(04-02-2019, 07:12 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(04-02-2019, 01:43 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Nothing. They should just ignore it like the Republicans did when Trump was talking to Billy Bush about grabbing women by the ***** and when he talked about how he'd be dating his daughter, if they weren't related or how he ordered his lawyer to pay off porn stars he slept with. If the Republicans can ignore "creepy" behavior by their candidate, why shouldn't the Democrats?

Here are a few thoughts.

1. Biden is currently polling the highest to be the candidate.
2. Biden is the "best" chance the democrats have to beat Trump
3. Democratic voters will stay home if their party uses slime-ball tactics to oust the guy who is polling the highest and has best chance to beat Trump.
4. Biden is the most centrist candidate the democrats have. A socialist agenda will get absolutely obliterated in the general, and the few smart people remaining in the DNC know this.
5. The Obamas may not campaign for the candidate if they continue to use these tactics to get Uncle Joe not to run.

Going back in time a bit because point four in particular caught my attention (and point two as well, but one thing at a time). Biden is closer to the center, yes, but he's not the closest to the center. That would be Tulsi Gabbard. She's already having to apologize for being a centrist...dammit. She's toast already, isn't she?

As far as point two, I don't think so. I don't think Warren has a chance if she somehow makes it to the general election. She scares rational people on both sides of the aisle. She's what happens when you take all of Bernie Sanders' bad ideas, wrap them up in a tight little ball, then wrap them in even more bad ideas and make it a platform. If you consider her history before she became a Hillary-in-training, Gillibrand was pretty moderate. She's also highly popular with the younger demographic, and could get millennials out to vote in a way that Hillary never could. Beto would draw large numbers, but I'm sure Trump would be quick to claim that of the 100 million people that voted for Beto, only 12 were here legally. And don't discount Bernie Sanders himself. There's a very good chance that had the DNC not been in bed with Hillary (ewwwwww), Sanders would have beaten Trump in the general election. Taking the White House isn't a gimme, because Trump is the master of getting his people out to vote. Like, the Obamas could learn a thing or two from him. It's also not out of the realm of possibility, and you guys who watched Hillary fall should know that all it takes is the right person at the right time for a huge upset to happen.

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