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Unless the democrats fuck up and pick someone over 70, it’s a good win for them on this point.

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Bernie would have been an excellent contender in 2016.

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Contender? He should’ve been the president in 2016. Democrats had to fuck that up. Trump won mostly because people hated Hilary.

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Unfortunately Bernie’s leftist policies posed a slight risk to a small percentage of capital. So an all-out bipartisan effort to torpedo him ensued, and from the ashes emerged Planet Hillary.

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Don’t underestimate the DNC’s ability to pick the worst possible option

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Much as I like Bernie, but yeah, the same goes for him as for Biden.

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I think Bernie is a pretty smart guy. he knows where he can be most effective - no trajectory change needed.

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I think everyone who had their name pushed and could have a chance at the convention has already endorsed Kamala Harris. They’re pretty obviously trying to avoid a contentious convention.

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That seems to be the goal. I think it’s a good idea to not go too hard on Harris until the convention, but the excitement seems there.

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Yeah it’s a point they’re allowed to make now, don’t know how well it’s really going to stick though. However so far the best republicans have against Kamala is that she… Laughs? That’s a good sign. Like a lot of the stuff people like me on the left have against Kamala is stuff republicans wouldn’t want to at her for.

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I still really want AOC but with Whitmer bowing out I think Buttigiege is probably it.

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Harris is a black woman. No way they’re picking a gay man as her running mate. They’re worried she has too much for the (X)phobic crowd on her own. I would be absolutely shocked if whoever they pick as her VP isn’t a straight white man. You can say what you like about it but that’s the reality of where we are as a nation.

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The kind of people who would not vote for Harris because she’s a Black woman were already going to vote for Trump.

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