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2016 Postmortem

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restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 01:54 PM Oct 2015

Biden has no right to stop the first female president [View all]

have you guys seen this latest talking point? The people who don't want biden to run, and I can only give an educated guess that most of them are Hillary supporters, they tried a few other things first. First it was well we don't want to rush him because he's grieving his son. And then when they couldn't squeeze any more milk out of that coconut, they moved onto well it's gonna be too late and he's not gonna be able to get the funding he needs. But apparently he may be on the verge of getting support from the firefighters union, and it's looking like he's got a number of supporters who feel he can get the funding and infrastructure, so that meme is played.

so now the big stick comes out: guilt. I've heard a number of so-called pundits on the shows these last few days saying that there isn't a lot of policy difference between Biden and Clinton, and since Clinton had such a "strong performance" in the debate, her chance of imploding is smaller, and I love how they act as if bernie he's not even running and drawing crowds of tens of thousands. But now the newest talking point. Since there is not much policy difference between them, does he REALLY want to be the person who stands in the way of the first female president?

again the gender card comes out. First it came out in the debate and now it's coming out in trying to guilt Biden into not running. I thought we were supposed to elect people based on their qualifications and abilities. And besides that, I'm not a fan of Biden's policies, but he's been through quite a lot with his son's death, and trying to guilt him into not running because he would be "standing in the way of the first female president" is not only bad politics because it's gonna backfire big-time, but a really shitty thing to do. Not that it's a surprise.

edit to add link

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/clinton-quietly-trying-discourage-biden-2016-bid/

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I doubt he would be able to do that, frankly. MineralMan Oct 2015 #1
I agree Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2015 #2
He will make his own decision. I think he would not have gotten MineralMan Oct 2015 #5
What is more likely, Joe finishing third in IA and NH or finishing first? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #9
I think it is more likely that he finishes MineralMan Oct 2015 #16
Depends who he finishes second to. thesquanderer Oct 2015 #25
Exactly Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2015 #13
charisma artislife Oct 2015 #34
Biden has every right to jump in if he wants. Agschmid Oct 2015 #3
He does, indeed. I'm still not sure what decision he will make, MineralMan Oct 2015 #6
"I can only give an educated guess that most of them are Hillary supporters" HA HA HA. bettyellen Oct 2015 #4
HRC supporter here gwheezie Oct 2015 #7
Yes, it's time. In or out Joe...the hour's gettin late. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2015 #20
Biden has every right to nominate the first woman V-P. L. Coyote Oct 2015 #8
Geraldine Ferraro Rose Siding Oct 2015 #22
Too bad she wasn't the first woman V-P. L. Coyote Oct 2015 #40
We stopped electing people based TM99 Oct 2015 #10
Bingo! SoapBox Oct 2015 #24
Boom. hifiguy Oct 2015 #41
Who said this and on what show? nt sufrommich Oct 2015 #11
i was flicking but i think it was mtp restorefreedom Oct 2015 #29
Obviously if you actually consider the issues, neither is that great jfern Oct 2015 #12
Just where did this "latest talking point" appear? George II Oct 2015 #14
Expect these attacks, overt and covert, to grow exponentially as she increases her lead in the polls DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #19
what attack? restorefreedom Oct 2015 #30
The Clinton supporters must tire of having everything blow up in their faces Android3.14 Oct 2015 #15
I must apologize... but my vision isn't that good I actually read it "Biden has the right to be the American Flag Oct 2015 #17
Setting feminism back fifty years. Fearless Oct 2015 #18
Seriously. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2015 #21
Supply link to Hillary supporters not wanting Biden to run. leftofcool Oct 2015 #23
I did not mean Hillary supporters on du restorefreedom Oct 2015 #31
please see edited op for link. nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #33
Nothing to stop the revolution candidate either. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #26
That's nonsense. However it would be nice to have a president who could make a still_one Oct 2015 #27
who said this besides you? sounds a lot like bullshit to me. Lil Missy Oct 2015 #28
it has been on several shows over the past week restorefreedom Oct 2015 #32
I don't doubt your veracity in telling us about what you heard. Kalidurga Oct 2015 #35
Enough is enough, The American People are sick and tired of hearing about damn Joe Biden running for juxtaposed Oct 2015 #36
First, one has to be elected the first female president of the USA. longship Oct 2015 #37
that's what the hillarians have really been upset about since the beginning Doctor_J Oct 2015 #38
I think there are people within the party who want Joe to run The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #39
I have a hard time understanding why glinda Oct 2015 #42
The sense of entitlement the Clintons have is getting ridiculous davidn3600 Oct 2015 #43
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