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Disturbing Biden quotes resurface

It’s very hard to put a positive spin on this, but lets see if anyone can do it. If anyone thinks I’m picking on Biden, remember, this would all come out during the general election. Address it now. Otherwise Trump eats Biden’s lunch.

Biden said in 1977 that desegregation would create '''a racial jungle''' - Business Insider

Nobody cares about political hypocrisy from politicians. It's their stock in trade. The ends justify any means.

For example...

Chuck Schumer’s hypocrisy is on full display in a video surfacing from twenty years ago, in which the Senate Minority Leader said he would “explore every possible way to avoid a trial” for former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment.

Schumer recently demanded an in-depth trial for President Trump’s impeachment from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“Senate Democrats believe strongly, and I trust Senate Republicans agree, that this trial must be one that is far, that considers all of the relevant facts,” he said.

He also alleged that the Constitution demands such a trial.

In 1999, like many of his colleagues, Schumer sang a very different tune.

“I hope a trial doesn’t go forward,” the New York Democrat told reporters. “And I am starting from this moment on to explore every possible way to avoid a trial.”

Flashback: Schumer Worked ‘To Explore Every Possible Way To Avoid A Trial' For Clinton Impeachment - The Political Insider

And Schumer isn't the only hypocritical Dem.

Rusty Weiss 🇺🇸 on Twitter: "December 18, 1998 - @SpeakerPelosi on debate of Clinton impeachment: "We are here today because the Republicans in the House are paralyzed with hatred of President Clinton."… https://t.co/lOsxwTaIBt"

Benny on Twitter: "🚨NADLER IN 1998🚨

AT AN ANTI-IMPEACHMENT RALLY:

“An impeachment of a President is an undoing of a National Election”… https://t.co/KwDVONz8fK"


So no...Biden saying stupid stuff more than 30 years ago won't impact his campaign at all.
 
The organized effort to destroy Sanders and Biden by desperate identity politics on behalf of Elizabeth Warren is in full force.

It’s deplorable supporters of the ‘independent’, Bolshevik Bernie, trashing every other Democrat.
 
Stop being so divisive. Coalesce around the frontrunner.

Says the divisive Bernie Bros with all of his divisive OPs against Biden, Buttigieg, and Sanders.
 
It’s deplorable supporters of the ‘independent’, Bolshevik Bernie, trashing every other Democrat.

You mean contrasting their record versus their opponent. It’s called campaigning. No one told Biden to have the record he has. He did that himself. Take some personal responsibility for your candidate.
 
Every side of every issue perfectly describes your dear leader trump. Apparently you’ve forgotten his 180 flip-flops on Abortion, Guns, Iraq-2, being a Democrat, etc.

The only political office Trump has served in is President. He has never engaged in writing a law or voting on a law someone else wrote. Since he has been president and his decisions have real political consequences, however, he's been pretty consistent with regard to making decisions that preserve individual liberty and national autonomy.
 
Trump will run to the left of Biden, like he did Hillary, and it will be a ****ing **** show. Worse than 2016. Trump has all the ammo he needs.
 
Also read that Bernie was a member of a socialist party 40 years ago that supported Iran's taking of our hostages. I don't think it is really fair to attack things that happened decades ago.
Why not? What's the limit 5, 10, 15 years? You want to know the man's positions and is he changing them over time or just saying new things for political advantage. We had a President who liked to blame all problems on the U.S. we don't need more of that.
Bankrupt Bernie will make half the country happy for about a year and then ruin the economy for everyone.
 
It’s deplorable supporters of the ‘independent’, Bolshevik Bernie, trashing every other Democrat.

Democrats try to win independents, slam independents — makes sense. Seriously where is Biden’s support going to come from in 2020? I mean, beyond billionaire donors. The black vote? Trump hasn’t even BEGUN to weaponize Biden’s record on minority issues. Biden pushed Reagan to the right on the War on Drugs. The youth vote? Biden almost single-handily saddled a generation of students with unshakeable student debt. COME ON.
 
It’s very hard to put a positive spin on this, but lets see if anyone can do it. If anyone thinks I’m picking on Biden, remember, this would all come out during the general election. Address it now. Otherwise Trump eats Biden’s lunch.

Biden said in 1977 that desegregation would create '''a racial jungle''' - Business Insider

I see what you are doing there. You think that your mild phrasing disguises your real intentions, but it doesn't. Your Sanders cult is again, being divisive and attacking other Dems (or actually, the real Dems, because the hypocrite known as Bernie Sanders will always say that he is an independent when he is not running for president, but will enroll with the Democratic party when he is).

Now, do you think that Biden is the only one with skeletons in his closet?

See these quotes by your cult leader:

Sanders saying that married women secretly dream of being raped by two strangers while they make love to their husbands... (yeah, that will play very well with women... NOT!)... Sanders saying that he can understand why grown men lust over teenage girls... A Sanders vote against stricter sentencing guidelines for pedophiles... Sanders supporting Sandinists who chanted "Death to the Yankees"... Sanders' wife's embezzlement problems... and more recently, Sanders' defense of people like the Boston Marathon Bomber getting voting rights...
 
