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Autumn

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5. The Lady is sharp, that's for sure. nt
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:16 AM
May 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Why are you so negative? DownriverDem May 2019 #1
I've decided to post articles about candidates that I like. You should try it. Autumn May 2019 #2
Kamala's 100% right on this...good for her bringin attention to the issue of criminal justice reform InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #4
The Lady is sharp, that's for sure. nt Autumn May 2019 #5
See this thread. The incarceration rate had been rising sharply since 1970 and may actually have highplainsdem May 2019 #132
Thanx for that. Hasnt Hillary also repudiated the tough on crime provisions of Joe's '94 Crime Bill? InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #134
Hindsight is perfect. There were some good things about that bill, like the ban on semiautomatic highplainsdem May 2019 #135
Agreed!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #137
So which do you like, Biden or Harris? George II May 2019 #19
Harris is in my top 4, Biden isn't on my list, neither are about 23 others. nt Autumn May 2019 #21
Well, since there are 23 total, that's a short "top 4". George II May 2019 #49
Since as of May 13, 2019 there are 244 Democratic candidates who have filed to run Autumn May 2019 #51
Filing isn't running. George II May 2019 #63
Yeah, go with that George. Autumn May 2019 #65
Thanks for the encouragement... George II May 2019 #73
So which three of the remaining 220 are in your top four? George II May 2019 #129
I have a personal Top-10 list... both Harris and Biden are on it, but... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #152
But don't forget, your #1 (at least here on DU) VOTED for "that reported in the OP"! George II May 2019 #171
Yeah, go with that Autumn. lapucelle May 2019 #163
I intend to. Keep your donut. Autumn May 2019 #173
I hope you'll reconsider Kocklobar. lapucelle May 2019 #177
This message was self-deleted by its author lapucelle May 2019 #175
How could a top 4 be any longer melman May 2019 #56
You didn't get it.... George II May 2019 #61
Not everyone took AP math in school nt NYMinute May 2019 #100
Bernie voted for it too. nt Nuggets May 2019 #40
Sanders has always been careful to point out that he saw the law as a compromise Autumn May 2019 #44
Yeah yeah Nuggets May 2019 #46
Yeah it was Biden's, the whole thing was. Bernie supported that part so he voted for it. Autumn May 2019 #50
Apparentlty, Joe can do no wrong. So, blame Bernie... for EVERYTHING!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #76
Ironically, your own corollaries are just that. LanternWaste May 2019 #105
Yes, there are "compromises" when he votes for or against bills, which is why.... George II May 2019 #58
Bernie voted for it too and his excuse that it was to protect women is hogwash Nuggets May 2019 #183
I hate these candidate signatures because your motives are questioned if you post something with JonLP24 May 2019 #197
I thought of doing like some of the other Sanders supporters and just go with undecided Autumn May 2019 #198
I look forward to you posting this on every OP negative to a Dem candidate. Cuthbert Allgood May 2019 #8
I don't understand how is it negative when he considers it an accomplishment loyalsister May 2019 #74
Yes, Joe stands proudly by his crime bill, even though, as Kamala correctly points out InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #110
Bill Clinton admits it loyalsister May 2019 #111
I admire Bill's honesty per the quote you posted... I don't think Joe denies this either. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #117
That's probably true loyalsister May 2019 #128
Joe is politically smart... no doubt he realizes he needs to come out with an apology... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #131
What about BS? sheshe2 May 2019 #180
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a May 2019 #3
Will not make a scintilla of difference Polly Hennessey May 2019 #6
So no discussion about whether he was right or wrong on that decision? Cuthbert Allgood May 2019 #7
I think this and her remark that Biden would make a good running mate, Autumn May 2019 #11
Having a discussion is fine. Polly Hennessey May 2019 #36
there are plenty of people to think he was right treestar May 2019 #114
Some of the people who would be voting Democratic BlueWI May 2019 #146
The dramatic increase in incarceration was a bad effect, but you need to go back to when the bill napi21 May 2019 #186
If it wasn't for cooking and baking I would be washing socks. rzemanfl May 2019 #9
What you call gnash your teeth I call posting about one of our strong candidates speaking Autumn May 2019 #10
Many seem to think it's a cheerleading contest. jalan48 May 2019 #23
People seem to fear discussion about certain candidates. Autumn May 2019 #25
The ostrich approach. Hold our hands over our eyes and ears. jalan48 May 2019 #29
Yep and keep repeating the same mistake. nt Autumn May 2019 #33
Yes, that does seem to be the pattern... I understand their fear though! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #102
So I guess we can look forward to all the anti Sanders OPs being gone now that it appears Nanjeanne May 2019 #53
Don't count on it. Now that Harris has taken off the gloves and is taking on Biden Autumn May 2019 #57
Agreed. n/t MarcA May 2019 #98
No, it's not my first rodeo. Polly Hennessey May 2019 #39
A lot of women would make a superb President. Women like Autumn May 2019 #45
