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  1. Posted

    Bernie just came out and promised free child care through the age of 4. When asked how he would pay for it he just said with “ taxes on billionaires “... 
     

    Obviously super cool IDEA. But when you’re putting forth 700 new (and again mostly good) ideas to reshape the country.... I feel as if taxes on billionaires, which is his answer for everything, will cover even close to all of this. 
     

    He needs to start acting like the nominee. Stop sucking peoples cocks and lubing assholes.... start providing people with details on how this all ACTUALLY is going to work. 
     

    He’s so frustrating . Lol 

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    21 hours ago, seanbrock said:

    They still have their voters over 50...even though they will never take that demographic from the GOP lol. Money in politics has gotten so bad that the Democrats are actually being paid to lose. The Party leadership wants to PC Republicans, while actively trying to sabotage all the candidates in their party that actually energize people.

    That's another reason why ya'll need to reconsider Bernie. Whoelse is even talking about getting money out of politics? We know Trump isn't. For all my libertarian peeps, the GOP does the same thing to you guys. They keep electing people that preach against spending but then vote for record setting, deficit increasing, budgets. All while sabotaging and marginalizing anyone that doesn't drink the kool-aide. Getting Bernie elected could actually help you reach your policy goals faster than he can, his. We could form powerful coalitions on certain issues like foreign policy, like I said before with Sanders in office.  Also remember that Sanders is against the surveilence state and the prosecution of whistle blowers and was on board to audit the Fed. 

    Btw, all those common goals that libertarian minded people have with Sanders, please know that he could be the best shot you see in your lifetime of accomplishing those common goals. Both parties are firmly in lock step on all of those issues.

    Bernie does and says some great things. But he isn't uniting anybody.... And he's a little, tiny bit hypocrite. I think most politicians are, so that's cool. Dude owns the same number of houses right now as the average american will in their entire lifetime. He's a multi-millionaire who gives very very little to charity. He is all about accumulating and hoarding wealth. Now, I still believe in capitalism, so more power to him. But it's so off putting to hear one thing from him but see him act totally opposite. 

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    15 hours ago, Thanatos said:

    Oh he's done plenty worse. First of all, Dems talk about Trump being accused by women- 24. A lot, to be sure. Bloomberg has been accused by 63. 

    He's been quoted as telling a pregnant female employee to "just kill it," that it would kill her career to have the child. He got upset when one of his female staff got married, claiming "there goes another one."

    The man is utter scum of the earth. I could never bring myself to vote for Trump because Trump is in the same old good ol boys club, but for the sake of our democracy I'd far rather see Trump get 4 more years than have Bloomberg buy a Presidency.

    Fortunately I don't think there's any way in hell Bloomberg beats Trump if its get that far because the entire progressive wing will sit at home.

    Yeah, I was just reading some more of this stuff and some of the guys at work were talking about it too with the debate tonight. I don't understand how he has as much support as he does. Blows my mind... To be fair, I was ignorant of a lot of it until just recently, so i am hoping that is the case with his supporters as well.

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    All these attacks on Bloomberg are giving me a good laugh. His video implying there is no intelligence in being a farmer .... he claims it was taken out of context, and maybe that’s true, but not a great look. 
     

    Now there’s a video that surfaced of him at a conference saying black and Latino men don’t know how to behave in the workplace ... lmao. What in the actual fuck. 
     

    He also just officially qualified for the debate. I am looking forward to see him get slaughtered

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    You're totally right. More than likely absolutely nothing Sanders wants to do would pass as is. Saying that they would water it down is an understatement. Hell getting anything even close to anything he wants would be shocking. Even though Presidential powers have been growing out of control in recent years, there is still a pretty limited scope to their power. And even if he directs Nancy (assuming she keeps control and the Speakership)... I still don't think it would get done. GOP would be a non-starter and again... moderate democrats are going to take some serious goading. 

    Also, I was reading an article earlier talking about how Biden's decline is nto even helping Bernie. All those moderate voters are just shifting to other candidates (mainly Bloomberg it looks like). Overall it does help Bernie though, for now, considering Bloomy was so low previously. Those voters reallllly don't want Bernie, man... lol.

    And you may have a point with this " negotiating from the middle " stuff but these are just normal people... normal voters. I highly doubt most of them really think about their candidate on that level.

    Found the article: https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-polling-bernie-sanders-bef6baf1-a231-45bd-be84-e5973080bc35.html

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    On 2/16/2020 at 8:54 AM, seanbrock said:

    Moderate Democrats are staying home against Trump? My god, the irony of that would just be too fucking much. 

    I don’t think a lot of moderates care as deeply about voting just to get rid of Trump as you probably believe. Obviously they dislike him, but a lot of people need a candidate that motivates them... gives them hope... Sanders doesn’t do that for those people. Again , that isn’t his fault. Just the way it is. 

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    Very good point about the people up for re-election in Congress. I actually just read an article earlier this week talking about that possibility. That is Sanders wins the nomination -- which looks pretty likely, especially as the states voting get less white... That he (Sanders) could very well end up costing Democrats the House of Rep and there would be about 0 chance of claiming the Senate. Very , very interesting stuff. 

    I've been changing my mind on this a lot.. The thought of a progressive vs a moderate taking the nomination. At some points during this process, I felt like it would help to have the progressive. Then I would change my mind later and think that was crazy.. then I was reading all these stories about Warren buttering up to the DNC elites so I was back on the progressive train.. and now that Pete looks like the clear #2 after two votes (again, still a lot can change)... I am beginning to think a progressive nominee is good news for Trump. I think I am gonna stick here though. 

