The Democratic Presidential Debates
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CM189191 said:pjl44 said:CM189191 said:pjl44 said:
The only point you made is that you fundamentally don't understand American politics. We are a two-party system. Our checks and balances lie in the three branches of government.0 -
pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:and yet we don't see a libertarian thread with you posting in that of potential candidates. instead you're hanging out in here opining away about candidates you wont vote for. or at least now its down to those two very quickly.....so its obvious then, especially to you, it wasnt meant for you.
Not voting at all always helps the lesser candidate.
A vote for Amash is a vote for Trump.
Enjoy your shit sandwich.0 -
CM189191 said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:and yet we don't see a libertarian thread with you posting in that of potential candidates. instead you're hanging out in here opining away about candidates you wont vote for. or at least now its down to those two very quickly.....so its obvious then, especially to you, it wasnt meant for you.
Not voting at all always helps the lesser candidate.
A vote for Amash is a vote for Trump.
Enjoy your shit sandwich.0 -
pjl44 said:CM189191 said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:and yet we don't see a libertarian thread with you posting in that of potential candidates. instead you're hanging out in here opining away about candidates you wont vote for. or at least now its down to those two very quickly.....so its obvious then, especially to you, it wasnt meant for you.
Not voting at all always helps the lesser candidate.
A vote for Amash is a vote for Trump.
Enjoy your shit sandwich.0 -
pjl44 said:CM189191 said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:and yet we don't see a libertarian thread with you posting in that of potential candidates. instead you're hanging out in here opining away about candidates you wont vote for. or at least now its down to those two very quickly.....so its obvious then, especially to you, it wasnt meant for you.
Not voting at all always helps the lesser candidate.
A vote for Amash is a vote for Trump.
Enjoy your shit sandwich.0 -
mrussel1 said:pjl44 said:CM189191 said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:and yet we don't see a libertarian thread with you posting in that of potential candidates. instead you're hanging out in here opining away about candidates you wont vote for. or at least now its down to those two very quickly.....so its obvious then, especially to you, it wasnt meant for you.
Not voting at all always helps the lesser candidate.
A vote for Amash is a vote for Trump.
Enjoy your shit sandwich.
You could pick through some of that stuff and assign it to Trump, too, which is why I won't vote for him.
I'll reverse the question, too. What do you see in Biden's platform that would appeal to libertarians?0 -
pjl44 said:mrussel1 said:pjl44 said:CM189191 said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:and yet we don't see a libertarian thread with you posting in that of potential candidates. instead you're hanging out in here opining away about candidates you wont vote for. or at least now its down to those two very quickly.....so its obvious then, especially to you, it wasnt meant for you.
Not voting at all always helps the lesser candidate.
A vote for Amash is a vote for Trump.
Enjoy your shit sandwich.
You could pick through some of that stuff and assign it to Trump, too, which is why I won't vote for him.
I'll reverse the question, too. What do you see in Biden's platform that would appeal to libertarians?0 -
pjl44 said:mrussel1 said:pjl44 said:CM189191 said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:and yet we don't see a libertarian thread with you posting in that of potential candidates. instead you're hanging out in here opining away about candidates you wont vote for. or at least now its down to those two very quickly.....so its obvious then, especially to you, it wasnt meant for you.
Not voting at all always helps the lesser candidate.
A vote for Amash is a vote for Trump.
Enjoy your shit sandwich.
You could pick through some of that stuff and assign it to Trump, too, which is why I won't vote for him.
I'll reverse the question, too. What do you see in Biden's platform that would appeal to libertarians?0 -
I used to be a bigger fan of Elizabeth Warren than I am now, but I like what author Kent Nerburn says here about what she represented as a candidate and, more importantly, the wreckage we are left with heading into this election:
And suddenly all our dreams of a new political age – the dream that never quite got realized with Obama – are being subsumed into the morass of political expediency that Biden represents.
And just as suddenly, the astonishing presence that Elizabeth was – a bridge, not a compromise – is hitting our awareness like a political two by four. More than that, we see that when this kabuki dance is all over, it’s ending right where it started – with three old white men who don’t understand that they should be mentors, not modern leaders, duking it out in their world of comb overs, hair plugs, and heart attacks.
Hey, I’m among them. And I know the truth. All of us folks of this generation know the truth. THEY DON’T BELONG THERE. None of them, I don’t care what your political stripe is. They should be the mentors, the guides, the political elders. They truly do have a role, but it’s not the one to which they aspire. And Joe might be the most retrograde, which makes him the most comforting. But the hard truth is, the marching band should get off the stage.
It’s time for the women. It’s time for the next generation. It’s time for new voices. Look at the wreckage. Kamala, Pete, Beto, Julian, Cory, Andrew, and so many others. Road kill from your father’s Oldsmobile.
Somehow Elizabeth was the magical middle. But no one likes the middle. And we didn’t know how beautiful and perfectly situated that middle was until it was gone.
So now we grieve as we face the fact that all we have are three old white guys, all of whom fail to “get it” in varying degrees.
