Current Affairs 2020 Democratic Primary

[sdk]

I tuned out a bit from the race over the weekend but where's Bloomberg in this poll? Is he not running in Nevada?

Bloomberg's not on the ballot until Super Tuesday.

 

[abelard]

Name them. Name those who have said they support Bloomberg.

@sdk is right people have thus far only mentioned how much smarter Bloomberg is and if it were him or Trump then clearly Bloomberg would be a better choice.

Not one person said that he is their candidate of choice.

Current Affairs - Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

All due respect, asking the average American voter to read up about candidates and policy positions is folly. The hardcore of each side knows the various talking points on policy but a very, very large percentage of Americans are not hardcore and couldn't be asked to spend 10 minutes reading...

www.grandoldteam.com

as if it is any way necessary for someone to have to formally state that they support the second-ranked contender in many polls before we can criticise him, just because the self-appointed Keystone Cop of internet pedantry doesn't know how to use his favourite word ; )

 

[SteveSC]

Current Affairs - Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

All due respect, asking the average American voter to read up about candidates and policy positions is folly. The hardcore of each side knows the various talking points on policy but a very, very large percentage of Americans are not hardcore and couldn't be asked to spend 10 minutes reading...

www.grandoldteam.com

as if it is any way necessary for someone to have to formally state that they support the second-ranked contender in many polls before we can criticise him, just because the self-appointed Keystone Cop of internet pedantry doesn't know how to use his favourite word ; )

So you are saying no one said they support him then. Got it.

No one like Bloomberg. Not one. The point about him was he was a more intelligent actual rich guy.

Thing is all you want to do is fight with people who most likely vote for Sanders if it comes to that. How clever does that make you?

You are literally preaching to the choir then getting upset when they have opinions on other candidates.

Fact is nearly every lefty here will vote for sanders if he is the clear candidate.

So go on continue to be a jerk and condescending when people dont agree that sanders is the best and only Sanders. Crazy how all in you are on someone that actually you cannot even vote for.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

I'm guessing your grandpa, like my grandpa, didn't really want to shoot Germans but it was better than the alternative.

The prevailing attitude in my circles today is "just win and sort it out afterward". Not all that different than Grandpa's approach to the war.

Fantastic post

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

So you are saying no one said they support him then. Got it.

No one like Bloomberg. Not one. The point about him was he was a more intelligent actual rich guy.

Thing is all you want to do is fight with people who most likely vote for Sanders if it comes to that. How clever does that make you?

You are literally preaching to the choir then getting upset when they have opinions on other candidates.

Fact is nearly every lefty here will vote for sanders if he is the clear candidate.

So go on continue to be a jerk and condescending when people dont agree that sanders is the best and only Sanders. Crazy how all in you are on someone that actually you cannot even vote for.

I think it goes without saying that if it comes down to Sanders vs Trump, everyone that regularly posts on this board will move mountains to get as many people as possible to vote for Sanders in the general.

Hopefully it's just Russian trolls, but the sense is that there are still Sanders supporters out there who will take their ball and stay home if he's not the nom, which is nothing short of criminal

 

[Ruairi77]

I think it goes without saying that if it comes down to Sanders vs Trump, everyone that regularly posts on this board will move mountains to get as many people as possible to vote for Sanders in the general.

Hopefully it's just Russian trolls, but the sense is that there are still Sanders supporters out there who will take their ball and stay home if he's not the nom, which is nothing short of criminal

Yea, and I'm struggling with that.
I voted for and campaigned for Sanders in 16 but went with Warren this time as I feel it's time for a progressive woman who's not a party outsider. I was always happy to vote for Sanders in the GE if he gets the nomination.
However, after seeing the way his supporters went after Warren last month, I don't really have any drive to get out and campaign for him or stick up a lawn sign. I don't really want to be associated with what I saw.
Sanders supporters got #warrenisasnake trending nationwide, who the hell does that help, it's trumpesque carry on.
I'm still waiting for that moment where I hear Sanders give more substance and therefore give me more drive to ignore his base and get on board.

 

[abelard]

So go on continue to be a jerk and condescending when people dont agree

Erm... Steve?

You are an idiot.

You hated filled idiot.

Go educate yourself you sound foolish and you are a definite sound byte for the loons on the right.
Which bloody multi are you or are you just that thick?

Idiot still playing the same record.
Keep up your nonsense its riveting.

What sort of moron are you?

The fact you missed my point and can't comprehend what i was saying shows how ignorant you are.

Carrying on something you complain you didn't start doesn't make it better it makes you look like a moron.

Thanks for the newspaper by the way now it just proves you are simply stupid

You realise you are not some intelligent poster and your posts are just stupid right?

Yes I am you really are thick.
Let.me clarify to you as you seem to stupid to realise.

Because this thread is about the POTUS you idiot.

Once again you are a fecking idiot. What is wrong with you?
You are a disgrace as a human.

Ah yes the Pete special a fecking stupid one liner that makes you look like an idiot with nothing to say.

Just another idiot trying to be clever and clearly on a windup.

Continuously insulting peoples intelligence does not make you intelligent nor does it "win" arguments.

You're not very self-aware, are you?

Probably best for you to leave politics to the grown-ups, for now.

 

[BlueTX]

Current Affairs - Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

All due respect, asking the average American voter to read up about candidates and policy positions is folly. The hardcore of each side knows the various talking points on policy but a very, very large percentage of Americans are not hardcore and couldn't be asked to spend 10 minutes reading...

www.grandoldteam.com

as if it is any way necessary for someone to have to formally state that they support the second-ranked contender in many polls before we can criticise him, just because the self-appointed Keystone Cop of internet pedantry doesn't know how to use his favourite word ; )

Am I to feel outed... ??

