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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Nice Joe... takin the gloves off I see! Will only HELP Mayor Pete the way it's helped Bernie surge!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2020
#1
The way I judge candidates has much more to do with their character and intelligence.
unitedwethrive
Feb 2020
#17
He did some totally tone-deaf and I will say it--bad--things to AA's in his community. They were not
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#32
Well, my first take too was that he was in a tough position. Further research and into more issues
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#38
Did not realize that. Also fired Fire Chief. Had years to recruit black officers, to meet with AA
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#45
Damn. Thought I was raging into the howling wind. Just don't think AA community was on his radar.
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#47
No. And I don't and would never, as I feel his failure was in an inability to build relationships
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#67
More that was directly relevant to the presidency. He was a constitutional scholar, taught
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#59
let's all do the decorative dog whistle dance, not once but twice, with lights and bricks!
Celerity
Feb 2020
#9
Pete Buttigieg offended numerous AA people.And this ad doesn't address that. It goes easy.
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#49
It wasn't Joe's argument. He could have talked about how Pete's gentrification burdened AA
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#66
Doubt this is geared to the AA market - he can't go much lower than the 0% that he's polling at
Skya Rhen
Feb 2020
#19
So you're saying that white Dem voters are indifferent to racial injustice? Wow, as an AA, I
Skya Rhen
Feb 2020
#62
Just the kind of thing Pete Buttigieg would say, patronizing and insulting. Also untrue. PB is going
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#60
When did he "go after" Harris? He made a rather tepid defense after she ate him for lunch. He's
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#50
Not even half way thru I wanted to back out of the ad. It was flat out nasty. I cannot believe a
krissey
Feb 2020
#51
Well, I can not believe with his record in South Bend with the AA community, Joe would go so
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#53
It really surprises me that some seem so unaware what is going on. Biden, Pete, and Amy
still_one
Feb 2020
#52
"Of course it is Biden"? Where do you get that from? I guess the same assumption that
still_one
Feb 2020
#55
Good, then we are on the same page. The odds are very much in Bernies favor that he will win
still_one
Feb 2020
#58