Here’s the hard truth. Bernie lectures and doesn’t listen, Joe listens but uses what he hears to buttress old, tired policies, and Trump has never heard anything other than the sound of his own voice.
Elizabeth listened.
And she had a plan.
And people laughed at her for it.
But most of all, she made us feel like we were heard.
The trouble is, we didn’t listen. And now we are all paying the price.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Btw, I don’t see personal tax hike with Biden. If anything, I think he would reinstitute the SALT and other deductions. I think corporate taxes would go up. I don’t think Biden is more interventionist than Trump has proven that he is more than happy to exercise force but his standard seems to be “do the opposite of Obama”. I 100%belive Biden is more of a free trader than Trump.0
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mrussel1 said:pjl44 said:mrussel1 said:pjl44 said:CM189191 said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:mickeyrat said:pjl44 said:and yet we don't see a libertarian thread with you posting in that of potential candidates. instead you're hanging out in here opining away about candidates you wont vote for. or at least now its down to those two very quickly.....so its obvious then, especially to you, it wasnt meant for you.
Not voting at all always helps the lesser candidate.
A vote for Amash is a vote for Trump.
Enjoy your shit sandwich.
You could pick through some of that stuff and assign it to Trump, too, which is why I won't vote for him.
I'll reverse the question, too. What do you see in Biden's platform that would appeal to libertarians?
Also, I don't consider myself a Democrat but if Amash runs I would have a pitch to Democratic voters. You don't need to be a libertarian to try and understand how to persuade them. Unless it's a bloc that you feel like you need to just write off, which isn't unreasonable.0 -
brianlux said:I used to be a bigger fan of Elizabeth Warren than I am now, but I like what author Kent Nerburn says here about what she represented as a candidate and, more importantly, the wreckage we are left with heading into this election:
And suddenly all our dreams of a new political age – the dream that never quite got realized with Obama – are being subsumed into the morass of political expediency that Biden represents.
And just as suddenly, the astonishing presence that Elizabeth was – a bridge, not a compromise – is hitting our awareness like a political two by four. More than that, we see that when this kabuki dance is all over, it’s ending right where it started – with three old white men who don’t understand that they should be mentors, not modern leaders, duking it out in their world of comb overs, hair plugs, and heart attacks.
Hey, I’m among them. And I know the truth. All of us folks of this generation know the truth. THEY DON’T BELONG THERE. None of them, I don’t care what your political stripe is. They should be the mentors, the guides, the political elders. They truly do have a role, but it’s not the one to which they aspire. And Joe might be the most retrograde, which makes him the most comforting. But the hard truth is, the marching band should get off the stage.
It’s time for the women. It’s time for the next generation. It’s time for new voices. Look at the wreckage. Kamala, Pete, Beto, Julian, Cory, Andrew, and so many others. Road kill from your father’s Oldsmobile.
Somehow Elizabeth was the magical middle. But no one likes the middle. And we didn’t know how beautiful and perfectly situated that middle was until it was gone.
So now we grieve as we face the fact that all we have are three old white guys, all of whom fail to “get it” in varying degrees.
Here’s the hard truth. Bernie lectures and doesn’t listen, Joe listens but uses what he hears to buttress old, tired policies, and Trump has never heard anything other than the sound of his own voice.
Elizabeth listened.
And she had a plan.
And people laughed at her for it.
But most of all, she made us feel like we were heard.
The trouble is, we didn’t listen. And now we are all paying the price.
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mrussel1 said:brianlux said:I used to be a bigger fan of Elizabeth Warren than I am now, but I like what author Kent Nerburn says here about what she represented as a candidate and, more importantly, the wreckage we are left with heading into this election:
And suddenly all our dreams of a new political age – the dream that never quite got realized with Obama – are being subsumed into the morass of political expediency that Biden represents.
And just as suddenly, the astonishing presence that Elizabeth was – a bridge, not a compromise – is hitting our awareness like a political two by four. More than that, we see that when this kabuki dance is all over, it’s ending right where it started – with three old white men who don’t understand that they should be mentors, not modern leaders, duking it out in their world of comb overs, hair plugs, and heart attacks.
Hey, I’m among them. And I know the truth. All of us folks of this generation know the truth. THEY DON’T BELONG THERE. None of them, I don’t care what your political stripe is. They should be the mentors, the guides, the political elders. They truly do have a role, but it’s not the one to which they aspire. And Joe might be the most retrograde, which makes him the most comforting. But the hard truth is, the marching band should get off the stage.
It’s time for the women. It’s time for the next generation. It’s time for new voices. Look at the wreckage. Kamala, Pete, Beto, Julian, Cory, Andrew, and so many others. Road kill from your father’s Oldsmobile.
Somehow Elizabeth was the magical middle. But no one likes the middle. And we didn’t know how beautiful and perfectly situated that middle was until it was gone.
So now we grieve as we face the fact that all we have are three old white guys, all of whom fail to “get it” in varying degrees.
