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US PoliEra 2020 |OT 2| Dershowitz says "Quid Pro Quo on the Go?" [See Staff Post]
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Their idea of just beating Trump means to do anything, even if it's to play in a way that shows the same level of corruption that allowed a figure like Trump to be seen as a sincere candidate in the first place. Lining up for Bloomberg really says so much to me. It shows people really think the wealthy will look out for the rest of us, and we need to find one of The Good Ones.
But are there actual good ones? Honestly? Probably not. People prefer suffering that is familiar to them. This means people would be more comfortable with neoliberalism of a decade ago as opposed to the current issues of neonationalism. The problem here is the suffering itself. People would love to go back to a 2015 pre-Trump America, but that was also a terrible time.
Ultimately though lining up around Bloomberg really solidifies the idea this country is for the elite, the affluent, and that all concepts of a society "for the people" and ambitions of democracy are dead and gone. They're dying now with Trump, but will not return under a President Bloomberg.
All this stuff coming out about Bloomberg, it should be enough to make people go 'lol, nah'. But in the age of Trump, where 'Nothing Matters'...
I hope Bernie is able to rally people to his banner like he claims. Because if Bloomberg is able to pull of a victory... I'll vote for him over Trump, but man oh man would that say some depressing things about the American electorate. And let's be honest; a Bloomberg candidacy would probably tear ResetEra apart.
I hope Bernie is able to rally people to his banner like he claims. Because if Bloomberg is able to pull of a victory... I'll vote for him over Trump, but man oh man would that say some depressing things about the American electorate. And let's be honest; a Bloomberg candidacy would probably tear ResetEra apart.
Dave Wasserman on Twitter
“New Hampshire primary votes cast in... 2012: Obama: 49,080 Republicans: 248,211 2020: Trump: 129,696 Democrats: 296,622 For a state that's voted blue the past four presidential elections, that's a pretty decent show of force for Trump (in a non-seriously contested primary).”twitter.com
Literally no one thinks Republicans aren't going to be motivated to vote. Thanks Dave
Yep. The people who are matching the young voices and future of the party (Warren, Sanders, AOC) are seen as enemies while Bloomberg is seen as a savior.
Just so everyone is aware, Alabama Daily News is a front operation for fake news from the Trump campaign. I have no idea of the validity of that poll, but they're legitimately fake news.
Also, re: billionaires running in the primary. Like...what are we supposed to do? If your net worth is above "X" you cannot run? Self funding yourself is totally legal. Steyer is spending like $1900 a vote and getting no where. Like, what is the alternative?
Also, re: billionaires running in the primary. Like...what are we supposed to do? If your net worth is above "X" you cannot run? Self funding yourself is totally legal. Steyer is spending like $1900 a vote and getting no where. Like, what is the alternative?
If Tubby's on the ballot, would all of Tuscaloosa vote against him?
Dave Wasserman on Twitter
“New Hampshire primary votes cast in... 2012: Obama: 49,080 Republicans: 248,211 2020: Trump: 129,696 Democrats: 296,622 For a state that's voted blue the past four presidential elections, that's a pretty decent show of force for Trump (in a non-seriously contested primary).”
This is inline with the special elections where Democrats are winning in Alabama and Kentucky. People are energized like never before to vote for Democrats. I think its gonna be a landslide.
If none of the others drop out, Sanders will win this. I'm ready for his pitbull staffers to go ham on Republicans.
If others drop out it could be a close race.
I guess all the black support Bloomberg is garnering means that those voters also support racism.
Orrrrrrrrr maybe going with the devil that might be reined in by the party is better than allowing the devil who is currently making it harder for black folks to fight housing and job discrimination to keep running things.
Who knows?
Orrrrrrrrr maybe going with the devil that might be reined in by the party is better than allowing the devil who is currently making it harder for black folks to fight housing and job discrimination to keep running things.
Who knows?
Was at Wal-Mart with my parents looking for a Christmas present for my niece in December, and I saw that they had made an updated Lite Bright. Almost bought it right then and there.
My daughter has a Lite Brite, it's significantly less cool than I remember. She still likes it though.
The DNC could have kicked him out and not done backflips to get him in a debate when he was previously not accepting donations to prevent going onto the debate.
