Democratic Primaries

lapucelle

(18,277 posts) Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:02 AM Feb 2019

Some 2020 candidates appear to be running on a theme similar to "Stronger Together"

including one politician who won fame and fortune by dividing us last time around and who continues to profit off stoking division in order to enhance his personal brand and build a hefty war chest (Donald Trump).

Is "strength through unity" a winning message this time around?

Will voters be fooled by a divisive politician like Donald Trump who co-opts and appropriates a former opponent's message out of pure ambition and jaded self interest?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Some 2020 candidates appear to be running on a theme similar to "Stronger Together" (Original Post) lapucelle Feb 2019 OP

I began teaching at a middle school in 1993 world wide wally Feb 2019 #1

That's a great message for kids, especially middle-schoolers lapucelle Feb 2019 #2

I was wondering about that myself. I will have to try and dig it up world wide wally Feb 2019 #4

My daughters high school class used that slogan 20 years ago. Autumn Feb 2019 #3

I wonder why the slogan was sneered at by media hipsters in the last presidential cycle. N/T lapucelle Feb 2019 #6

The media hipsters sneer at everything. People who have an agenda do nothing else. nt Autumn Feb 2019 #7

It's a message this country desperately needs. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #5

Indeed. The media ignored it, and accused Democrats of "having no message". N/T lapucelle Feb 2019 #9

Well, it got more votes, against the odds, than could have been predicted. ehrnst Feb 2019 #8

And the usual suspects in the media will celebrate it as brilliant this time around. N/T lapucelle Feb 2019 #10

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)

1. I began teaching at a middle school in 1993

Reply to lapucelle (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:11 AM

Feb 2019

The slogan on our tee shirts was "stronger together"

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

lapucelle

(18,277 posts)

2. That's a great message for kids, especially middle-schoolers

Reply to world wide wally (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:13 AM

Feb 2019

where "fitting in" is so important.

Do you still have the tee-shirt?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)

4. I was wondering about that myself. I will have to try and dig it up

Reply to lapucelle (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:24 AM

Feb 2019

I usually keep tee shirts until they disintegrate but sometimes my wife gets to them.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Autumn

(45,109 posts)

3. My daughters high school class used that slogan 20 years ago.

Reply to world wide wally (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:14 AM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

lapucelle

(18,277 posts)

6. I wonder why the slogan was sneered at by media hipsters in the last presidential cycle. N/T

Reply to Autumn (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:28 AM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Autumn

(45,109 posts)

7. The media hipsters sneer at everything. People who have an agenda do nothing else. nt

Reply to lapucelle (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:37 AM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

IluvPitties

(3,181 posts)

5. It's a message this country desperately needs.

Reply to lapucelle (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:26 AM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

lapucelle

(18,277 posts)

9. Indeed. The media ignored it, and accused Democrats of "having no message". N/T

Reply to IluvPitties (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 08:11 PM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)

8. Well, it got more votes, against the odds, than could have been predicted.

Reply to lapucelle (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 07:11 PM

Feb 2019

No wonder others want to make it their own.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

lapucelle

(18,277 posts)

10. And the usual suspects in the media will celebrate it as brilliant this time around. N/T

Reply to ehrnst (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 08:13 PM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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