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handmade34

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Sun Feb 16, 2020, 01:43 PM
Feb 2020

this is why Obama won...





and trump 'won' only because of the electoral college and serious deception and cheating
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Are you fucking kidding me!!!??? Rant on: [View all] Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2020 OP
I've already seen several Pete signs here in the Midwest. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #1
I'm in Maplewood/White Bear Lake area IVoteDFL Feb 2020 #39
I live in a red rural area, god and guns. Bernie's got support here. From some of the most Autumn Feb 2020 #2
Yup, I live in the most beautiful place in America but surrounded by some of the ugliest Americans Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #106
Out here in rural Kentucky, a Sanders nomination destroys any possibility of defeating McConnell Zolorp Feb 2020 #3
No matter who the Democratic nominee is, guillaumeb Feb 2020 #4
Most of it's tenets were crafted by right-wing think tanks as a market-based solution (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #8
And that did not stop the GOP from lying. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #17
No argument my friend mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #27
Exactly. And folks here call that moderate these days. "Are you fucking kidding me?" KPN Feb 2020 #69
When Medicare was being established wnylib Feb 2020 #111
Well argued. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #117
Yes, it would expand faster then. wnylib Feb 2020 #118
You can play safe all you want. William769 Feb 2020 #5
+1 lunasun Feb 2020 #31
+2! KPN Feb 2020 #70
+3 The Mouth Feb 2020 #86
I had a young man knock last night supporting Bernie and had a Pete supporter a few days earlier. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #7
I think Pete could be VP on a winning ticket fwiw (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #12
I suggest that whoever is the VP nomination, it can't be a Senator. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #126
Welcome to DU. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #19
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #33
But Obama was clearly black. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #38
I heard that too, the OMG, are you kidding me, a black man winning Beringia Feb 2020 #50
The GOP, being the official Party of racists, guillaumeb Feb 2020 #52
I even lost a treasured MySpace friend Beringia Feb 2020 #57
Sorry to hear that, but at least you learned an important fact about that person. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #59
Obama's middle name wasn't an asset either. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #91
I recall hearing that a lot Bettie Feb 2020 #36
Well, ChiTownDenny Feb 2020 #114
Indeed Kerrycrat Feb 2020 #128
Some common sense at last calguy Feb 2020 #9
This. nt Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2020 #14
Hardly, FoxNewsSucks Feb 2020 #34
Well, the pro-Bloomberg Bettie Feb 2020 #37
Only because Bloomberg's minions, paid for by the way, are out there trying to get noticed. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #49
" Bloomberg's the one out there telling people he's the only one who can beat Trump." tiredtoo Feb 2020 #97
Already trying to drown me out calguy Feb 2020 #45
No, it is anti-Bernie 24/7 Beringia Feb 2020 #53
Really? Tweedy Feb 2020 #92
Barack Hussein Obama? KayF Feb 2020 #10
Do you think he'd have won if the economy didn't crap out? mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #24
THIS is why Obama won... handmade34 Feb 2020 #65
While of course I LOVE that ... I don't know that he wins without THAT ... AND the economy tanking mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #105
I know it's unscientific, but Obama had a hell of an IT factor. He's dripping with IT. None of Squinch Feb 2020 #32
Some of those red states aren't as red as you make think. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #51
This time is different. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #11
Those words have been spoken by every authoritarian in history. Red Oak Feb 2020 #40
Bernie can win, I think. Bernie's got force of personality. Pete is like a carefully-crafted pie BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #13
Pete would be a GREAT Senator, IMHO! lastlib Feb 2020 #26
He would be. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #28
I'm not that confident that Bernie can win PatSeg Feb 2020 #35
Yeah, once Obama was elected Senator of Illinois, he was able to stand BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #42
Yes PatSeg Feb 2020 #55
Biden and Bloomberg is not a playing it safe option, it's the smart option. OnDoutside Feb 2020 #15
Who is your choice and how are they any more likely to win either the primary or the general ? CentralMass Feb 2020 #16
I agree 100%. You won't see very many in doc03 Feb 2020 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Feb 2020 #20
Sadly too many blue-wave Feb 2020 #21
