kyzr
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- Oct 14, 2009
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Biden has the opportunity to do something very important. Dampen the partisan division and bring some unity to our government. He has the relationships and moderate attitude to do this. Yes it will piss off both bases but it is so needed, something needs to change or we are headed towards a new era civil war.He's been on the wrong side of just about any wrong-doing or wrong vote in Congress... and let's be honest, being a Vice-President doesn't exactly mean much anymore. I think the last VP that mattered was George H.W. Bush. If Al Gore hadn't jumped the shark so many times... he might have meant something despite being a Democrat.
If the Democrats put Biden up as the candidate, he may win but in the long run I think it will only hurt the Democratic base. Not only will Biden's past hurt them, but he undoubtedly be a one-term President which isn't long enough to actually pass meaningful legislation. The only benefit of Biden over Trump would be him naming a replacement for Ginsburg and keeping the Supreme Court fairly even. Things will be even closer to even if Biden would be able to pick Clarence Thomas's replacement when he retires.
I'd vote for almost any Republican candidate over Trump... so far however it seems only one is willing to run and the Republican Party has already said they are supporting Trump and will not help fund any other candidates.
Biden is not the unity candidate, he's the old guard candidate. The supposed "union" guy, who won't let the union guys work. No pipelines, no manufacturing, no drilling for oil or gas. Besides, I bet he will not even get the dem nomination. We'll see after the Super-Tuesday primary and who wins the CA delegates. The old dems will split between Biden and the rest, the young dems will split their votes over 10 names, then when their guy/gal loses they will be dejected and stay home on election day.
There is no "new era of civil war", its a continuation of the Bush-43 hatred, remember "chimp"? Remember hating Cheney? Trump is just the next GOP president that the socialists can't beat, so they whine about him constantly.