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Presidential Primaries Begin

Discussion in 'Politics & Government' started by Hal Pollner, Feb 10, 2020.

  1. Ken Anderson

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    I am starting to feel bad about Biden. While he would be a horrible president, he's no worse than any of the other Democrats who are running, but it must be awful to have a second chance at running for president, only to be derailed by a mental health issue. I don't know if its Alzheimer's or something else but something is very wrong with him, and I'm starting to feel guilty when I make fun of him, now. I'm sure he realizes it, or that someone has at least been telling him that he's losing it. He recently introduced himself as a candidate for the US Senate before asking people to give him a look, and if they don't like what they see, vote for the other Biden, which doesn't make any sense unless he means the one who's running for president rather than the senate. Then he bragged about negotiating a climate deal with a Chinese leader who had been dead for a long time before Biden could have possibly been in a position to negotiate with him. It had to have been bad enough that the top of his former ticket, Barack Obama, has refused to even acknowledge him.

    On the other hand, Biden has always told lies and said stupid stuff, so maybe the problem now is that he just sounds old and confused whereas before he was just someone trying to put something over on his audience.
     
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    Instead of Medicare for all, the Cleveland Clinic program should be adopted everywhere. Excellent system. Several hospitals in the Midwest use it.
     
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  3. Ed Wilson

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    Instead of Medicare for all, I think a system where you pay medical bills according to your means would help. Either the government makes up the difference, or the health care system is mandated to bill according to the patients means.
     
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    Exactly how the Cleveland Clinic works.
     
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  5. Ken Anderson

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    Federally funded healthcare centers all over the country have a sliding scale, where the costs are anywhere from 0% to 100%, depending on income and expenses.
     
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    Unfortunately, not all health centers are federally funded. I know mine isn't. Neither is the other large provider here.
     
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    Nor should they be, the point being is that health care is available.
     
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    Butt-Gig has suspended his campaign and there are rumors that Pocohantas is going to, but she hasn't announced yet.
     
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    Bloomberg got a standing rejection in a church in Selma yesterday. Maybe some of his ads will stop. Iwiash Amy would stop the ads too. Her voice is almost as annoying as Fauxcahontas.
     
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  10. Beth Gallagher

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    Klobuchar was forced to close a campaign rally in MN (her home state) yesterday because of protesters. She needs to see the writing on the wall.
     
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    Apparently, she did. Klobuchar announced that she is ending her campaign today.
     
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    Bloomberg, Biden, and Sanders, if Biden can hold out. He recently got a small infusion of cash
    that gave him hope. After the March 3rd primaries I expect a futher drop-out of those who can
    keep on keeping on. It looks like a three man race eto me.
     
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    I wouldn't be surprised to see her as a VP choice.
     
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  14. Yvonne Smith

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    Klobuchar has already announced her support for Biden, and once Warren leaves (which can’t be far behind, now) it will definitely be down to the three candidates.
    What a mess ! !
    Sanders is the only one who really has any supporters, and I am not sure that Bloomberg has any at all, so it looks like it might end up with Biden as the Democratic candidate, and he is surely not qualified to be president of this country .
    They have already started the push to dump Bernie again , and if that happens , many of his committed supporters might not vote at all, like happened last election time.
     
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  15. Al Amoling

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    I forget what the number is but a lot of bernies supporters voted for DJT after Bernie got screwed.
     
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