Democratic Primaries

snowybirdie

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33. LBJ was no slouch

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 08:20 AM

Feb 2020

He passed all the bills of the Great Society like early childhood education, college funding, Medicare/Medicaid plus many new grants that benefited millions. Granted the Congress was stunned by the Kennedy assassination, however he was a master negotiator as Senate Leader.

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

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Bernie's brilliant ruse [View all] redstateblues Feb 2020 OP

This is an attempt to "buy the election" as much as anything Bloomberg is doing CalFione Feb 2020 #1

He needs to be seriously questioned on how he plans... Moderateguy Feb 2020 #3

Yes. Unfortunately the details don't seem to matter much. If at all. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #5

Bloomberg will get his chance squirecam Feb 2020 #13

They aren't plans BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #16

Sanders won't get seriously questioned by a reporter or by a debate moderator. Blue_true Feb 2020 #43

Exactly right LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #15

+1! Cha Feb 2020 #17

Worse. It's an attempt to "lie an election". Amimnoch Feb 2020 #34

+1 I remember those days treestar Feb 2020 #38

When will the mighty AOC remove the curtain over this issue, the way she did with M4A question everything Feb 2020 #2

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #4

Lol Moderateguy Feb 2020 #6

Yah billpolonsky Feb 2020 #7

The traditional Democratic Party way lately. FDR was the last Dem to know how to negotiate Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #23

He had a large majority in the legislature, Great Depression, strong unions, Dust Bowl, etc. betsuni Feb 2020 #31

LBJ was no slouch snowybirdie Feb 2020 #33

It's not bargaining over the price of treestar Feb 2020 #40

we're spending a trillion on his Lockeheed buddies' F35 thats stationed in VT nt msongs Feb 2020 #8

If it wasn't in Vermont it would have been in another state. So good for Sanders in having the clout Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #24

It doesn't take any clout to sell out to a defense contractor. SunSeeker Feb 2020 #32

NO ONE's 'big plans' will work without Congressional (including Senate) agreement, elleng Feb 2020 #9

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #10

Oh Yeah? I see none of what you are asserting. This is the Cha Feb 2020 #18

+1000 Spot on! jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #22

No It Is NOT! Cha Feb 2020 #37

Yes it was jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #45

No Cha Feb 2020 #46

I can prove it!!!! jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #47

You'll never, ever see free college for everyone in this country. MontanaFarmer Feb 2020 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #27

I'm with you to a point. MontanaFarmer Feb 2020 #28

No worries, the ease with which Bernie dispatched Biden, he'll do the same with Bloomberg!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #29

Since Biden and Bloomberg are polling higher against Trump than Bernie... ehrnst Feb 2020 #35

Thank you for the Enlightenment, ehrnst! Cha Feb 2020 #41

Sorry, you're wrong.. there's been no "dispatching". Cha Feb 2020 #39

Economic Rights are Human Rights denem Feb 2020 #11

I don't really understand why people would be against this. DanTex Feb 2020 #12

Not against it. Just know it has 0% chance of happening. CalFione Feb 2020 #25

Of course it's just a "Bernie's for it so I'm against it" thing... splains everything pretty much. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #30

It isn't just his promise of free college in the future. It's his $1.6 trillion plan to forgive all highplainsdem Feb 2020 #14

You have to ask for a lot to get a little in politics. Sanders is doing it exactly right. Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #19

+1 n/t Laelth Feb 2020 #36

That won't happen treestar Feb 2020 #42

Echoes of Romney's "47%." David__77 Feb 2020 #20

Why should we pay for a millionaires kid's college? redstateblues Feb 2020 #48

Why should we pay for their fourth grade education? David__77 Feb 2020 #49

I like Biden's educational plan because it focuses on the most crucial learning years, pre-K through emmaverybo Feb 2020 #21

The Sanders answer every time he's asked how he will pay for it is "Tax the billionaires" Zolorp Feb 2020 #44