The Democratic Candidates

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    edited April 2019
    I love walking around in grocery stores. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    I love walking around in grocery stores. 
    You're both lunatics. 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    Think those dots are important?   Read the whole thing and stop getting information from Twitter.  You want to argue his real point,  please do.  It's page 19. Read the whole speech to really understand. 

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/biden-transcript.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjCzqeQxfDhAhULmeAKHbqPCHgQFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1ZH9zmwSs3at71Mbqt2atV
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    I think Biden would win easily against Trump. Sanders will not...to easy for Trump to exploit the socialism angle... 


    Give Peas A Chance…
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    mrussel1 said:
    Think those dots are important?   Read the whole thing and stop getting information from Twitter.  You want to argue his real point,  please do.  It's page 19. Read the whole speech to really understand. 

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/biden-transcript.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjCzqeQxfDhAhULmeAKHbqPCHgQFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1ZH9zmwSs3at71Mbqt2atV
    Page 9
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Think those dots are important?   Read the whole thing and stop getting information from Twitter.  You want to argue his real point,  please do.  It's page 19. Read the whole speech to really understand. 

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/biden-transcript.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjCzqeQxfDhAhULmeAKHbqPCHgQFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1ZH9zmwSs3at71Mbqt2atV
    Page 9
    "this gap is yawning, it’s gaping, and it’s having the effect of pulling us apart. You see the politics of it.
    And the country’s not going to stand for it forever, so we have to deal with the tax code. It’s wildly skewed toward taking care of those at the very top. It favors, overwhelmingly favors, investors over workers and it’s riddled with unproductive expenditures."

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    brianlux said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Think those dots are important?   Read the whole thing and stop getting information from Twitter.  You want to argue his real point,  please do.  It's page 19. Read the whole speech to really understand. 

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/biden-transcript.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjCzqeQxfDhAhULmeAKHbqPCHgQFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1ZH9zmwSs3at71Mbqt2atV
    Page 9
    "this gap is yawning, it’s gaping, and it’s having the effect of pulling us apart. You see the politics of it.
    And the country’s not going to stand for it forever, so we have to deal with the tax code. It’s wildly skewed toward taking care of those at the very top. It favors, overwhelmingly favors, investors over workers and it’s riddled with unproductive expenditures."

    Thanks Brian. 

    It's not exactly the words you would hear from Stephen Moore.  He's blaming the system,  which is where I lay the blame as well.  
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    edited April 2019
    Haha. Joe has some energy here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM19YOqs7hU
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    mrussel1 said:
    brianlux said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Think those dots are important?   Read the whole thing and stop getting information from Twitter.  You want to argue his real point,  please do.  It's page 19. Read the whole speech to really understand. 

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/biden-transcript.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjCzqeQxfDhAhULmeAKHbqPCHgQFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1ZH9zmwSs3at71Mbqt2atV
    Page 9
    "this gap is yawning, it’s gaping, and it’s having the effect of pulling us apart. You see the politics of it.
    And the country’s not going to stand for it forever, so we have to deal with the tax code. It’s wildly skewed toward taking care of those at the very top. It favors, overwhelmingly favors, investors over workers and it’s riddled with unproductive expenditures."

    Thanks Brian. 

    It's not exactly the words you would hear from Stephen Moore.  He's blaming the system,  which is where I lay the blame as well.  
    LOL, that's for sure!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,229
    tulsi has zero chance. mayor pete will get destroyed in a general against trump. 

    the russians are going to help trump again, so the young dem candidates are moot. mueller saw to this when he failed to indict trump.

    looks like it is going to be bernie or joe as the nominee.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,617
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:

    It will only be a few years before progressives hate Obama because of his stance on marriage in 2008. 
    Isn't it weird living in a country where "progressive" is a negative...

    Doing everything you can to fight Climate change - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Cheaper and more democratic healthcare by tax funding - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Caring for people and the world - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Getting out of the cult of the US being "the greatest experiment on earth" - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!

    Was it his true stance, or his public stance to get elected in conservative/moderate HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!-America ? And Biden came out first in support, before Obama - right?
    Progressive isn't a negative.  Teddy Roosevelt ran for president on a progressive ticket.  Until very recently, there really wasn't a difference (in my mind) between a progressive and a liberal.  But there's been some odd shift where the SJW's and social media a-holes have taken up this word to describe themselves and the media has subscribed.  
    BTW - your second paragraph is way overstated and blows up what could have been a pretty good argument.  


    Also, in America it’s awful to be an SJW.  

    Social justice is bad.
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    OnWis97 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:

    It will only be a few years before progressives hate Obama because of his stance on marriage in 2008. 
    Isn't it weird living in a country where "progressive" is a negative...

