Democratic Primaries

Skidmore

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55. Smacks of desperation.nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 05:43 AM

Mar 2020

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

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Sanders claims Buttigieg, Klobuchar dropped out only b/c establishment "put a great deal of pressure [View all] highplainsdem Mar 2020 OP

That's why both are enthusiastically endorsing Biden, right? MineralMan Mar 2020 #1

The Establishment made them do it. Try to keep up. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #8

LOL! I know Amy Klobuchar. MineralMan Mar 2020 #17

He's starting to come off as kind of dense. Did he think all those candidates... brush Mar 2020 #35

And then Amy bludgeoned them to death with a stapler. musicblind Mar 2020 #44

Doesn't BS know that this is a RW/Trump talking point? lapucelle Mar 2020 #2

So what or who, exactly, is this so-called "establishment"? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #3

I was told by one Sanders supporter that it isn't a particular group of people musicblind Mar 2020 #45

Clyburn and Perez? Dem4Life1102 Mar 2020 #60

It isn't out of the realm of possibility Bettie Mar 2020 #4

That is the way the primary game has always been played NYMinute Mar 2020 #7

I'm not whining, frankly, I Bettie Mar 2020 #23

No one should be saying that Amy and Pete buckled under pressure NYMinute Mar 2020 #24

That's politics, not pressure. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #10

No...say it isn't true...the Biden campaign were politically motivated!!!! OMG ...you might Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #11

You got it, sistah!!!! LakeArenal Mar 2020 #13

Yep, a politician playing politics..the nerve! And in a primary no less...why I just Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #33

Bernie is anointed. /nt yardwork Mar 2020 #21

It is his due...damn it...his turn as it were. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #32

Heehee! Good one. brush Mar 2020 #37

Honestly, I wonder sometimes if the Sanders campaign understand politics. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #42

Pete didn't talk to Biden until after dropping out RDavisJ1 Mar 2020 #25

Thanks for the background. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #39

Thank you! betsuni Mar 2020 #43

Tahnk you for explaining that so very well, RDavis! Cha Mar 2020 #47

Then you don't know Pete. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #36

It's an Insult.. Amy and Pete can think for themselves.. Cha Mar 2020 #46

What's said in the title of the original post is hooey. HA! n/t sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #53

It's an awful thing to accuse Amy & Pete Cha Mar 2020 #54

Aloha, Cha! sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #56

Thank Goodness we have Dems United! Cha Mar 2020 #57

Heheh. Rock on! eom sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #63

Bernie, look within your campaign NYMinute Mar 2020 #5

It's not his policies that are the problem, Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #40

It was a coup! dalton99a Mar 2020 #6

Add a sarcasm tag... Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #12

How insulting. Did it ever dawn on him that they made their own minds up, and decided that instead still_one Mar 2020 #9

They all realize, just as most of us do, is that America will not elect a socialist... brush Mar 2020 #22

I think BS took that claim directly from Trump's twitter feed n/t Hav Mar 2020 #14

The Sanders campaign and Sanders too.. (or it came from his feed) were retweeting Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #34

+1 Cha Mar 2020 #48

Same way Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #15

On that argument he sounds like Trump. It's someone else's fault. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #16

Toxic thinking and apparently highly infectious. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #27

It's happening again. Squinch Mar 2020 #18

So they can't think for themselves? yardwork Mar 2020 #19

Worst Strategy Ever.. Cha Mar 2020 #49

So? Renew Deal Mar 2020 #20

The Revolution Bernie wasn't expecting... RDavisJ1 Mar 2020 #26

Berne counted on devided moderates to allow him to win with comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #28

Yeah.. from what I've gathered.. he had that Cha Mar 2020 #50

The best laid plans of mice and men... comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #61

Exactly! Cha Mar 2020 #62

Oh geez! Whining is not a strong look. Fla Dem Mar 2020 #29

I hope they did. That's what they should have done. bitterross Mar 2020 #30

So after his entire life in politics, Bernie still does not know drray23 Mar 2020 #31

It is very likely in both Pete's and Amy's best interest to have done what they did karynnj Mar 2020 #38

In the real world, candidates who do not have a path to nomination drop out Gothmog Mar 2020 #41

Yeah, if they want to unite to beat trump Cha Mar 2020 #51

Sanders now claims the "establishment" is the billionaires. So, the billionaires forced Buttigieg LizBeth Mar 2020 #52

Smacks of desperation.nt Skidmore Mar 2020 #55

Spot on, &shows BS is running for himself, not the country onetexan Mar 2020 #58

If he wants to accuse folks of collusion he'd better have some proof behind it Blue_Tires Mar 2020 #59

He forgot to blame the dog also whistler162 Mar 2020 #64