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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: I'm sick of Democrats calling other Democrats racist for a 1% poll bump. [View all]ucrdem
(15,512 posts)24. No, she asked if he was wrong to oppose busing in America, and he corrected her.
He didn't oppose busing and he didn't oppose her program, which was not federally mandated. It was voluntarily established by the city -- which is exactly what Biden supported, then and now. As far as the debate goes, he won the point.
And that's when the sparks really started to fly, if I can put that politely.
You can read the full transcript here: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/full-transcript-2019-democratic-debate-night-two-sortable-topic-n1023601
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I'm sick of Democrats calling other Democrats racist for a 1% poll bump. [View all]
MadDAsHell
Jul 2019
OP
+10000 plus, in 2 polls she had a net gain on Biden of plus 19 and plus 20 points
Celerity
Jul 2019
#30
Selfish is doing that to the least racist white guy on the planet and then profiting off of it.
Galraedia
Jul 2019
#4
Here's a clue-when you try to invalidate someone by drawing a parallel to a known creep-
58Sunliner
Jul 2019
#46
Have you looked at it? Look at VAWA, gun control, hate crimes, billions allocated for drug
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#42
He can well defend parts of its legislation. Have you even bothered to look at all of it? NT
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#50
Did not find anything about banks in VAWA, gun control legislation, or anything I mentioned. NT
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#55
It was Judge Snyder who ordered that Larsen remain in prison until Court of Appeals ruled on case
Kaleva
Jul 2019
#12
He was in there for 2 years because Kamala Harris tried to appeal his release
Galraedia
Jul 2019
#18
"But she delayed her order until the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals resolves the legal dispute."
Kaleva
Jul 2019
#20
I don't think you're a war-monger but you voted for the XYZ war. There was a young man blown
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#49
My point is that "I don't think you are XYZ, but..." usually gives the impression "you" is. NT
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#85
No, she asked if he was wrong to oppose busing in America, and he corrected her.
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#24
What part of he tried to destroy voluntary busing are you having trouble grasping?
EffieBlack
Jul 2019
#38
No one asked him about Berkeley's program. But it didn't fall under his one exception for his
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#67
the debate was 4 days ago, the fundraiser with the waxing nostalgic that kicked some of this off
Celerity
Jul 2019
#44
Biden has been telling his story about civility and working with creeps he doesn't agree with
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#68
the underlying, substratal issues go FAR beyond a simple discussion of bussing
Celerity
Jul 2019
#84
He was against "forced busing," that happened only when local white controlled governments
Hoyt
Jul 2019
#29
The point is that the busing program Kamala benefited from was local and voluntary
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#31