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Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2020 #1
Get A FREAKING GRIP BEDWETTER, Peter Hamby. Cha Jan 2020 #2
What about his lack of support in the African American community? demgrrrll Jan 2020 #3
Remember that one time when he had a rally in North Charleston, SC? NurseJackie Jan 2020 #5
Read this so maybe that's not the case... babylonsister Jan 2020 #8
trump would destroy a weak candidate like sanders Gothmog Jan 2020 #4
lol anyone who cares not for bernie is a bedwetter. nt msongs Jan 2020 #6
bookmarking ! stonecutter357 Jan 2020 #7
 

Uncle Joe

(58,342 posts)
1. Kicked and recommended.
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:00 PM
Jan 2020

Thanks for the thread babylonsister.

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

Cha

(297,119 posts)
2. Get A FREAKING GRIP BEDWETTER, Peter Hamby.
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:01 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

demgrrrll

(3,590 posts)
3. What about his lack of support in the African American community?
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:02 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
5. Remember that one time when he had a rally in North Charleston, SC?
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:05 PM
Jan 2020

Remember that one time when he had a rally in North Charleston, SC? BS can't even get AA and POC to attend a rally at an historically BLACK church in a MAJORITY BLACK neighborhood, within a MAJORITY BLACK city.

His rally (although well-attended) had so LITTLE ethnic diversity that it looked like he could have been somewhere Vermont. In fact, based on the statistics, the demographics at that rally was even whiter than Vermont.

It's obvious that the AA and POC community are rejecting BS and the BS campaign. They did then, and they still do NOW. He can't make headway. He hasn't been able to refine and tune his message.

BS just doesn't connect with that community. The BS message just isn't resonating. When the AA voters don't even BOTHER to show up to a rally that's RIGHT THERE in their city, their neighborhood, their church facility... well that is a SERIOUS SNUB and COMPLETE REJECTION.

All I'm saying is, with such a humiliating rejection by the AA and POC communities, and without their vote, BS doesn't stand a chance.

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

babylonsister

(171,054 posts)
8. Read this so maybe that's not the case...
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:14 PM
Jan 2020

EXCLUSIVE POLL: Just as Many African-Americans Say They’d Consider Voting for Bernie Sanders as Joe Biden

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bnvw/exclusive-poll-just-as-many-african-americans-say-theyd-consider-voting-for-bernie-sanders-as-joe-biden

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

Gothmog

(145,086 posts)
4. trump would destroy a weak candidate like sanders
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:04 PM
Jan 2020

In addition to the well written 101 page memorandum with oppo on sanders with a 1000 pages of backup from the Clinton campaign trump has his own oppo file on sanders that would destroy such a weak and divisive candidate like sanders. Trump had a two foot thick book of oppo research on Sanders http://www.newsweek.com/myths-cost-democrats-presidential-election-521044

They ignored the fact that Sanders had not yet faced a real campaign against him. Clinton was in the delicate position of dealing with a large portion of voters who treated Sanders more like the Messiah than just another candidate. She was playing the long game—attacking Sanders strongly enough to win, but gently enough to avoid alienating his supporters. Given her overwhelming support from communities of color—for example, about 70 percent of African-American voters cast their ballot for her—Clinton had a firewall that would be difficult for Sanders to breach....

So what would have happened when Sanders hit a real opponent, someone who did not care about alienating the young college voters in his base? I have seen the opposition book assembled by Republicans for Sanders, and it was brutal. The Republicans would have torn him apart. And while Sanders supporters might delude themselves into believing that they could have defended him against all of this, there is a name for politicians who play defense all the time: losers....

The Republicans had at least four other damning Sanders videos (I don’t know what they showed), and the opposition research folder was almost 2-feet thick. (The section calling him a communist with connections to Castro alone would have cost him Florida.) In other words, the belief that Sanders would have walked into the White House based on polls taken before anyone really attacked him is a delusion built on a scaffolding of political ignorance.

sanders was such a weak primary candidate that the Clinton campaign did not use its oppo but trump would have fun destroying such a weak candidate like sanders
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

msongs

(67,394 posts)
6. lol anyone who cares not for bernie is a bedwetter. nt
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:06 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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