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Should a White Man Be the Face of the Democratic Party in 2020?
The New York Times ^
| April 20, 2019
| Astead W. Herndon and Matt Flegenheimer
Posted on 04/20/2019 7:06:43 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa As Peter Johnson and Emily Neal waited for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to arrive at Barleys, a brick-lined sports bar in southwestern Iowa, they gamed out possible nominees in the Democratic presidential primary. Mr. Johnson, a 27-year-old law student, said the large field was a great equalizer, and if at the end of it we get an old white guy, someone who represents the status quo, itll be because theyve proven themselves. Ms. Neal, a dental hygienist, made an agonized face at Mr. Johnson, her boyfriend. Wouldnt something be lost, she asked, if the historically diverse slate of 2020 Democrats was passed over?
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Our country is doomed.
As day after day go by and I see the various faces on television and elsewhere.... and see the faces and behaviors of "journalists" and broadcasters, I realize the country is doomed.
These limp people are basically all cousins ......... of similar devastating points of view.
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