RCP: Sanders back in second place

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1 minute ago, AHippieIsBorn said:

How just.......HOW is Biden so popular? Like....he never has a solid train of thought. I can barely understand him between his "misspeaks" and stuttering. Who would want him as a leader i- 

It's becaue of familiarity. My mom is a conservative Republican and she said the only Democrat she'd vote for would be Biden because "he was already Vice President." Mind you, my mother isn't from the US and even though she's lived here, she honestly still pretty ignorant when it comes to politics. 

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Wow! Great! Support for Biden really bewilders me at this point, tbh. 

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31 minutes ago, AHippieIsBorn said:

How just.......HOW is Biden so popular? Like....he never has a solid train of thought. I can barely understand him between his "misspeaks" and stuttering. Who would want him as a leader i- 

Familiarity and he is the stereotypical blue candidate for the boomer generation. The DNC needs a progressive candidate like Sanders or Warren. 

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24 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

We have Trump as our leader

I've deluded myself into thinking it was all a nightmare  

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22 minutes ago, M Monstre said:

because "he was already Vice President."

No shade to your mom I promise, but I hear this a lot and I'm just like, "Ok BUT what about his policies? What about what he stands for? What about, oh I don't know, the fact that he can't finish a debate without stumbling and getting side tracked 3 times?!"

He always responds to topics with "First of all, we're gonna do this....Second of all....Third of all..." He just doesn't seem genuine. Even though all candidates practice their answers, his seem so forced that I don't trust him. 

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2 minutes ago, AHippieIsBorn said:

No shade to your mom I promise, but I hear this a lot and I'm just like, "Ok BUT what about his policies? What about what he stands for? What about, oh I don't know, the fact that he can't finish a debate without stumbling and getting side tracked 3 times?!"

He always responds to topics with "First of all, we're gonna do this....Second of all....Third of all..." He just doesn't seem genuine. Even though all candidates practice their answers, his seem so forced that I don't trust him. 

But Bernie also always says the same exact things over and over again as well... 🤷🏾‍♂️
 

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49 minutes ago, AHippieIsBorn said:

How just.......HOW is Biden so popular? Like....he never has a solid train of thought. I can barely understand him between his "misspeaks" and stuttering. Who would want him as a leader i- 

The American public forgive white straight men anything. Stuttering, misspeaks, forgetfulness, socialism, bad hair.

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19 minutes ago, En_Sabah_Nur said:

But Bernie also always says the same exact things over and over again as well... 🤷🏾‍♂️
 

That's exactly why people support him. He's been consistent in his views for 40 years! Has always been on the right side of history.

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37 minutes ago, AHippieIsBorn said:

No shade to your mom I promise, but I hear this a lot and I'm just like, "Ok BUT what about his policies? What about what he stands for? What about, oh I don't know, the fact that he can't finish a debate without stumbling and getting side tracked 3 times?!"

He always responds to topics with "First of all, we're gonna do this....Second of all....Third of all..." He just doesn't seem genuine. Even though all candidates practice their answers, his seem so forced that I don't trust him. 

Did you not read the second half of my statement? My mom is very ignorant when it comes to politics; quite honestly, I think a lot  of people are ignorant when it comes to politics. If given the choice to vote for a Dem (which she most likely wouldn't do), she'd vote Biden because she thinks him being Vice President is the determining factor in all this. 

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41 minutes ago, En_Sabah_Nur said:

But Bernie also always says the same exact things over and over again as well... 🤷🏾‍♂️
 

Every single candidate is repetitive like this if you really look at it. That's what campaign strategists promote - repetition sticks in minds, establishes a brand, a vision, etc. They are also repetitive because there are people who have not heard their message or internalized it or accepted it, and repeating it helps spread their cause. It's just a bit of psychology really.

Bernie is repetitive because the things he is saying aren't being talked about anywhere else. Yes, some people have now entirely stolen his rhetoric and adopted it because its popular (Medicare for all, universal healthcare, raising minimum wage, climate change, income inequality,  to name a few things) but his ability to say things he believes because they are right and not just because its become popular to do so is exactly the point. But you don't see Fox News, CNN, or rarely MSNBC talking about how we need to solve income inequality in order to secure our democracy... Bernie Sanders talked about it, and so now we are.

