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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2019

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Sam Stein

      1. I've heard some people say that Biden is being cynical here, that he really doesn't believe this & is just saying it because it appeals to the older, centrist Dems who are his base. I want to argue on behalf of Biden's sincerity. He really thinks this.https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1192181187466473472 …

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      Sam SteinVerified account @samstein
      “With Donald Trump out of the way, you’re going to see a number of my Republican colleagues have an epiphany. Mark my words. Mark my words,” Biden said at a DC fundraiser today at the Sidley Austin law firm
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2019

      2. The thing with Biden is that trans-ideological friendship isn't just a matter of rhetoric, it's a core part of his identity. It always has been, which is why he has so many stories about working with the likes of Strom Thurmond.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2019

      3. Biden is a man neither of the left or the right, but of elite friendship. He's buddy Biden, the guy who can bring people together and make deals. The enormous personal tragedies he's suffered is part of that -- it's made him open to people.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2019

      4. On a human level, there's something admirable about Biden's cult of friendship, his sense that the personal suffering that unites us as human transcends ideology. But as a political program? It's a fucking disaster.

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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2019

          5. I had a Nation column a while back explaining why friendship was so important to Biden. https://www.thenation.com/article/joe-biden-strom-thurmond-eastland/ …

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        2. Sunny Jim‏ @sunnyjim4 6 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Again, there is no ideology to transcend. Biden's ideology and the Republican ideology are virtually identical in reality despite the rhetoric (ie bullshit)

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        3. Jeff Kemp‏ @jkempcpa 6 Nov 2019
          Replying to @sunnyjim4 @HeerJeet

          This is bullshit. Name me one republican politician in the United States that shares the same policy agenda as Joe Biden.

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        2. Jeff Kemp‏ @jkempcpa 6 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          In a country split 50/50 - you aren’t going to be able to jam through your agenda. You might not want to hear that but it’s the truth. So you have two options. Find consensus - on things where you can find it - or commit yourself to unproductive perpetual partisan warfare.

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        3. DeeplyRootedSeaBird 🇺🇸 🌸‏ @clbirds 6 Nov 2019
          Replying to @jkempcpa @HeerJeet

          What have Republicans offered to compromise on in the last decade?

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        1. Finbad the Failer‏ @bruminger 6 Nov 2019
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          But just remember who his friends are

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        1. Geraldo O'Rivera‏ @TehAfton 6 Nov 2019
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          Always got the impression that he was a really nice guy. That isn't enough, of course. Or even relevant at all.

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        1. Iris Pangburn‏ @Calamitatis 6 Nov 2019
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          I don’t doubt his sincerity in this regard, but it’s a vain and blinkered delusion.

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        1. Studio Hermit‏ @studiohermitart 6 Nov 2019
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          How anyone could listen to ten minutes of right-wing radio and still think this way is beyond me.

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        1. CatManDo‏ @JonesyCanuck 6 Nov 2019
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          If Obama couldn't pull it off, Biden has no chance. But he could and probably would sell out and give the farm away to the GOP. Just to prove he can get along with anyone.

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