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US Elections 2020 thread

Started by Twed, January 26, 2019, 08:52:03 PM

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Who fucking cares I dunno some cunt
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A musician or actor who think they can make a difference and will ultimately fail
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Dex Sawash

Quote from: Mister Six on March 18, 2019, 10:25:38 PM
Go for it. At speed, ideally.

I really laughed at this. If there was murderous intent that would be a bit wrong.

Howj Begg

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/434652-warren-calls-for-abolishing-electoral-college

Good. Like I said at the time. It is not fit for purpose and is the only way minority candidates like Bush II and Trump can win time after time.

Twed

https://twitter.com/HeyHeyitsLezJ/status/1108042206437359616

High school kid puts Robert on the defensive.

Kid: "When are we going to get policies and not just platitudes?"
Beto: "Well here are some platitudes and a wall of vague fluff"

He just talks and talks and talks

Howj Begg

Quote from: Twed on March 19, 2019, 06:55:27 PM
https://twitter.com/HeyHeyitsLezJ/status/1108042206437359616

High school kid puts Robert on the defensive.

Kid: "When are we going to get policies and not just platitudes?"
Beto: "Well here are some platitudes and a wall of vague fluff"

He just talks and talks and talks

Yeah. Beto is an absolute nullity and seemingly uninterested - at this stage, anyway - in emulating Sanders and Warren. Hopefully he'll get shamed out of it soon.

garnish

Quote from: Twed on March 19, 2019, 06:55:27 PM
https://twitter.com/HeyHeyitsLezJ/status/1108042206437359616

High school kid puts Robert on the defensive.

Kid: "When are we going to get policies and not just platitudes?"
Beto: "Well here are some platitudes and a wall of vague fluff"

He just talks and talks and talks

Fucking lol at one of the replies to the student who asked the question.


Mister Six

Quote from: Pearly-Dewdrops Drops on March 18, 2019, 11:07:01 PM
Well that's a little aggressive.

Is it possible you want me dead because I've Miss Marpled your deceitfully belated reading of the Sanders article, and you want me out of the picture if there's ever an official investigation?

Sorry, I meant that as a joke but it came off a bit harsh. I'd like to send you a care package as an apology. Do you have any potentially fatal allergies I should be aware of...?

Mister Six

Didn't read the other replies until now. Sorry everyone, I don't want them dead! I just saw the opening and couldn't resist.

A bit like with your mums.

Mister Six

CNN breathlessly enthusing about Kamala Harris jumping up in their polls: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/politics/cnn-poll-2020-harris-surge-deep-enthusiasm/index.html

But wait a minute, what's this?

QuoteFormer Vice President Joe Biden (28%) and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (20%) continue to hold the top slots in the large Democratic field. Harris now stands at 12% support among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, up from 4% in December, and the latest entrant to the field -- former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke -- stands at 11%.

Oh.

Mister Six

Biden's telling pals he's going to announce, and can they spare some change: https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-tells-supporters-he-plans-2020-bid-11553033380

QuoteFormer Vice President Joe Biden reached out to at least a half dozen supporters Tuesday to tell them he intends to run for president and to ask for their help in lining up contributions from major donors so he can quickly raise several million dollars, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Mr. Biden has expressed concern to these people that he wouldn't be able to raise millions of dollars in online donations immediately the way some other Democratic candidates have, including former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, this person said. Mr. O'Rourke raised $6.1 million in the 24 hours after his announcement, while Mr. Sanders collected $5.9 million in the same period.

Twed



There's the thing of his obvious awareness that he's being filmed and what shitty, misguided "this is what the plebs like" pandering like a trailer to the 19th Gnomeo and Juliet movie but

then there's the issue of what he's doing with his left hand. Which kinda shows maybe he floats around in his own bubble of privilege and doesn't pay much attention to the details of the biggest news event from the past week.

Mister Six

Did a reverse Google image search to check that was actually him before I posted it on Facebook for all to laugh at and it came up in this tweet from November: https://twitter.com/shizukus/status/1058805421559947264?s=19

Still, that white power symbol thing's been knocking around for a while, and even if it hadn't, it does hint at him being a bit out of touch that he doesn't even know to keep both hands straight.

(With the OK fingers, of course, it's a combined white power salute and heil Hitler in one.)

Twed

Ah fair enough. I did try to source the date of the image. I thought it was very recent because of that Beto logo in the background. But still

Don't even do that in late 2018. Just don't do any of it.

