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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

Liberty Belle

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3. I am so depressed. Every election for decades I've voted progressive, and never once
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 10:47 PM
Mar 2020

had my first choice candidate become the party nominee (except for Gore) let alone the president.

Just once in my lifetime I'd like to see a truly progressive president, a party that backs him or her, and real political change.

I've often thought how different America would be today if Robert F. Kennedy or Howard Dean or Bernie Sanders had become president, or at least Al Gore to solve climate change.

Dr. Dean was the first to really understand that we needed true healthcare reform. Hillary tried for a while but neither she nor Obama did nearly enough.

Healthcare costs are pricing us out of our home. We don't have a candidate left who will fight for healthcare for all. I will vote for Biden, but with tears in my eyes, wondering what the future holds.

I know he will do some good things. He'll appoint better people to the Supreme Court. Hopefully roll back the racist policies toward immigrant families and do at least something about climate change, but I fear it may not be enough.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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