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W_HAMILTON

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6. And the people that told us all the energy was on the progressive side...

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:54 AM

Feb 2020

...are the ones who flipped all of about zero seats in the 2018 elections.

And I don't remember anyone telling anyone that Hillary needed to be nominated to beat Trump. Hillary was pretty much the presumptive nominee (the mathematical winner after Super Tuesday, I believe) well before the Republican Party even nominated Trump, so, don't try it with that revisionist history.

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

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"The best known socialist in America" [View all] evertonfc Feb 2020 OP

Hillary was/is a millionaire. So is Obama. Is there a point in there somewhere? brutus smith Feb 2020 #1

Warren stated she was a capitalist, why would she criticize Bloomberg for being a good one? dem4decades Feb 2020 #3

Warren is a capitalist who believes capitalism doesn't work unless Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #12

"Which makes her a socialist" TwilightZone Feb 2020 #28

I tried that explanation months ago...it never works. brooklynite Feb 2020 #30

If your audience is full of noncritical thinkers, nothing will ever work. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #74

+100% mazzarro Feb 2020 #78

Sanders has been calling himself a socialist for decades. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #84

The complete quote Cornus Feb 2020 #46

No, it doesn't. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #64

It's a branding issue that's getting a lot of oppositional propaganda. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #76

When has she ever referred to herself as a "social democrat?" ehrnst Feb 2020 #40

She hasn't but... cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #55

Actually, she's very economically literate. She was an economics professor, in case you didn't know. ehrnst Feb 2020 #56

She doesn't want to be known as one.... cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #60

So you think that she's not being honest? ehrnst Feb 2020 #61

Maybe cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #63

That is your unique interpretation of her walk, and her quack. I had never seen her labeled as that Perseus Feb 2020 #67

Last I heard Warren was for "regulatory capitalism" ahoysrcsm Feb 2020 #77

"Which makes her a socialist" --- ROFL ROFL ROFL NurseJackie Feb 2020 #65

Warren ahlnord Feb 2020 #70

Well, if you won't acknowledge that there is a spectrum of forms of capitalism ehrnst Feb 2020 #17

Which countries do you consider as democratic socialist countries? luvtheGWN Feb 2020 #59

Does Warren own a business? If not, she's not a capitalist. Ron Green Feb 2020 #83

"Yet you participate in society." nobuddy Feb 2020 #15

Hillary/Obama never called anyone corrupt for being a capitalist. betsuni Feb 2020 #26

To the point: HRC or BHO never called themselves a Socialist - Democratic or otherwise. ehrnst Feb 2020 #52

No point it seems Perseus Feb 2020 #66

Nope sigh144 Feb 2020 #2

And the people that told us all the energy was on the progressive side... W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #6

You do know most of the sits we gained in Congress in 2018 were Progressive candidates, right? Perseus Feb 2020 #72

That is a damn lie. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #75

Curious -- since you're clearly a Sanders supporters and don't want a moderate nominee, why is your highplainsdem Feb 2020 #7

You give it a rest. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #22

Preach it persister. ☕️☝🏼 we can do it Feb 2020 #32

Well put. Never forget the stolen election. c-rational Feb 2020 #49

False. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #29

So Biden is also disqualified for "hasn't ever had a career outside of government"? Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #4

Biden started out as a public defender. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #9

That would be a government job. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #13

Biden's law practice wasn't only as a public defender. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #20

Sanders worked in the private sector from when he graduated college until 1980. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #24

Some details showing some of Sanders' work then was for the government: highplainsdem Feb 2020 #37

He finally found Skidmore Feb 2020 #41

I wish so often he'd found another way. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #42

I know. Skidmore Feb 2020 #54

LOL! Me, too. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #57

Thank u for getting the facts straight! BS' supporters don't like facts too much when it doesn't onetexan Feb 2020 #43

Oh yeah! radical noodle Feb 2020 #58

Derp. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #23

Wrong. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #27

Biden practiced law before going into politics. Sanders did hold a few jobs, ones highplainsdem Feb 2020 #16

politics was BS' meal ticket. He wasn't particularly good at anything, maybe just pedaling a buncha onetexan Feb 2020 #44

The True Blue American Feb 2020 #5

A summer camp is what he said BeyondGeography Feb 2020 #8

Thanks True Blue American Feb 2020 #14

A summer camp? eilen Feb 2020 #35

Here ya go. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #86

His summer camp is a four-bedroom house with 500 feet of shoreline, costing $575,000, highplainsdem Feb 2020 #45

Wow. look at all that shoreline. Private beach. eilen Feb 2020 #88

Millionaires are evil and bad UNTIL I became one with 3 houses. democratisphere Feb 2020 #10

How is it that -- according to Sanders -- apparently everyone in Vermont owns three homes... W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #11

Having been True Blue American Feb 2020 #18

Mission Impossible. democratisphere Feb 2020 #19

😂👍🏼 we can do it Feb 2020 #34

Bernie chooses not to live his life as Progressive dog Feb 2020 #21

Oh, and Biden is a millionaire also. So let's stop with this repub talking point. brutus smith Feb 2020 #25

Joe's net worth did not increase till he was out of office - get your facts straight onetexan Feb 2020 #48

Am I missing a point you're trying to make? brutus smith Feb 2020 #81

Not worth repeating myself if you didn't get my point. onetexan Feb 2020 #85

Bernie doubled the damage with his "what offshore island is you house on" response... brooklynite Feb 2020 #31

hmmmm.... krakfiend Feb 2020 #33

I've been wondering the same thing jmbar2 Feb 2020 #69

People here are making a big mistake, gab13by13 Feb 2020 #36

Anyone have data on the net worth of the other candidates? nt ramen Feb 2020 #38

RE Bernie Bro's......anybody can be online....we've seen this game before ashredux Feb 2020 #39

If it's so-called Republicans and Russians giving poor Sanders supporters a bad name... W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #47

Yes. I don't have any specific knowledge of who they are. But we have seen this before ashredux Feb 2020 #50

are semantics going to lose the election for us? samnsara Feb 2020 #51

Perhaps but.. cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #53

"Fairly" is subjective. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #73

"Pete. Biden. Amy. Mike." Or Elizabeth! UrbScotty Feb 2020 #62

Getting that on a bumper sticker Zeus69 Feb 2020 #68

(Insert name) can never win. (Insert name) is not a true democrat. (Insert name) will never win with johnthewoodworker Feb 2020 #71

That was your favorite? Red Oak Feb 2020 #79

So, a guy Bernie's age Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #80

Bloomberg Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #82

His house in Vermont is estimated at $400,000. His "lakehouse" is small and was bought with Nanjeanne Feb 2020 #87