Twed

These "I'm running not to win but to be on the debate stage" candidates can be a lot of fun: https://twitter.com/SamSacks/status/1108346478785978369


Howj Begg

https://twitter.com/petebuttigieg/status/1093698748218310656?lang=en

QuotePete Buttigieg

@PeteButtigieg

Ulysses by James Joyce. People view it as this inaccessible, mysterious, complicated opus... but it's a very democratic book, about a guy going through life and the incredible depth and meaning to be found in the everyday.

I'm on the Buttigiegtrain naow

José

Quote from: Twed on March 20, 2019, 06:17:26 PM


is this a dean screamin' dukakis tank or the sprouting seed of a 10,000 year reign?

Cuellar

Quote from: Twed on March 20, 2019, 06:17:26 PM


There's the thing of his obvious awareness that he's being filmed and what shitty, misguided "this is what the plebs like" pandering like a trailer to the 19th Gnomeo and Juliet movie but

then there's the issue of what he's doing with his left hand. Which kinda shows maybe he floats around in his own bubble of privilege and doesn't pay much attention to the details of the biggest news event from the past week.

Or he's a nazi

greenman

What first came to mind was...


Twed


Mister Six

Quote from: Howj Begg on March 21, 2019, 10:43:14 AM
https://twitter.com/petebuttigieg/status/1093698748218310656?lang=en

I'm on the Buttigiegtrain naow

He also speaks about six languages. I love him as the anti-Trump in personality if not politics (I haven't properly delved into his stances, but I'm sure he's substantially different on that level too), but how serious as a contender can be be? We'll see.

Endicott


Twed



I guess CNN must hate Hickenlooper even more than Sanders.

Urinal Cake

Quote from: Twed on March 20, 2019, 06:17:26 PM


There's the thing of his obvious awareness that he's being filmed and what shitty, misguided "this is what the plebs like" pandering like a trailer to the 19th Gnomeo and Juliet movie.
Seems like he's playing to the DILF crew rather than the kids, 'Yes he's a dork but he's dreamy as well.'

Twed

Hideous behaviour from the Dem establishment: https://theintercept.com/2019/03/22/house-democratic-leadership-warns-it-will-cut-off-any-firms-who-challenge-incumbents/

The sooner we can stop polite to them and treat them like the hostile oligarchs they are, the better.

José

i met nancy pelosi once. she smells of potpourri and stale fanny.

Twed

Quote from: Twed on March 22, 2019, 06:45:04 PM
Hideous behaviour from the Dem establishment: https://theintercept.com/2019/03/22/house-democratic-leadership-warns-it-will-cut-off-any-firms-who-challenge-incumbents/

The sooner we can stop polite to them and treat them like the hostile oligarchs they are, the better.
I just want to reiterate this: The DNC are so hostile at this point that they are trying to take away primaries so that candidates cannot be challenge and we don't get anymore AOCs or Ilhan Omars. That is one hell of a statement.

Funcrusher

Some load of old wank in The Guardian today about "Beto, Biden and Bernie" being straight white males and so not ideal candidates and needing to acknowledge their privilege. So are you going to just erase Sander's Jewishness, oh Graun which is so massively concerned about the dangers of antisemitism? 

Twed

It's true, but that's also the case with Kamala Harris, Cory Booker etc.,

But The Guardian will never, ever, recognise any kind of privilege that isn't elementary and immediately literally visible in the subject's identity. Pretending that people with brown skin share the same life experiences as from the general population of the same race despite your subject being Ivy League-educated offspring of professors is as racist as "I don't see colour".

Twed


Quote from: Twed on March 24, 2019, 07:43:18 PM
It's true, but that's also the case with Kamala Harris, Cory Booker etc.,

But The Guardian will never, ever, recognise any kind of privilege that isn't elementary and immediately literally visible in the subject's identity. Pretending that people with brown skin share the same life experiences as from the general population of the same race despite your subject being Ivy League-educated offspring of professors is as racist as "I don't see colour".

Agreed; and it's combined with a racist assumption that minorities will vote for them even if their record on criminal justice is very right wing. Personally I think it's far more likely that minorities will treat them like they did Hilary and stay at home.

José

Quote from: Twed on March 24, 2019, 07:07:43 PM
I just want to reiterate this: The DNC are so hostile at this point that they are trying to take away primaries so that candidates cannot be challenge and we don't get anymore AOCs or Ilhan Omars. That is one hell of a statement.

everyone's entitled to their preferences and the dnc/dccc just love republican presidents.