Who will NOT support Joe Biden if he is the Democratic nominee?

[still_one]

In my opinion, Biden is the clear favorite at this moment. He has a loyal base, many who were Hillary supporters in 2016. I don't see any candidate in the mix at the moment that can compete with him. Are we ready to support Biden if he is the people's choice?

NOTE:

This is a counter to a similar thread post in regard to Bernie Sanders earlier:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128773085

[marybourg]

1. It's against the rules of DU to claim that

you won’t vote for a candidate who has won the party’s nomination.

[Kaleva]

2. Someone who doesn't care about being banned here I guess.

[WeekiWater]

3. He isn't in my top three.

I would happily support and vote for him.

What a strong field.

[BlueStater]

4. He hasn't even started run yet.

I definitely don't expect him to remain the frontrunner. He's proven himself to be awful at running presidential campaigns and there are more appealing candidates running than him with far more progressive records.

[Amimnoch]

5. Will happily support Joe Biden if he is the Democratic Party nominee!

Will vote for him.
Will volunteer phone bank for him.
will donate to him.

If by some magical chance Texas is even close to being into play for him, will canvass like a mad person for him.

[murielm99]

6. This is a big "Duh."

Of course I will support him. So will all the other Democrats here.

I think that earlier thread was just shit stirring.

[yaesu]

7. Wait, is this a trick question?

[Celerity]

8. do not support him at all in the primary, but will work like hell to get him elected if he is our

nominee in the general.

This seems like a gotcha thread btw.

[Doreen]

9. Even though there are those who do not want him

they woul be idiots to not vote for him if he is our choice after the primaries.

I apologize to those who will not vote for him if he is our final choice but that is how I feel and believe.

Even if I do not like our final choice I will still vote for them. I would be stupid myself to not vote for them.

[demmiblue]

10. Trash thread.

It is really getting silly up in here.

[Tipperary]

23. Yes.

Ditto.

[BlueFlorida]

11. lol

I could answer but it won't be wise because it would be speculative and based upon prior election's experience.

[sacto95834]

12. I thought we were going to stop these types of posts??

[still_one]

13. Well, since no one seemed concerned by the OP pushing Sanders as "the one", I decided to counter it

with the exact same wording in that OP, changing the name of Sanders for Biden

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128773085

I happen to agree that these type of OPs are divisionary, and serve no useful purpose, but since there seems to be no problem when asked about Bernie Sanders, I thought in the interest of fair play what is good for the goose is good for the gander

[David__77]

14. I could support him and think it's a valid question.

...

[still_one]

15. I would like to think most of us at DU would support whoever the Democratic nominee was.

I was being somewhat facetious with this OP, to counter a similar one posted using Bernie as the focus

[David__77]

17. Yeah I didn't care for the other one.

I do think it’s true that there are posters here who wouldn’t vote for the Democratic nominee, no matter who that nominee is. I find that unsurprising- it’s a message board with many posters. I don’t know that emphasizing that fact is so great. I’m hopeful that a shared unity can be defeating Trump.

[still_one]

18. I hope it isn't very many in that cateogry. Stopping trump needs to be the priority

[sacto95834]

25. I would have to disagree...

if the Democrats lost their minds and nominated Donald J Trump (or Ivanka or any of the other siblings), I could NOT support that ticket.

[still_one]

30. Excuse me, but do you feel one of our Democratic or potential Democratic candidates are trumplike?

and perhaps, are you suggesting that within the group of Democratic or potential Democratic candidates, there are some you would not vote for if they got the nomination?

[Amimnoch]

31. Do you think anyone can answer that question who does?

These are gotcha questions.. Only 1 answer is acceptable on this website. Anyone answering the other way is posting against TOS.

For example, if I was to post something along the lines that I felt Bernie Sanders shares a number of qualities with Trump, and/or went into details.. bam.. attacking a Democrat.

On the OP, anyone who would not be willing to support VP Biden were he the nominee, Bam - not supporting Democrats.

It’s kind of like taking a poll where only 1 answer is accepted.

