Uncle Joe's skeletons
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talkpoliticsFirst, the good news for Biden's camp.
Biden raises $6.3 million in the first 24 hours of his 2020 campaign
And now about his woes.
I keep hearing people talk about how Biden's biggest challenge is going to be moving past Anita Hill or trying to defend his anti-Medicare for All stance.
But I don't think either of these are gonna really set him back. IMO his real Achilles heel is his anti marijuana stances. Biden takes anti pot money and has a history of believing in the Reefer Madness false narrative.
If he can, let's say, "evolve" on the issue and recommend legalization I think he could seriously win the whole shebang. However if he doesn't, I think this will be the noose that hangs his chances.
And to add on to that part of his older positions as being one of the originators of the drug war as it is makes it worse. For those that are skeptical and don't see marijuana legalization as an important issue consider it this way. We all know it should be legal and that it never should have been a crime. We know the history of it. We have seen in the states that have legalized it all the gloom and doom predictions by those that oppose it have not happened. So by having a position like Biden's that means he's ethically OK with people being assaulted, kidnapped, robbed and sometimes killed or raped over something that should be legal. If that's one's morality then it's going to cut into his turnout no matter how bad Trump is.
Of course I think healthcare is the largest issue of them all. People are near split down the middle about legalization, healthcare is a much larger issue with voting Democrats.
And then there is this thing about "evolving". OK, let's say his advisors manage to convince him to change his position - how are we to really believe him? I'm not sure a speech is going to cut it.
Biden raises $6.3 million in the first 24 hours of his 2020 campaign
And now about his woes.
I keep hearing people talk about how Biden's biggest challenge is going to be moving past Anita Hill or trying to defend his anti-Medicare for All stance.
But I don't think either of these are gonna really set him back. IMO his real Achilles heel is his anti marijuana stances. Biden takes anti pot money and has a history of believing in the Reefer Madness false narrative.
If he can, let's say, "evolve" on the issue and recommend legalization I think he could seriously win the whole shebang. However if he doesn't, I think this will be the noose that hangs his chances.
And to add on to that part of his older positions as being one of the originators of the drug war as it is makes it worse. For those that are skeptical and don't see marijuana legalization as an important issue consider it this way. We all know it should be legal and that it never should have been a crime. We know the history of it. We have seen in the states that have legalized it all the gloom and doom predictions by those that oppose it have not happened. So by having a position like Biden's that means he's ethically OK with people being assaulted, kidnapped, robbed and sometimes killed or raped over something that should be legal. If that's one's morality then it's going to cut into his turnout no matter how bad Trump is.
Of course I think healthcare is the largest issue of them all. People are near split down the middle about legalization, healthcare is a much larger issue with voting Democrats.
And then there is this thing about "evolving". OK, let's say his advisors manage to convince him to change his position - how are we to really believe him? I'm not sure a speech is going to cut it.
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Date: 27/4/19 17:46 (UTC)How hard will he go after the other Democrats? It's a tough line to walk - he'll have to be a little tougher than Hillary was, but still friendly enough not to piss some off so much they don't come back around in time for the general (if he makes it that far).
Sleepy Joe is probably Trumps worst effort on a nickname (unless it was intentional). Trump probably shouldn't engage much with who he is afraid of, but maybe some reverse psychology would work - how damaging would it be to a Dem if Trump complimented one?
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Date: 27/4/19 21:53 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 28/4/19 12:45 (UTC)So actually that's only one way of looking at it. Because, there will be that contention hoodoo nitpick and say I don't like fighting for this one thing and I don't like Harris because she didn't do that and I don't like until they almost don't have a candidate to choose from.
People are literally just going to stand in front of their polling device and pick names due to name recognition or prejudices.