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EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)
1. I am, for some reason, reminded of a quote then from Senator Bill Bradley. Asked how the Dems...
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 07:58 PM
Oct 2020

....should pick a candidate, as he was running for the presidency, he answered as follows....
“How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.” Read some of the things he said and wrote back then and see if you don't think that America missed out on a great one when they ignored Bradley.

Ilsa

(61,697 posts)
3. Bradley was a great liberal.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:06 PM
Oct 2020

We missed a golden opportunity. He had a wonderful way of explaining things.

George II

(67,782 posts)
4. He was one of my favorite Knicks players. Actually, one of his specialties was hitting shots....
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:25 PM
Oct 2020

...almost exactly from where Obama hit his. I said for years that if they had the 3-point shot back when Bradley played he'd have had thousands more points in his career.

Bradley was brilliant. But unfortunately he was a little ahead of his time, and he was too soft-spoken. I was happy when he decided to run for President though.

EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)
8. We had neighborhood Democratic Party caucuses back then and I remember being the only...
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 04:14 PM
Nov 2020

....vote for him, in a group of thirty or so people. It was said that he was "too cerebral", sort of like Adlai Stevenson. Seems unreal today, candidates thought to be too smart.

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mucifer

(23,561 posts)
6. Pulling down his mask and scream is so horrible Why did he do that? Sorry I'm a nurse
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:29 PM
Oct 2020

He's a very intelligent man. I don't understand why he did that. It's a terrible example. You can scream with a mask on you just have to be even louder.

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