Democratic Primaries

Demsrule86

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144. You are right...Democratic voters are more conservative on the whole than is reflected at DU...this

Reply to obnoxiousdrunk (Reply #81)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 08:19 AM

Jun 2019

is why Biden is ahead in the polls and will win the primary. I think he has a good shot at winning the general too.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Joe Biden can't stop using the toxic "lock up your daughters" joke [View all] melman Jun 2019 OP

No wonder Elizabeth Warren is gaining on him... yuiyoshida Jun 2019 #1

Should we risk nominating a straight white male? SARCASM ALERT. marylandblue Jun 2019 #2

I like Biden however... yuiyoshida Jun 2019 #3

I can enthusiastically support Kamal if she's our nominee. mobeau69 Jun 2019 #6

I will except whoever is nominee yuiyoshida Jun 2019 #11

No, we must have a Black gay woman just to stay on the safe side. There would be no criticism emmaverybo Jun 2019 #30

And we must make sure that female candidate humorlessly recites the most extreme talking points highplainsdem Jun 2019 #61

Thank you! emmaverybo Jun 2019 #71

Sorry, I forgot my own SARCASM disclaimer. Didn't think I needed it. Sheesh. marylandblue Jun 2019 #68

That was great sarcasm. Really. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #92

Wanda Sykes would get my vote! Fiendish Thingy Jun 2019 #94

Race, Gender or Sexuality shouldn't matter metroins Jun 2019 #84

Hell, he's barely spent any time In Iowa mobeau69 Jun 2019 #4

Yup. Facepalm. He went there. zonkers Jun 2019 #86

I thought Joe, as he explained, had realized that times have changed... InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2019 #114

So, you're saying that when "times change" that politicians are supposed to adjust? ehrnst Jun 2019 #199

Reminds me of that old joke - How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Dream Girl Jun 2019 #5

Post removed Post removed Jun 2019 #7

How many does it take? Please proceed... 58Sunliner Jun 2019 #12

The punch line is Clash City Rocker Jun 2019 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #180

He's not going to change. He either doesn't understand that this kind of humor -- which relies WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #8

It is not only these jokes, he tends to say a lot of stupid stuff that gets him in trouble Perseus Jun 2019 #18

Agree. Why doesn't he recognize that this behavior is spooky3 Jun 2019 #65

Yes, it's clear Joe is not going to change, no mattter how many people point out the obvious. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2019 #115

That works for me...why should he? Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #142

Maybe cuz he said he WOULD!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2019 #201

I find no issue with what he has done before and there have been no breathless reports of shoulder Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #212

But not changing is supposed to be a good thing, right? ehrnst Jun 2019 #198

It can be... never said otherwise. Here's what I actually DID say: InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2019 #200

Again... not changing when "the times" do, is considered by some to be a mark ehrnst Jun 2019 #202

I don't understand why he doesn't get that it is demeaning and inappropriate. 58Sunliner Jun 2019 #9

Almost all old men and all sexist men still think that is appropriate. Chemisse Jun 2019 #67

If I had children, I would tell them the same thing about sex when the time was appropriate. Blue_true Jun 2019 #197

The author already DQed Biden over a statement he made back in May. Scurrilous Jun 2019 #10

Making a big deal about nothing. IluvPitties Jun 2019 #13

Biden haters got to hate left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #14

It's shitty when Grandpa says it, it's shitty when a teacher says it, it's shitty when a parent's WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #15

For most Americans, it's nothing but a joke. IluvPitties Jun 2019 #26

What's funny about it? WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #27

The joke is the ridiculous attemps of make Biden look like a pervert IluvPitties Jun 2019 #36

No no, I mean Biden saying "You've got one job here, keep the guys away from your sister" to WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #38

I care about real issues, not some lame joke by a politician. IluvPitties Jun 2019 #43

