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still_one

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98. and that implies she has no problem with Sanders hiring people who not only voted for Jill Stein,

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:59 PM

Apr 2019

but encouraged others to do likewise up to the day before the election.

David Sirota, Nina Turner, and Briahna Joy Gray. All part of the Sanders campaign, and all who refused to vote for the Democratic nominee.

If she believes being supportive of Sanders is going forward, which is entirely her right, I don't. I am NOT supportive of campaigns that hire people who worked to see the Democratic nominee in 2016 defeated.

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

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Ocasio-Cortez says prospect of Biden run 'does not particularly animate me' [View all] brooklynite Apr 2019 OP

I like how she worded that. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #1

I'm glad our Democratic candidates are here to inspire animation in people. democratisphere Apr 2019 #2

inspiration wins votes. marylandblue Apr 2019 #3

It sure does... we're seein that with Mayor Pete, Elizabeth, and Bernie. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #37

so even though Biden tends qazplm135 Apr 2019 #80

Its more name recognition at this point with Biden; he's not in the race & therefore not campaigning InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #84

lol qazplm135 Apr 2019 #100

Bernie wasn't VP for EIGHT YEARS... so, yes!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #116

LOL I understand supporting your candidate NastyRiffraff Apr 2019 #126

Don't you understand? Bernie is perfect redstateblues Apr 2019 #165

Yes! Sorry! He is perfection itself! NastyRiffraff Apr 2019 #187

and Bernie ran for President in 2016 qazplm135 Apr 2019 #127

Bernie has nearly 100% name recognition...and has for four years. TwilightZone Apr 2019 #158

That is truly hilarious tymorial Apr 2019 #131

Hey is an awful campaigner. sfwriter Apr 2019 #153

I think Joe registered 1% in Iowa the last time he ran... InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #155

He had to drop out in 1988 due to plagiarism. sfwriter Apr 2019 #162

Oh that's right, forgot about that... like tRump won't bring ALL that old shit up again!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #163

Have I missed it? Did Bernie release his tax returns yet? Tipperary Apr 2019 #133

You missed it alright!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #135

Awesome! Thanks! Been kind of busy today. Tipperary Apr 2019 #141

Tell your friend - yes he did. Nanjeanne Apr 2019 #136

Has Mayor Pete released his yet? dogman Apr 2019 #172

Correct. murielm99 Apr 2019 #6

Animated enough, indeed. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #38

What's wrong with "animate"? thesquanderer Apr 2019 #11

Huh? What's the beef? No candidates are "here to inspire animation". They are candidates KPN Apr 2019 #17

I wonder how she feels about David Sirota, Nina Turner, and Briahna Joy Gray, and campains that hire still_one Apr 2019 #4

Sorry still one, this is an old trope saidsimplesimon Apr 2019 #78

All the people I named in that post voted for Stein, and were hired by one of the candidates still_one Apr 2019 #87

Sorry, simplesimon.. it was a valid question. Cha Apr 2019 #109

Good question, still_one! Cha Apr 2019 #110

Bernie's campaign officials voted for Stein, which was a vote for Trump - think about that... Skya Rhen Apr 2019 #147

Yes, and for me that is a problem. Talk about looking back, hiring those three not only is looking still_one Apr 2019 #148

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and that implies she has no problem with Sanders hiring people who not only voted for Jill Stein, still_one Apr 2019 #98

What a team player SHRED Apr 2019 #7

Over 30 House members have already endorsed someone. thesquanderer Apr 2019 #14

Did they announce their support SHRED Apr 2019 #16

Biden isn't even a candidate. progressoid Apr 2019 #18

Haha. 27% support him. More than any one else. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #39

That's great. progressoid Apr 2019 #72

Lol. "Doesn't animate me" is now criticism. Holy moly! KPN Apr 2019 #19

It's worse. It's a Trumpan statement. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #152

How dare AOC give her opinion! Imagine she had said that about Bernie... InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #177

Of course it is. How many times have we heard that treestar Apr 2019 #184

Yes. betsuni Apr 2019 #186

She didn't criticize him...n/t TCJ70 Apr 2019 #42

Have any of them dissed the candidates that they haven't endorsed? THAT is the difference. George II Apr 2019 #36

How did she diss him? TCJ70 Apr 2019 #44

"....a bid by Biden would be going back, instead of moving forward....." George II Apr 2019 #53

That's not a quote from her...that's The Hill's interpretation of something she said. n/t TCJ70 Apr 2019 #59

