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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Greenpeace rating of our candidates' environmental platforms [View all]Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)33. I mean, it's a valid comparison, no?
Context matters.
Here's Kerry's:
http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/john-kerry
Not far off from Biden's.
Here's Ted Kennedy's:
http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/edward-m-kennedy
Technically worse than Biden's.
These politicians would be more comparable to Biden since they were in the senate during his time in the senate - which means they voted on the same bills and had a same universal make up.
The only comparable candidate currently in that regard is Bernie Sanders and, well, he's not in the mid-to-high 90s - he's in the low 90s.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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What is reliable is that Biden has the lowest League of Conservation Voters environmental scorecard
mtnsnake
Jun 2019
#5
Biden's LCV scorecard is definitely abysmal when compared to any other 2020 Democratic candidate
mtnsnake
Jun 2019
#22
This seems to score just two environmental positions - Fossil Fuels and the Green Deal.
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#13
sometimes people are more about just bringing attention to themselves than actually getting
JI7
Jun 2019
#8
Um yes. Greenpeace analyzed their plans, past actions and public statements in detail.
JudyM
Jun 2019
#24
Both Warren and Biden came out with detailed plans last week. I'd like to know how their current
pnwmom
Jun 2019
#20
Well, you could look at Sanders' score for Biden's potential new score.
Cuthbert Allgood
Jun 2019
#30