    But, also a good point by you... It might not even matter, because the Bernie people will probably riot if he loses (the nomination). lol

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    I just think he divides Democrats too much. Not saying that’s necessarily bad or even his fault. But uniting the moderate and progressive sides of the party doesn’t seem like (right now and just my opinion) something he is going to be able to accomplish. There are going to be too many Democrats that peel off and just don’t vote if Bernie has the nod. 
     

    He will still get a lot of votes, don’t get me wrong. But it won’t be near enough. 

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    Yang going out makes me sad. He’s genuinely a great human being. I like Tulsi but I don’t know how long that train is running for either. Idk if I can come around to any of the others. Bernie, Warren, Biden, and Pete are all complete non-starters for me. Assuming Tulsi doesn’t go the distance.... She doesn’t excite me but Klobuchar is probably thenext best option (just for me personally). 

    Probably voting 3rd party again. Yay. Lmao 
     

    Trump gonna sweep the leg vs Bernie. Those debates are going to be ugly AF. Lmao. 

  15. Posted

    19 hours ago, BwareDWare94 said:

    Their platform has allowed room for the crazy, and the crazy is wreaking havoc on their public image. It lost them 2016 by a convincing margin, and will lead to a 2020 landslide loss. 

    The only way to come back from this is to start saying "no" to the crazy. Will they have the balls to do it? 

    You know the answer to this. lol

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    Yeah, like I was telling Blots (and like you mentioned). Even if it isn't rigged... There's a lot of things that line up to make it seem that way. |Regardless of the the truth is, the optics are insanely bad. Mayor Pete donating more than $20,000 to this app company... the app not working and thus results can't be released. We are 3 days after the fact and we still don't have them all. And the fact that the initial batch of results shows a Pete lead... and with more results being released the smaller and smaller his lead becomes... And then when his lead shrinks to almost the smallest it possibly can be... 0.1%, the DNC Chair comes out and demands a recount. Again, three days later and not until after Bernie is about to beat Pete. Just so bad. lol

  18. Posted · Edited by DalaiLama4Ever

    Lmao. 97% of the votes are reported from Iowa. Bernie pulled within 0.1% of Mayor Pete.. and all of a sudden Tom Perez (DNC Chair) is calling for a recanvass. 3 days later. Right as Bernie is gonna take the lead. ROFL

    EDIT: Also Sean, I am not syaing that information is wrong... but the NY Times has Deval Patrick only getting 49 votes on the first vote total... Maybe that's just one random ass Black Hawk county precinct that isn't reported but... "Other" got 100 more votes total than Patrick did (again, according to the Times). Yang got 5% of the first votes, and (like me and many many others) most of us Yang supporters just left instead of realigning. 

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    Ya, crazy how that works isn't it? lol

    Iowa has only missed the Democratic nominee twice in the last 50 years. There were rumors and articles before about how the DNC was pushing hard for the moderates in the group, but that's obviously becoming reality. Biden was probably supposed to be the chosen one... but on account of him being a corpse, they had to shift lanes a bit. I still wouldn't be shocked if Warren pulls some stupid deal out of her ass, as she's slowly kinda edging a little more middle of the road. Mayor Pete can't even run the city he is mayor of... Where is this shit coming from? lmao

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  21. Posted

    Follow the money...

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    Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's campaign contributed money to the technological firm whose voting app contributed to reporting delays in the Iowa caucuses.

    Federal Election Commission filings reveal that Buttigieg's campaign gave tens of thousands of dollars to Shadow on July 23, 2019, for "software rights and subscriptions."

     


    I mean... I know this stuff goes on... but it still makes me sick to read.

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  22. Posted

    It’s just anecdotal and only for like 20 or so precincts across the state of people I talk to about local politics and stuff but almost all of them said then Bernie won going away and they have no idea how Pete is leading right now. 
     

    Its pretty obvious the party saw huge Sanders numbers and shut that shit downnnnn . Even if he ends up pulling ahead (only 62% of precincts have been revealed ) it’s not gonna be the runaway it should’ve been. 

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    6 hours ago, Thanatos said:

    No its not. His argument is literally "I had to pay my kids way, so everyone else should always have to as well." In other words- diverting the trolley disrespects the people its already killed, to use the metaphor. What about parents who can't pay off their kids loans? What about kids who get suckered into loans they have no business going into? What about the fact that college is pushed a ridiculous deal in this country when it shouldn't be?

    Obviously I could be wrong because I don’t know the guy... but listening to him, to what he says, and the passion he says it with... I really don’t think his point is “ everyone should get fucked “. 
     

    You don’t talk with that much energy and passion over wanting to fuck over more people. 
     

    He’s talking about his sacrifice ... what he’s done to allow his child to go to school. He wants his sacrifices in time and money to be worth something — just like we all do. Under Warrens plan he suffers... his sacrifice means nothing... and he’s (rightly) annoyed by that. 
     

    That’s just the Catch 22 of trying to fix the student loan issue. There’s gonna be a cutoff, there’s gonna be people who get double penetrated. On the contrary ... this guy is the trolley problem. Elizabeth Warren has decided to sacrifice him and many many other parents who have done the same and have already sacrificed so much to “fix” the issue for others. She’s choosing to pull the lever and kill the one to save five. (Idk what the actual percentage of kids who have parents pay for their college is so I’m just using the numbers from the basic trolley problem). 

  25. Posted

    Did you watch or read that tweet at all? lol. He isn't talking about himself. He's comparing his own situation  where he worked shit jobs and shifts and saved money to afford sending his daughter to school to that of a friend of his who made more and didn't save who would be bailed out by Warren. I think he is a lot more of a "regular person" than his friend is.

    And the bubble may not have burst yet, but you are already seeing some of that. Millennials aren't buying houses is just one example.

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