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In reply to the discussion: "Basically, if you were designing the perfect target for Republicans...you'd create Bernie Sanders." [View all]W_HAMILTON
(10,244 posts)16. If you truly think that, then you should read up on Biden's accomplishments.
But of course, I wasn't the one touting any one particular candidate as the prototype for a fighter for the working class to begin with. I was just pointing out that if you were to create one, you would probably want to create one that actually has led on accomplishing something for the working class.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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"Basically, if you were designing the perfect target for Republicans...you'd create Bernie Sanders." [View all]
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
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I'm a Biden follower who's long admired Tim O'Brien, who's one of Trump's top critics, and also
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#4
do you really want to compare crazy things Biden and Sanders have said over the last fifty years?
ProfessorPlum
Mar 2020
#45
I am sure he hasn't praised communists or talked about toddlers touching their genitals...
IluvPitties
Mar 2020
#49
And yet Samders supporters only need to go back 60 years to find civil rights actions
sweetloukillbot
Mar 2020
#28
I'm starting to think you just make statements and never bother to look up whether they are true or
ProfessorPlum
Mar 2020
#53
Please! One doesn't have to go back 50 years. There's quite a bit of much more recent...
brush
Mar 2020
#33
basically, if you were designing the perfect fighter for the working people of America . . . you'd
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2020
#7
If you truly think that, then you should read up on Biden's accomplishments.
W_HAMILTON
Feb 2020
#16
Biden's accomplishments for working people include the revised bankruptcy bill
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2020
#21
If you wanted an effective fighter for the people who gets results, you'd create Liz Warren. (nt)
ehrnst
Mar 2020
#27
+1000 I wholeheartedly agree with that. I hope she will be running 2024.
Vivienne235729
Mar 2020
#31
You mean "electable" like being able to convince Democrats to elect you as the nominee?
ehrnst
Mar 2020
#59
And everyone also thought Trump would be easy to beat. Truth is no one knows period! nt
Quixote1818
Feb 2020
#15
Yup, any one of these could be fatal..and that's just the tip of the iceberg..
Callado119
Feb 2020
#19
That's clearly why they're promoting and supporting his candidacy, along with Russia.
ehrnst
Mar 2020
#26
Yes.The fact that trump and the repugs want to run against Sanders. They're rooting for him.
brush
Mar 2020
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