We live in very strange times PatSeg Feb 2020 #41
ALL the marbles!! lastlib Feb 2020 #22
Will a socialist win over Trump voters? left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #23
I don't think anyone wins over Trump voters. You have to get others out to vote. Liberty Belle Feb 2020 #25
The question is- will a socialist win over moderates?? apcalc Feb 2020 #30
If they are STILL supporting Agent Orange Bettie Feb 2020 #43
I think more people in middle America support Bernie than you think. Look at Iowa! Love-All Feb 2020 #29
+++ exactly and look who he was up there with in numbers ..Pete . Seems Sanders and Pete were lunasun Feb 2020 #44
Iowa was a Democratic Primary handmade34 Feb 2020 #58
Neither Iowa nor New Hampshire are representative of America Desert grandma Feb 2020 #88
Nope. Not kidding you. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #46
I live in a city, but travel rural MO, KS & OK a lot FoxNewsSucks Feb 2020 #47
Interesting - what do you think about Amy and Liz? ANY chance for them in your 'Murica? jmg257 Feb 2020 #48
Let's work out a deal to run Mitt Romeny, then. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2020 #54
. Iggo Feb 2020 #125
Are you kidding me? LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #56
completely agree RazBerryBeret Feb 2020 #62
Could we please stop this Henny-Pennying? RazBerryBeret Feb 2020 #60
.... handmade34 Feb 2020 #67
two words: Electoral College handmade34 Feb 2020 #61
This. nt Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2020 #64
Biden or Bloomberg are both great choices, not just safe pandr32 Feb 2020 #63
Are you fucking kidding us?!?! Jirel Feb 2020 #66
Warren's not an unsafe candidate. And she'd be much better than Bernie or Pete. nt pnwmom Feb 2020 #71
You're not wrong....playing it safe with charisma and charm works though! Baclava Feb 2020 #73
The first two I agree with... robbob Feb 2020 #83
+1 ChiTownDenny Feb 2020 #115
Aside from being female, she was as "safe" as the other two. Jirel Feb 2020 #133
As much as I would like to see a more progressive Democratic candidate and platform, Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #68
Actually Bernie did just fine in the last red state primaries which ending not voting for the yaesu Feb 2020 #72
Exactly. KPN Feb 2020 #79
Exactly Exactly! Love-All Feb 2020 #120
Play it safe and young people stay home. rainin Feb 2020 #74
That is the hard truth. JohnnyRingo Feb 2020 #75
Couldn't agree with you more CS DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #76
but Bernie is so loved by the Red states. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #77
I feel the exact same way. WAKE the *** UP, people! slumcamper Feb 2020 #78
Yep. Indeed, indeed, indeed! calimary Feb 2020 #80
Yeah - Go Tulsi!!! jmg257 Feb 2020 #81
She still running? Iggo Feb 2020 #124
So I hear - she did have a town hall in Maine the other day. jmg257 Feb 2020 #132
This whole thing of winning over Trump voters is stupid Curtis Feb 2020 #82
A ton of people said that America would never elect a Black President. Mc Mike Feb 2020 #84
Actually, Berniei is the most electable of them all. ananda Feb 2020 #85
I know. Lets find a candidate who is a racist, corrupt, lazy, dumb nazi. johnthewoodworker Feb 2020 #87
+1000 aeromanKC Feb 2020 #89
Warren is the strongest. We need to all get behind Warren. If not Warren, klobuchar. krissey Feb 2020 #90
Electability of Buttigieg JGug1 Feb 2020 #93
No. James48 Feb 2020 #94
You tell me- James48 Feb 2020 #100
op is totally faulty logic Locrian Feb 2020 #130
We may out number them, but they VOTE at a much greater % as their churches demand. Runningdawg Feb 2020 #95
Trump was unelectable Cartoonist Feb 2020 #96
Damn, VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO! tiredtoo Feb 2020 #98
Need To Add Joe To That List DallasNE Feb 2020 #99
I see you are undecided, who do you have in mind as safest? ramen Feb 2020 #101
You think we can convince Trumpers to vote for a Democrat?? Martin Eden Feb 2020 #102
Exactly. n/t DallasNE Feb 2020 #103
I think that a Sanders nomination will avebury Feb 2020 #104
This seems SO obvious. If people haven't figured it Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #107
I am not a political strategist, but this is what I told my friend. . . Collimator Feb 2020 #108
I am starting to lose sleep pistdem Feb 2020 #109
Why lose sleep? DaDeacon Feb 2020 #113
I think you are right. Neither Can Win. bitterross Feb 2020 #110
this post is wrong headed. DaDeacon Feb 2020 #112
But who is that? jimlup Feb 2020 #116
Every Democratic Nominee is electable. This year it's the Democratic Nominee's election rockfordfile Feb 2020 #119
Damn, you've read my mind. Duppers Feb 2020 #121
All that red in the middle lees1975 Feb 2020 #122
How did we ever elect a black man? Iggo Feb 2020 #123
THANK YOU! macwriter Feb 2020 #127
bernie is getting hispanics + has killer mike. plus he is great on messaging w/ blue collar. + he pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #129
I fear the number of Democrats that don't understand the truth of what you're saying. Squinch Feb 2020 #131
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