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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    mrussel1 said:
    It's interesting that Harris has taken such a beating after the segregation cheap shot.  I think as it marinated over a few weeks,  people understood that it was dirty and have punished her for it.  Good on the voters. 
    Yeah I think she got some support after that "busing" stuff in the first debate just for the performance aspect of it all. Grandstanding is what she does best after all. 

    Gabbard going after her over her record as California's DA might have contributed to her tanking in the polls as well. 
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478

    Elizabeth Warren Is Attracting More Supporters And More Media Attention



    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elizabeth-warren-is-attracting-more-supporters-and-more-media-attention/
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,870
    dignin said:

    Elizabeth Warren Is Attracting More Supporters And More Media Attention



    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elizabeth-warren-is-attracting-more-supporters-and-more-media-attention/

    Liz has now apologized for the dna test. Took her 10 months. Seems like more massive dishonesty from her.

    Despite what the polls say now, someone this disingenuine and terrible at countering trump attacks is the dems best chance at defeat in our misogynist country.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    Lerxst1992 said:
    dignin said:

    Elizabeth Warren Is Attracting More Supporters And More Media Attention



    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elizabeth-warren-is-attracting-more-supporters-and-more-media-attention/

    Liz has now apologized for the dna test. Took her 10 months. Seems like more massive dishonesty from her.

    Despite what the polls say now, someone this disingenuine and terrible at countering trump attacks is the dems best chance at defeat in our misogynist country.
    What is dishonest?
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    why does the left continute to beat up on susan sarandon? I mean, isn't she allowed to support whichever candidate she wants? or is there something I'm missing from this? is it because she is a woman she was "supposed" to support hillary? I mean, come on. 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    dignin said:

    Elizabeth Warren Is Attracting More Supporters And More Media Attention



    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elizabeth-warren-is-attracting-more-supporters-and-more-media-attention/

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Harris will just have to drop out. she's finished. 
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    why does the left continute to beat up on susan sarandon? I mean, isn't she allowed to support whichever candidate she wants? or is there something I'm missing from this? is it because she is a woman she was "supposed" to support hillary? I mean, come on. 
    I don't understand the context of this.  Did something happen?  
    If I remember from 16, she was not helpful in the general. 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    edited August 2019
    mrussel1 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    why does the left continute to beat up on susan sarandon? I mean, isn't she allowed to support whichever candidate she wants? or is there something I'm missing from this? is it because she is a woman she was "supposed" to support hillary? I mean, come on. 
    I don't understand the context of this.  Did something happen?  
    If I remember from 16, she was not helpful in the general. 
    I'm on twitter. occasionally I check to see what's "trending". I don't follow celebrities (just a few musicians), and she was trending yesterday, and it seemed to start with debra messing had tweeted at her "how's that revolution going?" or something like that. And I keep seeing other hateful tweets about her, seemingly simply because she isn't supporting warren this time or clinton last time. 

    what do you mean by "helpful in the general"? she didn't like clinton. case closed. she wanted bernie, and voted for jill stein. she did say that she thought maybe trump would be better than clinton in that it would "bring on the revolution quicker", in essence, I think what she means by that is a radical swing to the left once everyone sees what trump is about. I can certainly appreciate what she is saying. ultimately, she believes no one person in the white house can cause enough damage to really be concerned (I disagree with her on that). but a lot of people believe in the checks and balances of the system. the big problem, as I see it, is the supreme court. that has immensely long lasting effect. 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471

    Top adviser Jeff Weaver lays out Bernie Sanders' path to victory


    https://youtu.be/uAaUvxt6QUI
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471

    (CNN)The third round of Democratic primary debates, hosted by ABC and Univision, will take place the second week of September. Presidential candidates have until late August to reach polling and grassroots fundraising thresholds set by the Democratic National Committee.

    Candidates must receive contributions from at least 130,000 individuals, coming from at least 400 unique donors in 20 or more states. They also need to reach 2% in at least four DNC-approved polls.
    So far, 10 candidates have met both thresholds, qualifying them for the debates scheduled for September 12 and 13:
      1. Former Vice President Joe Biden
      2. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker
      3. Mayor Pete Buttigieg
      4. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro
      5. California Sen. Kamala Harris
      6. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
      7. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke
      8. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
      9. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
      10. Businessman Andrew Yang