[still_one]

32. The person I was responding to setup a strawman hypothetical which has NOTHING to do in the

context of current Democratic or potential Democratic candidates, and that context was made clear within the posts. So I have to wonder if there are other motivations from that poster.

As for the OP, it was a facetious OP to counter a previous OP where Sanders was the focus.

Interestingly, the author of that OP choose NOT to respond to this OP, though he is requesting others to respond to his or her OP

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128773660

In general I do not disagree with anything you say, though it is a fallacy to say that someone that points out ANY candidate who agrees with trump on some issues is "attacking a Democrats". That simply is not valid. Case in point,
"withdrawal of troops from Libya". There will be Democrats who agree and those who disagree on that issue.

[sacto95834]

33. Did I NOT make it clear?

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Since the Dems can nominate anybody at convention, if they totally loose it and nominate the orange menace I won't vote for it just because he is approved by the party.

Any of the leading primary candidates now are acceptable and I would happy to vote for the winner in the General. The OP is crazy, so why not be more crazy.

[still_one]

35. Yes, the OP is crazy, and it was to counter this crazy OP

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128773085

I appreciate your response tough


Thanks

[brooklynite]

16. Who will stop wasting time posting "Who will not support..." threads?

Saying you wouldn't support XXX HERE would be grounds for removal. What information do you hope to acquire?

[Celerity]

26. +100000

[Gothmog]

19. I may max out in donations to Joe when he announces

I may also see if they need help on the legal team. I was part of the Victory Counsel program for the Clinton campaign and reviewed the application to get onto the Texas ballot (I still have my research) and know the person at the Texas state party who is in charge of this process

[Gothmog]

20. trump Shows That He Is Totally Terrified Of Joe Biden

trump wants to run against sanders and is afraid of Joe Biden

Link to tweet

The Republican Party would love to run against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) because they could make the election all about Sanders and socialism instead of Trump. They want to run against Buttigieg because they think they can use his sexual orientation and youth against him.

The person that Trump can’t figure out is Joe Biden. Trump has tried the “Sleepy Joe” attack but has flopped. Trump has now moved on to trying to attack Biden’s populism by coining him “1% Joe.” This also won’t work, especially coming from Donald Trump. Trump fears Biden’s populism and former vice president’s appeal in Rust Belt states.

Biden scares Trump, and that fear is never more obvious than when Trump starts talking about his potential opponents in 2020.

[Desert grandma]

21. I will vote Blue, no matter who.

Joe Biden happens to be my choice right now because I think he has the greatest chance of kicking the Orange Buffoon out of the White House, but I am fully committed to vote for whoever wins the nomination. My priority is to defeat the con man in November 2020.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. The better question

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128774066

[artislife]

24. I think I would love to hear more

about where Joe is on policies and platforms contrasting from the pack instead of the main posts that just claim he is the only one to win against Trump. Which I don't believe as there are some great candidates who, if they rise to the top, have just as good a chance. I know we need to all get on the train, but I would like to know more than if it would just leave the station. Like what the amenities are on it, how many stops and where the final destination is.

[KayF]

27. Never Biden!

is something no one has ever said.

[BlueStater]

29. At least for the primary I'm saying that. n/t

[sheshe2]

28. ;)

[RandiFan1290]

34. I would never vote for an Iraq invasion supporter in the primary.

Has he even announced that he will run?

[still_one]

36. and I would never vote for someone in the primaries who appoints three people to high positions who

not only voted for Jill Stein, but encouraged others to do so up to the day before the election

David Sirota, Nina Turner, and Briahna Joy Gray

As far as I am concerned, they contributed to putting trump into the WH

Of course that wasn't the question, it was a reproduction of this OP which used Sanders as the focus:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128773085

and was talking about the GENERAL ELECTION, NOT THE PRIMARY

[JCMach1]

37. I am never 'no one' as long as there is a D after their name

Why are we even asking???

[Demsrule86]

38. I pray Biden is the nominee. He can beat Trump.