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46. except that almost every critic of Biden's statements has stressed they don't believe he's a racist
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 05:09 PM
Sep 2019

...I find the effort to make it appear people are calling him a racist laughable.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
As a black man [View all] IluvPitties Sep 2019 OP
That Corn Pop story (which is true) was from 2017 OKNancy Sep 2019 #1
It is pathetic. IluvPitties Sep 2019 #2
Folks need to wise up DownriverDem Sep 2019 #63
Foolish folks DownriverDem Sep 2019 #94
We have half a dozen "best candidates." DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #107
K&R stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #3
Some left-leaning figures (in the party, media, and ordinary lay people) are doing their damned best LincolnRossiter Sep 2019 #4
Wait. Aren't Democrats supposed to be left-leaning? intheflow Sep 2019 #98
Few things. LincolnRossiter Sep 2019 #99
I wonder where most of these criticisms are coming from oldsoftie Sep 2019 #5
the tone and content gives it away azureblue Sep 2019 #26
K&R BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #6
From another time.... FarRightLiberal Sep 2019 #7
It doesn't matter who the nominee is, the rebups will be tearing them down Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #13
I know that..... FarRightLiberal Sep 2019 #106
Opinion: There are more important things to worry about than Biden's gaffes Gothmog Sep 2019 #125
Your entitled to your opinion..and that's all it is...an opinion Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #126
"Sounding like a bumbling old fool?" You should be ashamed Hekate Sep 2019 #14
seconded azureblue Sep 2019 #28
100% agree! True Blue American Sep 2019 #67
Fourth-ed. Hortensis Sep 2019 #81
Bumbling old fool? MustLoveBeagles Sep 2019 #27
Welcome to DU obnoxiousdrunk Sep 2019 #31
Nice try, but you'll be eaten alive here being that obvious. oldsoftie Sep 2019 #39
"Bumbling old fool"? MontanaMama Sep 2019 #71
Isn't this about winning? FarRightLiberal Sep 2019 #108
Forgot to say welcome to DU Hekate Sep 2019 #111
It is asinine to call Joe Biden a "bumbling old fool." nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #83
.. Cha Sep 2019 #87
Joe Biden's childhood struggle with a stutter: How he overcame it and how it shaped him Gothmog Sep 2019 #124
You're in good company!! Jim Clyburn and John Lewis have publicly pretty much the same thing! Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #8
Thank you for this! peggysue2 Sep 2019 #9
what they are doing azureblue Sep 2019 #33
Why is it so hard for people to grasp that Biden isn't just the most 'electable' but, rather, the... Cha Sep 2019 #133
On any written exam on foreign and domestic policy, Biden would oasis Sep 2019 #10
Indeed! Biden is the only candidate that leaders of the free world begged to run Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #15
But begged by WHO? FarRightLiberal Sep 2019 #109
Here's a link Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #127
No matter: Biden remains the most qualified both nationally and globaly LakeArenal Sep 2019 #38
The Corn Pop story Biden tells is true, and the relevant details have been confirmed. highplainsdem Sep 2019 #11
Thank you. I never heard of that. Hekate Sep 2019 #16
Thank you highplainsdem MustLoveBeagles Sep 2019 #34
Thing is, Biden is a plain spoken man and doesn't try to finese.. Kahuna7 Sep 2019 #12
Well stated. And yes the AA voters are very savvy. They know a leader when they see one Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #17
and... he he was with friends in the two year old video OKNancy Sep 2019 #19
Right. He's the real deal. nt Kahuna7 Sep 2019 #20
Its always amazed me how people get away with denigrating an entire race & never get called on it oldsoftie Sep 2019 #40
Thank you. We are having a bad weekend here. Hekate Sep 2019 #18
At first I thought I was being oversensitive MustLoveBeagles Sep 2019 #23
They don't call it silly season for nothing MustLoveBeagles Sep 2019 #21
K&R Scurrilous Sep 2019 #22
Thank you for this. kag Sep 2019 #24
It's crazy, huh? DrToast Sep 2019 #25
Definitely some wrongheadedness happening with attacks on Biden, Warren, Harris blm Sep 2019 #29
Well said. It's unfortunate that a handful of DU'ers are doing their best to amplify the emulatorloo Sep 2019 #36
"Wrongheadedness" The Mouth Sep 2019 #105
Other AA writers and voters disagree with you Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #30
And most blacks appear to disagree with them... Drunken Irishman Sep 2019 #35
Some white people love Biden some can't stand him, some are ambivalent StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #37
Not quite sure what your point is... Drunken Irishman Sep 2019 #44
And a huge trunk of white people don't support Biden. So? StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #47
A larger "chunk" of people period, support Biden- black, white and a fair number of Latinos Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #52
