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In reply to the discussion: Oh Please... give me break.. give me a F**king break [View all]miffelplix
(53 posts)100. Biden said when campaigning that he would be the most progressive president in history.
To accomplish that, I would assume he would need to appoint some progressives.
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+ I agree with Beschloss. I enjoy Joy Reid and Jason Johnson, but they were off base tonight. nt
iluvtennis
Nov 2020
#36
FWIW, I'm 56 y.o. and white, and totally understand what you're saying! I really don't
bullwinkle428
Nov 2020
#20
"listening to various voices means also listening to the voices of the Dem base."
spicysista
Nov 2020
#110
Good thing he wasn't/isn't one of those. Good Democrats, but trump would have likely beaten them.
Hoyt
Nov 2020
#11
I wouldn't exactly call it a "conspiracy" but this kind of paints that picture
JGladstone
Nov 2020
#42
lol, Brown kids in cages and they decide not to vote as a form of protest . How fucked up are they ?
JI7
Nov 2020
#44
US Imperialism has been blowing up and killing brown people and kids for decades
JGladstone
Nov 2020
#46
I am a brown person whose ancestors were colonized by the British and I love the British PEople
JI7
Nov 2020
#48
You are the one making excuses by bringing up shitty things that happened before as an excuse for
JI7
Nov 2020
#52
LOL , Who said anything about being owed votes ? If people are going to behave in Shitty WAys they
JI7
Nov 2020
#60
most populism is bigotry against other groups. That's why you dismiss my comments on immigration
JI7
Nov 2020
#65
I'm willing to guess my stance on immigration is to the left of you and most Democrats
JGladstone
Nov 2020
#67
It's not a matter opinion. There is racism is non capitalist societies also . Racism is a problem in
JI7
Nov 2020
#72
That's simply not true. In 2016, 2012, 2008, etc. a higher % of people didn't vote and they...
George II
Nov 2020
#87
They are actually nothing more than Slogans these days used mostly by wannabe REvolutionaries
JI7
Nov 2020
#49
What Class Struggle ? Non College White People Cheering on bigotry is because of class struggle ?
JI7
Nov 2020
#55
Agreed. The reason Democrats have lost FAR more elections than they should have is because of
TrollBuster9090
Nov 2020
#27
Peacetrain, a couple of hours ago I almost started screaming at my computer for the same reason...
Hekate
Nov 2020
#29
Ha ha ha. Next you'll quote Will Rogers. Ha ha. Ha. But you know what? This is why we LOSE.
Hekate
Nov 2020
#79
Well, throw the Bernie/AOC supporters a bone, if you still want them in your coalition
TristanIsolde
Nov 2020
#78
They ran for president as Democrats. They lost. They did what was right & supported the winner....
Hekate
Nov 2020
#93
This will not be a "Bernie-light" or a "Warren-light" administration. The voters chose Joe over all...
NurseJackie
Nov 2020
#81
Exactly, this rehashing of completely defeated talking points just to maintain
R B Garr
Nov 2020
#82
Biden said when campaigning that he would be the most progressive president in history.
miffelplix
Nov 2020
#100