Who is your choice in the Democratic Presidential Primary?

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Andrew Yang
    Warren as Biden’s Secretary of the Treasury. She’ll get Team Trump Treason’s tax returns. Not a bad way to spend your golden years.
    I love it. This reads like Democrat fan-fiction! How about they beat Trump at something for once before ya begin envisioning Biden appointing Warren to live out her golden years. But I’ll play along. I like Biden. In fact, let’s all do a Biden cabinet fantasy draft. Emphasis on “fantasy.” Get your picks ready...
     
    Draft order:

    1) mrussell (sec. of education)
    2) cincybearcat (sec. of state)
    3) halifax (sec of treasury) 
    4) hughfreakindillion (sec of defense)
    5) spiritual chaos (homeland security) 

    and so on....
    Brian Lux for Secretary of the Interior.

    Awww shucks, thanks!  But seriously, if he were still around, the job should've gone to the much more agile Lux Interior!


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  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
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    I like warren, and it's too bad she's sliding in the polls. she makes the most sense and actually tells you what her plans are and how she'll do it. 
    friendly reminder that only 5% of the delegates have been declared
    there's a long road ahead
    as more candidates drop out, those delegates will migrate to the more moderate candidates who remain
    (that won't be bernie)
    That is exactly what everyone said about Trump 4 years ago. Everyone said "don't worry, as some of the other 15 candidates drop out then their votes will not go to Trump." But that is exactly what happened. I'm guessing it will happen here too. Bernie only needs about 20% of the other voters when they drop to keep the lead, and that isnt much.
    I agree.  The GOP/RNC should have stepped in and prevented that from happening.

    Happy to see you advocating for DNC intervention.  Remove Bernie as a candidate, the sooner the better. 
    FUCK DEMOCRACY

    AM 



    RITE
    The DNC gets to choose who they want to support and promote.  It is not a public, democratic body.  It is a private organization.  

    But you knew that.
    That may be true, but requiring a majority in the general election to win it, makes it extremely difficult for anything but a duopoly to exist in the USA. Then, if those two parties are (practically speaking) the only avenues to the presidency, and one has to be vetted by the private organizations prior to being nominated, then I'd argue that he's right and it's just not a democratic process. You could argue that this is evidenced by the fact that it's only been one of the two major parties who's ever actually succeeded.
    which is why we need ranked choice voting

    that aside, has Bernie been vetted?
    where are the medical records he promised?

    forget non-stop commercials about socialism:
    he was a deadbeat dad, no?
    his wife was embroiled in scandal, no?
    tell me more about his gangrape fantasies

    ...the list goes on...

    Beware the person who chooses their own opponent
    that aside, has Bernie been vetted?
    where are the medical records he promised?

    forget non-stop commercials about socialism:
    he was a deadbeat dad, no?
    his wife was embroiled in scandal, no?
    tell me more about his gangrape fantasies


    ...crickets...
    why hasnt biden been vetted about saying he’s running for the senate?

    .... crickets?
    distract deflect divide

    where are Bernie's medical records?
    he was a deadbeat dad, no?
    his wife was embroiled in scandal, no?
    tell me more about his gangrape fantasies
    I’ll give you a dose of reality instead:


    Oh hai thur 😊
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,178
    Joe Biden
    Funny how things have shifted....


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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    Tomorrow I will cast my first ever vote as an American. I was rooting for Warren but have not made my mind up who I will go for tomorrow. I am very excited to finally be able to participate in the process.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Tomorrow I will cast my first ever vote as an American. I was rooting for Warren but have not made my mind up who I will go for tomorrow. I am very excited to finally be able to participate in the process.
    And we are happy to have you, Leeze :)
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Pete Buttigeg
    Tomorrow I will cast my first ever vote as an American. I was rooting for Warren but have not made my mind up who I will go for tomorrow. I am very excited to finally be able to participate in the process.
    Congrats!  Where are you from originally and where do you live now?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Andrew Yang
    Tomorrow I will cast my first ever vote as an American. I was rooting for Warren but have not made my mind up who I will go for tomorrow. I am very excited to finally be able to participate in the process.

    Yay! Congrats!


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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    mrussel1 said:
    Tomorrow I will cast my first ever vote as an American. I was rooting for Warren but have not made my mind up who I will go for tomorrow. I am very excited to finally be able to participate in the process.
    Congrats!  Where are you from originally and where do you live now?

    From Germany, living in the mitten.
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Pete Buttigeg
    mrussel1 said:
    Tomorrow I will cast my first ever vote as an American. I was rooting for Warren but have not made my mind up who I will go for tomorrow. I am very excited to finally be able to participate in the process.
    Congrats!  Where are you from originally and where do you live now?

