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Derec
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And we all know that whatever military does is automatically a great idea.
I really do not think military should be
a) hiring people who do not speak English
b) a say Spanish-speaking commanding offer should not talk to Spanish-speaking subordinates in Spanish leaving everybody else out of the loop.
Expecting immigrants to learn English, and have sufficient English skills to understand a ballot and cast a vote by the time they get citizenship should be non-controversial. Ballots should not have to be printed in Hmong for example.
PyramidHead
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Polls like this one shed some light on why "moderates" is not a useful category to pit against a single candidate:
Derec
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Oh yes, sexual violence (or metaphors using it) are perfectly politically correct if the intended victim is a man.
She has a problem with phrases like "grabbing women by the pussy", but is perfectly fine with violence to penisises. Typical feminazi double standards.
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Yeah, go talk to Canada about vote splitting and its affect on the Parliament in Ottawa.
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Which is why he is polling well below 50% in the primaries?
Don2 (Don1 Revised)
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Uh, what? No. Actually grabbing women by the nether regions and then bragging about it is not the same as metaphorically saying someone was punched in the genitalia because they lost an argument. Your post looks ludicrous trying to equate the two.
PyramidHead
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THERE ARE 8 CANDIDATES HOW ARE YOU REALLY LIKE THIS
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How am I like this? You said the "electorate was not in the place it is now". This is implying electoral mandate... and getting under 30% in Iowa and NH (a next door primary) isn't a mandate. You keep talking about this huge movement that doesn't exist. Less than 50% polled are supporting candidates with a "M"4A plan.
PyramidHead
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Hiatus time. See you all when Bernie wins
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Oh yes, sexual violence (or metaphors using it) are perfectly politically correct if the intended victim is a man.
She has a problem with phrases like "grabbing women by the pussy", but is perfectly fine with violence to penisises. Typical feminazi double standards.
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Derec
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I really hated what she did because what we definitely do not need is more political correctness and witch hunts in US politics.
That is true. He entered the race late and has not been through the baptism of fire that the previous eight debates had been for the rest of the field since the Summer.
As far as I understand the issue, there have been no allegations that MRB abused anybody. All she had against him personally is that he back in the day used some mildly off-color language
I think this has hurt his primary electability far more than his general election electability. The sanctimonious feminist vote that Warren channeled in that barrage is far more concentrated in the former. On the other hand, I am sure there are many men who saw his side too, and there are many men voting in the Dem primaries.
So Warren will attack the men, but will defend the woman. She has been more and more gender-based since the clash between her and Bernie two debates ago and is in real danger of becoming a "vote for me because I am a woman" candidate.
I do not think it was an unfair attack. Klob has been attacking Pete for the longest about his lack of experience, and he merely pointed out that with her experience on the commerce committee (and trade subcommittee) she should be more familiar with one of our biggest trading partners.
I do not think Klob did well at all. She seemed very frazzled in her exchange with Pete. Warren drew blood, but that will help Biden more than anybody else. Warren's own campaign is still on life support I think.
I think his point about experience being about more than just a butt in a committee chair for x years was a good one. I liked his zinger about Mondale, but I fear that will hurt him in Minnesota. Btw, had no idea he was still alive. Maybe he could be Veep again - Sanders/Fritz 2020!
Except Hindenburg was an accident. This was more like USS Arizona.
I hope MRB approaches this with a "now more than ever" attitude and resolves to come back swinging in Charleston next week. But he will need good debate prep.
laughing dog
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No one said that. The person who wins at that convention is the one who ends with the nomination via the established process. All but one candidate said 'let the process work".
Derec
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He was no more rude to her than she was to him in previous debates. But I guess it's ok if you are a woman.
No surprise you think that. You would default to praising the women on the stage no matter what.
Derec
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You do not know that Trump wasn't just using it rhetorically. Besides, feminists are not known to be cool with metaphorical violence toward women at the same time as they employ metaphorical violence toward men.
Derec
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Plurality < Majority. If the majority of delegates agree to nominate a candidate other than Sanders, then what's wrong with that? Of course, there will be protests if Bernie doesn't get the nomination, but that is beside the point.
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If the will of the majority of the voters is for a progressive agenda and you have one conservative and two progressive candidates the progressive vote gets split and the conservative might win. Let's be clear. That isn't based on the will of the people but it can be an effective way to sabotage it. The only solution is ranked choice voting, not a brokered election.
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Wow, that one breaks every irony meter from the past, the present and in the future.He was no more rude to her than she was to him in previous debates. But I guess it's ok if you are a woman.
No surprise you think that. You would default to praising the women on the stage no matter what.