    Doing everything you can to fight Climate change - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Cheaper and more democratic healthcare by tax funding - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Caring for people and the world - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Getting out of the cult of the US being "the greatest experiment on earth" - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!

    Was it his true stance, or his public stance to get elected in conservative/moderate HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!-America ? And Biden came out first in support, before Obama - right?
    Progressive isn't a negative.  Teddy Roosevelt ran for president on a progressive ticket.  Until very recently, there really wasn't a difference (in my mind) between a progressive and a liberal.  But there's been some odd shift where the SJW's and social media a-holes have taken up this word to describe themselves and the media has subscribed.  
    BTW - your second paragraph is way overstated and blows up what could have been a pretty good argument.  


    Also, in America it’s awful to be an SJW.  

    Social justice is bad.
    I’ve always wondered how the right managed to convince people that’s it’s wrong and weird to be in favour of social justice. 
     
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    OnWis97 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:

    It will only be a few years before progressives hate Obama because of his stance on marriage in 2008. 
    Isn't it weird living in a country where "progressive" is a negative...

    Doing everything you can to fight Climate change - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Cheaper and more democratic healthcare by tax funding - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Caring for people and the world - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Getting out of the cult of the US being "the greatest experiment on earth" - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!

    Was it his true stance, or his public stance to get elected in conservative/moderate HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!-America ? And Biden came out first in support, before Obama - right?
    Progressive isn't a negative.  Teddy Roosevelt ran for president on a progressive ticket.  Until very recently, there really wasn't a difference (in my mind) between a progressive and a liberal.  But there's been some odd shift where the SJW's and social media a-holes have taken up this word to describe themselves and the media has subscribed.  
    BTW - your second paragraph is way overstated and blows up what could have been a pretty good argument.  


    Also, in America it’s awful to be an SJW.  

    Social justice is bad.
    I’ve always wondered how the right managed to convince people that’s it’s wrong and weird to be in favour of social justice. 
     
    The way they approach social justice isn't always the best way. 
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    mrussel1 said:
    OnWis97 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:

    It will only be a few years before progressives hate Obama because of his stance on marriage in 2008. 
    Isn't it weird living in a country where "progressive" is a negative...

    Doing everything you can to fight Climate change - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Cheaper and more democratic healthcare by tax funding - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Caring for people and the world - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Getting out of the cult of the US being "the greatest experiment on earth" - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!

    Was it his true stance, or his public stance to get elected in conservative/moderate HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!-America ? And Biden came out first in support, before Obama - right?
    Progressive isn't a negative.  Teddy Roosevelt ran for president on a progressive ticket.  Until very recently, there really wasn't a difference (in my mind) between a progressive and a liberal.  But there's been some odd shift where the SJW's and social media a-holes have taken up this word to describe themselves and the media has subscribed.  
    BTW - your second paragraph is way overstated and blows up what could have been a pretty good argument.  


    Also, in America it’s awful to be an SJW.  

    Social justice is bad.
    I’ve always wondered how the right managed to convince people that’s it’s wrong and weird to be in favour of social justice. 
     
    The way they approach social justice isn't always the best way. 
    So? Is anyone’s approach always the best way? On balance, I’d rather be on the side of social justice than opposed to it, because sure as hell the right’s approach isn’t the best way. 
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    mrussel1 said:
    OnWis97 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:

    It will only be a few years before progressives hate Obama because of his stance on marriage in 2008. 
    Isn't it weird living in a country where "progressive" is a negative...

    Doing everything you can to fight Climate change - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Cheaper and more democratic healthcare by tax funding - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Caring for people and the world - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Getting out of the cult of the US being "the greatest experiment on earth" - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!

    Was it his true stance, or his public stance to get elected in conservative/moderate HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!-America ? And Biden came out first in support, before Obama - right?
    Progressive isn't a negative.  Teddy Roosevelt ran for president on a progressive ticket.  Until very recently, there really wasn't a difference (in my mind) between a progressive and a liberal.  But there's been some odd shift where the SJW's and social media a-holes have taken up this word to describe themselves and the media has subscribed.  
    BTW - your second paragraph is way overstated and blows up what could have been a pretty good argument.  


    Also, in America it’s awful to be an SJW.  

    Social justice is bad.
    I’ve always wondered how the right managed to convince people that’s it’s wrong and weird to be in favour of social justice. 
     
    The way they approach social justice isn't always the best way. 
    So? Is anyone’s approach always the best way? On balance, I’d rather be on the side of social justice than opposed to it, because sure as hell the right’s approach isn’t the best way. 
    I don't understand your point? Is that the choice I have to make? 
  • Halifax2TheMax
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    OnWis97 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:

    It will only be a few years before progressives hate Obama because of his stance on marriage in 2008. 
    Isn't it weird living in a country where "progressive" is a negative...

