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Kentonio

(4,377 posts)
16. Of course they think he's the easiest person for them to beat.
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 06:20 AM
Apr 2019

The thing is I don't take the opinions of Republicans at face value, and I certainly don't assume that a candidate is going to lose just because the opposition think so.

Even on our side, which candidate would you have chosen in '16 to face up against? I'd have picked Trump as the opponent every damn time because it seemed impossible that the American people could have elected him. And now here we are.

This kind of primary subversion isn't anything new in politics, and it frequently backfires. Because while the GOP scum are putting across this positive image of Bernie for their viewers, they're also planting seeds that can turn into votes for him later, even when they themselves inevitably turn 180 and go on the attack.

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