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Democratic Primaries

Uncle Joe

(58,389 posts) Mon Oct 28, 2019, 12:14 PM Oct 2019

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The time has come to fulfill and expand upon FDR's vision

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

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The time has come to fulfill and expand upon FDR's vision (Original Post) Uncle Joe Oct 2019 OP

Not radical at all. BeckyDem Oct 2019 #1

... Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #3

80 years in the making. Thanks, Uncle Joe! HerbChestnut Oct 2019 #2

Thank you HerbChestnut. Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #4

Yang frequently says that it's a lie that we can't afford to do great things redqueen Oct 2019 #5

I agree with Yang on this redqueen. Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #6

YangGang is with you on that. redqueen Oct 2019 #8

That is a great point and an important one. BeckyDem Oct 2019 #7

Thanks! redqueen Oct 2019 #9

No Democrats voted for Trump's bill. betsuni Oct 2019 #10

Excellent :) nt redqueen Oct 2019 #11

I don't think any democrat would disagree with those goals Dem4Life1102 Oct 2019 #12

I believe... myohmy2 Oct 2019 #13

Maybe this time Blacks, and American Indians will get a Fair Deal. nt Blue_true Oct 2019 #14

And Mexican Americans. And Asian Americans. redqueen Oct 2019 #15

Yes. EVERYONE this time around. Blue_true Oct 2019 #16

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

1. Not radical at all.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 03:59 PM

Oct 2019

It is those opposed who are the problem but we're fixing that sooner than later.

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

Uncle Joe

(58,389 posts)

3. ...

Reply to BeckyDem (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:27 PM

Oct 2019

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

HerbChestnut

(3,649 posts)

2. 80 years in the making. Thanks, Uncle Joe!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 04:04 PM

Oct 2019

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

Uncle Joe

(58,389 posts)

4. Thank you HerbChestnut.

Reply to HerbChestnut (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:34 PM

Oct 2019

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

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

5. Yang frequently says that it's a lie that we can't afford to do great things

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:39 PM

Oct 2019

One thing that would help is not voting for bloated defense spending bills.

How many of our candidates in Congress voted for Trump's bill? I know Bernie didn't...

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

Uncle Joe

(58,389 posts)

6. I agree with Yang on this redqueen.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:41 PM

Oct 2019

It's way past time to quit thinking small.

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

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

8. YangGang is with you on that.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:46 PM

Oct 2019

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

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

7. That is a great point and an important one.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:43 PM

Oct 2019

Cute pumpkin btw.

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

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

9. Thanks!

Reply to BeckyDem (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:47 PM

Oct 2019

Autumn is my favorite time of year

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

betsuni

(25,593 posts)

10. No Democrats voted for Trump's bill.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:55 PM

Oct 2019

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

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

11. Excellent :) nt

Reply to betsuni (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 07:59 PM

Oct 2019

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

Dem4Life1102

(3,974 posts)

12. I don't think any democrat would disagree with those goals

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 08:07 PM

Oct 2019

The debate is how best to achieve them.

And I’m really getting those who invoke FDR as some sort of perfect ideal. FDR wasn’t perfect. At the time many on the left criticized him for dropping the medical insurance provision of social security as well as setting the retirement age at 65 when the average life expectancy was 62. And let’s not forget that FDR turned a blind eye to segregation, interred Japanese Americans illegally and created the military industrial complex.

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

myohmy2

(3,168 posts)

13. I believe...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 08:08 PM

Oct 2019

...Bernie said that FDR understood that economic rights were human rights...

...and

"...the most significant form of opposition we face, is the limitation to our imagination..."

...if we don't believe, imagine and try, it will never happen...

...we can do it...

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

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

14. Maybe this time Blacks, and American Indians will get a Fair Deal. nt

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 09:06 PM

Oct 2019

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

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

15. And Mexican Americans. And Asian Americans.

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 09:41 PM

Oct 2019

And everyone else.

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

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

16. Yes. EVERYONE this time around.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #15)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 10:35 PM

Oct 2019

We need to bury the notion of supremacy as fast as we can if we ever expect to reach our full potential as a nation.

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

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