Also the whole issue of the guy being able to buy support from his multiple years of supporting other politicans. And the conflicts of interest that happen when your net worth is the equivalent of a nation.
absolutely unreal.
If you haven't, watch the documentary series "The Toys That Made Us" on Netflix. It goes behind the scenes of a lot of the toys from the 80s/90s. Shit's great.
They ruined it! My kids have one. It's no where near as awesome as it used to be.
Robert Costa @costareportsSen. Susan Collins tells me the president must "play no role whatsoever when it comes to sentencing recommendations" — and said she planned to call WH to discuss Stone matter.
Should there be hearings? Says she's not sure yet, but has Qs for AG Barr. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-seeks-to-bend-the-executive-branch-as-part-of-impeachment-vendetta/2020/02/12/8b712e18-4dc9-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html …
Should there be hearings? Says she's not sure yet, but has Qs for AG Barr. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-seeks-to-bend-the-executive-branch-as-part-of-impeachment-vendetta/2020/02/12/8b712e18-4dc9-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html …
8:57 PM - Feb 12, 2020
Require Bloomberg or any other politician who owns media to divest those holdings as a mandatory step before they can select delegates.
What the hell, why would she do that? Not crossing a picket line is like Intro to Unions 101 stuff.
This man really is taking Biden's place. Even got the "I worked with Obama" cred on deck.
But....again, kicked him out for what? For not being a Democrat long enough? Because that's a can of worms right there. Like, I'm just not sure what we should kick him out for. Like I said, I don't want him to be the nominee. I will vote for literally anyone (except Tulsi) to stop him from being the nominee, but I just don't see what the DNC was supposed to do.
As to the debate thing, oh hell no. I want his ass on the debate stage. No one in the race has the money to combat his ad advantage. Period. If you do not let him on the stage, you are letting him not have to defend ANY of his record. You're cheating voters out of the chance to see him perform and see if he has the whatever to be the nominee. Why shouldn't he have to get up there and defend his record when everyone else has to?
They don't want to get sued for burning children's hands
This one:
Have you seen ads for any other candidates?
It feels like Bloomberg's strategy is to buy viability without going to any of the early states to actually campaign by dumping tons of money into ads.
A lot of people probably only know him though those ads. He's hoping to parlay that into winning a lot of delegates Super Tuesday onward where there won't be a lot of campaigns able to cover all the states.
It's annoying, but I don't think it's going to work.
Bloomberg clearly knows that Obama is super popular among Dems and shit like this will make him more attractive. Scariest dude in the race if he can tank the racism stuff.
I think this might have been when I first realized that things could actually not be as cool and fun in real life as they seemed in the commercial.
If we kick out Bloombito for not being a Dem long enough we need to kick Bernard out for, you know, not actually being a Democrat.
I don't want to know what passes for an Easy Bake oven these days.
Kick him out [or rather keep him out of the primary race] for not divesting media holdings.
Growing up, that commercial loved to show up on the mornings and early afternoons on my cartoon time. The music was catchy, I'll give them that.
He's got McBath, Meeks (from NY) and Plaskett from the virgin islands as endorsements now.
Rep. Jim Jordan accused of participating in OSU sexual abuse cover-up by ex-wrestler
Jim Jordan reportedly called a former OSU wrestler and "cried, groveled... begged" him to help Jordan cover up his involvement in the abuse.sports.yahoo.com
Former OSU Wrestler: Jim Jordan 'Called Me Crying' After Strauss Abuse Allegation | NBC News
The tweet is from last year, but if you read the article it says.:
It wasn't Warren herself, but the campaign messed up and apologized.
This kind of tyranny leads to poor Jimmy Carter losing his peanut farm :(
Honestly, this cycle illustrates a lot of problems and I hope they get baked into the next time's rules.
would be funny if Obama's first comment on the race is an anti-bloomberg endorsement
Like, this, I'm okay with. But, again, that would have to apply to next time not this time. You shouldn't just change the rules of who can run halfway through.
I just don't know what rationale we have for saying he can't run in our primary. And like if the DNC started doing that, we all know what a can of worms that would be.
It's kind of hard for most people to kick with both legs at the same time.
They'll probably make him minority leader next term.
I can't disagree with that, but we can't kick him out solely for "not being a Democrat long enough." We should be kicking him out for the racism and transphobia, etc.
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