applegrove
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Wed Oct-19-11 05:09 PM
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So Biden is not allowed to talk about the effect poverty can have on crime according to the GOP? |
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Edited on Wed Oct-19-11 05:16 PM by applegrove
Why? My guess is the GOP see themselves a TOUGH ON CRIME and if they let inequality, and poverty grow, while police are cut, they are in fact increasing the crime rate. Clinton increased the police by 100,000 and the crime rate went way down. This is why the GOP reacted so strongly to what Biden said. Biden pointing this out goes to the heart of the traditional GOP platform.
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Wed Oct-19-11 05:11 PM
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1. it is biden's job to point out this stuff...as VP and as party leader nt |
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Wed Oct-19-11 05:17 PM
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2. Yup. This is the traditional role for the vp. I hope Obama hits back with that. |
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Wed Oct-19-11 05:18 PM
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3. What did he say -- and what did THEY say? (I missed something, here.) nt |
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Wed Oct-19-11 05:19 PM
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4. Then again, OUR party's leaders haven't been willing for years now |
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to seriously discuss the connection between poverty and crime. If Biden can even get that conversation restarted in THIS party, that's a good thing.
We've got to let go of the fetish for "toughness".
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Wed Oct-19-11 05:21 PM
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5. They continually complain about... |
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Edited on Wed Oct-19-11 05:24 PM by butterfly77
how,when or where this administration campaign when the republiCONS have been campaigning, every since Obama took office.
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Wed Oct-19-11 05:22 PM
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6. Poverty is not the only factor in crime |
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sure it is a contributing factor, but not all people in poverty are criminals, try to avoid group think.
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Wed Oct-19-11 05:25 PM
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7. Well, most Democrats would not talk about poverty anyway. |
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All they can talk about is the middle class.
So, good for Biden to talk about that.
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Wed Oct-19-11 08:49 PM
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8. He wasn't talking about poverty per se. He was talking about a lack of police. |
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Edited on Wed Oct-19-11 09:28 PM by applegrove
I wonder what the crime stats are.
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