Democratic Primaries

Sloumeau

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6. Also, if I remember correctly, when Hillary Clinton,

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:16 PM

Mar 2020

Barack Obama, John Kerry, and Al Gore had clearly gotten enough support to win the nomination, I don't remember any serious effort by supporters of the losing candidates that the Democrats who would become the nominee must assuredly compromise their platforms in order to get all of the Democrats to vote for that candidate. It was only starting with Sanders in 2016 that we started to see this "You must bend to the will of the losing candidate" nonsense.

Repeat after me, "The price of a seat at the table for making the big decisions is *winning*".

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

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Channelling Emily Litella [View all] NanceGreggs Mar 2020 OP

Yeah, it certainly is Different! Cha Mar 2020 #1

And hey! MyOwnPeace Mar 2020 #2

Great analogy. I don't know how many times I've referred to her over the last couple of months.... George II Mar 2020 #3

... William769 Mar 2020 #4

You hit it out of the park. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #5

Also, if I remember correctly, when Hillary Clinton, Sloumeau Mar 2020 #6

Actually Emily Litella, volstork Mar 2020 #7

You're right! NanceGreggs Mar 2020 #9

But both classics from volstork Mar 2020 #11

I await a certain Senator's followers explanation for this mcar Mar 2020 #8

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