Democratic Primaries

emmaverybo

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Reply to RHMerriman (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 07:08 PM

Jun 2019

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

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Kamala's attack on Biden was months in the making [View all] brooklynite Jun 2019 OP

marketing shirts. does the DNC get a cut of the sales? nt msongs Jun 2019 #1

Probably not ... RHMerriman Jun 2019 #2

+ 1000 emmaverybo Jun 2019 #4

Thanks... RHMerriman Jun 2019 #8

Thanks for the facts. Saddling fellow Democrats with inane R B Garr Jun 2019 #16

When I was in the service, we had a term for this kind of activity... RHMerriman Jun 2019 #21

Oh! Just looked up that term, and it seems to fit. R B Garr Jun 2019 #34

Doesn't it, though? RHMerriman Jun 2019 #38

Mahalo for telling us about Barbara Boxer Cha Jun 2019 #62

Hi Cha! Boxer was great. Made me miss her a lot. She was not inflammatory R B Garr Jun 2019 #69

Thank you for that, RB! Cha Jun 2019 #70

To your points: guillaumeb Jun 2019 #19

why would they? TeamPooka Jun 2019 #64

That's called preparation. Arkansas Granny Jun 2019 #3

Misrepresenting herself was part and parcel of that preparation. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #7

Are you suggesting that she wasn't part of the second group of children tishaLA Jun 2019 #17

Well said. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #18

Harris was bused in a program her local school board voted for unanimously. She was not bused emmaverybo Jun 2019 #22

She never claimed she was bused under federal mandate tishaLA Jun 2019 #23

Her story was about a little girl whose attending a better school would have been prevented by emmaverybo Jun 2019 #28

Show me where in the transcript that happened tishaLA Jun 2019 #31

She does not have to add that she was bused under a local program, not through federally mandated emmaverybo Jun 2019 #40

You still haven't told me where in the transcript she said the things tishaLA Jun 2019 #41

I guess you don't understand "imply." But she did. She understood exactly what she was implying. And emmaverybo Jun 2019 #42

No, I understand that some may have an emotional interpretation tishaLA Jun 2019 #43

The meaning in text or speech depends on context, situation, what is said and not said, how said, emmaverybo Jun 2019 #45

Signature, Event, Context (SEC) tishaLA Jun 2019 #47

He was not prepared well enough. And she misled and used manipulative tactics to attack her emmaverybo Jun 2019 #49

She told the truth about him lauding the civility of segregationists tishaLA Jun 2019 #50

Right, he respected the mutual civility he and those of opposing viewpoints used to "get the job emmaverybo Jun 2019 #51

Yes, praising the "civility" of those who advocate tishaLA Jun 2019 #52

The quick answer to this is an example. Igel Jun 2019 #55

You can go after Derrida all you want. I'm not interested nor am I playing tishaLA Jun 2019 #56

Interesting. Very. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #60

This message was self-deleted by its author OnDoutside Jun 2019 #63

you are either deliberately misrepresenting her potition in her anecdote or it went over TeamPooka Jun 2019 #65

I watched the exchange and read the transcript. The poster is correct. ucrdem Jun 2019 #67

I just made another donation to Joe. Laurian Jun 2019 #5

You reminded me. Our small donations do say "with you Joe" and they add up! NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #46

It was too rote for it to have been a spur of the moment emotion. George II Jun 2019 #6

One candidate strategized, planned and prepared... SidDithers Jun 2019 #9

+100000 nt Andy823 Jun 2019 #11

I don't think anyone "feels" bad for Biden. He was just being himself..a gentleman and a scholar Thekaspervote Jun 2019 #12

One attacked a fellow Democrat... RHMerriman Jun 2019 #13

She certainly didn't do herself any favors..poll bump or not Thekaspervote Jun 2019 #10

if it helped her and hurt him in polls how can you say it did her no favors ? JI7 Jun 2019 #15

One's reputation and trustworthiness goes beyond polls. Win or lose, those who practice "stunts." emmaverybo Jun 2019 #48

This Thekaspervote Jun 2019 #57

I am not sure she gets a poll bump. Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #25

If she does, she will have to earn it honestly in future to sustain it. She can not continue to emmaverybo Jun 2019 #30

True that...and the long knives will now be out...I hate to see a circular firing squad forming...we Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #32

I agree. Don't know why I thought this might be different. Well, maybe a learning curve. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #33

I think that's clear. cwydro Jun 2019 #14

I was looking at the tweeted picture Jarqui Jun 2019 #20

Harris was bused under a program her local school board voted for, not by Federal mandate. Biden emmaverybo Jun 2019 #24

The entire thing was fake and looked contrived as more info comes out...my guess is she takes Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #27

Your last sentence says it all Thekaspervote Jun 2019 #58

If it was months in the making, then Biden had plenty of time to prepare for it. Paladin Jun 2019 #26

prepare for a question about a 50 year old failed policy? Sorry she looked bad...only a matter of Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #29

You're not going to like Maureen Dowd's column in today's NYT. Paladin Jun 2019 #35

She has done hit piece after hit piece...lets see what happens...the media is doing their best to Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #36

A heads up anyway...I still say that Harris's attacks will backfire and that few voters care about a Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #37

Maureen Dowd is no friend to any democrat Thekaspervote Jun 2019 #59

I bet you wont like the polls now showing Biden lost well nothing and Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #68

I might accept that if her challenge was fair and accurate Jarqui Jun 2019 #39

How is it a "hit job"? brooklynite Jun 2019 #44

The busing decision that directly affected Kamala Harris happened Jarqui Jun 2019 #54

NOBODY in the Democratic field has more experience than Joe Biden. Paladin Jun 2019 #66

Really? "Kamala" and "Biden"? Why not "Harris" and "Joe"? Glorfindel Jun 2019 #53

Honestly, that level of preparation is impressive BUT... ecstatic Jun 2019 #61