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Democratic Primaries

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:28 PM Mar 2020

Can you imagine if Maximilien Robespierre summoned the revolutionaries

to Bastille and very few showed up?

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

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Can you imagine if Maximilien Robespierre summoned the revolutionaries (Original Post) NCProgressive Mar 2020 OP

he might have kept his head nt msongs Mar 2020 #1

lol NCProgressive Mar 2020 #2

You have to get Le Vampire Weekend Codeine Mar 2020 #3

lol NCProgressive Mar 2020 #4

Haha! Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #7

As I recall Robespierre of the Jacobin Club was a prominent comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #5

The unfilled tumbrels mock me as I lay 'neath the thirsty guillotine eating cake. Scurrilous Mar 2020 #6

msongs

(67,549 posts)

1. he might have kept his head nt

Reply to NCProgressive (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:30 PM

Mar 2020

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

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)

2. lol

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:30 PM

Mar 2020

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

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

3. You have to get Le Vampire Weekend

Reply to NCProgressive (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:52 PM

Mar 2020

to play for crowd if you want the RobespierreBros to show up.

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

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)

4. lol

Reply to Codeine (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:29 AM

Mar 2020

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

Turin_C3PO

(14,174 posts)

7. Haha!

Reply to Codeine (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:49 AM

Mar 2020

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

comradebillyboy

(10,198 posts)

5. As I recall Robespierre of the Jacobin Club was a prominent

Reply to NCProgressive (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:39 AM

Mar 2020

character in The Reign of Terror and ended up going to the guillotine himself. The Russian Bolsheviks really admired Robespierre.

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

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

6. The unfilled tumbrels mock me as I lay 'neath the thirsty guillotine eating cake.

Reply to NCProgressive (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:47 AM

Mar 2020

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

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