Democratic Primaries

appalachiablue

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8. American democracy and rights, so fundamental yet threatened. TY UJ.

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 09:32 PM

Apr 2019

They are the Bill of Rights, the 13th and 14th Amendments, the right to age gracefully and elderly health care, and of course the right to vote. When lived up to these are rights that all Americans enjoy regardless of race, gender, religion, and ability or lack thereof to pay. They are intended to be universal for all Americans and the heart of the way virtually all of us understand what is good about America.

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

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Bernie Sanders and the Song of America [View all] Uncle Joe Apr 2019 OP

lol NYMinute Apr 2019 #1

That wasn't nice. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2019 #2

... George II Apr 2019 #7

Commondreams should rename itself Berniedreams nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #3

Bernie's dreams are most assuredly with the commons. Uncle Joe Apr 2019 #4

Reminds me of Dr. Zhivago nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #5

Your post reminds me that nations have choices. n/t Uncle Joe Apr 2019 #6

American democracy and rights, so fundamental yet threatened. TY UJ. appalachiablue Apr 2019 #8

Well said and thank you appalachiablue. Uncle Joe Apr 2019 #9

"Sanders is often criticized for his lack of policy minutiae." Hortensis Apr 2019 #10

I'm curious.. Kentonio Apr 2019 #11

No, that's not what Sanders said. He drew the same Hortensis Apr 2019 #12

No, you're just reading false equivalency into it where it doesn't belong. Kentonio Apr 2019 #13

I'm pragmatic. He's comparatively indifferent Hortensis Apr 2019 #14

I don't need Bernie or any other politician to tell me what to think. Kentonio Apr 2019 #15

Regarding right wing judges being hostile to women's and black's rights. Uncle Joe Apr 2019 #16