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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
"Cable news did to our parents what our parents thought video games were going to do to us."
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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"Cable news did to our parents what our parents thought video games were going to do to us." (Original Post)
redqueen
Feb 2020
OP
Good line. But yeah, Carville has always been merely an entertaining blowhard.
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#4
k2qb3
(374 posts)1. Lots of truth there.
I'm not a big fan of the generational divisiveness but our older generations are the ones who grew up credulously absorbing didactic television programming and who make up the cable infotainment audience and it's hard to ignore the results.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,103 posts)2. I saw Bernie's supporters referred to as 'sandanistas' here.
Honestly do people not realize the history there?
They're siding with contras?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
bluewater
(5,376 posts)3. LOL +1,000,000
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(11,991 posts)4. Good line. But yeah, Carville has always been merely an entertaining blowhard.
But he turned it into a nice living, I'll give him credit for that.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden