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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton's candid review of Bernie Sanders... [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)438. These are your words.
"even to stretching to the point of arguing that it would be realistic for Boston to consider razing all their hills and buildings to create a new city based on the Chicago planned grid model."
I never suggested considering that. I talked about elevated transit and tunnels to solve a need, rather than ...whatever you just made up there.
I get the strong impression you don't know what a strawman is.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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...and putting a quarter in the space between the wall and the plugged in phone charger...
samnsara
Jan 2020
#455
It's easier to get bills passed when you're a centrist. He's too extreme to draw support from the
CaptYossarian
Jan 2020
#48
We got quite an education when the damn insurance industry watered down the ACA.
CaptYossarian
Jan 2020
#62
It was all over MSNBC at the time. They kept bringing on a former executive from Aetna
CaptYossarian
Jan 2020
#109
That is not true. The ACA is based on Romneycare...which worked pretty well in Massachussetts, and
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#249
Like seriously, to come to that conclusion, you could not possibly have read the first paragraph.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#175
I read the article... Literally nowhere does it state that Liz Fowler was hired by Obama....
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#176
You responded to more than just that specific claim, and the article addresses those.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#183
Liz Folwer was the VP for Public Policy and External Affairs at WellPoint prior to working for Baucu
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#248
Well, if we had the homogenous population Germany has, the % of urban population they have,
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#348
Forgive me for assuming that you were interested in a factual, respectful discourse
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#429
It's interesting that one of us that made up shit about the other's position also howled 'strawman'.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#445
Like seriously, listing what insurers or pharma benefitted or did not benefit from is not
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#185
Major, mainstream journalistic sources, and health care think tanks involved in the process
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#199
Any that you stick to.....not switching back and forth when showed wrong
AncientGeezer
Jan 2020
#318
A useful analogy, except the post where one participant shit on the board wasn't mine.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#446
Excellent comparison. Thank you! That puts things into a VERY CLEAR perspective.
NurseJackie
Jan 2020
#218
How long has Bernie been in Congress? 30+ years? Pretty established if you ask me
redstateblues
Jan 2020
#341
Read the full interview at the Hollywood Reporter. The paragraph after the one quoted in that tweet
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#11
No, they're still targeting Biden, judging by Twitter. But they'll go after HRC, too.
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#92
She's self-secure enough to shrug it off and laugh. Unlike some other POTUS candidates.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#353
Not helping is right... Hillary's remarks only help create further rifts in the Democratic Party.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#258
I agree that she should speak out on issues - there are many where she has enormous creds
karynnj
Jan 2020
#68
THERE'S the right answer!!!! She took all she needs to take. Now she gets to do
Squinch
Jan 2020
#329
We're not telling people to wait until after the election to endorse candidates.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#83
Yes, Hillary would have been wise to hold off... instead, her comments only create rifts
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#269
The Hoarse Whisperer: Hillary isn't relitigating 2016. She's telling the truth about Bernie in 2020.
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#28
Won't commit to endorsing him if he's the nominee? Makes no sense (unless she's running 3rd party).
thesquanderer
Jan 2020
#112
It's not too early to say you will support whoever the Dem nominee is against Trump.
thesquanderer
Jan 2020
#335
No, not really. As a Senator/Sec of State, only 12 years total. She spent 20 years as a lawyer.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#143
Secretary of State is not a political position. Neither is attorney, first lady, non-profit founder,
lapucelle
Jan 2020
#296
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a woman of substance and character. There will never by another like her..
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#472
sanders was such a weak and marginal candidate that he was treated with kid gloves and not vetted
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#400
Being candid on your working experience with a candidate, especially during a primary, is valuable.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#137
Watch Hillary..Covers Bernie, Trump 2016 Loss & a "Larger Story About Women" in New Sundance Doc
riversedge
Jan 2020
#163
"Voters need to see the real side of Sanders" They have and that is why he has risen in the polls
m-lekktor
Jan 2020
#424
Does going public with this now make Trumps re-election more likely or less likely?
redgreenandblue
Jan 2020
#44
This!! Bernie should go home to VT. For god sakes he's 78, has had an MI
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#184
Bernie is capable of doing that all by himself, with no help from Hillary or anyone else.(nt)
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#208
I think she needs to just shut up. She had her chance and she lost. Why cause
walkingman
Jan 2020
#51
Are you doing this kind of scolding on the many threads that are not supportive of other candidates?
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#69
OK - I give up. Sorry to offend anyone. I'm beginning to understand but I fear we are shooting
walkingman
Jan 2020
#125
Meantime Bernie is attempting to destroy Biden's chances. Biden has emerged as the candidate
emmaverybo
Jan 2020
#274
So, you think anyone saying anything but praise about a candidate should "shut up?"
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#288
So why don't you tell the other candidate who "had a chance and lost" to shut up?
