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In reply to the discussion: I'm in a tailspin [View all]
 

dflprincess

(28,072 posts)
8. I'm on my laptop and your banner says
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 12:06 AM
Mar 2020

if you were to vote in a presidential primary today you would vote for Joe Biden.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
I'm in a tailspin [View all] hangaleft Mar 2020 OP
I cast my first vote for McGovern, too, and really wanted Warren to win. tblue37 Mar 2020 #1
I'm on my laptop and your banner says dflprincess Mar 2020 #8
I also had a banner with a pic of Liz and a statement that I would vote for her. It was tblue37 Mar 2020 #12
We have the same history CanonRay Mar 2020 #2
I am 69. My 70th birthday will be August 18 this year. tblue37 Mar 2020 #5
I understand. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #3
Fair enough. But can you be excited about Trump *not* being the president? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #4
VO, that is about the most eloquent statement I could imagine DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #7
+1000. Hortensis Mar 2020 #43
I hear you. dflprincess Mar 2020 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #22
I wanted Warren too. But, we now must get fully behind Joe. Funtatlaguy Mar 2020 #9
I am so sorry. It's a kind of grief. I hope in time your disappointment will lessen and a bit of joy emmaverybo Mar 2020 #10
I understand... Skid Rogue Mar 2020 #11
Warren was my candidate as well lordsummerisle Mar 2020 #13
I would like to have see a woman prez...was totally behind HRC Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #14
Agree. Eye on the prize. And the huge danger. Hortensis Mar 2020 #40
Interesting write up on Warren changing the Dem party. blm Mar 2020 #15
That was a very good read about Warren hangaleft Mar 2020 #20
I made a vow a number years ago frazzled Mar 2020 #16
+1000 Thank you. Well said. nt Skid Rogue Mar 2020 #17
I loved Pete and wanted to be able to vote for him. Stonepounder Mar 2020 #26
Well said. Thank you! The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #33
A follow up post in response to a couple of points made in the above posts hangaleft Mar 2020 #18
That happens in life. Think about the future and you will be ok. Blue_true Mar 2020 #19
By the time you are 75 there will be a Female President.... Pachamama Mar 2020 #21
You have a right to mourn HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #23
I felt sad when a candidate I really liked didn't make it. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #24
Both McGovern and Mondale won only one state grantcart Mar 2020 #25
Obama was a great orator hangaleft Mar 2020 #27
Did you really write that? BeyondGeography Mar 2020 #31
Yeah. They really said that. hangaleft Mar 2020 #42
I fell hard for Warren too BeyondGeography Mar 2020 #50
I know, hangaleft, I know. Laffy Kat Mar 2020 #28
None of us can afford to demand excitement this year. Joe isn't my first choice either, but he's Squinch Mar 2020 #29
so how did you take the outcome of the 1972 election? You got your "man" as the nominee beachbumbob Mar 2020 #30
You weren't excited about Hillary? cwydro Mar 2020 #32
I've never considered excitement to be a requirement. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #36
I agree for the most part, but I was excited to vote for the first black man and for the first woman cwydro Mar 2020 #46
I was excited to vote for Obama The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #47
True dat. cwydro Mar 2020 #48
I'm an issues driven voter hangaleft Mar 2020 #51
Fair enough. cwydro Mar 2020 #52
I was eighteen when I voted for Jimmy Carter. DCofVA Mar 2020 #34
You weren't excited about Barack Obama? MineralMan Mar 2020 #35
Excitement about a candidate is nice but it's not necessary. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #37
I agree completely. MineralMan Mar 2020 #39
You caught that too!.. I had to reread it twice.. Peacetrain Mar 2020 #38
Here's more to be excited about - If Trump is gone, so are these miscreants: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #41
What a motley crew hangaleft Mar 2020 #44
I was with Warren, too. And have now selected Bernie. aikoaiko Mar 2020 #45
Amazing that you were not excited about Barack Obama NCProgressive Mar 2020 #49
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