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ecstatic

(32,707 posts)
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 02:30 PM Jun 2019

You can't be authentic while walking on eggshells

The outrage machine will leave us with a wooden candidate who overthinks everything and can't answer a question without poll testing it first. I don't want that. I say, let the candidates be their true selves. If you don't like it, don't vote for that person.

I think Marianne Wiliamson said it best today on The View: Each candidate is having their own private conversation with the American people. Why are other candidates butting into another candidate's conversation? Focus on your own conversation with voters.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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You can't be authentic while walking on eggshells (Original Post) ecstatic Jun 2019 OP
Marianne Williamson's BlueMTexpat Jun 2019 #1
And she just stepped into the 'I'm an anti-vaxxer' pile of crap. CurtEastPoint Jun 2019 #2
Yeah she did. But she raised an important point ecstatic Jun 2019 #9
Wow!! loyalsister Jun 2019 #3
There's a middle ground. But either way, I want to see the true ecstatic Jun 2019 #8
I think she said that self-servingly. OF COURSE she doesn't want anyone else critiquing pnwmom Jun 2019 #4
That's ridiculous. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #5
No, the outrage machine will give us a focused, fearless, media-savvy candidate. marylandblue Jun 2019 #6
Beto doesn't poll test Indygram Jun 2019 #7
And then they'll say mcar Jun 2019 #10
 

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
1. Marianne Williamson's
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 02:35 PM
Jun 2019

Is like a stopped clock - occasionally right, but not necessarily by intention.

Because she is an anti-vaxxer, she is literally dead to me.

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

CurtEastPoint

(18,650 posts)
2. And she just stepped into the 'I'm an anti-vaxxer' pile of crap.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 02:40 PM
Jun 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

ecstatic

(32,707 posts)
9. Yeah she did. But she raised an important point
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:18 PM
Jun 2019

about needing more oversight of big pharma.

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

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
3. Wow!!
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 03:04 PM
Jun 2019

That is the basis of Trumpism and the vicious opposition to "political correctness" - formerly known as common decency.

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

ecstatic

(32,707 posts)
8. There's a middle ground. But either way, I want to see the true
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:17 PM
Jun 2019

opinions of candidates so I can make an informed decision.

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

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
4. I think she said that self-servingly. OF COURSE she doesn't want anyone else critiquing
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 04:01 PM
Jun 2019

her weak qualifications and her positions.

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

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
6. No, the outrage machine will give us a focused, fearless, media-savvy candidate.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 04:14 PM
Jun 2019

The weak candidates will be eaten by the sharks.

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

Indygram

(2,113 posts)
7. Beto doesn't poll test
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 04:24 PM
Jun 2019

That's part of his appeal.

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

mcar

(42,334 posts)
10. And then they'll say
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:50 PM
Jun 2019

that he/she is too wooden and over prepared. We have seen this show before. I didn't like the ending.

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