George II
Jan 2020
#156
News flash!! She didn't lose.. she won by 3 mil votes. The election was stolen
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#189
I was at the National Convention as a vetted delegate-sanders was not interested in helping Clinton
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#144
"If Bernie even remotely hinted he might not support the Dem. nominee they'd be back in a hurry."
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#421
So the people who mass tweeted the "#NeverWarren" hashtag are upset about this?
scheming daemons
Jan 2020
#178
If one is seeking references for someone one is hiring, one doesn't ignore the ones
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#91
Bernie probably isn't going to win the nomination, but he isn't going to go away.
aikoaiko
Jan 2020
#145
But one might ignore (or at least take with many grains of salt) those sucking on sour grapes.
aikoaiko
Jan 2020
#150
Why can't we just have a horse race primary and let it fucking finish for once?
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#120
Of all the things Hillary could have said or done... and she chose this!! Just wow!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#276
You mean like bringing up Biden's 1974 statements? The Iraq War resolution votes?
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#73
A percentage of sanders supporters will not vote dem if it isn't him regardless
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#196
Sure....and is that why following all his negative attack ads his poll numbers are tanking??!!!
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#200
Some of his supporters have told me that his colleagues that don't endorse him "feel shameful
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#102
I voted for Hillary in 2008 and in the general in 2016 but have strong reasons why she did not get
CentralMass
Jan 2020
#98
Well, starting an 'endorsment' with how well one did against the candidate that one is endorsing
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#241
The GOP can't google what people have been saying what Senator Sanders is like to work with
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#113
Best to get all the endorsements and yes, less than glowing reports about primary candidates
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#139
We need to know about the candidates, not just endorsements, but honest reports
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#161
Hillary also ran against one of the worst candidates in modern American history.
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2020
#405
+1000 there's no one, not one person on this earth that has worked harder for the dem party
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#203
That's ok. Many of us feel sick listening to Democrat's talk like that about a lifelong progressive.
Kentonio
Jan 2020
#256
All this did is further divisions. As expected. No idea why anyone is happy about this.
redqueen
Jan 2020
#194
If one is expecting people to endorse candidates, one needs to be open to less than glowing
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#198
Bernie is the one playing the dividing game!! He needs to be outed so voters can see him for
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#207
Makes ZERO sense! Hillary made a HUGE mistake that could cost us the general election
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#287
At this point I find it divisive, timing could potentially be damaging to the Democratic Party.
Agschmid
Jan 2020
#390
Yes, Bernie is a candidate and it's pretty much standard procedure in campaigns
totodeinhere
Jan 2020
#326
"Zero overlap?" He had better get working on getting her supporters behind him.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#222
Poll: Only 42% of those who voted for Bernie in the 2016 Primary selected him as their top choice
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#339
Seriously? "Bernie fans" will stay away in the General Election because their fee-fees were hurt?
NurseJackie
Jan 2020
#224
No question Hillary just hurt the Democratic Party's chances in the general election...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#281
I'm wondering how much of this is sour grapes over the residual effect from the 2016 primary
totodeinhere
Jan 2020
#245
Not the primary which I will not discuss...it is the general. And I will never get over the 2016
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#252
Every Bernie supporter I know of Facebook has this article posted. Talk about messing with a Hornets
Quixote1818
Jan 2020
#263
Was this also part of "a continuing and organized campaign by the Clintons, Obama, and others"
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#342
The Sundance Film Festival is part of a continuing and organized campaign by "the Clintons"
lapucelle
Jan 2020
#394
OUCHHHHHHH!!! Unfortunately, divisive comments like those made by Hillary about Bernie
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#278
Divisive? You mean like not committing to supporting Bernie if he gets the nomination???
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#297
If you think that's what happened in 2016, then you haven't been paying attention.
BuffaloJackalope
Jan 2020
#265
Hillary needs to retract her divisive statements ASAP... I hope she does the right thing.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#313
They're either patting each other on the back, or stabbing each other in the back.
YOHABLO
Jan 2020
#359
I think she means no one from the DLC branch of the Democratic party likes Bernie.
GumboYaYa
Jan 2020
#324
In context, it's clear she meant that nobody in Congress would work with Bernie.
yardwork
Jan 2020
#340
Is it from an RW source? Simply a post that presents a powerful, popular, and highly accomplished
emmaverybo
Jan 2020
#379
Misunderstood. Apologies. Did not know that history and did not understand your reference.
emmaverybo
Jan 2020
#457
If she posted her comments on DU they would have been hidden by a competent jury. nt
Gore1FL
Jan 2020
#358
Clinton say she has grown worried that attacks from sanders' campaign could hurt the future Democrat
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#399
There are a large number real members of the Democratic Party who love and respect her
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#410
The irony of getting mad about someone else saying Bernie isn't concerned with being "nice"
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#418
bs in an interview said as much about him as HRC did.. he said he doesnt wish Happy Birthday..
samnsara
Jan 2020
#451
sanders' comments on George Wallace is further evidence that Hillary was correct
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#480