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ancianita

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14. Amplifying division is how we shoot ourselves in the Primaries and General.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:50 PM

Feb 2020

Pretty soon we're going to have to see who the voters want and lead from ahead, not from behind.

Keep this kind of news up, but keep in mind that we'll have to move out of our difference zone and into the unity zone.

The more we dwell in disunity now, the harder that shift will be in September.

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

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Obama Allies Call BS on Bernie Sanders' Claim He Speaks to Barack Obama Regularly [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP

Misleading much? LakeArenal Feb 2020 #1

Yes, it is misleading to equate "on and off" with "regularly." Garrett78 Feb 2020 #4

"A couple of times a month" is often equated with "regularly." Just google it: highplainsdem Feb 2020 #8

Once again, misleading. That's not what he said. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #9

And he has not Tweedy Feb 2020 #17

Oh Good Lord! Peacetrain Feb 2020 #2

My guess is Obama loathes evertonfc Feb 2020 #3

+1. The Hidden History of Sanders's Plot to Primary Obama dalton99a Feb 2020 #7

When it comes to Obama, what's the difference between Sanders and Trump? wyldwolf Feb 2020 #5

Too far Tweedy Feb 2020 #18

Hmm..."I've talked to him a couple times in the last month or two..." In the words of.... George II Feb 2020 #6

I have another word that I prefer to use instead of "misspoke"... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #16

I figured I'd use the word the Briahna Gray used last week when she lied about Bloomberg. George II Feb 2020 #23

She's a viper.... Briahna Gray reminds me of Kellyanne Conway. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #24

oh god.. I missed that he said that.. I would Cha Feb 2020 #10

Yikes! He needs to be careful here. ecstatic Feb 2020 #11

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and call bullshit on this one. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #12

"Misspoke" is the phrase-de-jour Codeine Feb 2020 #13

Amplifying division is how we shoot ourselves in the Primaries and General. ancianita Feb 2020 #14

Bernie said it Tweedy Feb 2020 #19

Are you folks done yet? James48 Feb 2020 #15

you do know Senator Sanders "mis-spoke" Tweedy Feb 2020 #20

Sorry, we'll remember to let him lie with impunity next time... tritsofme Feb 2020 #21

Maybe Marianne Williamson is channeling Obama for Bernie. zackymilly Feb 2020 #22