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Democratic Primaries

LuvNewcastle

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8. Thanks for the visual I got from that.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 1, 2020, 12:33 PM

Jan 2020

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

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Why Pete Buttigieg Enrages the Young Left [View all] brooklynite Jan 2020 OP

Because he's not Sanders and he's doing well in the polls. W_HAMILTON Jan 2020 #1

Absurd ad hominem, baseless attack Bradshaw3 Jan 2020 #13

It's not baseless to anyone that has actually interacted with those militant online left types. W_HAMILTON Jan 2020 #16

Though you appear to think "the online left" is an enemy. muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #17

That's because I do think they are an enemy. W_HAMILTON Jan 2020 #18

You don't seem to think anyone in the Democratic party is on the left muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #20

I explained the exact people that I was referring to. W_HAMILTON Jan 2020 #21

This is who you said: muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #22

The person did NOT say that being on the left meant supporting Stein. Blue_true Jan 2020 #23

+1 betsuni Jan 2020 #25

That was in reply #18 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #28

I am a person of the left. And I loath Jill Stein, Ralph Nader and the Blue_true Jan 2020 #31

As I already told you, the poster said they think "the online left" are an enemy muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #32

We're have to agree to disagree. I read your posts and normally don't Blue_true Jan 2020 #33

I think this para nails it. And it depresses me. LAS14 Jan 2020 #2

Yep, and the poll posted earlier disputes their notion LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #14

"Buttigieg isn't just an ideological foe, he's worse than that: He's a square." The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #3

Thanks for the visual I got from that. LuvNewcastle Jan 2020 #8

He looks like he was in "Up With People". greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #9

If I remember correctly, it was "Up WITH People"... not_the_one Jan 2020 #24

Thanks, that is what I meant. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #30

It's Politico, and the sub-heading shows the real motivation of the article.... George II Jan 2020 #4

I thought POLITICO was a "right-wing rag"... brooklynite Jan 2020 #19

When I was young I couldn't understand why everyone else comradebillyboy Jan 2020 #5

LOL! I remember those days, and how frustrating it was The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #10

Thank you for posting this excerpt, my dear brooklynite! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2020 #6

Not just the young left. crazytown Jan 2020 #7

And why older folks love him frazzled Jan 2020 #11

Pete supported MFA in 2018 , praised it as "moderate" alternative in 2019 ritapria Jan 2020 #12

and they have noticed it.... Locrian Jan 2020 #29

that is flat out false dsc Jan 2020 #34

If there is such fury, it's badly misplaced Martin Eden Jan 2020 #15

Such hate. Like in "The Last Emperor" when the kid says, "Join us, comrade, or fuck off," then betsuni Jan 2020 #26

I've noticed Twitter is full of "Pete Buttigieg wants to kill my family" Recursion Jan 2020 #27

but if we dare say that anti gay animus might be part of the problem we are considered nuts dsc Jan 2020 #35

The "young left" is corrected/clarified to "far left wing" in the article. Hortensis Jan 2020 #36