funny thing about the economy is it’s the same in all major developed countries. same in japan, same in the uk despite brexit, same in germany, canada, australia, the netherlands, new zealand, switzerland, singapore... trump is not president there. this is a global phenomenon, not a national one.

as for changes in everyone’s life: yes, we have a different social climate these days and it’s palpable. too long to go into detail typing on a phone.

lastly, williamson is a bit of a hippy loony and is not gonna get the nomination.

but if she did??

you’d have a successful book author who runs nonprofits to protect the poor, help people with hiv/aids, advocate for peace...

vs

a failed casino operator, habitual scammer, reality tv show bastard, pussy grabber

who’s more qualified? and who’s deranged now?

Trimpy Jr: Kamala isn’t black......

Hmmm....wtf is a “Jamaican”, anyways?

http://zandarvts.blogspot.com/2019/0...herism-20.html

I think this guy gets it...

does he?

his healthcare isn’t being threatened by that animal...

This.

And beyond that, Trump promotes an atmosphere of fear and hate. This does affect a lot of people. Just because the economy seems somewhat okay on the surface that doesn't mean that everything's A-okay. One only has to look at the kind of atrocities that happen at the border (Cages, for crying out loud), or what ICE is doing. This hits people who already, societally speaking, don't really have a voice. And then there are of course blue collar Joe and Jane who have to worry about healthcare. I may be looking in from the outside as well, so of course I can't grasp the entire scope of things. But if one does take a look, it's quite easy to see how everday life has been negatively affected by Trump's admin.

and, even for some of us that the economy is going well, we still hate trimp for his overt faux religiousity and his abysmal foreign policy, let alone migration. I also don't think you can say he is driving this economic boom in any way and his extremely bad tax policies and tariff nonsense have some potentially dire consequences, economically. FUCK TRUMP

Exactly. This guy has managed to tank Casinos for fuck's sake. That's as far away from the entrepreneural prowess some attribute to him as possible. In fact, it's quite pathetic. If the economy is okay for some (and I wanna stress the "some" here), it's rather despite of him than because of him. And I guess it's a question of time when his shoddy policies will affect the economy negatively on a larger scale. Oh and then there's his announcement to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. There's another decision that stands to really exacerbate an already bad situation. The list of how Trump could possibly or has already negatively affected everyday life just goes on and on.

here are the latest polls on the primary

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...tion-6730.html

notice the latest poll from politico seems post-debate

biden 33
sanders 19
warren 12
harris 12 (doubled her numbers)
bootyjudge 6
booker 3
beto 2
yang 2
everyone else 1 each

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a biden-harris ticket, assuming they can kiss and make up (im sure uncle joe would be into that, lol) adds more than other possible pairings (i don’t see a biden-bernie ticket happening)

notice also mayor pete is for public option not mandatory single payer. as i think also is beto.

Depends on the scent of whatever shampoo she uses. :)

new washington post / abc poll shows biden ahead, warren-harries tied for 3rd post-debate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/page/...anual&tidloc=5

outlier result is bernie “trusted more” with healthcare than anyone else

“Dear Democrats: I’ll vote for any of you, but please nominate someone who can actually win”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...d5a_story.html

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whether you agree or not with mcardle she points to the right question

Bernie can win

i have bernie’s back if he clinches the nomination, but if he doesn’t the berniebros need to wholeheartedly support whoever gets it.

it’s life or death at this point

Bernie would be creamed. Honeymoon in USSR, anyone?

what the fuck is this bollocks

spammer arrives, profile full of skypes, post some normal-sounding gibberish, returns after a few days, updates posts with links to spamhole

this theme is getting a little boring, "Democrats need to nominate a Republican to win", ala David Fucking Brooks

I think a Biden/Castro ticket is a bigger winner than Biden/Harris. Biden has the black vote down, what is needed is to motivate the increasing number of Hispanics to GOTV

Democratic Primary Deathwatch 2020: Eric Swalwell's Campaign Sings Final Torch Song

"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen Swalwell?"

Question for a Bernie fan: why does he support the F35 fighter plane, which costs 6x more and is 4x louder than the F16 it is replacing, and deployment of which in Vermont’s Burlington International Airport will render worthless, due to additional noise, large areas of low cost housing surrounding the airport?

Just asking for a friend...

I don't know and I don't care

Also Biden's campaign is going to tank soon and he would do terrible in the general against someone like Trump. It would be embarrassing for everyone. Grabby Grandpa Joe's political career is over, centrism is not what the large majority of people want. Interesting how a lot of centrist candidates have latched onto Sanders' talking points because they realise the party's base has moved left (while the DNC still sits right in the middle, being useless).

Looks like the DNC really know how to stick it to Trump!! Thank god for neoliberalism

:cool:

well well well

here we go again...

my scorecard for the opening speech:
montana dude seems legit
lady love in the clouds
marylander ok
tim ryan boring
hickenlooper needs to eat his wheaties
amy klobuchar stiff body language but okay
beto has glue on his hair
mayor pete okay
warren okay
bernie cranky grandpa ok

the times for the replies are too short

especially when candidates are explaining how to get the stuff done

at halftime, seems to me:

bernie lost points attacking marylander
warren not talking policy sounds as vague as lady love
bullock should raise in the polls in my view
beto go home

hickenlooper now macheteing bernie

ryan follows with a knife to the guts

beto now fumbles with gaseous notions

now warren theorizes on the meta level—again

delaney (marylander) makes good point but looks sweaty

OH WARREN BLAM

delaney comes back

warren with the sucking out of the money

bernie pivots to trade?

ryan sounds good talking about electric vehicle manufacture and agriculture

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he actually beat bernie at that exchange i thought.

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now bullock bloviating

yet he put bernie on the defensive

now mayor pete skewers the orange vomit

i dont know why people don’t like klobuchar

she seems to know how to get shit done

now lady love hahaha... “dark psychic force”

now beto asks for reparations

delaney vs warrenon trade ... im getting tired of this movie

man. i should have readied snacks.

post-match: 3 hours was too long for me so i didn't finish

Jeez, they don't make snappy debates do they? Least here they have the sense to limit it to an hour. Say what you think you should and fuck off

Yeah my gf was like "we have to watch 3 hours of THIS?" when I put it on. She was right.

the thing is with 10 people per debate you get a total possible of 9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 45 possible dual exchanges. if you consider the direction of the talk, statement + retort, you'd get 90 possible combinations lol

looking forward to culling the herd after this

sounds like pussy riot is in the audience today. lots of chants and interruptions.

number one, the fact of the matter is, this is the deal, the fact is...

who is this? :D

wtf?


Bernie Sanders met Cardi B in a nail salon!


I have just one suggestion for him next time he does this: Change The Background Music!!
Let her select the music instead of his campaign team. Well, I don't know if that's the best solution, I've no idea who she is or what she does, but you get what I mean. If you want to address the young folks, make a video that appeals to the young folks. Don't use that dull elevator muzak!


edit:
she should have flashed her fake tits like she does on her videos! :D

Nah, that vaguely jazzy, instrumental Hip-Hop-lite ambient is proper YouTube etiquette these days. All the famous "influencers" go for that sort of stuff. Only thing that was missing was distorted, incredibly high-pitched (Chipmunks style) vocals lifted straight from a 70s Soul tune. So he's actually right on the money there. And thank goodness for not opting for Alvin.

Beto, again, saying things that have needed to be said for a very long time. He’s my choice for sure.