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Biden tiptoes toward 2020 run
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:32 PM Author: Lilac public bath Trump vs Biden wouldn't be as good as Trump vs Hillary, but it would be a lot of fun,
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Biden, in public and private, tiptoes toward a 2020 run
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential presidential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime foreign policy aides.
Huddled in his newly opened office steps from the U.S. Capitol, Biden began a planning meeting for his new diplomacy center by addressing the elephant in the room. He said he was keeping his 2020 options open, considering it a real possibility. He insisted he had made no decision, and didn’t need to yet, according to five people who either attended the meeting or were briefed on it by those who did.
Biden also expressed interest in bringing those in the room onto his team if he decides to launch a campaign. At the same time, he gave them an out: There would be no hard feelings if they decided they were content in their current roles outside of government, said the people, who demanded anonymity to discuss a private meeting.
The political world has long tried to game out Biden’s plans for 2020. After all, he came close to running last time only to see President Donald Trump pull off a victory that many Democrats openly suggest wouldn’t have happened had he, not Hillary Clinton, been their nominee. Several people came away from the meeting with the impression that if no strong Democratic candidate emerges in the next year or so, Biden would feel strongly compelled to run.
A presidential candidate twice before, Biden would be 78 on Inauguration Day if elected in 2020, a concerning prospect for some Democrats even though he’s only a few years older than Trump. One possibility that Biden’s longtime advisers have discussed privately is that he could announce his intention to serve only one term, clearing the path for his running mate to take over in 2024 and potentially setting up Democrats for a 12-year White House stretch.
Biden’s brief discussion about his 2020 deliberations came as he brought foreign policy staffers together to set the 2018 agenda for the newly opened Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement — where many of them are now working, including Colin Kahl, his vice presidential national security adviser, and Steve Ricchetti, his former chief of staff. Eli Ratner, his former deputy national security adviser, and Mike Carpenter, the former Pentagon and State Department official who’s now the center’s senior director, also attended, as did Julianne Smith, a Biden adviser in the Obama administration’s first term who now works at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank.
A Biden spokesman declined to comment. But in a recent NBC News interview, Biden said he’d decide on running in 2020 based on whether it was “the right thing to do.”
“I’m focused on one thing: electing a Democratic Congress to stop this erosion of the core of who we are,” Biden said. “I’ll look at that a year from now. I have plenty of time to consider whether or not to run.”
The meeting was one of several signs that Biden is beginning to position himself as an alternative to Trump. Biden has started denouncing the current president’s leadership more frequently in public, as he crisscrosses the United States and beyond to promote his new book, his cancer initiative, his new domestic policy institute in Delaware, the diplomacy center and his new political action committee, American Possibilities.
He’s also been gearing up to play a major role campaigning for Democrats seeking to retake the House and Senate in the 2018 midterms.
“Donald Trump’s looking out for Donald Trump. Republicans are looking out for Donald Trump. Who’s looking out for everyone else? Democrats,” Biden wrote in a recent fundraising pitch to the PAC’s supporters. He said in 2018, he would “beat a path all across this country to stand up for leaders who will stand up for all of us.”
In 2015, Biden’s face was plastered across cable news channels and newspaper front pages for months as he carried out a lengthy deliberation about whether to challenge Clinton for the nomination. Ultimately, he decided he and his family weren’t in position to run so soon after his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, died from brain cancer earlier that year. Yet many Democrats have argued that his “everyman” brand and blue-collar appeal would make him particularly well-suited to challenge Trump. |
Date: February 18th, 2018 2:33 PM Author: beady-eyed talking alpha feminist libs SEETHING (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431486) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:36 PM Author: Lilac public bath after Hillary, DWS, and the DNC fucked over Bernie, i wonder how the left half of the Democrats will unite behind some establishment figure. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431502) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:35 PM Author: orchid big-titted police squad youth need to revolt and take charge of their future (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431500) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:36 PM Author: At-the-ready Mother Gay Wizard #MeToo would end this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431504) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:37 PM Author: beady-eyed talking alpha (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431512) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:38 PM Author: Onyx stage Wonder how long Trump can hold off tweeting video compilations of Creepy Biden sniffing little girls' hair. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431524) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:39 PM Author: Lilac public bath for some reason, his creepy hands on little girls was deemed "fake news" by libs. maybe that will change if he campaigns against Gillibrand. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431533) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:52 PM Author: Soul-stirring new version (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431623) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:48 PM Author: Scarlet son of senegal range You guys are on Twitter too much. Most primary voters are old and white, not transqueer Native American 17 yos. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431582) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:05 PM Author: lemon market Yes but Twitter libs carry more influence within the DNC than actual voters (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431705) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:15 PM Author: Scarlet son of senegal range TV attacks don't mean anything anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431790) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:57 AM Author: misanthropic purple hall "Uncle Joe" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35435414) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:37 PM Author: Onyx stage A fucking white male? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431514) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:37 PM Author: Cracking Shimmering Ceo is the party gonna allow a primary? would be fascinating to watch limpwristed libs fight it out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431517) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:38 PM Author: Stubborn Glittery Ticket Booth too old (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431529) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:48 PM Author: Onyx stage "One possibility that Biden’s longtime advisers have discussed privately is that he could announce his intention to serve only one term, clearing the path for his running mate to take over in 2024 and potentially setting up Democrats for a 12-year White House stretch."
