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LexVegas

(6,060 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 01:36 PM Mar 2020

Bernie doesn't own the term "progressive". Biden is a progressive. Obama is a progressive.

Warren is a progressive. Klobuchar and Buttigieg are progressives. I am a progressive.

Nebulous talk about free shit and supporting gun manufacturers doesn't make someone the standard-bearer for progressives. Sorry, that shit don't work for the majority of the Democratic Party, a party of progressives; a lesson that was made painfully obvious for some yesterday.

A progressive will be the nominee for our party and a progressive will kick Trump's ass in November. Go Joe!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Bernie doesn't own the term "progressive". Biden is a progressive. Obama is a progressive. (Original Post) LexVegas Mar 2020 OP
But most of us don't pass the damn purity test. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #1
I disagree. CentralMass Mar 2020 #2
Your disagreement is predicated on precisely what? LanternWaste Mar 2020 #4
I think an insurance company owns the name Progressive. zackymilly Mar 2020 #3
Agreed. The insistence that he's the only true progressive is part of the problem. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #5
Every one of Sanders' "ideas" came from policy proposals NCProgressive Mar 2020 #8
So true Cha Mar 2020 #6
Damn Straight. 👌👍 Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #7
 

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
1. But most of us don't pass the damn purity test.
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 01:38 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
4. Your disagreement is predicated on precisely what?
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 01:46 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

zackymilly

(2,375 posts)
3. I think an insurance company owns the name Progressive.
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 01:44 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
5. Agreed. The insistence that he's the only true progressive is part of the problem.
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 01:49 PM
Mar 2020

The assertion that he's the "true" progressive, some kind of unique figure with a unique perspective who proposes ideas that no one has ever come up with before, is a significant part of the problem. It gives others the impression that the person making the assertion has no knowledge of the current political environment or political history.

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

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
8. Every one of Sanders' "ideas" came from policy proposals
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 02:20 PM
Mar 2020

championed by other people before him from Ted Kennedy to Obama.

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

Tarheel_Dem

(31,234 posts)
7. Damn Straight. 👌👍
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 02:18 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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