If I were the teen girl Ohiogal Jun 2019 #64

Same. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #66

And, as a teen girl Ohiogal Jun 2019 #73

I'd have been flattered poor me, was an ugly duckling at 13 and had no brothers. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #78

I'm sorry you had to deal wtih that. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #80

FFS... stop it! All of us. Vdizzle Jun 2019 #93

Sensible advice. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #96

"We can deal with the details later. Now is the time to get the person that will get the orange shit WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #100

Agreed. Vdizzle Jun 2019 #111

Welcome to primary season. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #112

Well... Lordquinton Jun 2019 #193

I think you have it backwards Lordquinton Jun 2019 #192

Thank you! get the red out Jun 2019 #204

I had a dad though. And yeah, he was protective when older boys in the neighborhood emmaverybo Jun 2019 #95

I'm sorry that happened to you. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #102

I hear ya... should be apparent to most who are aware, including Joe!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2019 #133

And who is the butt of the joke? customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #33

Biden is being accused of horrible things by political opponents IluvPitties Jun 2019 #37

Wait, so Biden is...making a joke like that to show...he doesn't make jokes like that? WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #42

Your point is that Biden is a nasty old man. I got it. IluvPitties Jun 2019 #48

Actually, I think Biden is generally a good person -- a good person who is also out of touch about WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #57

Agree 100%. Ohiogal Jun 2019 #75

And good people customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #82

Out of touch is exactly right True Dough Jun 2019 #87

I think many piling on Biden and repeating GOP memes are out of touch with reality...he will win. I Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #145

A person can think Biden is the only one who can beat Trump WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #154

I think Biden's numbers are based on shanny Jun 2019 #183

I agree. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #185

He won't get away with that customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #45

If we keep eating our own based on trivial stuff IluvPitties Jun 2019 #56

For the most part customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #62

He is a great debater and if our female candidates bring up a Dad's protective urges towards his Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #143

I'm not saying it won't be counterproductive customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #168

That's right, for all sexist Americans it's a joke. Chemisse Jun 2019 #72

So Biden is sexist? IluvPitties Jun 2019 #76

No, for many traditionals it isn't sexist, but real life. Fathers and brothers protect smaller, more emmaverybo Jun 2019 #90

DU is not obnoxiousdrunk Jun 2019 #81

You are right...Democratic voters are more conservative on the whole than is reflected at DU...this Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #144

Actually I think the reverse is true shanny Jun 2019 #186

He knows Trump is going to try and paint him as some kind of perv. Check out the Internet jalan48 Jun 2019 #16

There is a saying in Latin Countries, it is meant for people who open their mouths and then... Perseus Jun 2019 #17

Biden es un gran servidor pblico. IluvPitties Jun 2019 #39

Good points customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #40

Gillibrand? Bah. IluvPitties Jun 2019 #50

I've read that she met the threshold for the first debate customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #59

So what? BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #173

It will weaken Joe Biden customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #175

I doubt any of the candidates are scared of Kirsten Gillibrand including Biden. BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #178

Of course she'll look bad customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #181

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #182

Sounds like a Hyde article rescued from the recycler. ucrdem Jun 2019 #19

I am so not impressed with this line of attack. *Someone* is trying to paint Joe as a perv Hekate Jun 2019 #20

+1000 sheshe2 Jun 2019 #28

I read the article, and there is no quote about "locking up your daughters". lapucelle Jun 2019 #58

Really? Why Cha Jun 2019 #60

Clickbait headlines probably helped to elect Trump. lapucelle Jun 2019 #104

Thanks, lapucelle. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #83

The "line" refered to in the decontextualized excerpt lapucelle Jun 2019 #108

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ emmaverybo Jun 2019 #41

I don't see this painting him as a perv HopeAgain Jun 2019 #110

Read the interesting subthread of replies to my post. There was no such joke in the article... Hekate Jun 2019 #121

