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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/11/20 9:00 PM, Ted Moffett wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I am dismayed that Biden is likely the Democratic
Party nominee for president, given his alarming apparent
cognitive decline, and questionable history of political
decisions. Sanders appears far more intellectually
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<div dir="ltr">In the upcoming March 15 debate this will be
apparent, I think. Vader Joe's light saber may be weaker,
but he still needs to be vanquished. That's part of Bernie's
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<p>I have heard reports to the effect that the debate format is
being changed to a town hall meeting that will allow questions
from attendees at the gathering. I suspect that the impetus for
the format change is that less direct verbal contact between Biden
and Sanders will tend to soften the conversation and protect Biden
from Bernie. <br>
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<div>In some circles all that matters is who has the best chance
to defeat Trump, not who is the most competent candidate for
the nation. I would rather Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar,
Warren, Buttigieg, or Bloomberg were the dem nominee, to pick
a variety of political orientations, rather then Biden! All
of them I think are far more capable. <br>
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<p>Whatever their capabilities might be, Obama and other factors
have reduced them to waiting by the phone for an early November
call to action, should they continue to prefer to play publicly.<br>
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<div>Cozy public familiarity and name recognition are dominant
factors? Isn't this "media popularity" approach responsible
in part for Trump assuming the presidency?</div>
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<div><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times
New Roman",serif;font-size:18px">"I know Joe. We know
Joe. But most importantly, Joe knows us," Clyburn said.</span>
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<p>Well, that is quite a way from Lloyd Bentsen telling Dan Quayle
that he is no Jack Kennedy, but he does make his point.</p>
<p>And that's fine from the South Carolina point of view. But that
view is not the national view, which requires a different
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<p>What I would like to know is whether the Democratic Convention,
if it is all hell-bent for leather to choose Biden for the top
spot, can be encouraged, or for all practical purposes required,
to choose Bernie Sanders for the second spot on the national
ticket. If Biden must be in the top spot, though I am not yet
conceding that point, a Biden / Sanders ticket might encourage me
to look at the top line choices at the Fairgrounds in November.</p>
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<p>Ken</p>
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