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Koshmarov's avatar

Grim take, and I'm not saying you're wrong, but I wonder exactly how robust the "Biden coalition" is. I always thought the DNC made a strategic error by pushing Hillary over Joe in 2016. 2022 and 2024 will tell the tale, I guess.

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rtj's avatar

I agree, but i think they made another big error in picking Harris for VP over, say, Cory Booker. Another one who couldn't make it to the primaries, but i would have felt a lot more comfortable with Booker when Joe packs it in than Harris. Underestimated, methinks. Wrong kind of underwear though.

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Galleta's avatar

OMG the only thing worse than HARRISтАЩ giggles is CORYтАЩs тАЬPINCHING A LOAFтАЭ serious serious subject face.

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DarkSkyBest's avatar

Don't forget his Spartacus moment.

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rtj's avatar

Yeah, i heard about that, but i didn't watch that bit of theatre.

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Galleta's avatar

That was funny.

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rtj's avatar

I know he's disliked. I just can't help but like the guy. Only corporate Dem that i would have voted for in '20. But, identity stuff, it was Time For a Woman.

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Koshmarov's avatar

"I just can't help but like the guy."

I know he's garbage but he's weirdly charismatic! The most important quality for a candidate on the national stage.

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rtj's avatar

No, no, you have it backwards! I don't think he's especially charismatic, but he seems to be a nice guy. And i don't think he's garbage.

Seriously - what is it about him that makes people think he's garbage? I can think of one thing. That was when he (along with like 13 other Dems) voted against Bernie Sanders' bill to lower prescription drug costs because donors. And when the likes of Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Grassley voted with Bernie.

I can give anybody a long list on Harris. But i can't think of much on Booker. Maybe i'd have to ask a NJ resident.

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Koshmarov's avatar

" I don't think he's especially charismatic, but he seems to be a nice guy."

I will duly accept your admonishment, but to me "seeming to be a nice guy" means "charismatic!" We may be getting into a definition of terms thing here. Booker, to me, seems to be a Dem version of Newt Gingrich; he is probably a little bit too candid about how the game is played for his own good.

...how do the TK News comment sections devolve into a referendum on Cory Booker's personality between a couple of weirdoes who like to post rock videos? I will take my fair share of the blame.

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rtj's avatar

Oh, so will i. Same way we ended up on the Pete Burns tragedy somewhere else on here. Can't think of an appropriate rock video at the moment though. Probably because i think it's time for a nap.

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Koshmarov's avatar

...you seem to know a lot more about Booker's underwear than I do.

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rtj's avatar

Only speculation. But i am speculating that he got them in the Men's dept.

I could be wrong, i could be right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPj-8_wOZcA

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Daniel Good's avatar

DNC more interested in donations than winning elections. that is the problem. DNC cannot imagine winning without donors. Winning means obtaining money, not votes. If votes counted they would completely change their platform. As it is they pretend to be progressive, where the votes are, and then stick it to progressives. It just doesn't work.

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Moose's avatar

hat's sad is you can replace DNC with RNC and it remains true. Well except now the RNC is beholden to ex-President Ass Clown, a gifted grifter in his own right.

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