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Raven

(13,877 posts)
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 08:35 PM Jan 2019

Do you think that Democratic candidates could make a pact

not to criticize each other but run only on their vision of America?

Am I crazy to hope that we don't eat each other alive but rather focus on the country and save our fire for Trump or whatever Republican shill runs in his place?

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RKP5637

(67,086 posts)
1. They need to stay focused on the objective, and that objective must not be ripping each other apart!
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 08:37 PM
Jan 2019

bearsfootball516

(6,373 posts)
2. I think it's more of a problem for the candidate's supporters than the candidates themselves.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 08:44 PM
Jan 2019

By all accounts, Hillary and Bernie were pretty cordial to each other in the 2016 primaries. It was in the voters themselves that things got nasty.

elleng

(130,724 posts)
3. The candidates might (not likely, imo,)
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 09:08 PM
Jan 2019

but WE will eat each other alive as we always have, sad to say.

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