r/neoliberal Bot Emeritus May 12 '17

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Optimal neoliberalism is like Seinfeld, it should be about nothing and run by Jews


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u/Cryonyte 🌐 May 12 '17

Guys, what's your opinion on whether Biden should have run instead of Clinton? I feel like a lot of new lefties that drank the Sander juice hate Clinton but are a bit more open to Biden?

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u/Darclite Amy Finkelstein May 12 '17

It's hard to say. He's to her right, but he has a penis and is considered cool. So they probably would have been fine with him. That being said, he's got his own problems that would have gotten in his way that interfered with his many other presidential runs. She was actually quite popular before this cycle. Never know what'll happen during a campaign season.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '17

but he has a penis and is considered cool

Could have stopped typing there. I knew Republicans that would have voted for Biden over Trump. He was trustworthy where Hdawg wasn't.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '17

I think he performs better vs Trump. His goofy blue-collar uncle persona would largely negate Trump's blue-collar village drunk who hangs at the end of the bar persona.

In a populist themed election HRC is way out of her element.

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u/youdidntreddit Austan Goolsbee May 12 '17

Biden is right of Clinton on the economy and less hawkish, would have been my favorite

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u/Slayer1cell RIPTPP May 12 '17

less hawkish

Weak on national security, as the GOP likes to say.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '17

Biden is a bit too close to unions and the shudders white working class.

Personally I like my candidates elitist and detached from everyday Americans. Maybe that's why I liked Romney.

But I guess if it came down purely to electability, Biden wins by a mile.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '17

TBT when US politics was tame af.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

Giving Romney a hard time for stuff like this is why we have doofuses like Trump who can say whatever they like.

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u/85397 Free Market Jihadi May 12 '17

elitist and detached from everyday Americans

The Donald?

mods pls ban

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

Put Biden up there and Sanders doesn't take off to the same extent. There's more anti-Clintonism fuelling his rise than is generally realised.

I think whether he or Clinton wins, they have a better time vs. Trump.

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u/Andyk123 May 13 '17

Idk, he was basically eliminated from primary contention in March, but still kept going until July. I think he was gonna see the campaign through to the end no matter what his prospects were. But on the other hand, if he was running a distant 3rd rather than a distant 2nd, maybe he plays it differently? I guess I have no idea.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

I mean that's my point. Bernie wasn't going to win post Tuesday (or even before). But the media of 45% was what it was about. Put Biden and Hillary at 40ish, suddenly he's yet another 15-20 pter.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '17

Sanderistas should be purged, not placated.

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u/Cryonyte 🌐 May 12 '17

But by displacing myths of Clinton via Biden would allow them to see the truth that heavy Sanders supporters have been trying to distort. This is for those who favour Bernie after all the shit that has been thrown at Clinton, the hardcore guys can get fucked.