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Democratic Primaries

TwilightZone

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5. Some don't understand that "moderate Democrat" and "moderate" aren't interchangeable.

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 09:06 PM

Feb 2020

Compared to, say, Sanders or AOC, Biden could be considered a moderate Democrat. But he's not a moderate. That distinction seems to get lost on a lot of people.

Manchin, who many call a conservative, really is a moderate. Biden and Manchin clearly don't belong in the same category.

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