Actually a majority of Democrats don't support Biden StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #53
Well, the polls certainly don't back that up. Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #76
That fact speaks the loudest. oasis Sep 2019 #72
SMH.. Thank You! Cha Sep 2019 #131
I think I'm getting an idea treestar Sep 2019 #55
A lot of white people treestar Sep 2019 #50
A majority of white Democrats don't support Biden StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #51
Then are you treestar Sep 2019 #58
Oh, please. There's no way you can reasonably infer that from what I've written StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #61
THIS. BlueWI Sep 2019 #113
Thank you StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #114
You know it! BlueWI Sep 2019 #115
One way or the other no democrat has or will win without the AA vote Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #77
Indeed! Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #48
SC is the bellwether for the AA voter -the Ntl polls reflect the polls in SC Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #78
I think the Corn Pop story is awesome aeromanKC Sep 2019 #32
But it worked on our nominee last time to a certain extent. betsuni Sep 2019 #41
They began that propaganda in 1991, though ms liberty Sep 2019 #100
Young people fall for the new propaganda of "Democrats are the real racists." betsuni Sep 2019 #110
Damn straight ! WheelWalker Sep 2019 #42
Thanks for your posting. Sloumeau Sep 2019 #43
Ditto! onetexan Sep 2019 #59
You know who doesn't appeal to Americans across the board? IronLionZion Sep 2019 #45
except that almost every critic of Biden's statements has stressed they don't believe he's a racist bigtree Sep 2019 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #54
Come on. That is passive aggressive treestar Sep 2019 #60
I speak from my heart on race bigtree Sep 2019 #62
lol@"Blocking treestar".. so nice of you to announce it.. Cha Sep 2019 #88
This is all that poster has! treestar Sep 2019 #90
It's bizarre, treestar! Cha Sep 2019 #91
Didn't He Just Go After Hortensis Recently? Me. Sep 2019 #104
Definitely. Cha Sep 2019 #112
So all you can do is be personal on it treestar Sep 2019 #89
Does it hurt less if you tell someone before you do it? ehrnst Sep 2019 #93
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Sep 2019 #95
So you're not putting them on ignore? Why would you care if they stalked you if ehrnst Sep 2019 #120
GDP isn't that big treestar Sep 2019 #123
"Biden's a racist" may be unspoken here, but there's been daily insinuation and innuendo from emulatorloo Sep 2019 #65
I know he isn't racist Skittles Sep 2019 #49
Listen, as a white guy... underpants Sep 2019 #56
I totally agree!!!! mfcorey1 Sep 2019 #57
Of course, nobody who has worked for a Black employer can be racist. aikoaiko Sep 2019 #64
We know Trump is a racist because racists think he's a racist. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #66
well, there was Tulsi Gabbard JI7 Sep 2019 #68
Barack Obama was a great president. We don't say that enough. Gothmog Sep 2019 #69
Thanks for the post njhoneybadger Sep 2019 #70
Most African-Americans are as astute as you are NYMinute Sep 2019 #73
I want someone who can hit the ground running Jake Stern Sep 2019 #74
I miss the missing folk who, imo, made the AA forum the Hortensis Sep 2019 #75
The AA group was the best. betsuni Sep 2019 #79
I miss those great posters as well. So thoughtful and insightful. emulatorloo Sep 2019 #80
Yes. Hortensis Sep 2019 #82
I learned a lot and they were almost always right. betsuni Sep 2019 #86
As a black man, I'm in the minority of blacks wellst0nev0ter Sep 2019 #84
Can you name a candidate the Trump campaign won't paint in a bad light oasis Sep 2019 #128
Biden isn't my 1st choice but I'm voting blue ...and live love laugh Sep 2019 #85
Post removed Post removed Sep 2019 #92
You may as well really show out and just vote for Trump, pal. LincolnRossiter Sep 2019 #102
"and I want a man" Ferrets are Cool Sep 2019 #96
Yea, I saw that too. n/t ms liberty Sep 2019 #97
+1 demmiblue Sep 2019 #101
I completely agree with your first paragraph mountain grammy Sep 2019 #103
I'm AA & I'm right there with you. We obviously didn't learn a lot from 2016, when some people.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2019 #116
Your last sentence: betsuni Sep 2019 #117
The smear attempts are both laughable and despressing at the same time. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2019 #118
Laughable and depressing is exactly how to describe it. betsuni Sep 2019 #119
We want the same thing except Kind of Blue Sep 2019 #121
This message was self-deleted by its author Kind of Blue Sep 2019 #122
Very interesting article Gothmog Sep 2019 #129
"The belittling of Biden's support reeks of privilege.." Cha Sep 2019 #132
Biden's Electability Advantage Will Be Hard to Shake Among Risk-Averse Democrats Gothmog Sep 2019 #130
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