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If Biden was so good at

rmrd0000 — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:16:33 +0000

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If Biden was so good at bringing people together, where was he during the Obama years? To win a Republican seat no, you are pretty much a full blown wingnut. Look at the pushback Amash received. He is as right wing as it gets, but he is the enemy when he challenges Trump. I think we are going to need a fighter, and that may rule Biden and Booker out.

This is surprising because it

ocean-kat — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 15:14:18 +0000

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This is surprising because it used to be so common for racist southerners to call white men "boys."

Just to be clear, here's the

artappraiser — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:58:35 +0000

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Just to be clear, here's the NYTimes version of which your Daily Beast quote has edited out a sentence that adds clarity:

“I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland,” Mr. Biden said, slipping briefly into a Southern accent, according to a pool report from the fund-raiser. “He never called me ‘boy,’ he always called me ‘son.’”

He called Mr. Talmadge “one of the meanest guys I ever knew, you go down the list of all these guys.”

“Well guess what?” Mr. Biden continued. “At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn’t agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished. But today you look at the other side and you’re the enemy. Not the opposition, the enemy. We don’t talk to each other anymore.”

Joe reminisces about the

rmrd0000 — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:59:09 +0000

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Joe reminisces about the “good old days” with segregationist Senators

Joe Biden raised eyebrows on Tuesday night by citing his experience with two segregationist senators to call for more “civility” in politics. Speaking at a fundraiser in New York City, the 2020 Democratic front-runner said he had served with Sens. James O. Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia, both Democrats who opposed desegregation, and still managed to find compromise with them despite disagreements. “I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland,” Biden said, before imitating a Southern drawl. “He never called me ‘boy,’ he always called me ‘son.’” “At least there was some civility,” Biden continued. “We got things done. We didn’t agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished. But today you look at the other side and you’re the enemy. Not the opposition, the enemy. We don’t talk to each other anymore.” “Folks, I believe one of the things I’m pretty good at is bringing people together,” he said. This is not the first time Biden has invoked his past experience with Eastland. While campaigning for then-Alabama Senate candidate Doug Jones in 2017, Biden shared a story in which he recalled “[Eastland] never called me ‘senator.’... He called me ‘son.’”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-segregationist-senator-never-called-me-boy

(NYT link has a firewall)

Biden tells rich donors that

rmrd0000 — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:52:19 +0000

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Biden tells rich donors that they will be protected

Former Vice President Joe Biden told a roomful of well-heeled donors on Tuesday night that he would not “demonize” the rich if he’s elected president in the 2020 election. “I need you very badly,” he told the group.

Addressing the 100 or so guests at a fundraiser at the swanky Carlyle Hotel in New York City, Biden said he’d gotten into hot soup with “some of the people on my team, on the Democratic side” for his earlier comments about rich people being “just as patriotic as poor people.”

That’s “not a joke,” he said. “I mean, we may not want to demonize anybody who has made money.”

Appearing to suggest that his tax plan would not include excessive taxes on the rich, Biden said “no one’s standard of living change” if he’s elected.

“The truth of the matter is, you all, you all know, you all know in your gut what has to be done. We can disagree in the margins but the truth of the matter is it’s all within our wheelhouse and nobody has to be punished. No one’s standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change,” he said.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-wont-demonize-the-rich_n_5d09ac63e4b0f7b74428e4c6

Senate Democrats think Biden

rmrd0000 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:34:17 +0000

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Senate Democrats think Biden is wrong about Republicans

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-gop-change-after-trump_n_5cffe99de4b011df123bc0f5

Obama era staffers think

rmrd0000 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 01:43:56 +0000

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Obama era staffers think Biden’s belief that he will be able to work with the GOP is in error.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-veterans-joe-bidens-pledge-to-work-with-gop-is-delusional?ref=scroll

Biden leads Trump by 13

rmrd0000 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 01:11:57 +0000

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Biden leads Trump by 13 points in a new nationwide poll

https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/poll-biden-leads-trump-by-13-points-nationwide-61726789953