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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Pete: "Normalcy" got us where we are today. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)107. And I thought it was blatantly phony. There is nothing normal
about where we are. And "It's the Republicans, Stupid." Huge no to blaming Democrats for Republican crimes by claiming we could have but just didn't bother to stop them. Because, of course, "normalcy."
We were the first to assert that the more complicated the forms assumed by civilization, the more restricted the freedom of the individual must become, Cornyn quoted Mussolini saying in the tweet."
WaPo: Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) took to the House floor on Monday to portray President Trumps detractors as Nazis but ended up slurring them using an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory drawn verbatim from Adolf Hitlers magnum opus, Mein Kampf. ...
America can either learn from history or be doomed to repeat it, Brooks warned.
America can either learn from history or be doomed to repeat it, Brooks warned.
How's that for irony? The man actually accidentally spoke a huge truth. The Republican Party is no longer sloughing toward fascism, Peggy, but embracing it determinedly as a way to keep power.
This isn't about "normalcy" in any way.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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I don't think anyone is saying that they want to go back to the 90s, and the 2016 election....
George II
Jun 2019
#9
He does look silly when he brings up a straw-man argument to make a point.
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#49
Sorry, I expect a lot more from a President that just not being an asshole.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#76
Obama ran eight years after the last Democratic president during an economic crisis.
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#80
I really doubt Obama would have run as a return to normalcy under any circumstances.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#81
Obama's whole reelection campaign was about continuing the normalcy of his administration.
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#115
I'm NOT suggesting not to hint at the past. This is about what you think our biggest problem.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#125
You are really missing the point. The point is not about what specific tactics work against Trump.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#128
No, you don't understand it. You think it's a "strategy." It's not. It's a goal.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#130
No, the challenges today are not the same today, nor are the opportunities.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#48
I am not the OP, and Pete was not attacking other Dems, just stating a philosophical truism.
Celerity
Jun 2019
#44
I may end up voting for Warren, she is quickly separating herself as my main 2nd choice
Celerity
Jun 2019
#64
My take too. Biden's critics have made this charge consistently, that Biden wants to take us back to
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#86
We have almost always built on the past and moved ahead. The Iran deal is one example. A decades
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#118
This thread started with a clever attempt to manipulate Buttigieg's words
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#120
Good stuff, as always Cha. The Rusher thing not normal. Good links! Thanks! nt
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#90
Thanks for that quote from EW. That means that she and Buttigieg are now on the same list with BS..
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2019
#96
Some of us have long memories. Bashing the party, especially Obama/Biden is a definite line....
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2019
#101
Nothing to do with age, it's about Biden's campaign theme of "return to normalcy."
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#82
Well it captures my feelings well. I don't think we should "return" to anything
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#109
Who is looking to the past? I am 73 and I look forward to a Dem government.
wasupaloopa
Jun 2019
#31
he did not just mention the 1990's, he said the 2000's too and was simply making a point
Celerity
Jun 2019
#45
Insecure people always push back against well meaning, constructive criticism.
mobeau69
Jun 2019
#47
People are going to take any chance they get at sniping if they see an opening to
Celerity
Jun 2019
#54
why WOULDN'T problems of one decade be different than the problems of another decade
Skittles
Jun 2019
#75
This took guts if nothing else. Marianne Williamson shared interesting observations on the subject.
mobeau69
Jun 2019
#46
I think that is part of his point. It's not something that can be defined.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#111
People are dumb. They are easily misled. They don't know how easily they can be misled,
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#124