Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Biden to announce on Thursday...will give generously! [View all]shanny
(6,709 posts)you know that's what "undecided" means, right? Right?
I will say this: I want someone that Wall St. fears and even hates. I want someone the big money boyz don't: I want someone who won't take money from lobbyists or big donors of any stripe. I want someone who is full-on committed to confronting climate change. I want someone who doesn't buy into the Washington norm on military action. I want someone who is NOT bipartisan, NOT collegial, NOT conciliatory--I want someone who welcomes the hatred of the pukes. Is there a perfect candidate for me? If I could combine several there could be, but I can't. That is why I am undecided.
BTW, I'm sure you didn't intend to deflect but what does Obama, a man who hasn't been president for two years and can never be again have to do with anything? Hmmm? Name me one candidate in the Democratic Party who doesn't get that issue right, now. Obama got it right, with Biden's help if you like, and moved forward. Has Biden ever owned up to his mistakes, on anything I mentioned? Has he apologized for them? Has he moved forward? Or is he, like some, just hoping no one brings them up? Do you think that will work, in the primary or the general?
Our definitions of "ancient history" differ. Especially when the results of that ancient history are still in our faces every fucking day.
I think Biden is a relic of another age. I think he wouldn't break single digits in any poll if people were not nostalgic for Obama, as if electing Obama again would Fix Everything...as if that was even possible. I think that is a pleasant daydream, and completely useless.
Moving on.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided