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Cha

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51. Yeah WhatABOUT Biden, DI?!!
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 07:16 PM
Dec 2019
to your TruthFUL analysis!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
I'm still old-fashioned. I can't believe this has become a litmus test bluedye33139 Dec 2019 #1
Warren and Sanders made it a litmus test. comradebillyboy Dec 2019 #2
+++ still_one Dec 2019 #4
I still love her. But I think this is stupid. bluedye33139 Dec 2019 #7
Oh, I was told all rich people are Oligarchs. LakeArenal Dec 2019 #11
Link please. hedda_foil Dec 2019 #24
Don't care if you believe me or not. LakeArenal Dec 2019 #30
I believe you, LakeArenal.. Cha Dec 2019 #48
Thanks. We don't need to fabricate anything. LakeArenal Dec 2019 #56
We sure as hell don't need to fabricate one thing or Cha Dec 2019 #57
It's true. I joked that Pete's beholden to Big Wine and was told betsuni Dec 2019 #46
I call Balderdash on the "oligarch" Accusations.. Cha Dec 2019 #50
It's like a Russia U.S. both sides thing. betsuni Dec 2019 #79
Glad my quote struck a chord wellst0nev0ter Dec 2019 #92
What quote? betsuni Dec 2019 #95
I don't get why the whole wine cave thing was such a big deal renate Dec 2019 #55
Well, now that she stopped doing it The Mouth Dec 2019 #67
+++++ PhoenixDem Dec 2019 #73
It is part of that damn purity test coming from many on the left of our party. redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #28
Which makes it somewhat ironic The Mouth Dec 2019 #68
Not bothered by this or Biden's last minute call to Anita Hill delisen Dec 2019 #3
Most people aren't bothered by the Anita Hill red herring so you're in good company. Skya Rhen Dec 2019 #5
I know many people bothered by Biden's last minute "apology" delisen Dec 2019 #34
If you consider Joe's "apology" an apology, maybe you could also consider it delayed. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #69
These days it seems facts are in the eye of the beholder. LakeArenal Dec 2019 #15
Classic whataboutism n/t PhoenixDem Dec 2019 #74
Huh? I llke to think and I encourage others to also think-its democracy in action. join us! delisen Dec 2019 #100
It is not democracy in action. PhoenixDem Dec 2019 #102
I'm bothered that Biden told Wall St "Nothing much will change" whathehell Dec 2019 #108
Why? betsuni Dec 2019 #111
She chose to start running her 3rd campaign without big money fundraisers. blm Dec 2019 #6
She's the one attacking other candidates over fundraising. She's living comradebillyboy Dec 2019 #10
She has already made that agreement with DNC. She chose to forego it blm Dec 2019 #18
Thank you. n/t whathehell Dec 2019 #110
She rolled her Senate money into her campaign dansolo Dec 2019 #31
And? You wanted her to go along with every standard YOU approve of blm Dec 2019 #32
This. BlueMTexpat Dec 2019 #97
Again, that would be fine if she was setting an example, instead of attacking others LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #38
And that is only OK to do when it's everyone else attacking her for blm Dec 2019 #82
You're not paying any attention to what anyone is saying; you're just repeating yourself LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #83
Cuz I am kinda pissed at the hypocrisy from some camps. blm Dec 2019 #86
So true... but, what were you expecting?! Look how Bernie is treated!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #101
Since she was attacked on policy, might she not have attacked Pete on the same grounds? I don't emmaverybo Dec 2019 #89
If we're talking about money in politics Warren is winning BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #8
Thankfully, collecting a lot doesn't make you a winner. LakeArenal Dec 2019 #13
If she's winning this narrative, I'd hate to see what losing is... Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #21
Liars questioned it for personal political gain. Warren is sincere and Clinton, blm Dec 2019 #33
lol Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #39
Lol...right. She just pays higher price than Joe for lesser offenses. BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #42
Because those are superficial digs. Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #87
No, that quieted down wellst0nev0ter Dec 2019 #93
It's quieted down but it's still there... Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #99
The answer's obvious to the "wine cave" class who trample the working class like the grapes InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #107
Yeah WhatABOUT Biden, DI?!! Cha Dec 2019 #51
