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Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
118. Ask Biden the same question.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 06:09 PM
Nov 2019

You don't get any answer.

If your job is to take money from the poor and middle class and give it to billionaires, you need to be out of a job.

I'm sorry. The numbers are very clear. The only people who keep saying they won't work are people who do not explain why, and who support other candidates.

Most people where? DU?

You still don't explain how you can do everything that M4A will do and pay insurance profits and expenses for less that you can do everything M4A will do. That's the part that the hard middle keeps ignoring. When logic and facts don't support a position, I guess the thing to do is call the other people names.

If trump wins, it will be because of the same reason he did last time. Sure a bunch of people who hated Hillary for the primary eventually voted for her, but they spent months trying to convince the undecided just how bad she was. This primary and the debates have been a huge fiasco. The Democratic primary might as well have been devised by the gop. See the George Takes tweet on the home page. Democrats need to stop calling other Democrats names like "liar" "addled" "angry" "crazy".

How the hell can Biden campaign for Warren if she wins, or vice versa. Even our Democratic candidates are too concerned with winning the primary instead of the election.

Biden is a good man. Warren is smart. Either would be not just better than trump, but truly good at the job.

As far as the health care "debate", it is moot. With a republican congress and a judiciary stacked with trump appointees, we won't get M4A. Nor a public option. We won't even get to expand the ACA. So trying to kill each other over it is just dumb. It is only a campaign point for both candidates, each of whom is smart enough to know this. The candidates need to work together instead of helping the gop tear each other down.