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Yea, and I'm struggling with that.
I voted for and campaigned for Sanders in 16 but went with Warren this time as I feel it's time for a progressive woman who's not a party outsider. I was always happy to vote for Sanders in the GE if he gets the nomination.
However, after seeing the way his supporters went after Warren last month, I don't really have any drive to get out and campaign for him or stick up a lawn sign. I don't really want to be associated with what I saw.
Sanders supporters got #warrenisasnake trending nationwide, who the hell does that help, it's trumpesque carry on.
I'm still waiting for that moment where I hear Sanders give more substance and therefore give me more drive to ignore his base and get on board.

How many of these are Russian bots though? It's more than we think

 

[abelard]

Am I to feel outed... ??

Soz... just in response to a question I was (for some bizarre reason) asked

You're a sound poster, just with a questionable sense of 'electability'

(I kid! I kid!)

 

[abelard]

How many of these are Russian bots though? It's more than we think

и я предваряю это словами: я не собираюсь голосовать за Берни Сандерса. Мне нравится многое из того, что он говорит о внешней политике и наблюдении - действительно, потому что Сандерс не обдумывает слова, мне часто нравится это больше, чем то, что я слышу от других демократов. И некоторые из его осуждений американской олигархии вызывают слабый, но очень мелодичный аккорд. Но затем вы переходите к его прежней двусмысленности в отношении коммунистических диктатур, его экономической программе «Каракас на Атлантике», его нежеланию платить за свои новые расходы, его экстремизму в отношении абортов. Эти вещи составляют основную часть его сообщения, и поэтому для меня это трудный проход.

Но, Господи, я получу искушение.

Демократическая партия и ее союзники сейчас используют все антитела, которые им нужны, чтобы остановить Сандерса. Редакция New York Times назвала повестку дня Сандерса «чрезмерно жесткой, непроверенной и противоречивой». Джеймс Карвилл, который, как я думал, давно превратился в пугало, назвал сторонников Сандерса «культом», а самого Сандерса - «коммунистом». Бывший генеральный директор Goldman Sachs Ллойд Бланкфейн намекнул, что Сандерс будет поддержан русскими. MSNBC был количественно отрицательным по отношению к сенатору Вермонта. И это еще до того, как мы обратим время на 2016 год и вспомним, как DNC пытался сфальсифицировать праймериз против Сандерса, как Донна Бразил провозила контрабандой темы дебатов в кампанию Клинтона, как Сандерс был по-королевски и основательно обвинен в преступлении, предлагая домашняя критика миссис Клинтон вульгарной транзакционализма.

Вы думаете об этих вещах и говорите себе, черт возьми, разве не было бы забавно ткнуть этим людям в глаза? Разве не было бы приятно наблюдать, как одна из тех подковообразных панелей CNN на 128 человек задыхается в Сандерсе, проводящем номинацию? Это, конечно, было одной из причин, по которой республиканцы поддержали Дональда Трампа: они хотели назло политическим учреждениям страны и СМИ, которые постоянно говорили им, что Трамп не победит, не победит, не победит. Это политика трансгрессии. Вряд ли это ново, но в эпоху, когда мы постоянно наводнены говорящими головами, многие из которых самодовольны и говорят одно и то же, искушение совершить преступление стало еще сильнее, чем когда-либо. И почему бы нет? Кингсли Эмис однажды сказал: «Если ты не можешь никого раздражать, то в написании слов нет смысла». То же самое можно сказать и о голосовании.

Есть и более веская причина, чтобы насмехаться над Сандерсом: очень многие из тех, кто гулял по поводу его восхождения, постоянно ошибались в течение очень долгого времени. (Серьезно, кого, чёрт возьми, разбили лагерь перед их телевизором, отчаянно ожидающего, чтобы Ллойд Бланкфейн взвесил? Правительство выручило Goldman Sachs на сумму 10 миллиардов долларов; это должно, по крайней мере, купить нам его молчание.) Если вы хотите Я знаю, почему у Сандерса все хорошо, потому что он обещает самое резкое исправление курса вдали от Бланкфейнов мира, которые, по мнению Миллениалов, затмили их будущее. Увы, его решения неосуществимы. И политика трансгрессии в конечном итоге пустая - сейчас у нас ее слишком много, особенно в Республиканской партии. Тем не менее, может быть, демократы окажутся в маринаде. Чем больше они сопротивляются Сандерсу, тем более заманчивым он становится.

Edit: Whoops

 

[BlueTX]

Soz... just in response to a question I was (for some bizarre reason) asked

You're a sound poster, just with a questionable sense of 'electability'

(I kid! I kid!)

HA! We shall see...

 

[SteveSC]

Erm... Steve?



You're not very self-aware, are you?

Probably best for you to leave politics to the grown-ups, for now.

Thing is I am aware off what I said to others in the past. That doesnt make it right and it certainly doesnt give you a justification to simply be that way for no reason either.

Instead off simply answering someone.

Given that you posted most of that without context or the other person's insults to me. But heck use it to call me out sure. I know what I have said in the past. It absolves you i guess.

Also what was that about keystone cop. Asking someone to leave haha!

 

[sdk]

Soz... just in response to a question I was (for some bizarre reason) asked

You don't understand why someone would ask why you were directing comments to people who aren't here, but on some other, Bloomberg-posi forum? Huh.

One (and perhaps the only) positive aspect of Bloomberg's candidacy is that he doesn't command a cultist following. Speaking of which, how long are you allowed out of the compound today?

 

[tsubaki]

hurrah, we are on the cultist thing again