This is a quote, not an interpretation: George II Apr 2019 #62

You're right. That is a quote. Good job. TCJ70 Apr 2019 #64

of course it's a criticism of him qazplm135 Apr 2019 #82

That quote basically says the same thing. I don't think Democrats should be saying.... George II Apr 2019 #115

Gotta be in the race to be the front runner... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #120

He literally said he is an Obama/Biden Democrat. Gore1FL Apr 2019 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author Gore1FL Apr 2019 #81

Did he say he was going backward? No! George II Apr 2019 #91

Many of us believe that 2017 is in the past. nt Gore1FL Apr 2019 #95

So Biden would have brought us back to 2017? Many of us believe that we're in 2019... George II Apr 2019 #99

But not all with policies from an administration that ended in 2017. Gore1FL Apr 2019 #104

I'm being sensible and realistic. If you consider that "obtuse", so be it. George II Apr 2019 #106

You seem to be pretending to not understand what I mean or what she meant. Gore1FL Apr 2019 #111

Sorry, that response didn't animate me. Have a great evening. George II Apr 2019 #113

You Too! nt Gore1FL Apr 2019 #114

AOC deserves our respect... she's doing Democrats a BIG favor by speaking the truth!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #134

She didn't endorse; she is being negative about someone treestar Apr 2019 #183

Exactly Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #151

IMHO, every Democratic President since FDR has moved LuvLoogie Apr 2019 #8

+1 nt Skidmore Apr 2019 #12

Remember DownriverDem Apr 2019 #9

Agreed 100%. BlueStater Apr 2019 #10

Joe Biden remains the most qualified both nationally or globally. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #41

"Most qualified" was what we ran with last time... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #45

So... you advocate for less qualified? LakeArenal Apr 2019 #51

We don't have anyone running who isn't qualified... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #60

Not really. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #67

It's not much of a debate... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #68

Wow. How nuanced you are. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #70

We need to support the most qualified and make sure he isn't robbed, cheated and persecuted. Celerity Apr 2019 #159

Yes, Joe is a he.. So is Pete. I like Pete very much.. Should He make the primary nomination... LakeArenal Apr 2019 #170

no one is anywhere near a lock to a point to remove any female candidate from consideration Celerity Apr 2019 #171

🤷🏼‍♀️ If it's presumptive to expect Joe to win.. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #173

I disagree, but I do respect your opinion, may the best person win Celerity Apr 2019 #176

That's what we all want. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #178

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If writing the Patriot Act are the kinds of qualifications he brings to the table, then no thanks. BlueStater Apr 2019 #57

Just a few of the reasons Joe will not get my primary vote under any circumstances. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #160

But until then you will bash him every time you get the chance. Nice redstateblues Apr 2019 #167

Not at all...I'll give Biden credit where credit is due. For instance, I very much LIKED the video InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #174

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I don't think many Americans are looking for candidates or politicians to "animate" them. George II Apr 2019 #13

It was meant to be. NurseJackie Apr 2019 #26

Who cares what AOC thinks? nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #15

Who cares what Biden thinks? Who cares what Pelosi thinks? Who cares what...etc. progressoid Apr 2019 #20

AOC won the election with 6% of the vote BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #21

Doesn't say much for the establishment candidate for that seat does it? KPN Apr 2019 #23

There was confusion about the date of the primary in NY BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #71

Why do I feel like maybe you are here to stoke division? KPN Apr 2019 #79

I am not. I only stated the facts. BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #85

No, you stated conclusions based on assumptions that have no basis in fact. KPN Apr 2019 #86

Please let me enumerate the facts in my posts BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #88

She won with... tonedevil Apr 2019 #90

I was talking about the primaries. BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #94

I can't find numbers for primaries... tonedevil Apr 2019 #105

If you look, you shall find BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #122

That covers last year... tonedevil Apr 2019 #130

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Poppycock. That particular district has had KPN Apr 2019 #102

Do any of my posts in this thread mention Sanders? BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #123

Because they've established a seriously blatant MO in less than a month... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #108

Well ... we gotta be on guard. KPN Apr 2019 #117

+1000000 Celerity Apr 2019 #157

AOC won a Blue seat.. Our BlueWAVE Cha Apr 2019 #124

It was "dismissing" the dismissal of Biden. George II Apr 2019 #28

Oh boy. Get out the skewers shall we? KPN Apr 2019 #22

Called primaries. Not pissing matches. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #43

I agree. So people should stop pissing KPN Apr 2019 #61

AOC gave her opinion. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #69

Thanks for saying this billpolonsky Apr 2019 #55

Better get prepared for a brutal primary season now, politicians are in it for what THEY can do Baclava Apr 2019 #24