It's a lot to hope for but, I am keeping my fingers crossed that Obama is the last loyalsister Dec 2019 #41
Looks like a situation where she was for them before she was against them. George II Dec 2019 #9
Exaactly. comradebillyboy Dec 2019 #12
You mean like Biden on more isues than can be counted? Bradshaw3 Dec 2019 #14
Did Biden ever go after any Democrat on those issues? Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #22
Who is purity testing now? All of you who insist that Warren blm Dec 2019 #36
Why do you persist in deliberately misuderstanding? Peope are NOT chastising her for LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #65
I'm not purity testing anyone... Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #88
Whataboutism PhoenixDem Dec 2019 #76
Lol the warren camp is using the classic look-over-there onetexan Dec 2019 #91
And, that's great.. but don't be dragging on Mayor Cha Dec 2019 #52
For this thread Gothmog Dec 2019 #16
She never said they were corrupt, just said big money shouldn't have blm Dec 2019 #20
It is an asinine insinuation and character assassination by innuendo PhoenixDem Dec 2019 #77
What it is. Let's call her attack what it is. Intentional or not. She could make the point without emmaverybo Dec 2019 #90
That's an exaggeration. But, still OK with you that Warren was getting blm Dec 2019 #96
A Government of the (Rich) people ,by the ( Rich ) people, for the (Rich) people ritapria Dec 2019 #17
Again, trying too hard. PhoenixDem Dec 2019 #78
Let's declare a moratorium snowybirdie Dec 2019 #19
If a candidate attacks another candidate on a specific issue The Mouth Dec 2019 #23
When was she supposed to start rejecting big money for her primary blm Dec 2019 #25
Basic fact: The Mouth Dec 2019 #27
HAD been doing before she started running her OWN campaign blm Dec 2019 #35
This was squirecam Dec 2019 #44
She just may fail in this, but, not for being wrong. blm Dec 2019 #80
It's called "walking the walk" wellst0nev0ter Dec 2019 #94
Yes it does. squirecam Dec 2019 #106
A BS surrogate "whining" about EW.. Cha Dec 2019 #66
Fair point! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #70
Republicans take money from Russians and NoMoreRepugs Dec 2019 #26
Well, so much for not trashing the Dem candidates matt819 Dec 2019 #29
She's not being trashed; she's being called out because SHE trashed another candidate for LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #45
I'm thankful for her drawing attention to the issue of campaign finance and candidate access. David__77 Dec 2019 #37
Yeah, a BS surrogate is callling her out on this.. Cha Dec 2019 #64
Moi aussi!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #75
Me too.. whathehell Dec 2019 #112
I applaud her for what she did. She knows that it's not a good look. nt Autumn Dec 2019 #40
I as well.. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #71
Yup she got busted and bested by Mayor Pete. nt UniteFightBack Dec 2019 #43
Hardly. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #72
No, she didn't. Pete lost some support from fair minded people blm Dec 2019 #98
Holds no sway or issue for me what-so-evah. Amimnoch Dec 2019 #47
"Warren embraced the high-dollar fundraiser circuit for years" myohmy2 Dec 2019 #49
...not the only pot in the kitchen... ehrnst Dec 2019 #58
thanks ehrnst... myohmy2 Dec 2019 #61
...you mean the one about him endorsing a CA candidate who was thrown out of Justice Democrats?... ehrnst Dec 2019 #62
BS endorsed Lewd Misogynist Cenk Uygur in CA 25 after he was Urged Not to.. Cha Dec 2019 #63
The Sanders Institute raised more than $361,000 last year from a total of 13 large contributions. ehrnst Dec 2019 #85
This doesn't change my... Mike Nelson Dec 2019 #53
I dont care if she gets money from Martians who in return want Manhattan, whatever it takes. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #54
Agree. ehrnst Dec 2019 #59
Much like other candidates folded up their lucrative "Institute" when they started their campaign. ehrnst Dec 2019 #60
+1 betsuni Dec 2019 #81
DON'T. CARE. EveHammond13 Dec 2019 #84
It wouldn't bother me except she attacked another candidate liberal N proud Dec 2019 #103
What's incredible to me is that big money donors obviously are sought after. a must if you will. Kurt V. Dec 2019 #104
Just a couple years ago Warren held a high-dollar fundraiser in a bank vault. Gothmog Dec 2019 #105
To quote a respondent to that tweet.. whathehell Dec 2019 #109
If a person used to eat steak, then stops for a while and insults others for eating steak, but LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #113
From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Dec 2019 #114
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