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Dorn

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10. One other thing: Follow the Money

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 09:57 AM

Feb 2020

Where does a candidate (right, left, center) get their funding? It was true with Nixon, it is true now: FOLLOW THE MONEY

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

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If we nominate a centrist...that's how we got Trump in the first place. [View all] DanTex Feb 2020 OP

We got Trump primarily due to Comey, Russia, Stein, Sarandon, and Bernie. honest.abe Feb 2020 #1

Again, that's like arguing that I would win the marathon if there were no hills. DanTex Feb 2020 #2

You know you are pretty smart for being from Texas. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #30

Not everything that went against HRC would similarly be an issue for Biden. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #46

Exactly. The gaps in information and knowledge of the history of what actually happened R B Garr Feb 2020 #3

You think those things won't happen again? LOL. DanTex Feb 2020 #5

Yeah. All those things will happen. And none of it has anything to do Kahuna7 Feb 2020 #42

One other thing: Follow the Money Dorn Feb 2020 #10

That is a great exolanation. mainstreetonce Feb 2020 #8

I put Sanders way at the top of that list Zolorp Feb 2020 #23

I think you are forgetting all the other Democratic opponents Hillary had. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #31

none of then continued to trash Hillary and refused to go on the record supporting the nominee... Zolorp Feb 2020 #39

Sanders was about the least of her problems. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #44

And not all of that combined would have been enough to keep her from winning... Zolorp Feb 2020 #48

Sure, you can say if any ONE of those things were different, she might have won. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #49

I think most of the things you mentioned could have been different and she still would have lost. Zolorp Feb 2020 #51

James Comey's antics were more important than all other factors put together IMO. (eom) StevieM Feb 2020 #56

Worse Don1 Feb 2020 #4

If you think Bernie would have done better, I totally disagree. lark Feb 2020 #6

Again, all those things you mention are going to happen this year as well. DanTex Feb 2020 #7

Bernie would lose bigger than McGovern and for much of the same reasons. lark Feb 2020 #15

Yeah, and my filthy rich brother and sister are going to vote for Trump Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #35

Oh I so want to hug you, you have them too? ChubbyStar Feb 2020 #65

1972 was 48 years ago. 2016 was 4 years ago. DanTex Feb 2020 #38

I think that any state that preferred HRC over Trump will also prefer BS over Trump. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #43

Really Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #64

Yep Cosmocat Feb 2020 #9

Is that similar to Hillary really really wanting to run against DT? Dorn Feb 2020 #13

You should tell us. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #27

Trump has happened since 2016 aeromanKC Feb 2020 #11

100% agree. lark Feb 2020 #18

Agree here, too. If you want someone on the fence, give them an easy swallow. jmg257 Feb 2020 #21

Totally Agree texasfiddler Feb 2020 #52

I think people are confusing centrist with having some "common sense". TryLogic Feb 2020 #12

"brains, wisdom, courage, honesty, creativity, integrity" TwilightZone Feb 2020 #24

Yup. The Bernie Bros, Jill Stein, voter suppression, DOJ and Russian meddling had Atticus Feb 2020 #14

Thank you! lark Feb 2020 #17

There is one fact that destroys your argument before it even begins: Hillary won! beastie boy Feb 2020 #16

DanTex, voting 95-99% with Democrats does NOT make Sanders centrist. Hortensis Feb 2020 #19

Bloomberg isn't a conservative. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #20

"As a Democratic candidate for president, he makes an excellent Republican donor," Doremus Feb 2020 #55

I do not agree LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #22

Set aside Ukraine; Biden is far more appealing than Clinton brooklynite Feb 2020 #25

I don't know about that. DanTex Feb 2020 #32

Post hoc ergo propter hoc. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #26

Certainly that applies to the McGovern argument. Can you believe people actually think that a 1972 DanTex Feb 2020 #28

Who actually is a centrist though? BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2020 #29

??? MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #47

Oh, honey! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! NurseJackie Feb 2020 #33

Well that makes sense if you erase all of history. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #34

+1000, it is consistently that way with this undecided. R B Garr Feb 2020 #50

There are reasons too long to list why we ended up with Trump randr Feb 2020 #36

Not again? OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #37

Bernie has a snowball's chance in hell to beat trump awesomerwb1 Feb 2020 #40

That is NOT how he got in. You should know that by now. nt Kahuna7 Feb 2020 #41

Bullshit. Hillary is a proven progressive that has actually gotten shit done. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #45

So Bill Barr can't announce a major investigation against a liberal eleven days before the election? Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #53

Centrist Hillary centrist centrist Iraq NAFTA centrism conservative centrism status quo betsuni Feb 2020 #54

James Comey and his antics is how we got Trump in the first place. (eom) StevieM Feb 2020 #57

I keep reminding people that we have NEVER elected a progressive president since... TreasonousBastard Feb 2020 #58

Nope. Bernie would've lost by more electoral votes and wouldn't have won pop vote scheming daemons Feb 2020 #59

BS Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #60

Thats how we got Bush for two years booley Feb 2020 #61

Hillary Clinton is far from being a "centrist". George II Feb 2020 #62

Actually, we didn't nominate the candidate Russia and the GOP wanted. ehrnst Feb 2020 #63

What about the 3 million more votes she got? The 66 million voters who liked her best? Hekate Feb 2020 #66