    Doing everything you can to fight Climate change - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Cheaper and more democratic healthcare by tax funding - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Caring for people and the world - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!
    Getting out of the cult of the US being "the greatest experiment on earth" - HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!

    Was it his true stance, or his public stance to get elected in conservative/moderate HEY WAIT A MINUTE! SLOW DOWN!-America ? And Biden came out first in support, before Obama - right?
    Progressive isn't a negative.  Teddy Roosevelt ran for president on a progressive ticket.  Until very recently, there really wasn't a difference (in my mind) between a progressive and a liberal.  But there's been some odd shift where the SJW's and social media a-holes have taken up this word to describe themselves and the media has subscribed.  
    BTW - your second paragraph is way overstated and blows up what could have been a pretty good argument.  


    Also, in America it’s awful to be an SJW.  

    Social justice is bad.
    I’ve always wondered how the right managed to convince people that’s it’s wrong and weird to be in favour of social justice. 
     
    Because social justice primarily benefits the “other.”
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    edited April 2019
    mrussel1 said:
    my2hands said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    BTW - your second paragraph is way overstated and blows up what could have been a pretty good argument.  


    If I got a nickel every time I did that to myself. 

    Anyways, the only difference between a liberal and a cannibal is that cannibals don't eat their friends and family. I've heard.
    Haha, that's a good joke, and seems to be true this year.  Although, it seems to be the progressives.  Biden would be considered a liberal I think, under today's nomenclature.  
    Ahhhhhh, not really.... Joe is a moderate.... nobody considers him a liberal, and they shouldn't... he is s solid moderare dem.... the iraq war vote being near the top of the list and the crime bill, etc......

    I would not consider Joe to be a liberal or progressive, which i feel are the same thing
    See this is a perfect example of the lack of historical perspective when evaluating people's positions.  The Crime Bill was not considered a 'conservative/liberal' demarcation point when it came to pass.  The cities were ravaged by crime and the leaders in the black community, including the majority of the Congressional Black Caucus, supported the bill.  You can't judge their vote by what we know today, 30 friggin' years later, with the benefit of hindsight.  And don't forget the Violence Against Women Act was a subset.  I guess Biden should have voted against that?

    Oh and FYI, Sanders voted for it too.  I guess he's a moderate.    
    Dude why are you freaking out? Did i say being a moderate was a bad thing? Joe Biden is a moderate and has never been considered a liberal, not in the 80's, 90's, or 2000's... that's not good, thats not bad, thats just who he is... you support the guy because he's a fucking moderate and you want to lecture me? you act like you just learned who Joe Biden is? Lol

    Lighten up
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    my2hands said:
    mrussel1 said:
    my2hands said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    BTW - your second paragraph is way overstated and blows up what could have been a pretty good argument.  


    If I got a nickel every time I did that to myself. 

    Anyways, the only difference between a liberal and a cannibal is that cannibals don't eat their friends and family. I've heard.
    Haha, that's a good joke, and seems to be true this year.  Although, it seems to be the progressives.  Biden would be considered a liberal I think, under today's nomenclature.  
    Ahhhhhh, not really.... Joe is a moderate.... nobody considers him a liberal, and they shouldn't... he is s solid moderare dem.... the iraq war vote being near the top of the list and the crime bill, etc......

    I would not consider Joe to be a liberal or progressive, which i feel are the same thing
    See this is a perfect example of the lack of historical perspective when evaluating people's positions.  The Crime Bill was not considered a 'conservative/liberal' demarcation point when it came to pass.  The cities were ravaged by crime and the leaders in the black community, including the majority of the Congressional Black Caucus, supported the bill.  You can't judge their vote by what we know today, 30 friggin' years later, with the benefit of hindsight.  And don't forget the Violence Against Women Act was a subset.  I guess Biden should have voted against that?

    Oh and FYI, Sanders voted for it too.  I guess he's a moderate.    
    Dude why are you freaking out? Did i say being a moderate was a bad thing? Joe Biden is a moderate and has never been considered a liberal, not in the 80's, 90's, or 2000's... that's not good, thats not bad, thats just who he is... you support the guy because he's a fucking moderate and you want to lecture me? you act like you just learned who Joe Biden is? Lol

    Lighten up
    Where did you get that he’s freaking out? No freaking is apparent to me. Just information, which maybe you don’t like. 
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/25/18282870/joe-biden-criminal-justice-war-on-drugs-mass-incarceration

    All i said was, very simply, Joe Biden is not, and has never been a liberal or considered a liberal. He is a moderate, and has always been a moderate, and will always be a moderate.

    Feel free to parse and debate whatever you want for the next 5 pages, to call him a liberal is incorrect
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