... Scurrilous Jun 2019 #131

Obama made this joke once about his own daughters Otto Lidenbrock Jun 2019 #21

It was shitty when Obama did it, too. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #23

Given it was the WH Correspondents Dinner Otto Lidenbrock Jun 2019 #29

People laugh at shitty jokes all the time! WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #31

Well I just find this overblown Otto Lidenbrock Jun 2019 #44

It's an age-old joke that is also patriarchal bullshit. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #46

Y'know, being a feminist shouldn't have to mean being judgmental and humorless. highplainsdem Jun 2019 #47

Refusing to participate in your own subjugation is not being humorless, although oppressors WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #52

Describing that joke as "subjugation" IS humorless. I guess Obama and Biden can't meet highplainsdem Jun 2019 #63

Oh, I don't worry about purity. I vote for people I don't like all the goddamn time. But I do WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #69

You nailed it! To some, Obama is not even worthy. Maybe these pure people with their pure thoughts Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #99

Yes....this. Ohiogal Jun 2019 #105

I am sorry, but you must have difficulty surrounded by micro aggressions, even in songs, films, emmaverybo Jun 2019 #51

Thanks for the concern! Calling out bullshit energizes me. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #53

No one cares...seriously and Warren is not going to beat Biden either...face it. Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #140

Not sure why you pulled Warren into it, but okay. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #164

There was no self-righteous criticism when he did it. LanternWaste Jun 2019 #150

There was -- but for joking about drones. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #162

Moral scolds need a better adjective than "shitty" Loki Liesmith Jun 2019 #152

Disappointing? It's definitely disappointing. But unsurprising. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #159

It's a funny way to express it, but it's still sexist. Chemisse Jun 2019 #74

My husband has said it so the idea that this is a sexist thing won't work...many Dads have said it Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #141

Most people not looking for a problem wouldn't bat an eye BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #174

This kind of comment has always annoyed me. Chemisse Jun 2019 #210

K BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #211

David Sirota is panicking LibFarmer Jun 2019 #22

My thoughts as well. crazytown Jun 2019 #34

The main thing he never zentrum Jun 2019 #24

The apology was generally FOR the way Anita had been treated... not FROM Joe himself. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2019 #132

Sorry, but I'm not zentrum Jun 2019 #156

I think the poster you responded to agrees with you: shanny Jun 2019 #187

Ah-ha. Thanks. Kind zentrum Jun 2019 #194

These comments refer to the girl as a sex object. That's it. She's only that. CharleyDog Jun 2019 #25

Whoa! Keep it classy, now - keep it classy. Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #79

He's been making the same creepy comment to young girls for years. Demit Jun 2019 #97

+1000 nt DesertRat Jun 2019 #136

Sam Bee included clips of these over time, last night spooky3 Jun 2019 #158

+ a zillion shanny Jun 2019 #188

By all means, go for it! Mme. Defarge Jun 2019 #35

Yeah, I wish he'd quit that. cwydro Jun 2019 #49

What's toxic is that silly op-ed. highplainsdem Jun 2019 #54

You don't have to be so defensive. It's sexist but we all will still vote against Trump. Chemisse Jun 2019 #77

So toxic it couldn't go viral. Scurrilous Jun 2019 #130

In the age of trumpism ? Wash. state Desk Jet Jun 2019 #55

Please retire from politics Joe n/t hibbing Jun 2019 #70

Some wish this for this to happen but most don't. He will be our next President because we want him. Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #85

lol shanny Jun 2019 #195

No Why should he...he is the only one that will stop Trump and all of those who just want a Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #146

I just decided to take the night off from DU. pazzyanne Jun 2019 #88

I'm not defending what he said but Biden is old school, back in the day this was a statement of yaesu Jun 2019 #89

It's just boys talk in the locker room, right? Tarc Jun 2019 #91

No one is saying that. Scurrilous Jun 2019 #98

This is exactly what Biden is doing Tarc Jun 2019 #163

This, which as it turns out he did not say recently, is not locker room talk. It is far from emmaverybo Jun 2019 #101