You’re telling me to get the **** out of another one of your threads that is helping to to re-elect trump.

trump is president because of Sanders, just as Nixon won in 1968 because of Eugene McCarthy.

Trump is President because 46% of the American public are uneducated, intellectually lazy, mother ****ing idiots.

Sanders has nothing to do with millions of Americans being dumb ****s.

I guess you think these types of "astute" observations make you a clever independent. I assure you, they do not.
 
Reality Check:

2008: Clinton did 10 rallies on her own for Obama and 2 joint events.

2016: Bernie did 37 rallies on his own for Clinton and 3 joint events.

Hillary was able to brag about ‘3 million more votes than Trump’ specifically because of Bernie’s efforts.
 
It’s very hard to put a positive spin on this, but lets see if anyone can do it. If anyone thinks I’m picking on Biden, remember, this would all come out during the general election. Address it now. Otherwise Trump eats Biden’s lunch.

Biden said in 1977 that desegregation would create '''a racial jungle''' - Business Insider

Biden simply doesn't have good judgement.

He has shown this repeatedly throughout his career. Comments like this. The stupid plagiarism he committed when running for President in 1988. His incompetent, spineless handling of the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings in the early 1990s. His foolish vote for the Iraq War. His corrupt votes on financial legislation that favors Wall Street.

Biden should not be President, but I will be forced to support him if it comes down to him and Trump.
 
Do you think that’s an accurate illustration of who he is now?

I actually don’t, but it’s not my responsibility to explain it or get inside Biden’s head. While Biden was spouting racist nonsense and partnering with segregationists, Bernie was getting arrested for protesting against segregation. Sometimes it’s not about changing your rhetoric to fit the times, it’s about what you were doing when the fight really mattered. Biden was glorifying his alliance with Strom Thurmond like yesterday.
 
I actually don’t, but it’s not my responsibility to explain it or get inside Biden’s head. While Biden was spouting racist nonsense and partnering with segregationists, Bernie was getting arrested for protesting against segregation. Sometimes it’s not about changing your rhetoric to fit the times, it’s about what you were doing when the fight really mattered. Biden was glorifying his alliance with Strom Thurmond like yesterday.

If you know that his past comments don’t illustrate who he is now then I think you’re being unfair.

I get that you have a favorite candidate. We all do. But if you accept that trump is a genuine threat then you should adopt a strategy of arguing for your favorite candidate instead of trashing the others. Biden may end up being the nominee and your actions here and now do matter.
 
If you know that his past comments don’t illustrate who he is now then I think you’re being unfair.

I disagree. I don’t want Trump to win and I want to hear some defence that is believable if Biden’s the nominee in 2020. How many times can we just explain away Biden’s record as him being an old man from the 1950s. Bernie is older. This is literally nothing compared to what Biden will face against Trump. His supporters really need to step up their defence. If Trump’s is existential threat to America, his supporters aren’t doing America any favours by simply calling this a Bernie Bro attack. He not only said it, his political history supports the statement.

I get that you have a favorite candidate. We all do. But if you accept that trump is a genuine threat then you should adopt a strategy of arguing for your favorite candidate instead of trashing the others. Biden may end up being the nominee and your actions here and now do matter.

Show me trashing. This is Biden’s record.
 
It’s very hard to put a positive spin on this, but lets see if anyone can do it. If anyone thinks I’m picking on Biden, remember, this would all come out during the general election. Address it now. Otherwise Trump eats Biden’s lunch.
Biden said in 1977 that desegregation would create '''a racial jungle''' - Business Insider

What does the quote even mean?

The article isn't very helpful on that count.

[Biden said]...non-"orderly" racial integration policies would cause his children to "grow up in a racial jungle."​
Biden emphasized wanting to "insure we do have orderly integration of society," adding he was "not just talking about education but all of society."​

He then said: "Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point. We have got to make some move on this."​


What "this" is Biden discussing?
 
What does the quote even mean?

The article isn't very helpful on that count.

[Biden said]...non-"orderly" racial integration policies would cause his children to "grow up in a racial jungle."​
Biden emphasized wanting to "insure we do have orderly integration of society," adding he was "not just talking about education but all of society."​

He then said: "Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point. We have got to make some move on this."​


What "this" is Biden discussing?


The subject was racial integration in schools. There are elements of animalizing black people in the statement. It’s just as mess of racist tropes and segregationist rhetoric. He references that this ‘racial jungle’ would impact all of society. By the way, I’ll give credit where credit is due. The South was largely successful with school integration. Because the government mandated it. New York is actually the most segregated.

 
Trump is President because 46% of the American public are uneducated, intellectually lazy, mother ****ing idiots.

Sanders has nothing to do with millions of Americans being dumb ****s.

I guess you think these types of "astute" observations make you a clever independent. I assure you, they do not.

Sanders’ supporters hated John Kerry. That’s why Kerry didn’t win Ohio.
 
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