lol @ this shitlib wet dream |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:53 PM Author: Soul-stirring new version lol libs this is pathetic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431629) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:36 AM Author: Frozen digit ratio piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35435370) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 5:44 PM Author: Appetizing Maniacal Voyeur lol what not have a VP and Junior VP and set up at 20 year reich? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35439112) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:39 PM Author: disrespectful nibblets half-breed Too late. He would’ve been a great choice vs Trump in 3016, but 2020 is too late for uim (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431531) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:40 PM Author: Lilac public bath i know he's kicking himself. he almost jumped in and made that announcement at the WH with Obama that he would not run. if he had thought that trump had any chance of winning he might have jumped in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431546) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: Onyx stage Didn't it turn out someone from the Hillary camp convinced him not to run? Like convinced him and then defected? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431553) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 3:31 AM Author: self-centered soggy temple It turned out that Barry begged him not to run and offered to suck his dick three extra times per day if he would back Hillary. Shows how bad a negotiator Biden is, because Barry obvs would've sucked his dick five extra times per day if Biden just asked nicely. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35435446) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:45 PM Author: beady-eyed talking alpha idk if Trump will live long enough to campaign in 3016 but that's just my opinion - ur the expert (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431569) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:46 PM Author: disrespectful nibblets half-breed Ya! Can’t stop loling at your incisive and most original wit! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431578) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:48 PM Author: beady-eyed talking alpha thank you for the complement of insightful wit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431589) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:49 PM Author: disrespectful nibblets half-breed You’re welcome. I’m most impressed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431600) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:49 PM Author: talented twinkling uncleanness Lol, as if you would have supported him over Klinton. His age is irrelevant outside of the dem smear circle (who used a similar tactic~can’t win general~against bernie) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431598) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:50 PM Author: disrespectful nibblets half-breed I wasn’t a huge Clinton fan. If Bernie hadn’t been so old and nutty, he’d have been my top choice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431605) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:19 PM Author: Cordovan church building in other words, if bernie had been completely different? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431815) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:36 PM Author: Scarlet son of senegal range I liked everything about that politician except his gender, race, and political positions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431906) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 3:13 AM Author: histrionic base party of the first part lol Julia can't even get her millennia right
(jk, all in good fun) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:48 PM Author: Cruel-hearted corner main people "One possibility that Biden’s longtime advisers have discussed privately is that he could announce his intention to serve only one term, clearing the path for his running mate to take over in 2024 and potentially setting up Democrats for a 12-year White House stretch."