    From Germany, living in the mitten.
    Welcome then!  That's a pretty different culture, from Germany to Michigan.  
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,470
    Bernie Sanders
    CM189191 said:
    CM189191 said:
    CM189191 said:
    CM189191 said:
    CM189191 said:
    benjs said:
    CM189191 said:
    CM189191 said:
    mace1229 said:
    CM189191 said:
    I like warren, and it's too bad she's sliding in the polls. she makes the most sense and actually tells you what her plans are and how she'll do it. 
    friendly reminder that only 5% of the delegates have been declared
    there's a long road ahead
    as more candidates drop out, those delegates will migrate to the more moderate candidates who remain
    (that won't be bernie)
    That is exactly what everyone said about Trump 4 years ago. Everyone said "don't worry, as some of the other 15 candidates drop out then their votes will not go to Trump." But that is exactly what happened. I'm guessing it will happen here too. Bernie only needs about 20% of the other voters when they drop to keep the lead, and that isnt much.
    I agree.  The GOP/RNC should have stepped in and prevented that from happening.

    Happy to see you advocating for DNC intervention.  Remove Bernie as a candidate, the sooner the better. 
    FUCK DEMOCRACY

    AM 



    RITE
    The DNC gets to choose who they want to support and promote.  It is not a public, democratic body.  It is a private organization.  

    But you knew that.
    That may be true, but requiring a majority in the general election to win it, makes it extremely difficult for anything but a duopoly to exist in the USA. Then, if those two parties are (practically speaking) the only avenues to the presidency, and one has to be vetted by the private organizations prior to being nominated, then I'd argue that he's right and it's just not a democratic process. You could argue that this is evidenced by the fact that it's only been one of the two major parties who's ever actually succeeded.
    which is why we need ranked choice voting

    that aside, has Bernie been vetted?
    where are the medical records he promised?

    forget non-stop commercials about socialism:
    he was a deadbeat dad, no?
    his wife was embroiled in scandal, no?
    tell me more about his gangrape fantasies

    ...the list goes on...

    Beware the person who chooses their own opponent
    that aside, has Bernie been vetted?
    where are the medical records he promised?

    forget non-stop commercials about socialism:
    he was a deadbeat dad, no?
    his wife was embroiled in scandal, no?
    tell me more about his gangrape fantasies


    ...crickets...
    why hasnt biden been vetted about saying he’s running for the senate?

    .... crickets?
    distract deflect divide

    where are Bernie's medical records?
    he was a deadbeat dad, no?
    his wife was embroiled in scandal, no?
    tell me more about his gangrape fantasies
    I’ll give you a dose of reality instead:


    Oh hai thur 😊
    Oh, I'm sorry - did I write reality. I meant sanity.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Tomorrow I will cast my first ever vote as an American. I was rooting for Warren but have not made my mind up who I will go for tomorrow. I am very excited to finally be able to participate in the process.
    Congrats!  Where are you from originally and where do you live now?

    From Germany, living in the mitten.
    Welcome then!  That's a pretty different culture, from Germany to Michigan.  

    Thank you :) Weather and landscape are a lot alike and there are no super dangerous animals here or stuff like tornadoes, so this is a good state to be in. It is a different culture, but I would say that goes for America as a whole. It is all and nothing like one knows from tv, books or even university. It has been seven years here for me now, so things are not that strange to me anymore.
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    Elisabeth Warren
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Tomorrow I will cast my first ever vote as an American. I was rooting for Warren but have not made my mind up who I will go for tomorrow. I am very excited to finally be able to participate in the process.
    Congrats!  Where are you from originally and where do you live now?

    From Germany, living in the mitten.
    Welcome then!  That's a pretty different culture, from Germany to Michigan.  
    I took "mitten" to be Wisconsin (when I was there people would use their hand to point to where their town was, with the thumb being door county...but yeah, the lower peninsula does look more like a mitten...
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,159
    If Bernie loses in Michigan today, does he drop out? Or, does he run third party? And if so, why?
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,470
    Bernie Sanders
    If Bernie loses in Michigan today, does he drop out? Or, does he run third party? And if so, why?
    No. 

    And

    No.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Joe Biden
    If Bernie loses in Michigan today, does he drop out? Or, does he run third party? And if so, why?
    I don't think he drops out even if he has a horrible day today. And in my opinion, he shouldn't. Lots of states still have to vote in April (including mine). He's taken it this far over the past five years, I think he should take it until Biden beats him. 

    I don't think Sanders would run third-party. He seems sincere in his "Trump is the most dangerous president ever" stance and knows that a third-party run guarantees Trump's victory. 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,470
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444

    When is your primary? I thought you were from Sweden.
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Pete Buttigeg

    When is your primary? I thought you were from Sweden.
    Bah!  Awesome.  

    And good for Joe.  I like that he speaks aggressively now.  
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,470
    Bernie Sanders

    When is your primary? I thought you were from Sweden.
    It's in April. I'm voting in the Västergötland primary.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444

    When is your primary? I thought you were from Sweden.
    It's in April. I'm voting in the Västergötland primary.

    ;)
    I don't think Bernie will make it. His biggest chance are the young voters, and they are apparently not going to vote. This has probably been mentioned a ton here already though. It's gonna be interesting to see what happens tonight.