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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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Politicub

(12,165 posts)
1. K&R
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:03 PM
Jun 2019

CNN is covering this now.

They are saying that he didn't seem to be prepared to address this issue. That's how it looked to me, too.

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

Bradshaw3

(7,488 posts)
2. It was probably prepared
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:03 PM
Jun 2019

Nothing wrong with that but she has probably used it before.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. You mean like "growing up poor in Oklahoma." All of them have their quaint story.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:10 PM
Jun 2019

Harris’ is the essence of the Democratic Party, IMO.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Bradshaw3

(7,488 posts)
5. Yes they do and we shouldn't pretend otherwise
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:14 PM
Jun 2019

This wasn't a "quaint story". It was accusatory. But it may well work.

Hey, did you know Woody Guthrie grew up in Oklahoma? And that he wrote for Communist newspapers? Thought you would appreicate the info.

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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. And his songs "Killed Fascists."
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:27 PM
Jun 2019

My favorite Guthrie lyric, “Some will rob you with a six gun, some with a fountain pen.”

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Bradshaw3

(7,488 posts)
9. His guitar famously had the words "This Machine Kills Fascists"
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:30 PM
Jun 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
11. His banjo too.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:34 PM
Jun 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

katmondoo

(6,454 posts)
3. I didn't get what her problem was with the busing.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:08 PM
Jun 2019

What was Biden's part in Kamala's problem?

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bullwinkle428

(20,628 posts)
7. Biden didn't want the federal government to enforce busing on local school districts.
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:17 PM
Jun 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
10. As Poster above said. Back then, opposition to busing was relegating Blacks children
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:34 PM
Jun 2019

to separate, but unequal schools and was favored by white supremacists. Biden could have avoided all that by condemning the likes of Eastland in his, otherwise, innocuous statement a week or so ago.

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