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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Any more debates like last night and Trump will be re-elected. [View all]marybourg
(12,631 posts)87. Really? That doesn't even work here on DU.
Where we know nothing about each other s past and range of views. I was on two juries in the past 24 hours where disagreements about an issue became a completely baseless personal attack.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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This is survivor, everyone else gets kicked off the island, not some dinner party debates.
LovingA2andMI
Jun 2019
#77
Agreed. So far, nothing as nasty as the Dems in 2008 OR the Repubs in 2016
thesquanderer
Jun 2019
#10
Very well stated...I can't help but remember karl rove running around like a chicken with his head
asiliveandbreathe
Jun 2019
#11
Right now - WE MUST UNITE - not fight, WHO in our field is the BEST to beat the pos?
asiliveandbreathe
Jun 2019
#8
They don't care about winning. They want the full gladiator spectacle. And they want hands-on
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#125
Warren would eat Trump alive! I can see the cookbook. Pairie Oysters move over!
floppyboo
Jun 2019
#43
And any candidate who isn't capable of being meaner and nastier than Trump will get rolled
sop
Jun 2019
#42
I don't understand that comment. I didn't say or imply everyone thought like me.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#117
When the punches get personal and go to a person's character is where the problem lies. And
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#135
Trump is going to do exactly that, just like he attacked the Clinton Foundation
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#166
Clearly people aren't getting that Senator Harris got personal there and that is the problem...
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#136
What do you want them to do sit around and only talk about how bad Trump is?
inwiththenew
Jun 2019
#49
Our nominee was damaged 30 years and never figured out how to undo the damage.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#95
Yes I know because we can't say anything mildly critical about Hillary or Obama on this site.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#116
What it explains is that, if somebody uses a term to disparage you, own it.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#167
They will attempt to drive up our candidates negatives by any means necessary.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#89
Therein lies the madness that will lead to four more years of hell for all the people not
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#126
Will come down to voters in states. As I have said, it will not be primarily a matter of who is a
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#132
Yeah well they should not attack each others character and Senator Harris did just that. nt
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#137
Well golly gee if she was 'hurt' by those purposely misconstrued words than rump is gonna
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#171
I don't think she was actually hurt by those words. I think it was a planned attack,
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#177
The first thing Trump was tweeting about last night was their immigration/healthcare policies
tulipsandroses
Jun 2019
#69
I hope you feel the same way when they start going after Kamala's Record
tulipsandroses
Jun 2019
#127
Should we just let the front runner cruise to victory without first vetting them?
gldstwmn
Jun 2019
#76
If they are going to snipe at each other they should at least work together to counter...
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2019
#80
Last night might have hurt Biden in the primary, but it won't have hurt him in the general
fishwax
Jun 2019
#99
Biden needs to do a whole lot better than he did last night if he is going to survive debates
Chemisse
Jun 2019
#107
He will NOT be re-elected! That said, I fear these huge debates are counter-productive
dawg day
Jun 2019
#111
Did you miss Mark Penn's campaign memo from that time about how they should treat Obama?
Kentonio
Jun 2019
#172
If you think Kamala questioning Biden about his past actions is a 'personal attack'
Kentonio
Jun 2019
#191
They should not be rewarded, but some of us want to crown the most cutthroat and least
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#128
It's just the process of culling. We have a long way to go before the big game starts.
Firestorm49
Jun 2019
#176
My point is that it is not clear at all that anything that happened hurt the nominee
karynnj
Jun 2019
#201
Oh bullshit! I have to get to work, but I read this entire thread in a major effort...
TreasonousBastard
Jun 2019
#197