Cause it’s a dumb idea, obviously.
Can confirm
Do we even need to?
Please, please, become the nominee, Bernie.
This is the problem people get into when they attempt to defend the indefensible.
Biden should no more be POTUS than Trump should.
People find themselves contorting themselves into all kinds of inconsistent and extremely hypocritical positions.
As usual, the Dems seem obsessed with out-trumping Trump. Why don’t they try running a decent human, with moderate positions and little to no baggage?
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Name one.
Politicians that can raise funds and win big elections… they are not nice people. They seek power and do sketchy things to get that power.
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Off the top of my head, Mark Warner and Jim Webb.
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Jim Webb?
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He’s almost perfect for the Deocrat party of say 1995. But now:
5. He has had an affinity for the Confederacy and defended the Confederate flag
Last month, candidate after candidate in the 2016 race called for the Confederate battle flag to be removed from the South Carolina state Capitol grounds. After Republican Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina held a press conference calling for it to be removed, Jeb Bush called the flag “racist.” Jim Webb, though, a descendant of Confederate officers, defended those who fought for the Confederacy. He wrote in a June 24 Facebook post:
“The Confederate Battle Flag has wrongly been used for racist and other purposes in recent decades. … But we should also remember that honorable Americans fought on both sides in the Civil War, including slave holders in the Union Army from states such as Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware, and that many non-slave holders fought for the South. It was in recognition of the character of soldiers on both sides that the federal government authorized the construction of the Confederate Memorial 100 years ago, on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery. This is a time for us to come together, and to recognize once more that our complex multicultural society is founded on the principle of mutual respect.”
Webb has always taken a more sympathetic view of the Confederacy. He has previously referred to Confederate soldiers’ “gallantry,” described Gen. Robert E. Lee as “venerable,” and defended the South’s want to secede. “Most Southern soldiers viewed the driving issue to be sovereignty rather than slavery,” he said in a 1990 speech at the Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery. “In 1860, fewer than 5 percent of the people in the South owned slaves, and fewer than 20 percent were involved with slavery in any capacity.”
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Yep, he’s a non-starter, lol.
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Meh, some dems might stay home because of that, but independents / moderates in both parties are looking for someone they can vote for that isn’t a progressive nutbag or Cheeto flavored. I doubt that would hurt him that much when Trump is literally Hitler.
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Bernie Sanders wrote an essay on how women fantasize about being gang raped. I think Webb would be fine…
Bernie lost to Hillary though. By 3 million votes was the talking point I remember.
Nothing trumps race. Nothing. The original sin. Support for Confederate ancestors and a war of Northern Aggression lean? Racism. The Scarlet R, yo.
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Bernie didn’t lose to Hillary as much as the DNC conspired (under HRC’s order) to give her the nomination and he still did pretty decent all things considered.
For the far left, sure, but those of us looking for something other than extreme left or Trump, he’s a good fit.
Maybe. In my opinion you would lose too much of the left, Trump or no Trump. But, no, I wouldn’t wager on it. You saw where that got me wagering against Trump. Sigh.
All I’m saying is, look at all that red in the south. I bet he’d have a shot at flipping some of those states without losing many if any of the blue ones. No way California and most of the North East goes red.
*If everything else stays the same, but he flips MS, AL, GA, & SC he wins and those are the states that support southern heritage the most.
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What is Trump’s view of the Confederate history? I’m realizing that has escaped me or I’ve forgotten. I’ll check in a bit.
Would be hilarious to see Trump run against “Racist Webb E Lee.” This is a guy who got away with berating a pow for being captured without losing red states.
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