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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ana Navarro: Joe Biden is normal -- and that sounds really good to me [View all]
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/24/opinions/joe-biden-is-normal----and-that-sounds-really-good-to-me-navarro/index.htmlI am begging and pleading with Democrats not to screw this up. Please nominate someone who can win, someone that can unite the Democratic base, energize the Obama coalition and not alienate right-leaning independents and Trump-rejecting Republicans (like me).
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Joe Biden brings a lot to the table. He is everything Trump is not. He knows policy. He is a uniter. He calls for our better angels. He is empathetic and draws on his own grief to console and encourage others through theirs. He laughs easily. He is decent. He is devoted to his wife, and she is to him. Gold-leaf and wealth do not define him. He is not perfect and he has the humility to accept that.
Joe Biden is not a shiny new toy. He is not flashy. He is not going to set hearts racing. He is comfortable, knowledgeable, experienced, reliable and dependable. We know what we're getting with him. He inspires a feeling of trust and confidence.
He is normal.
After the chaos and turmoil of the last three years under Trump, "normal" sounds really good to me.
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Joe Biden brings a lot to the table. He is everything Trump is not. He knows policy. He is a uniter. He calls for our better angels. He is empathetic and draws on his own grief to console and encourage others through theirs. He laughs easily. He is decent. He is devoted to his wife, and she is to him. Gold-leaf and wealth do not define him. He is not perfect and he has the humility to accept that.
Joe Biden is not a shiny new toy. He is not flashy. He is not going to set hearts racing. He is comfortable, knowledgeable, experienced, reliable and dependable. We know what we're getting with him. He inspires a feeling of trust and confidence.
He is normal.
After the chaos and turmoil of the last three years under Trump, "normal" sounds really good to me.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Ana Navarro: Joe Biden is normal -- and that sounds really good to me [View all]
highplainsdem
Apr 2019
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Even though I don't know her at all, something she says here resonates with me.
CaliforniaPeggy
Apr 2019
#1
I am begging and pleading with Democrats not to screw this up. Please nominate someone who can win,
Cha
Apr 2019
#2
Precisely. I truly believe if we fuck this up, it's the end of the Republic.
WheelWalker
Apr 2019
#9
She left the GOP Party and became a Democrat. So she has a right to back a candidate
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#7
We need Independents. And I will despise all who didn't vote for Hillary especially those
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#10
Any Democrat who didn't vote for Hillary in the general bears a share of the blame. n/t
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#21
She did vote for Hillary, and she's a Never Trumper, but I believe she's still a Republican.
highplainsdem
Apr 2019
#13
Literally the second paragraph says she is a registered republican who won't be voting...
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2019
#56
She said she changed parties on the view. But she voted for Hillary and supports a
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#59
I noticed that too. In her haste to boost Biden, she insults all the other candidates.
Demit
Apr 2019
#30
That list of humanity sort of turns my stomach. I'm really, really proud of our list!
Karadeniz
Apr 2019
#58
I'm sick and tired of GOP or former GOP that don't like Trump trying to pull our party in their
JonLP24
Apr 2019
#49
And yet many of those same folks want open primaries and to reach out to the other
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#42
She probably thinks like me that Elizabeth Warren whom I really like won't win
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#43
Luv you, Ana, but Joe certainly sets my heart racing and always brings a smile to my face...
Skya Rhen
Apr 2019
#34