This was this morning melman Jun 2019 #106

He did not say anything about locking the girl up. Not quoted in the article as saying that line. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #109

The horror...oh the horror! oasis Jun 2019 #103

Biden's jokes Aussie105 Jun 2019 #107

It makes him seem out of touch Politicub Jun 2019 #113

This exactly!! Not every thought in one's head has to come out of one's mouth...it's simple judgment InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2019 #135

Silly-season articles like this will only help Biden. His haters should ecstatic Jun 2019 #116

Here's a thought melman Jun 2019 #117

Why? What did he say that was bad, and why was it bad? I'll wait. George II Jun 2019 #119

No need to wait melman Jun 2019 #120

Except that Biden didn't say "lock up your daughters" in that opinion piece (not article).... George II Jun 2019 #122

So you read it? melman Jun 2019 #123

I just read it. On the occasion this hit piece recounts, Biden does not say the line used in the emmaverybo Jun 2019 #129

There is a hashtag for that - #BidenEnvy Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #125

His critics are going through a lot of ammo early in the race. BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #177

Daughters can't resist shirtless, Trans Am Joe. d_b Jun 2019 #118

OTOH polls show shirtless, pant less Bernie is quite resistible. Scurrilous Jun 2019 #124

Quite resistable - ewww... Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #126

Sometimes I feel a bit embarrassed about being a liberal ... mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #127

Guess one of the brothers could have responded MarcA Jun 2019 #128

heh shanny Jun 2019 #189

Meh. The folks in the nursing homes like it dalton99a Jun 2019 #134

So my 13 year old is not going harassed by men/boys in this new age? elias7 Jun 2019 #137

Agreed! Those who believe that teen girls won't have to watch out for boys are the DELUSIONAL ones. Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #139

And to complaints that he is sexualizing a 13 year old... elias7 Jun 2019 #148

You're right. Mothers have the discussion with their daughters. Not with her brothers. Demit Jun 2019 #161

A good mother would also tell her children to look out for each other. What a self-centered Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #169

Oh for heaven's sake. We were talking about whether girls need males to watch over them, Demit Jun 2019 #170

let's go Joe ! stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #138

"Lock up your daughters" Skid Rogue Jun 2019 #147

Newest thing to throw at the wall. The splat will last less than two days this time. LanternWaste Jun 2019 #149

Maybe he should just stop saying things like this melman Jun 2019 #167

Lol, don't care Loki Liesmith Jun 2019 #151

Yawn hueymahl Jun 2019 #153

These are the attacks where Biden picks up support. SouthernProgressive Jun 2019 #155

That's not what the polls say. aikoaiko Jun 2019 #172

It is what the polls say. SouthernProgressive Jun 2019 #184

His numbers are going down and haven't bottomed out yet. aikoaiko Jun 2019 #191

Sam Bee called this behavior out near the end of last night's show. spooky3 Jun 2019 #157

Interesting melman Jun 2019 #166

Right now, the media likes Joe, so they are letting these things go. marylandblue Jun 2019 #160

He probably should not make the joke anymore, however OKNancy Jun 2019 #165

... BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #171

Yeah..... BigOleDummy Jun 2019 #176

Vice President Biden, not Mr. Biden. nt emmaverybo Jun 2019 #205

If you look BigOleDummy Jun 2019 #206

They are not addressed as former. It's President Obama, President Carter etc. I am calm. :) emmaverybo Jun 2019 #208

Mr. Carters campaign BigOleDummy Jun 2019 #209

There's a reason why Joe Biden's campaign shanny Jun 2019 #179

I agree. So will a lot of voters in manistream American agree with you mtnsnake Jun 2019 #190

But would he be a good president? nolabear Jun 2019 #196

I've been searching for a pearl to clutch... Blue Owl Jun 2019 #203

Oh for godsakes! Bayard Jun 2019 #207