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  1. fsudog21

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    Welcome to politics in 2020.
     
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    She's the same as most of the rest of the field, except for the warmongering.
    She supports medicare for all, gun control, wage controls, etc.
    She just doesn't like being team america world police.
    And she's hot.
    And she singled handedly ended Kamala Harris's career.
     
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    The people that hate him are going to hate him no matter what he does.
    The people that love him are going to love him no matter what he does.

    I think he wants to give his detractors ammunition--he's trolling them into personal attacks.
    You know there's that saying, "Never wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty and the pig likes it."

    He's a pig, and he keeps inviting them into the mud with him and they keep wallowing with him. He wins when they come down there.
    He knows this.
     
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    I get that; I agree wholeheartedly with you. I think that coming from a different generation, his actually, it does pain me to see and hear the lack of decorum from the POTUS. When you see it from him over and over, and the only real alternative was the sow Hillary Cinton, it cultivates despondency and hopelessness, imo.
    That's why " you must vote for sure, for somebody, even if you hate them"is flat out drivel.
    Could just be me though, being half Italian,half English. I spent half my time being rude and the other half apologizing for it.
    But at least I apologized.
     
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    I've been fired up for Pete for a long time now, and the narrative started out that he didn't have a realistic chance to even compete for the Democratic nomination. Now it's moved to, well, Iowa is very white. I'm interested to see where the goal post moves next. I can assure you, he absolutely does have a chance to beat Trump in a general, there are polls that show he has the best chance of any of the Democratic candidates. Trump is so divisive that a potato in a little tie would have a realistic chance to beat him.

    The field thing was just a gaff, he said "court" in another interview before the Fox News town hall. But it's really minutia when it comes to being the leader of the free world. At least he knows where Kansas City is, or at least I think he does, not that it's a prerequisite to run for POTUS...
     
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    At least he knows where Kansas City is, or at least I think he does, not that it's a prerequisite to run for POTUS...[/QUOTE]
    It sure isn't....I remember Obama saying " in all 52 states"...and the "Marine Corpse".
    Corpse. And at the time the 4th Division was in the thick of it all, Marines giving it all there is to give.
     
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    I think the 93% negative press and their allies in academia and Hollywood have successfully used one man's name to divide the country, but I have a hard time pinning it on Trump himself.
     
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    Regardless of why Trump is divisive, I think we can agree that he drives the narrative. 40% of the people will vote against him no matter what, 40% of the people will vote for him no matter what, 15% of the people will vote third party to "make a point", so it's down to that final 5%... and they want to hear the potato's platform.
     
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    What is it you like about Pete?
    Is there a set of policies, or just he's the guy that might beat Trump?
     
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    I can relate 100%
     
    rube, Feb 7, 2020
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    I understand what you are saying.
    It's like when Trump won.
    He seized the opportunity when it was there.
    He saw how the demos were moving and he found his niche and pushed in all his chips.
    That's how analytics are best used.
    Its what the A's do.
    And what Pat Riley does.
    Pete may not know exactly but he probably has the instincts to follow the opening and get the first down.
     
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    It's policy and personality. He supports all the major Democratic policies but he's a little less extreme than Bernie and Warren, but more innovative than Biden. He genuinely seems thoughtful and interested about policy, so I don't think he will push an agenda for the wrong reasons. He's the only candidate who has given much time to democratic reform: ideas to depoliticize the Supreme Court, getting rid of the Senate filibuster and the electoral college... I like his idea for expanding accessibility to government grants in exchange for kids working in under-serviced areas to help their communities, that's just one example of him looking for different ways to solve issues.

    As far as electability, that's not really the reason I like him. No one can really define electability, but it is a positive sign to see some of the polls. I would support the candidate I believe in the most regardless. That said, I do like his message of inclusiveness, he is the only Democratic candidate who is vocal about trying to get support from "Trump voters", and he is the only Democratic candidate who has been willing to go on FOX News.
     
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    The policies are for electability.
    They change in office.
    Its about beating trump.
    Which is how Trump won.
    But if your thing is that you don't like Trump then why would you like to win like him?
    That's why I like Tulsi and Yang.
    Its not about beating Trump.
    Its about being better than Trump.
    Not being better in a holier than though way. But in a real way.
    Yangible in people's deeper emotions instead of the shallower ones that are easier to manipulate.
    They have to be better.
    In the ways that Trump can't help himself and be worse.
     
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    Not one candidate is as scummy as Hillary.
    Much better class of persons.
     
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    Dems best chance was Tulsi
     
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    Not sure there's ever been a candidate as scummy as Hillary...in all of American history.
     
    TAFNAC, Feb 8, 2020
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    Biden cancels New Hampshire primary party appearance. He's calling voters names every day...
    Warren is losing traction. She'll be out after Super Tuesday...
    Very timely release of Bloomberg's "stop & frisk" comments...
    Buttigieg will fade in the south

    All of this tells me that the delegates will be split. No one will take a commanding lead...

    Brokered convention = Hillary
     
    harkeyed, Feb 11, 2020
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    Tulsi Yang Bernie coalition to defeat Hillary.
     
    rube, Feb 11, 2020
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    exactly
    sorry but no way a gay man is going to be elected president at the present time, not happening
    not electing a communist cause neither side wants him around and tupperware lady lol
    leaves bloomberg and pillory
    what a clusterfuck
     
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    Bernie vs Trump is my worst nightmare. I might have to move to Canada.
     
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