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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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Gee, he kind of sounds like a cop. (Original Post)
swag
Jan 2020
OP
Just like we need 15 threads about Sanders taking the lead. Just remember the Russians
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
#11
highplainsdem
(49,004 posts)1. And that's from CNN, so this is going to get a LOT of attention.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)4. +1000
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)2. This thread is going to be fun.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DanTex
(20,709 posts)3. Definitely we need 15 OPs attacking Bernie for making the same vote as Biden.
I think I might be starting to understand why Bernie is jumping up in the polls and betting ods.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)11. Just like we need 15 threads about Sanders taking the lead. Just remember the Russians
helped Sanders in 2016 too. I wonder why.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pfeiffer
(280 posts)5. No...I feel the point is...
Bernie and his supporters have been attacking Joe's record, while at the same time completely ignoring Bernie's record.
Now everyone is studying Bernie's record just as closely as Bernie and his supporters have been studying Joe's.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
another point is as an oblique commentary about calling people, particularly presidential candidates, "cops".
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HerbChestnut
(3,649 posts)7. You know that Joe Biden wrote the crime bill, right?
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swag
(26,487 posts)8. Yeah. And it looks like the junior senator from Vermont voted for it.
If I were to vote in a presidential
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George II
(67,782 posts)9. @bernieisacop is trending on twitter.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
billpolonsky
(270 posts)10. Oh look, an article from 2016
about the same damned thing
not new news.
[link:https://www.vox.com/2016/2/26/11116412/bernie-sanders-mass-incarceration|
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)12. I am so glad that there is an internet
Link to tweet
?s=20
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
treestar
(82,383 posts)13. At that time, crime was the big fear
Displaced by terrorism now. And some of it may have worked, since crime is said to be down, right?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,107 posts)14. It sound like he agreed with what was added to then Senator Biden's crime bill.
Bernie said he is "not happy" he voted for the 1994 crime bill. he voted for it because he supported the Violence Against Women Act.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18677998/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-law-mass-incarceration
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18677998/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-law-mass-incarceration
Biden reveled in the politics of the 1994 law, bragging after it passed that the liberal wing of the Democratic Party was now for 60 new death penalties, 70 enhanced penalties, 100,000 cops, and 125,000 new state prison cells.
The law imposed tougher prison sentences at the federal level and encouraged states to do the same. It provided funds for states to build more prisons, aimed to fund 100,000 more cops, and backed grant programs that encouraged police officers to carry out more drug-related arrests an escalation of the war on drugs.
At the same time, the law included several measures that would be far less controversial among Democrats today. The Violence Against Women Act provided more resources to crack down on domestic violence and rape. A provision helped fund background checks for guns. The law encouraged states to back drug courts, which attempt to divert drug offenders from prison into treatment, and also helped fund some addiction treatment.
All of this was an old-school attempt to attract votes from lawmakers who otherwise might be skeptical and it succeeded at winning over some Democrats. Bernie Sanders, for one, criticized an earlier version of the bill, written in 1991 but never passed, for supporting mass incarceration, quipping, What do we have to do, put half the country behind bars? But he voted for the 1994 law, explaining at the time, I have a number of serious problems with the crime bill, but one part of it that I vigorously support is the Violence Against Women Act.
The law imposed tougher prison sentences at the federal level and encouraged states to do the same. It provided funds for states to build more prisons, aimed to fund 100,000 more cops, and backed grant programs that encouraged police officers to carry out more drug-related arrests an escalation of the war on drugs.
At the same time, the law included several measures that would be far less controversial among Democrats today. The Violence Against Women Act provided more resources to crack down on domestic violence and rape. A provision helped fund background checks for guns. The law encouraged states to back drug courts, which attempt to divert drug offenders from prison into treatment, and also helped fund some addiction treatment.
All of this was an old-school attempt to attract votes from lawmakers who otherwise might be skeptical and it succeeded at winning over some Democrats. Bernie Sanders, for one, criticized an earlier version of the bill, written in 1991 but never passed, for supporting mass incarceration, quipping, What do we have to do, put half the country behind bars? But he voted for the 1994 law, explaining at the time, I have a number of serious problems with the crime bill, but one part of it that I vigorously support is the Violence Against Women Act.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)15. 26 years ago, Bernie said ...
OMG ! Give it up, this going back in time. Let's deal with today and attack Trump.
"In 1980 Bernie left a 10% tip instead of 15% !"
"Bernie once wore navy blue socks with black pants !"
"As a child, Bernie once forgot to set the trash can on the curb for the garbage collectors !"
"In 1980 Bernie left a 10% tip instead of 15% !"
"Bernie once wore navy blue socks with black pants !"
"As a child, Bernie once forgot to set the trash can on the curb for the garbage collectors !"
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden