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Democratic Primaries

Peacetrain

(22,947 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:36 PM Feb 2020

Joe Biden is the establishment candidate.. hmmmmm [View all]

Joe Biden has led on liberal principles for 30 plus years.. but now he is the establishment..

And I understand that many here cannot bring themselves to support an establishment candidate.

Bernie Sanders if he wins the nomination and then wins the general.

He will then become the establishment.

Damn what will people do then???

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Joe Biden is the establishment candidate.. hmmmmm [View all] Peacetrain Feb 2020 OP

joe hasnt spent 50 years pretending to be a revolutionary instead of actually being one nt msongs Feb 2020 #1

What and who are the establishment? Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #2

Its usually the "other" PatSeg Feb 2020 #4

Yeah, it's basically become a slur. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #7

Yes, I was thinking it PatSeg Feb 2020 #17

Here's a good article about it from 2016 TwilightZone Feb 2020 #8

It usually means people in power interested in retaining power and maintaining the current system Sympthsical Feb 2020 #9

And who are these people? Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #19

"Establishment" means "people who know what they're doing" gollygee Feb 2020 #12

Yes, Biden has been a liberal for decades PatSeg Feb 2020 #3

Some don't understand that "moderate Democrat" and "moderate" aren't interchangeable. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #5

There was little liberal in that bankruptcy bill. Sympthsical Feb 2020 #10

One bill does not a moderate or centrist make. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #11

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #13

Yep PatSeg Feb 2020 #18

Can't vote for establishment, can't vote for billionaire, etc - purity test is endless. :( patricia92243 Feb 2020 #6

No one who vote for the Patriot Act and Iraq war... doxyluv13 Feb 2020 #14

Bernie Sanders? The Establishment? Laelth Feb 2020 #15

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #16

Joe Biden is the most electable candidate Gothmog Feb 2020 #20