Are any of those in your top four? George II May 2019 #130
Tired of reading George? I clearly listed Harris as being in my top 4. nt Autumn May 2019 #140
Is Kocklobar in your top four? She must be one of those 200+ that we never hear about. George II May 2019 #141
Oh! NurseJackie May 2019 #145
Willie Felix Carter or maybe Bernie... lapucelle May 2019 #165
You seem curious George. Kocklobar? Haven't heard of that one so that's a big no. Autumn May 2019 #159
Really Autumn? George II May 2019 #160
Kocklobar must be somewhere on the list of the 224 who registered, but still hasn't filed. lapucelle May 2019 #170
If I hear someone say he's a Bernie supporter, I'm going to ask if he means Mayor Korn lapucelle May 2019 #166
Hah! I wonder if he's friends with Ben & Jerry? George II May 2019 #169
Gabbard? nt sheshe2 May 2019 #151
Klobuchar? nt tblue37 May 2019 #176
Who or what is a Kocklobar? sheshe2 May 2019 #178
Apparently it's "something you would go to the ER for." George II May 2019 #181
Sounds pretty painful. sheshe2 May 2019 #182
A Kocklobar/Buttigieg ticket sounds sort of titillating. betsuni May 2019 #184
Oooh. sheshe2 May 2019 #185
Regarding who would make a better President, I'd rank Elizabeth ahead of BOTH Kamala and Hillary... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #153
Of course. George II May 2019 #179
Thought this was a primary race...Kamala has every right to bring up Joe's tough stand InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #12
Perhaps it's time people bring up BS's tough stand on the criminal justice system, too? George II May 2019 #172
Sounds like a cult. Ace Rothstein May 2019 #55
Same could be said of many candidates and trump as well. n/t MarcA May 2019 #97
People should remain open to other possibilities and see the positive and negative of ALL candidates InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #104
Do we really want to go there on Biden with Bernie running? treestar May 2019 #122
No doubt the hardcore Bernie supporters are cult-like. Ace Rothstein May 2019 #147
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #13
Except your own three paragraph article "proving" it didn't, admits it doesn't have the records Autumn May 2019 #17
Withdrawn LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #18
I believe it also provided for.. cannabis_flower May 2019 #14
When I read what she said I started looking up information on that crime bill. I never Autumn May 2019 #22
It isn't just this bill though, he voted for all of them and... cannabis_flower May 2019 #27
It provided money cannabis_flower May 2019 #38
Its called vetting, If Joe couldn't take it, he would not have jumped in, and disagreeing with past vsrazdem May 2019 #15
Joe couldn't care less about this post. LakeArenal May 2019 #108
Joe doesn't care but his supporters sure do. Autumn May 2019 #125
Joe understands vetting, for sure, given the two past Democratic primary races, 1988 & 2008, he lost InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #133
Oh I forfeiture might not have been this bill... cannabis_flower May 2019 #16
Didn't realize that about weed... that's not good! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #118
Good for Harris to point out. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #20
Fascinating. Autumn May 2019 #35
It is a bit fascinating how our two current leading candidates... SouthernProgressive May 2019 #43
A little off topic but who are you keeping a forgiveness chart for? Yourself or Jesus? Autumn May 2019 #60
I don't have a forgiveness chart. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #64
Have you looked at your sig line? nt Autumn May 2019 #68
I think it's funny. It's a Clinton quote. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #69
You just never know. Autumn May 2019 #71
That is true. But I think an overwhelming number of people would. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #77
I didn't realize that about Tony West. He's also the husband of Kamala Harris' sister, too. George II May 2019 #143
I'm a big supporter of two out of the three. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #144
Harris is wrong, again left-of-center2012 May 2019 #24
I would love to read your rebuttal but unfortunately everything there is redacted Autumn May 2019 #30
"singing the praises of the candidates they are running against" left-of-center2012 May 2019 #34
She is running on her own record and she's running against his. nt Autumn May 2019 #37
+1 trolls on her page treestar May 2019 #120
Not only that, but since when is "encouraging" law? Kahuna7 May 2019 #59
Could be a strategy to deflect - she was on the receiving end Skya Rhen May 2019 #86
I know. I do think the criticism she has received is unfair.. Kahuna7 May 2019 #88
I completely agree... Skya Rhen May 2019 #109
Where did you get in the article that Harris tried to tear down Biden? Kaleva May 2019 #67
The legislation offered state financial incentives to impose stricter sentencing laws Kaleva May 2019 #91
Also contained Violence Against Women Act; established drug deterrence courts; allocated emmaverybo May 2019 #149
+1 and I thought they signed that pledge treestar May 2019 #115
Stick with why we need to elect you, not why we should not elect the others. left-of-center2012 May 2019 #116
Ending Mass Incarceration: Ideas from Today's Leaders dalton99a May 2019 #26
Thanks for that link! Nice list of authors, almost all of our candidates. Autumn May 2019 #32
As an undecided voter DemocratSinceBirth May 2019 #28
Yeah me too. Still looking for one and so far the only one seems to be Andrew Yang, nt Autumn May 2019 #31
