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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bloomberg Flunks the Wokeness Test [View all]I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)15. That is biased..
Bloomberg 2020
OR
ANY Democratic Party candidate BUT Bernie 2020.
I don't want either of those choices.
I like Warren and Bernie. Because they are correct in thier observations regarding economic justice.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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I support Bloomberg 'casue I think he has the best chance and the means to defeat Trump
Kaleva
Feb 2020
#1
"I think we disproportionately stop whites too much, and minorities too little"
phleshdef
Feb 2020
#5
Crime bill 1994. Very similar results, but on a national level from both Biden and Bernie.
Amimnoch
Feb 2020
#10
A majority of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus voted for the 1994 Crime Bill.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2020
#17
Massive false equivalency. Bloomberg specifically said black people should be targeted by policy.
phleshdef
Feb 2020
#22
So true based on Democratic principles youd think we all share;its not even arguable yet here we are
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2020
#18
Not surprising that a conservative who supported George W Bush would support Bloomberg.
DanTex
Feb 2020
#7
LOL. He said George Bush is the best thing to happen to Black America in 35 years!
DanTex
Feb 2020
#20
I would draw the line if McWhorter said he was "nauseated by John Kennedy"
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2020
#24
Not sure what that has to do with McWhorter being a Bush-supporting conservative.
DanTex
Feb 2020
#26
How should we weigh the opinion of candidates who said they were "nauseated by John Kennedy" ?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2020
#28
I'm not outraged, I'm just pointing out that McWhorter is a conservative, so it makes sense that
DanTex
Feb 2020
#36
Right, that's part of his game. Write conservative articles for the National Review
DanTex
Feb 2020
#38
He defended the policy up until he decided to run. He also mounted a rogue counter-terrorism
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#13
Who is afraid, for example, that Bloomberg would try to reimpose unduly punitive policies like that
tulipsandroses
Feb 2020
#23
I'm not. He wouldn't be getting the endorsements he's getting if that were so.
Amimnoch
Feb 2020
#29
I believe he would because he has a bigoted world-view and he believes as he has said that to
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#34
At the same time he was bankrolling republicans and holding fundraisers for the likes of Peter King
tulipsandroses
Feb 2020
#32
He is running because he doesn't want Warren or Sanders- not because he wants to beat Trump
MoonlitKnight
Feb 2020
#31