And who would be this shoo-in waiting to take over? |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:49 PM Author: olive dashing trust fund location lol these people are clueless (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431599) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:50 PM Author: Scarlet son of senegal range His Vice President, Joe Kennedy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431603) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:51 PM Author: beady-eyed talking alpha first president to eat cum on camera (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431612) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:51 PM Author: talented twinkling uncleanness Deval Patrick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431613) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:52 PM Author: Cruel-hearted corner main people Lol Dems see no end in sight for Boomers' rule (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431625) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:52 PM Author: disrespectful nibblets half-breed Cr, or one of Kristen Gillibrand/ Kamala Harris (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431626) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:59 PM Author: demanding resort becky wont happen. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431667) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:42 PM Author: Opaque home Harris is a real possibility
BLACK
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:44 PM Author: Soul-stirring new version Biden/Gillibrand (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431973) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:53 PM Author: Lilac public bath the optics of having a woman or a black as his designated assistant would make lefty heads explode. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431631) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:53 PM Author: demanding resort becky idk if it would set him up to take over but Cory Booker will probably be the Dem's VPOTUS nominee in 2020 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431632) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 5:45 PM Author: Internet-worthy Lascivious Juggernaut International Law Enforcement Agency Too many skeletons in his closet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35439114) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:53 PM Author: demanding resort becky Biden on Trump: “The press always asks me, don’t I wish I was debating him? No, I wish we were in high school and I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431627) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:56 PM Author: Lilac public bath ooh Joe's a tough guy. actually, would like to see Joe and Donald in their prime dooking it out. both were reasonably big and athletic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431645) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:58 PM Author: demanding resort becky how big is biden? trump is tall but borderline morbidly obese (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431658) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:00 PM Author: Lilac public bath Biden is, or was, a true 6'. and he was reasonably athletic. trump is 6' 2" and was likewise reasonably athletic. if they fought in their prime Trump would have taunted Biden and Biden would have resorted to biting. would be 180 to watch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431673) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:09 PM Author: demanding resort becky (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431739) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:54 PM Author: demanding resort becky how does Biden expect to win when Donald Trump is so wildly popular? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431636) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:55 PM Author: Scarlet son of senegal range Bernie Sanders will win the nomination as corporate interests/neoliberal sellout cucks split their vote between 28 different people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431638) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:57 PM Author: Lilac public bath i'm hoping for a massive shit show. how can the left-left trust the DNC after what happened last time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431648) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:58 PM Author: Scarlet son of senegal range Dude it's 2018 nobody watches TV or is affected by attack ads anymore. Party machinery is totally worthless. See: 2016 GOP primary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431659) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: Lilac public bath maybe. but party machinery 100% determined the DNC last time. if it's different this time, it'll be a first for the Dems. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431683) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:15 PM Author: Scarlet son of senegal range Bernie had 2% in the polls and narrowly lost. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431793) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:59 PM Author: demanding resort becky it will be interesting if he runs in 2020 with higher name recognition. polls consistently show he's the most popular politician in america (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431665) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:03 PM Author: Onyx stage Isn't this pretty typical of veeps until they run? Gore probably had a pretty good approval rating when no one ever heard him talk. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431695) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:13 PM Author: demanding resort becky ?? Sanders isn't a veep
but its been hard for a VP to run in recent decades since the public gets sick of hearing about you after a while. they want a new fresh name and fresh face. this partly explains Clinton's and Obama's success and even Trump's to an extent since he was never associated with politics. Same goes for the rightwing's reaction to Sarah Palin, who was a legit retard. It also explains why Hillary did so shitty in 2008 against Obama. |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:46 PM Author: Onyx stage Oh I misread the subthread. Saw your post and thought you were referring to Biden. Missed the Sanders post before it. My bad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431987) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:03 PM Author: Stubborn Glittery Ticket Booth means nothing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431697) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:13 PM Author: demanding resort becky why would you say that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431780) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:03 PM Author: Flesh mischievous jew Biden is completely flabbergasted by Trump's general idiocy https://youtu.be/RrhyoDIOUdk |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 3:19 AM Author: contagious love of her life trump has 30 iq points on biden (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35435435) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:05 PM Author: Flesh mischievous jew Skip to 2:30, Joe Biden bends over Trump again https://youtu.be/0O9Cd6vjdN0 |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:11 PM Author: Lilac public bath funny guy. he tries to play the statesman and decry the crassness of some politicians. yet here's Biden:
https://youtu.be/O9UdVkfbPd4?t=9 |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:36 PM Author: Soul-stirring new version Libs project, lack self awareness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431898) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:13 PM Author: Lilac public bath https://youtu.be/xi9FB0F-GhA?t=22 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431777) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:16 PM Author: beady-eyed talking alpha pretty 180 actually (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431797) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:10 PM Author: Exhilarant black woman site just do run a white male dems lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431746) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:23 PM Author: demanding resort becky sprinkle it with a minority running mate who hates Trump and they'll be fine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35431831) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 3:18 AM Author: histrionic base party of the first part Is his balance off due to his multiple brain injuries? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35435434) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 3:24 AM Author: orange fantasy-prone pit organic girlfriend joe biden, ie, the "senator from mastercard"? the guy who voted for bush's bankruptcy "reform" act that put PRIVATE student loans beyond bankruptcy?
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/109-2005/s44
the guy who voted for the iraq war?
LOL, that'll go over great with the populists in the democrat party... |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 5:40 PM Author: Lilac public bath when you're the senator from Wilmington, you gotta keep GC happy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35439100) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 5:45 PM Author: up-to-no-good den and he's white (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896791&forum_id=2#35439115) |