb 2020 #29
Why is it not a mistake that Sirota and Nina showblue22 Feb 2020 #46
Yes, that was a mistake. Even worse, actually, because that was during the GE. DanTex Feb 2020 #49
Exactly! showblue22 Feb 2020 #50
Umm, how does that make what Hillary said a good thing? DanTex Feb 2020 #53
Right now we're in a primary. showblue22 Feb 2020 #59
So I guess you're cool with the Michael Moore statements too. DanTex Feb 2020 #62
It is what it is. showblue22 Feb 2020 #70
The difference is, Michael Moore isn't running for public office TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #89
It was no mistake. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #73
By mistake I mean "bad judgement." Like the Hillary attack. DanTex Feb 2020 #76
HRC didn't attack anyone. N/T lapucelle Feb 2020 #82
Have you posted many OPs insisting they apologize? mcar Feb 2020 #97
It's water under the bridge. That was 4 years ago. DanTex Feb 2020 #100
... mcar Feb 2020 #101
BIG MISTAKE! Politicians should avoid divisive comments that upset large groups of potential voters! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #167
If someone's right, why should they say they were wrong? ehrnst Feb 2020 #169
The producers and film makers involved with that documentary are displicably using Trumpism loyalsister Feb 2020 #110
What does that even mean? "Documentaries are evil because Trump"? lapucelle Feb 2020 #114
Exploitive timing is the thing loyalsister Feb 2020 #115
The Sundance Film Festival takes place at the same time every year, lapucelle Feb 2020 #116
The fact that it inspired a Jerry Springer worthy controversy in the middle of a primary loyalsister Feb 2020 #119
So the theory is that late January was chosen as the festival date in 1978 lapucelle Feb 2020 #124
in the context of what she was talking about, i think she meant other lawmakers. Kurt V. Feb 2020 #27
. RandySF Feb 2020 #28
So you think a woman should just Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #34
She can say whatever she wants. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #42
Same goes for Bernie surrogates that trash centrist showblue22 Feb 2020 #48
Absolutely Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #72
Centrist have been blamed for everything for four years now. showblue22 Feb 2020 #74
Well, Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #78
I think centrist were pretty easy on Bernie, showblue22 Feb 2020 #85
Clinton is still dragging up 2016 now. That's not easy on Bernie. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #95
Yessssss! They shit on Progressives and wonder why they're pissed off. brutus smith Feb 2020 #106
She's a private citizen Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #102
She's not just a "private citizen" and you know it. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #104
What elective office does Clinton hold? Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #118
Yup, you got me. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #131
The key word being former Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #132
Amazing how many people expect her to just SHUT UP and disappear isn't it? ehrnst Feb 2020 #137
So you agree that this statement isn't just some "private citizen"? Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #139
She's famous and accomplished, and admired private citizen, and not an elected/public official. ehrnst Feb 2020 #142
She can saw whatever she wants. I can also not like it. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #172
Glad you agree that telling her to 'shut up and go away' is really rather rude and sexist. ehrnst Feb 2020 #173
Bernie knows he's hard to get along with at work: betsuni Feb 2020 #36
First of all, there's a difference between self-deprecation and an insulting attack. DanTex Feb 2020 #41
What Hillary said is true. betsuni Feb 2020 #43
I said the same thing several weeks ago and it got deleted. Doesn't mean I am against Bernie katmondoo Feb 2020 #54
So where are his colleagues who are stepping up to say that she's wrong? ehrnst Feb 2020 #134
Crickets.... ehrnst Feb 2020 #168
She's right. But it doesn't matter because stopbush Feb 2020 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author rampartc Feb 2020 #52
"Ms Clinton". Not Senator Clinton, or Secretary of State Clinton? still_one Feb 2020 #57
Good catch. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #77
While i am not a fan of Andrea Mitchell, it reminds me how some would refer to her as still_one Feb 2020 #81
Agree! sheshe2 Feb 2020 #83
I don't know about everyone else but I don't care much for him. He is an doc03 Feb 2020 #55
You know what hurts party unity? apcalc Feb 2020 #61
Yes, it's as if the intent is the opposite of what they are promoting in the OP. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #63
You got it. People who do this are doing troll's work. apcalc Feb 2020 #66
That sure seems to be the intent. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #67
BELIEVE IT! Peace06 Feb 2020 #75
OFFS Zolorp Feb 2020 #80
Exactly what Sanders did? So HRC has done 39 campaign events for Bernie? DanTex Feb 2020 #87
Misdirect argument. Zolorp Feb 2020 #92
The misdirect is that Hillary isn't even running. DanTex Feb 2020 #98
She was asked a question. She answered honestly. Zolorp Feb 2020 #113
Well, Bernie wasn't a candidate when she said this, so there's that. ehrnst Feb 2020 #175
Well, one needs to win a primary to have a GE campaign. ehrnst Feb 2020 #150
You are correct Gothmog Feb 2020 #88
if hillary had the brains to WIN in 2016, she should have held he nose & picked bernie for VP. pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #91
Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #99
Undecided is what I am tho DanTex Feb 2020 #105
The truth hurts. Sanders is not liked by his colleagues. He's incapable comradebillyboy Feb 2020 #108
Not the signs of a good leader. A good leader works well with others. A good leader... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #111
Oh dear! Mercy me! Apoplexy! Heavens to Betsy! NurseJackie Feb 2020 #109
"No one would convict you for killing Ted Cruz" a Lindsey Graham quip. oasis Feb 2020 #112
I neither defend nor condemn those comments. David__77 Feb 2020 #117
Did Hillary lie? I don't think so. Funny how Bernie didn't think about party unity Vivienne235729 Feb 2020 #120
She's made too many mistakes... BendigoJeff Feb 2020 #121
Well, someone with years of actual political experience is going to evolve on some things. ehrnst Feb 2020 #145
The thing is a lot of us don't think it had anything to do with evolving on an issue TheRealNorth Feb 2020 #177
Some politicians refer to their own expediency as correcting course, or evolving, ehrnst Feb 2020 #178
The truth does hurt. BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #125
Citizens should first pay attention and find out if it's TRUE. Hortensis Feb 2020 #126
STOP THIS NOW. apcalc Feb 2020 #127
I'm glad that people are beginning to talk about Sanders' abysmal record. yardwork Feb 2020 #128
I agree with Hillary Clinton and I am disappointed in sanders and his followers Gothmog Feb 2020 #130
The question is...why aren't Sanders' colleagues are coming to his defense, if it's not true? ehrnst Feb 2020 #133
sanders is not getting support from Clinton voters Gothmog Feb 2020 #141
Hillary has been repeatedly corroborated on her statement. NCProgressive Feb 2020 #143
Why? She was only being truthful Zolorp Feb 2020 #147
I can't believe anyone is pretending this is an issue LanternWaste Feb 2020 #153
For all the shit HRC has had to endure from the Berners Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #170
I don;t think she should have said it, but.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #171
In Congress.... in Congress..... in Congress Rorey Feb 2020 #176
You said it for me. Sparkly Feb 2020 #180
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