      Why is there a funding threshold? What has the money to do with anything?
      "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
    • OnWis97
      OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
      They have to find a way to weed people out...or they'd have 2,000 candidates at the convention. 
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    • Spiritual_Chaos
      Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
      OnWis97 said:
      They have to find a way to weed people out...or they'd have 2,000 candidates at the convention. 
      Why not just go by polling?
      "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
    • mrussel1
      mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
      Spiritual_Chaos said:
      OnWis97 said:
      They have to find a way to weed people out...or they'd have 2,000 candidates at the convention. 
      Why not just go by polling?
      Because polls are fake news
    • mrussel1
      mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
      HughFreakingDillon said:
      mrussel1 said:
      HughFreakingDillon said:
      why does the left continute to beat up on susan sarandon? I mean, isn't she allowed to support whichever candidate she wants? or is there something I'm missing from this? is it because she is a woman she was "supposed" to support hillary? I mean, come on. 
      I don't understand the context of this.  Did something happen?  
      If I remember from 16, she was not helpful in the general. 
      I'm on twitter. occasionally I check to see what's "trending". I don't follow celebrities (just a few musicians), and she was trending yesterday, and it seemed to start with debra messing had tweeted at her "how's that revolution going?" or something like that. And I keep seeing other hateful tweets about her, seemingly simply because she isn't supporting warren this time or clinton last time. 

      what do you mean by "helpful in the general"? she didn't like clinton. case closed. she wanted bernie, and voted for jill stein. she did say that she thought maybe trump would be better than clinton in that it would "bring on the revolution quicker", in essence, I think what she means by that is a radical swing to the left once everyone sees what trump is about. I can certainly appreciate what she is saying. ultimately, she believes no one person in the white house can cause enough damage to really be concerned (I disagree with her on that). but a lot of people believe in the checks and balances of the system. the big problem, as I see it, is the supreme court. that has immensely long lasting effect. 
      What you detailed is my definition of not helpful,  that is not helpful to the Democrat trying to defeat the Republican. 

      I personally believe that hard core Bernie supporters and probably Bernie himself were okay with Trump winning.  If he didn't,  the would be no Bernie 2020.
    • Spiritual_Chaos
      Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
      edited August 2019
      mrussel1 said:
      Spiritual_Chaos said:
      OnWis97 said:
      They have to find a way to weed people out...or they'd have 2,000 candidates at the convention. 
      Why not just go by polling?
      Because polls are fake news
      If polling is fake news. Then why is it a criteria?
      "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
    • HughFreakingDillon
      HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
      mrussel1 said:
      HughFreakingDillon said:
      mrussel1 said:
      HughFreakingDillon said:
      why does the left continute to beat up on susan sarandon? I mean, isn't she allowed to support whichever candidate she wants? or is there something I'm missing from this? is it because she is a woman she was "supposed" to support hillary? I mean, come on. 
      I don't understand the context of this.  Did something happen?  
      If I remember from 16, she was not helpful in the general. 
      I'm on twitter. occasionally I check to see what's "trending". I don't follow celebrities (just a few musicians), and she was trending yesterday, and it seemed to start with debra messing had tweeted at her "how's that revolution going?" or something like that. And I keep seeing other hateful tweets about her, seemingly simply because she isn't supporting warren this time or clinton last time. 

      what do you mean by "helpful in the general"? she didn't like clinton. case closed. she wanted bernie, and voted for jill stein. she did say that she thought maybe trump would be better than clinton in that it would "bring on the revolution quicker", in essence, I think what she means by that is a radical swing to the left once everyone sees what trump is about. I can certainly appreciate what she is saying. ultimately, she believes no one person in the white house can cause enough damage to really be concerned (I disagree with her on that). but a lot of people believe in the checks and balances of the system. the big problem, as I see it, is the supreme court. that has immensely long lasting effect. 
      What you detailed is my definition of not helpful,  that is not helpful to the Democrat trying to defeat the Republican. 

      I personally believe that hard core Bernie supporters and probably Bernie himself were okay with Trump winning.  If he didn't,  the would be no Bernie 2020.
      but why should she be helpful to a candidate she doesn't support?
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    • mrussel1
      mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
      Spiritual_Chaos said:
      mrussel1 said:
      Spiritual_Chaos said:
      OnWis97 said:
      They have to find a way to weed people out...or they'd have 2,000 candidates at the convention. 
      Why not just go by polling?
      Because polls are fake news
      If polling is fake news. Then why is it a criteria?
      Buddy, you are asking questions that are going to get you clipped by the Clinton Crime Family. 
    • Spiritual_Chaos
      Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
      mrussel1 said:
      That isn't what Jill Biden is saying.  You're misunderstanding the nuance of the statement. 

      "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
    • Spiritual_Chaos
      Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471

      "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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