Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumJoe Biden's speech this morning
I heard about 10 minutes of it in the car (MSNBC via Sirius).
Really impressive - emotional, inspirational, meaningful. to VP Biden.
BTW, Joy Reid broke from her show to air the speech - that's what I was listening to.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bigtree
(85,918 posts)...or was it just Biden giving a sermon?
I don't recall Joy or anyone else breaking from their show to watch Kamala speak at a church, as she has several times, on one memorable anniversary, in particular, at one significant church.
Kamala Harris Speaks at MLK's Church in Atlanta
https://www.democraticunderground.com/128738185
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mcar
(42,210 posts)I heard 10 minutes of the speech and it was impressive. I don't know about the rest of it, but I'll be pulling it up later to watch.
I don't watch or listen to Joy enough to know if she breaks for other candidates' speeches. I just pointed it out because some on DU are in a "Joy hates Joe" campaign this weekend.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bigtree
(85,918 posts)...by this obvious diversion from his controversial remarks.
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Cha
(295,925 posts)about.. all you're doing is kicking the thread so people can see what a poignant, amazing speech Biden gave to honor the little girls.
Link to tweet
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samnsara
(17,570 posts).....he makes me feel safe
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Cha
(295,925 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
still_one
(91,963 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bigtree
(85,918 posts)...imposing himself, for better or worse, on this memorably tragic observance.
I'm more than cynical, in the immediate wake of controversy over his remarks in the debate in response to a question of accounting for the legacy of slavery. It's especially glaring because he hasn't personally offered any explanation for his remarks or responded to critics before making this appearance.
I don't need Biden or anyone else to remind me of the importance of the tragedy in our nation's history. Did he address his own controversial remarks at all today?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
emulatorloo
(43,982 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,925 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)....about a solemn speech in a historic church at a historic moment is...........well I'll just say disappointing.
Too bad you had to try, unsuccessfully, to spoil the event.
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Cha
(295,925 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,925 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,925 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 16, 2019, 02:07 AM - Edit history (1)
"Hate is on the rise again, and we're at a defining moment again in American history," said Biden, who served as vice president to the United States' first black President Barack Obama. "Hate only hides. It doesn't go away. If you give it oxygen it comes out from under the rocks."
Biden tied the forces that motivated the 1963 church bombing that claimed the lives of four young girls to those driving the massacres in El Paso, Texas; Charleston, South Carolina; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Poway, California.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/politics/joe-biden-birmingham-16th-street-baptist-church-speech/index.html
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
13. it was a campaign opportunity for Biden
...imposing himself, for better or worse, on this memorably tragic observance.
Yet here you are imposing yourself for better or worse, on this memorably tragic observance.
You criticize him on a day that he memorializes four dead little girls. You could let your politics go for just one day.
Bigtree, I use to love all your posts on DU. Loved seeing the pictures of Obama that you posted here when I first joined DU. I looked forward to them. They were so bright and joyful. The beautiful OP that you did about your father. Long OP and I read it all. So much love there.
You are angry now and I don't understand why. Please take a deep breath. Please.
I don't know you anymore.
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emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)event, an American tragedy as a platform of any kind.
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LincolnRossiter
(560 posts)It was a seminal event in the civil rights movement.
Im sure it was planned weeks outnot as some diversion from some non-issue that youre trying to make a big deal of.
Not a big picture type, are you?
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Gothmog
(143,999 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mcar
(42,210 posts)then and now. Those words are important.
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Cha
(295,925 posts)posted.. and appreciated it, too.
Thank you so much for posting this, mcar!
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mcar
(42,210 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,925 posts)that!
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brer cat
(24,402 posts)Call them what they are! I thought his remarks were fitting tribute to the lives that were lost as well as a call for all of us to continue the fight for civil rights because the battle is far from over.
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Cha
(295,925 posts)keep reminding us and not let any of it go down the rabbit hole.
Mahalo, brer
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George II
(67,782 posts)....this morning was neither.
I think you should delete this post.
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Cha
(295,925 posts)the pushback the post is getting.
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George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,925 posts)candidate.
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Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)Both of these attacks were very sad and inappropriate. These two persons were actually pissed off that Joe Biden gave a good speech. I am not happy with AMJOY
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Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(48,731 posts)as a way to begin to heal.
And he made it clear he supports Booker.
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Gothmog
(143,999 posts)AMJOY cut into the speech after the first couple of minutes
It was an amazing speech.
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eleny
(46,166 posts)I lean towards a different candidate. But I can't deny that he did very well and had his audience with him today. They responded to him and he was strengthened by that.
The line that struck me was about how doing the right thing doesn't tarnish with time.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,180 posts)Biden can deal with criticisms and political attacks. he was even joking about it.
those who continue to "defend" him by attacking joy are just dragging him down with their dwelling on and picking on something they don't like.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)....claiming that he didn't address something that should NOT have been addressed in this speech, nor should it have come up in a discussion about that speech.
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Cha
(295,925 posts)Link to tweet
This thread is about Biden's eloquent, impassioned speech this morning.
I would have hoped she wouldn't even be talked about on this thread.
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George II
(67,782 posts)It's was excellent - it was NOT a political campaign speech.
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mcar
(42,210 posts)What I heard was heartfelt.
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BlueMississippi
(776 posts)and made David Sirota shake in his boots. He immediately unleashed the cornpop story as one can see on DU - multiple supporters of a certain candidate are starting multiple threads and they are posting on each other's threads to keep them kicked high.
A very transparent attempt at a dirty trick.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)remembrance of precious lives cut short and the need to continue fighting for black lives. Of all days, this is one on which our party should be united in message and leave politicking behind.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)Quite the opposite or he wouldn't have hired Sirota, Turner and Grey in the first place knowing that they all voted for Jill Stein.
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peggysue2
(10,811 posts)It was Joe Biden at his best speaking from the heart.
Another good one on him!
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JanetLovesObama
(548 posts)real arrogant asshole these past two years. What is his problem !!!!
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Green Line
(1,123 posts)I heard him say hes not a democrat a few months ago, I have no idea what he is or what his game is.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,925 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
real Cannabis calm
(1,124 posts)"Joy Reid broke from her show to air the speech"
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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