Was Buttigieg even born then? Vidal May 2019 #41
I think it's very relevant considering the harm it's done. As far as I know he still supports it . Autumn May 2019 #47
Well, Autumn Vidal May 2019 #52
Well Vidal, the only thing that can hurt any candidate are their own actions. It's called vetting, Autumn May 2019 #54
It makes no sense . . . Vidal May 2019 #82
The crime bill of his that did so much harm wasn't a position. And off to the deflection Autumn May 2019 #92
But Bernie voted for the bill. The only deflection here is handwaving Senator Sanders' vote away emulatorloo May 2019 #187
She should and I hope she does. If you want to start an OP about Bernie voting for it you should Autumn May 2019 #188
No I am not going to start an OP like that. I am only posting positive OPs about our candidates emulatorloo May 2019 #189
I think that my OP was a positive post. I don't have any problem with her bringing this up. Autumn May 2019 #190
I personally see Biden and Harris as allies. emulatorloo May 2019 #191
They all are allies but as far as campaign allies I see Kamala more aligned with Liz or Pete. Autumn May 2019 #192
I'd be quite happy w your three/my four as President/Vice Presidential candidates in the GE emulatorloo May 2019 #193
Here's the one I did on Inslee. Seems not a lot of people care about the most important issue Autumn May 2019 #194
Thank you for both! emulatorloo May 2019 #195
+1 treestar May 2019 #119
There are lots of people still in prison Voltaire2 May 2019 #158
25 years ago, pagers were a thing. IluvPitties May 2019 #42
On could say that in the last 25 years pagers have evolved into cell phones. So that's a thing too. Autumn May 2019 #48
One would then be wrong. Two wholly separate technologies LanternWaste May 2019 #106
It's not as awkward as you want it to be. The need for a pager went away with the cell phone. nt Autumn May 2019 #107
Title would be more accurate if it said Harris disagreed with Biden on effects of crime bill Kaleva May 2019 #62
She didn't just disagree. She flat out called him out on it, very politely but she went there. Autumn May 2019 #66
Harris said she disagreed. You are saying Harris is calling Biden a liar. Kaleva May 2019 #70
Quite the stretch with that accusation against me there. I never said she called him a liar. Autumn May 2019 #78
" To challenge the truthfulness or genuineness of:" Kaleva May 2019 #79
Who do you think is being truthful? Her or him? Autumn May 2019 #87
I cannot say as my knowledge on the issue is about zero. Kaleva May 2019 #90
I got to wondering how it was that on the DU an intelligent woman of color can fall behind Autumn May 2019 #95
Kamala should know, given her criminal prosecution background. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #155
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2019 #72
It was a bad bill for sure but I wonder if Biden would have pushed for it had he known mtnsnake May 2019 #75
That's the bill that Bernie Sanders voted for, isn't it?...nt SidDithers May 2019 #80
Yes, but it's been explained how pure his vote was. R B Garr May 2019 #81
+1 nt Kahuna7 May 2019 #89
Haha.. BS' vote was "pure"!? Cha May 2019 #168
Yes it is indeed that bill that he voted for, that's not in question. Biden says his bill Autumn May 2019 #84
BS voted for it. sheshe2 May 2019 #142
You can scratch her off his list of VP choices Baclava May 2019 #83
I think she scratched him off hers. Autumn May 2019 #85
Is Tim Kaine available? lol Baclava May 2019 #96
I hope not. Autumn May 2019 #99
That's hilarious, all right, considering the polls. highplainsdem May 2019 #112
Strategy-wise, his team will have to select the best fit. Skya Rhen May 2019 #93
Reagan had George H. W. Bush as his VP Kaleva May 2019 #94
They've forgiven worse treestar May 2019 #121
Tim Kaine was one of the first Big Names to Endorse Obama and led to the other Senators Endorsing JI7 May 2019 #157
This will make Harris's numbers go down NYMinute May 2019 #101
Over 20 years ago being seen as weak on crime got you kicked out of office... cynatnite May 2019 #103
+1000000000000 treestar May 2019 #139
She should tell us why she should get the nomination treestar May 2019 #113
She has. And saying you disagree with someone is not bashing them Steven Maurer May 2019 #123
I've already seen her facing disagreement on many of her decisions as prosecutor treestar May 2019 #126
While I largely agree with you... Steven Maurer May 2019 #150
Kamala HAS spoken to why she should get the nomination...that & callin Joe's crime prevention InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #136
No she should not do both treestar May 2019 #138
Mass incarceration had already quadrupled in the 24 years before that bill. In the 15 highplainsdem May 2019 #124
This definitely puts things into perspective... Skya Rhen May 2019 #148
The arguement isn't that the bill started mass incarceration but that... Kaleva May 2019 #164
I thought this was a tough row to hoe for her? dem4decades May 2019 #127
As long as Biden is a clear winner over trump in the polls AlexSFCA May 2019 #154
Post removed Post removed May 2019 #156
2016 NBC News analysis: Black leaders supported the 1994 crime bill highplainsdem May 2019 #161
In fact, most black people supported it. As a POC, I can tell you that this was a very popular bill Skya Rhen May 2019 #162
It's a hit, but an unfair one. Michelle Alexander's 'The New Jim Crow' shows the whole scene that ancianita May 2019 #167
She's right that the 1994 crime bill tishaLA May 2019 #174
Go Harris!! JonLP24 May 2019 #196
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