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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Olivia Nuzzi

      1. It's really worth paying attention to Biden's words here. “Some say Democrats are angry...well I don’t believe it.” We have an unaddressed climate crisis, abortion rights under siege, migrant kids detained & dying, maybe war with Iran but Uncle Joe is not angry.https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1129720696702230528 …

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      Olivia Nuzzi @Olivianuzzi
      The Biden campaign releases two excerpts from Biden’s speech, scheduled for delivery this afternoon in Philadelphia: pic.twitter.com/0d445h2laW
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      2. This is Biden's strategy in a nutshell: “Some say Democrats are angry...well I don’t believe it.” The pitch is a return to pre-2016 normality & working with GOP. It ties in with Pelosi's no impeachment & slow-walking investigation of Trump. It's pure folly.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      3. Who will Biden win in the general election with this message of "we're not angry, we'll return things to normal, we'll work with GOP"? Never Trump conservatives like Bret Stephens seems to like it but Stephens already voted against Trump in 2016. It wasn't enough.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      4. Biden's message of "we're not angry, we'll return to normal, we'll work with GOP" will demobilize key Democratic groups, while Trump will run on an angry message (Coup attempt! Treason! Lock 'em Up) which will mobilize his base.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

      5. "The best lack all conviction, while the worst/ Are full of passionate intensity." -- Yeats. Democratic Party: let's get lacking all conviction to run against passionate intensity.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

          6. Anyways, I think there's an opportunity here for other candidates (particularly Sanders, Warren & Harris) to take up anger question. Give speech: "People are angry & scared. For good reason. We need to channel that anger into political organizing to defeat Trumpism & GOP."

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

          7. This goes beyond political messaging. The anger is out there in the world. It's real. It needs to be acknowledged and given voice so that it can be channelled in productive directions. To simply deny the anger is to deny reality.

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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 May 2019

          8. If Biden is nominee & he runs on "unity" message then once again Trump (even though he's president) will be able to position himself as the insurgent fighting the status quo restorationist. Biden will give Trump a licence to run again as the change candidate. Madness.

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        1. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          You mistake anger for conviction.

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        2. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          If the idea that we must be driven by anger then our politics is really in trouble. I think Biden thinks we need to take the temperature down a bit. After all 46% of the people voted for T. How are we to integrate them into a politics post '20. You are Trump with better policies.

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        3. Lisa Simpson's REAL Magic Bear-Repelling Rock‏ @FERALROBOTS 18 May 2019
          Replying to @joero3 @HeerJeet

          Sometimes it's right to be angry.

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        2. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 18 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I gather you are more of a Malcolm X than MLK kind of guy.

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        3. SNF‏ @Superninfreak 18 May 2019
          Replying to @joero3 @HeerJeet

          Are you saying MLK wasn’t angry or vocal? Non-violence and timidity aren’t the same.

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        1. Caitlin Ahern‏ @CAhernHodgson 18 May 2019
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          “Had they but courage equal to desire”

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        1. muddlewait‏ @muddlewait 18 May 2019
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          I don't want him, but of course the party does. He's not a woman. He'll make old men feel safe. He offers an easy way out for regretful Trump voters. Big business will prefer him. Most lefties will pressure their friends to vote for him to save lives. And he punches hippies.

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