I guess my point for Warren is that she at least stands up the Pharma and Big I. I think she would be less accommodating to corporate interests.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
It's probably no more ridiculous than her "running in the wrong primary" comment. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #1
Oh, adult tips BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #2
She basically called him a GOP for not supporting M4A...said he needed to run in the GOP primary. Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #7
Oh but but...we're gonna pile on front runner...SAD!! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #8
Yep, He is the front runner and I think he is moving up... Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #31
Holding your own candidate to a lower standard than the other candidates is... LanternWaste Nov 2019 #61
You're right. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2019 #99
That's for sure PatSeg Nov 2019 #17
Stop making sense PatSeg MustLoveBeagles Nov 2019 #39
Ha, ha, ha PatSeg Nov 2019 #50
I was trying to lighten the mood MustLoveBeagles Nov 2019 #66
Same here PatSeg Nov 2019 #68
This forum can be addicting MustLoveBeagles Nov 2019 #69
Oh my, both of them? PatSeg Nov 2019 #71
Yep. Back left leg on both of them MustLoveBeagles Nov 2019 #88
That is so bizarre PatSeg Nov 2019 #89
My Way or the Highway Warren kennetha Nov 2019 #3
Amy Klobuchar on Biden calling Warren's policies 'elitist:' 'I wouldn't use that word' BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #4
No, I wouldnt use "elitist". Just "unrealistic". oldsoftie Nov 2019 #5
Yes...it is but we all like unicorns and magic beads ...right??!! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #9
You do not understand how health insurance works. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #75
Biden's plan is the ACA with public option and other improvements. betsuni Nov 2019 #76
But the ACA with a public option didn't pass Buzz cook Nov 2019 #77
It passed Congress with a public option. betsuni Nov 2019 #78
Biden's plan Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #91
Yes, Warren has shown her funding plan. 1/2 of it is a fairytale. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #86
Go ahead and trot out the Wall Street meme. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #90
No, it ignores what most other countries do, which is tax almost EVERYONE. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #94
Ah. You have a magic plan. Let's hear it. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #108
Its not magic at all. Its dealing with REALITY. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #109
You do know Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #111
Making up sources of revenue? Guess I fit right in with Warren! oldsoftie Nov 2019 #113
You are obviously avoiding actually having a point. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #114
I'd trust Steve Rattner over Paul Krugman any day. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #115
That explains a lot. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #116
Yes, I read it. It assumes too many things that cannot be assumed, which is Krugmans thing oldsoftie Nov 2019 #117
Ask Biden the same question. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #118
If only she was as grounded as Joe BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #11
Actually, she is. beastie boy Nov 2019 #21
Oh no!!! The voice of sanity...heavens sakes....thank you!! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #45
You are very uninformed on the matter. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #74
You are uninformed on reality. 5 trillion a year CANNOT be raised. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #87
Stop doing Wall Street's work. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #92
No, you CANT refute every point. Fully 1/2 of her revenue projections are guesses. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #93
I see you never worked with budgets. Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #107
You will NOT cover more people for less when you cancel coverages that people LIKE oldsoftie Nov 2019 #110
Do you not know how Medicare works? Jakes Progress Nov 2019 #112
Yes, and then Klobuchar went on to say that "no one has a monopoly on good ideas." That's HER highplainsdem Nov 2019 #16
Democrats need to quit using right-wing PatSeg Nov 2019 #19
Exactly right, fire away, but try not to write Trump's lines for him BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #20
Exactly! PatSeg Nov 2019 #47
Bernie Sanders says "elite" all the time. betsuni Nov 2019 #24
Thank you, betsuni! This is BS AFTER the General Election on CBS Nov 14th.. Cha Nov 2019 #35
He says it constantly. I guess some people aren't very familiar with Bernie! betsuni Nov 2019 #38
Yes and I'm glad you brought it up because Cha Nov 2019 #40
Never! betsuni Nov 2019 #43
Boom! Skya Rhen Nov 2019 #44
Whoa, that's unsettling PatSeg Nov 2019 #48
He also doesn't call himself a Dem. Never won the Presidential primary, either. kcr Nov 2019 #72
I thought Biden used it in a "taste of your own medicine" kind of way. betsuni Nov 2019 #73
Sanders on CBS AFTER the General Election.. November 14th.. Cha Nov 2019 #37
Yeah PatSeg Nov 2019 #49
was going to say the same thing stopdiggin Nov 2019 #52
Spot on PatSeg Nov 2019 #58
Thanks for this! BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #54
You're welcome! PatSeg Nov 2019 #59
So much this. It's a ready-made ad clip for tRump. JudyM Nov 2019 #62
I know PatSeg Nov 2019 #64
Isn't that what other candidates say as well, though? TCJ70 Nov 2019 #56
Precisely!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2019 #80
First of all, she shouldn't call Democrats who don't agree with her as needing to run in a Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #6
Can't claim this but .. Biden is running against trump, everyone else is running against Joe Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #10
Very good point...love the smiley... Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #30
WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP PISSING ON EACH OTHER!!!!!! pangaia Nov 2019 #12
Hey, I discovered this lovely Scriabin piano concerto this week BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #13
I've heard that one long ago? pangaia Nov 2019 #15
I was thrilled to hear it BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #18
Well, you came to the right place.... pangaia Nov 2019 #22
Playing this one next week pangaia Nov 2019 #23
And another GREAT Polish/"Russian" - Mieczyslaw Weinberg pangaia Nov 2019 #25
Thank you, friend BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #27
Ah ha, funny you should mention that.. pangaia Nov 2019 #41
Spoiled brats indeed!! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #14
Thank you for your post and video clip MustLoveBeagles Nov 2019 #36
Lolololol pangaia Nov 2019 #42
Amy's a mean boss, Cory's mom wears combat boots MustLoveBeagles Nov 2019 #65
come to think of it... pangaia Nov 2019 #67
LOL MustLoveBeagles Nov 2019 #70
Why did Warren start this shit? redstateblues Nov 2019 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2019 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2019 #28
Same here. eom BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #55
What worked against Scott Brown in ultra-blue Massachusetts PhoenixDem Nov 2019 #32
Oh so true! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #46
If you dish out be prepared to receive or candidates FloridaBlues Nov 2019 #33
Warren will not ever stop fighting for Medicare for All. BeckyDem Nov 2019 #34
I like Joe Biden customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #51
Well... Mike Nelson Nov 2019 #53
Ridiculous is right!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2019 #57
Biden "the senator from MBNA", lol Baclava Nov 2019 #60
"Elitism" is a shameful attack from someone who used to point out he was the first in his family muriel_volestrangler Nov 2019 #63
"Elizabeth Warren ripped Joe Biden's big Philly fund-raiser. Last year, she did an event with some.. Cha Nov 2019 #79
"swanky private fundraisers" betsuni Nov 2019 #82
Yes, EW accuses Biden of going to "Swanky private fundraisers.." Cha Nov 2019 #83
I'd bristle too. Insinuations that donors are buying influence and candidates are corrupt. betsuni Nov 2019 #84
Too Right.. Thanks for pointing that out!.. Cha Nov 2019 #85
Biden's hypocrisy is laughable WobblyDem Nov 2019 #81
A Harvard professor would be a member of the so called "elite" Renew Deal Nov 2019 #95
I agree with Joe Gothmog Nov 2019 #96
Whiny and untrue BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #97
I strongly disagree Gothmog Nov 2019 #98
He called her a liar again last night BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #100
No he did not -Watch the clip Gothmog Nov 2019 #101
Tell us the truth BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #103
There is a concept in poltics called vetting Gothmog Nov 2019 #104
Oh, a real world lecture...Joe's supposedly easy to pass plan will be fought just as hard as M4A BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #105
According to Jared Bernstein, a Public Option is a far cheaper alternative Gothmog Nov 2019 #106
Anyone wanna talk about who's all in for corporations? Anyone, anyone. gibraltar72 Nov 2019 #102
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