Would a Pete Buttigieg or Kamala Harris 4 years ago have been running and talking about corruption in politics, universal health care, income inequality, etc? Most likely not, unless they wanted to run as Progressives, which neither of them are (anymore, though they started the race by wanting to be) Joe Biden still isn't because hes dumb and insulated  

Just a fun bit of speculation, I actually think Kamala would have done better than she is now if she had stayed in the progressive lane with Warren and Sanders. Her team most likely decided that they have a stranglehold on that base, sure, but she could've brought progressive policiess to black people and women, and picked other issues to be her main cornerstones. THEN, imo, a "Biden/Harris" ticket would have been truly unbeatable in the general IMO. A moderate democrat man with a progressive democratic black woman. Game over. (I would still oppose that ticket, but it would've been better than whatever will happen with Biden winning the nomination now  ) Stacey Abrams would be a good VP pick for him instead, but only if shes gonna run for president in 2024 tbh.

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2 hours ago, ItsTommyBitch said:

Every single candidate is repetitive like this if you really look at it. That's what campaign strategists promote - repetition sticks in minds, establishes a brand, a vision, etc. They are also repetitive because there are people who have not heard their message or internalized it or accepted it, and repeating it helps spread their cause. It's just a bit of psychology really.

Bernie is repetitive because the things he is saying aren't being talked about anywhere else. Yes, some people have now entirely stolen his rhetoric and adopted it because its popular (Medicare for all, universal healthcare, raising minimum wage, climate change, income inequality,  to name a few things) but his ability to say things he believes because they are right and not just because its become popular to do so is exactly the point. But you don't see Fox News, CNN, or rarely MSNBC talking about how we need to solve income inequality in order to secure our democracy... Bernie Sanders talked about it, and so now we are.

Would a Pete Buttigieg or Kamala Harris 4 years ago have been running and talking about corruption in politics, universal health care, income inequality, etc? Most likely not, unless they wanted to run as Progressives, which neither of them are (anymore, though they started the race by wanting to be) Joe Biden still isn't because hes dumb and insulated  

Just a fun bit of speculation, I actually think Kamala would have done better than she is now if she had stayed in the progressive lane with Warren and Sanders. Her team most likely decided that they have a stranglehold on that base, sure, but she could've brought progressive policiess to black people and women, and picked other issues to be her main cornerstones. THEN, imo, a "Biden/Harris" ticket would have been truly unbeatable in the general IMO. A moderate democrat man with a progressive democratic black woman. Game over. (I would still oppose that ticket, but it would've been better than whatever will happen with Biden winning the nomination now  ) Stacey Abrams would be a good VP pick for him instead, but only if shes gonna run for president in 2024 tbh.

It's a good thing Biden's gonna lose then.  

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2 hours ago, ItsTommyBitch said:

Every single candidate is repetitive like this if you really look at it. That's what campaign strategists promote - repetition sticks in minds, establishes a brand, a vision, etc. They are also repetitive because there are people who have not heard their message or internalized it or accepted it, and repeating it helps spread their cause. It's just a bit of psychology really.

Bernie is repetitive because the things he is saying aren't being talked about anywhere else. Yes, some people have now entirely stolen his rhetoric and adopted it because its popular (Medicare for all, universal healthcare, raising minimum wage, climate change, income inequality,  to name a few things) but his ability to say things he believes because they are right and not just because its become popular to do so is exactly the point. But you don't see Fox News, CNN, or rarely MSNBC talking about how we need to solve income inequality in order to secure our democracy... Bernie Sanders talked about it, and so now we are.

Would a Pete Buttigieg or Kamala Harris 4 years ago have been running and talking about corruption in politics, universal health care, income inequality, etc? Most likely not, unless they wanted to run as Progressives, which neither of them are (anymore, though they started the race by wanting to be) Joe Biden still isn't because hes dumb and insulated  

Just a fun bit of speculation, I actually think Kamala would have done better than she is now if she had stayed in the progressive lane with Warren and Sanders. Her team most likely decided that they have a stranglehold on that base, sure, but she could've brought progressive policiess to black people and women, and picked other issues to be her main cornerstones. THEN, imo, a "Biden/Harris" ticket would have been truly unbeatable in the general IMO. A moderate democrat man with a progressive democratic black woman. Game over. (I would still oppose that ticket, but it would've been better than whatever will happen with Biden winning the nomination now  ) Stacey Abrams would be a good VP pick for him instead, but only if shes gonna run for president in 2024 tbh.

With Kamala’s background as a prosecutor & throwing lots of POC in prison over the years, I honestly think is what sunk her campaign or stopped it from growing!  I’ve heard a lot of young black voters say they will NEVER vote for her because of that! 🤷🏾‍♂️
 

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7 hours ago, En_Sabah_Nur said:

But Bernie also always says the same exact things over and over again as well... 🤷🏾‍♂️
 

I know and they are iconic and radical and necessary 

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7 hours ago, JusKeepBreathin said:

The American public forgive white straight men anything. Stuttering, misspeaks, forgetfulness, socialism, bad hair.

Not this gay b*tch 

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