Liberal: staying positive and focused election thoughts

[Left Coast]

He has been doing that. What more do you want from him?

A reality check on Joe Biden’s Democratic convention promises - Roll Call

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I want him to not simply give platitudes and instead be specific about what policies he's proposing and how they'll make people's lives better. And hammer those over and over till he's known for them.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I still think Bernie Sanders could have done better. But only if a unified Democrat party fully endorsed him like they did Biden.

 

[sun rise]

I want him to not simply give platitudes and instead be specific about what policies he's proposing and how they'll make people's lives better. And hammer those over and over till he's known for them.

Did you read the platform? https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6983091/Biden-Sanders-Platform.pdf

 

[Left Coast]

Did you read the platform? https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6983091/Biden-Sanders-Platform.pdf

Yeah. Average Joes aren't gonna read a 110 page platform. He needs to break the thing down into 3 or 4 of the juiciest, bite sized bullet points and campaign on them until his name is synonymous with them.

 

[Sunstone]

On the upside, if Mr. Biden can win Florida, Mr. Trump will in one stroke all but be knocked out of the race. Technically, Mr. Trump has many, many paths to reelection. But practically speaking, he needs Florida like a car needs fuel. Without Florida, all of his remaining paths are total longshots.

 

[sun rise]

I still think Bernie Sanders could have done better. But only if a unified Democrat party fully endorsed him like they did Biden.

Republicans would never have joined up with Bernie as the nominee.

Biden is avoiding the Hillary Clinton trap by welcoming anyone who wants to defeat Trump instead of calling them 'deplorables'.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Biden is avoiding the Hillary Clinton trap by welcoming anyone who wants to defeat Trump instead of calling them 'deplorables'

We'll agree to disagree. He hasn't gone that far, but he has had disputes with people seemingly leaning Trump and in the heat of the moment, told them to vote Trump. He's also more like Hilary than Bernie is, in my opinion.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Regardless, I'm still going to take a "Vote blue no matter who" approach, even if Biden doesn't turn out to be the friendly, uncontroversial grandpa figure people see him as - at worst, I'll just have to take a shower afterwards. I do think he's a nice guy but just a little confused and I thought Kamala was a good figure to choose for Vice President but the reality is there are some things in her record the other side could very well exploit.

I can't say for sure Bernie could have done better, but most of the LGBT forums I've been to were very energized about him. Biden neither brings the same energy nor, I think, could outdebate Bernie with Bernie's sharp tongue.

I'll support Biden but I'm still unsure about his crisis handling abilities.

 

[sun rise]

I was impressed by this speech.