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16-11-2019, 11:36 PM | #1 | |||
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Good point about how unrepresentative Twitter is. |
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16-11-2019, 11:47 PM | #2 | |||
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This was a couple of days ago.
He shouldn't have done this as it calls his motives into question. Warren and Sanders are the biggest threat to, his baby, Obamacare. They're running on Medicare for all and I'm sure Obama wants to preserve his legacy. Some of the left wing proposals are far too radical for the USA. Sorry to say, but the Americans I know are too entrenched in their ideology and not to open to this much change. I dont claim to speak to anyone other the guys who I know who treat their medicare like its a flash car and people should be envious. Then I tell them about our system and they think I'm lying. I dont think America is ready to this much change. Dont get me wrong, its Bernie all the way for me. I want a genuine battle between the left and right. It might set a president around the world if the left wins.
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17-11-2019, 02:57 AM | #3 | |||
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It's odd that the US and the UK appear to be living through parallel lives politically, the gulf between the choices for both countries is immense.
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17-11-2019, 06:33 AM | #4 | |||
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I think they should be aiming to appeal to the floating voters and veering off to the left is not going to do that. However, the next election is going to be different from the norm. If Trump is still in power, he will be cheating from every direction so who knows. I don't think he will even give up the presidency voluntarily if he loses
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17-11-2019, 11:00 AM | #5 | |||
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Obama is a centrist who preached a progressive message to get himself elected. Obama ran on universal healthcare and said his biggest regret was not sorting out the daca situation. Basically what he's warning others not to do.
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17-11-2019, 11:31 AM | #6 | |||
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Agree with both Slim and BOTs.
These billionaires getting into race is not good IMO. They're clearly going for the Biden vote and I fear that may lead to a weak sauce candidate like Amy Klobuchar getting the nomination. The media love her, she's been pushed as a sensible centrist candidate and its working. Her numbers have gone up over the past few months.
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17-11-2019, 07:33 PM | #7 | |||
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Genuine question... Do presidential candidates often make policy announcements during the primaries to appeal to their base of supporters, but end up dropping them when it comes to the election?
Because I remember Obama during the 2008 primary campaign proposed diverting the government funding for manned spaceflight to education, but the proposal was dropped later. |
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17-11-2019, 07:36 PM | #8 | |||
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17-11-2019, 07:40 PM | #9 | |||
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