Whistling past the graveyard. NurseJackie Apr 2019 #25

She doesn't seem like the type of woman... Blue Owl Apr 2019 #27

LOL nini Apr 2019 #164

Well, defeating trump and getting him out of office awesomerwb1 Apr 2019 #29

We don't need Biden to do that. n/t BlueStater Apr 2019 #30

Maybe not awesomerwb1 Apr 2019 #35

Me neither shanny Apr 2019 #31

Biden does not animate me either. Srkdqltr Apr 2019 #32

Some folks don't like or are just tired of classic rock. It's OK. jalan48 Apr 2019 #33

Let's do the math... louis c Apr 2019 #34

Exactly. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #46

Yes - it's all about the local ground game and electoral college strategy Politicub Apr 2019 #50

Yes. Justice Democrats aka OR failed miserably. nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #89

Do I need the Rosetta Stone to figure out what you mean? louis c Apr 2019 #107

OR Our Revolution nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #121

Sorry. I should have known. louis c Apr 2019 #137

Bingo! nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #139

Precisely! We got a Democratic House Cha Apr 2019 #150

One persons view doesn't animate me. Its way too early to decide who will energize us the most yaesu Apr 2019 #40

If it's moot, why do 27% want Joe? LakeArenal Apr 2019 #48

you will have to ask them, not me. nt yaesu Apr 2019 #54

Obama's presidency was an era of massive progress Politicub Apr 2019 #47

I know, right! We want to Win.. I don't Cha Apr 2019 #125

O noes! demmiblue Apr 2019 #49

So we have this huge young voting block. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2019 #52

lol fail ! stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #56

So she failed at expressing what she thinks? Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2019 #65

beating trump/GOP animates me and that is what is freakin important beachbum bob Apr 2019 #58

Absolutely! All these many, many, 'opinions' and 'aspirations', do not animate . . . empedocles Apr 2019 #63

So let's assume she reflects that thoughts of a good many of her age. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2019 #66

I assume cartoons are coming? nt kstewart33 Apr 2019 #73

Who cares? NastyRiffraff Apr 2019 #74

She is, obviously, free to say whatever she wants to about Joe Biden. Still In Wisconsin Apr 2019 #77

This thread is hilarious. AOC is freaking people out here like she usually does the right. Gore1FL Apr 2019 #83

No she isn't. What's "freaking people out" is dissing a Senator/Vice President.... George II Apr 2019 #92

She didn't diss him. She answered a question honestly. Gore1FL Apr 2019 #93

She could have answered without saying he didn't "animate" her.... George II Apr 2019 #96

She should have lied? Gore1FL Apr 2019 #97

FTW. JudyM Apr 2019 #101

That's rather presumptuous, but whatever..........but she didn't, did she? George II Apr 2019 #103

FTW 2 As transparent as a windowpane. Celerity Apr 2019 #145

+100000 Celerity Apr 2019 #144

She dissed him redstateblues Apr 2019 #168

It is bizarre, yet expected. demmiblue Apr 2019 #129

I understand completely how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez feels DCofVA Apr 2019 #112

me too. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #128

Good for Biden. He doesn't want her support. He doesn't want voters thinking far left socialists mr_liberal Apr 2019 #118

She is entitled to her opinion. BlueDawn Apr 2019 #132

Nicely put, BlueDawn! Cha Apr 2019 #138

She will be old one day too and perhaps not so exciting. I hope folks don't say that about her when UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #140

this is outside the range of acceptable opinion! KayF Apr 2019 #142

lol, so true, so true Celerity Apr 2019 #146

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I'll become animated when Biden is declared the 2020 victor over Trump! BluegrassDem Apr 2019 #149

It doesn't have to "animate" you. Just vote Тяцмр out. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2019 #154

As an old guy, TomSlick Apr 2019 #156

It looks from the number of responses, AOC struck a nerve with establishment Dems. YOHABLO Apr 2019 #161

that is a AOC's opinion.... quickesst Apr 2019 #166

It probably doesn't occur to AOC at this point in time Jake Stern Apr 2019 #169

I guess we shall see in 2066 when she is the same age as Biden is now Celerity Apr 2019 #175

Good comment, 'Celerity', - apropos empedocles Apr 2019 #179

bookmarking this thread! KayF Apr 2019 #185

While I don't agree with her assessment padah513 Apr 2019 #180

She doesn't know it, but she just did Biden a huge favor. n/t Tarheel_Dem Apr 2019 #181

Nor me. nt lamp_shade Apr 2019 #182