Here’s the hard truth. Bernie lectures and doesn’t listen, Joe listens but uses what he hears to buttress old, tired policies, and Trump has never heard anything other than the sound of his own voice.
Elizabeth listened.
And she had a plan.
And people laughed at her for it.
But most of all, she made us feel like we were heard.
The trouble is, we didn’t listen. And now we are all paying the price.
Oh, for sure, M. Like I said, I lost support for Liz awhile back. She's OK. just not my favorite.What I should probably have quotes was just this part:"Hey, I’m among them. And I know the truth. All of us folks of this generation know the truth. THEY DON’T BELONG THERE. None of them, I don’t care what your political stripe is. They should be the mentors, the guides, the political elders. They truly do have a role, but it’s not the one to which they aspire. And Joe might be the most retrograde, which makes him the most comforting. But the hard truth is, the marching band should get off the stage.
It’s time for the women. It’s time for the next generation. It’s time for new voices. Look at the wreckage. Kamala, Pete, Beto, Julian, Cory, Andrew, and so many others. Road kill from your father’s Oldsmobile."
Don't get my wrong, I would WAY rather have Bernie or Joe in office, but what we really need is new blood taking the leadership. Old guys are fine as "mentors" and "guides", but younger people in their prime are better equipped to be leaders.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
brianlux said:mrussel1 said:brianlux said:I used to be a bigger fan of Elizabeth Warren than I am now, but I like what author Kent Nerburn says here about what she represented as a candidate and, more importantly, the wreckage we are left with heading into this election:
And suddenly all our dreams of a new political age – the dream that never quite got realized with Obama – are being subsumed into the morass of political expediency that Biden represents.
And just as suddenly, the astonishing presence that Elizabeth was – a bridge, not a compromise – is hitting our awareness like a political two by four. More than that, we see that when this kabuki dance is all over, it’s ending right where it started – with three old white men who don’t understand that they should be mentors, not modern leaders, duking it out in their world of comb overs, hair plugs, and heart attacks.
Hey, I’m among them. And I know the truth. All of us folks of this generation know the truth. THEY DON’T BELONG THERE. None of them, I don’t care what your political stripe is. They should be the mentors, the guides, the political elders. They truly do have a role, but it’s not the one to which they aspire. And Joe might be the most retrograde, which makes him the most comforting. But the hard truth is, the marching band should get off the stage.
It’s time for the women. It’s time for the next generation. It’s time for new voices. Look at the wreckage. Kamala, Pete, Beto, Julian, Cory, Andrew, and so many others. Road kill from your father’s Oldsmobile.
Somehow Elizabeth was the magical middle. But no one likes the middle. And we didn’t know how beautiful and perfectly situated that middle was until it was gone.
So now we grieve as we face the fact that all we have are three old white guys, all of whom fail to “get it” in varying degrees.
Here’s the hard truth. Bernie lectures and doesn’t listen, Joe listens but uses what he hears to buttress old, tired policies, and Trump has never heard anything other than the sound of his own voice.
Elizabeth listened.
And she had a plan.
And people laughed at her for it.
But most of all, she made us feel like we were heard.
The trouble is, we didn’t listen. And now we are all paying the price.
Oh, for sure, M. Like I said, I lost support for Liz awhile back. She's OK. just not my favorite.What I should probably have quotes was just this part:"Hey, I’m among them. And I know the truth. All of us folks of this generation know the truth. THEY DON’T BELONG THERE. None of them, I don’t care what your political stripe is. They should be the mentors, the guides, the political elders. They truly do have a role, but it’s not the one to which they aspire. And Joe might be the most retrograde, which makes him the most comforting. But the hard truth is, the marching band should get off the stage.
It’s time for the women. It’s time for the next generation. It’s time for new voices. Look at the wreckage. Kamala, Pete, Beto, Julian, Cory, Andrew, and so many others. Road kill from your father’s Oldsmobile."
Don't get my wrong, I would WAY rather have Bernie or Joe in office, but what we really need is new blood taking the leadership. Old guys are fine as "mentors" and "guides", but younger people in their prime are better equipped to be leaders.
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"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"0
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"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"0
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mcgruff10 said:mrussel1 said:Ledbetterman10 said:Lerxst1992 said:Ledbetterman10 said:JimmyV said:The horse race doesn't matter. Biden is going to be the nominee. Bernie's candidacy is over. Dems getting buyer's remorse as these primaries march on might not be the worst case scenario but it would be a bad one. .
It seems like the two best ways to become a major party nominee during my lifetime is to be a master politician like Bill Clinton, Obama, and Trump, or to simply hang around for a very long time like Dole, Kerry, McCain, and Hillary. And unfortunately, Biden falls into the second category. Here's hoping he gets a better outcome that than those four did.
how many times did Reagan run?
HW Bush?
Nixon?
I also think they were coherent during the years when they won.
3rd time is the charm0 -
Spiritual_Chaos said:0
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what dreams said:JimmyV said:Democrats ran an old, white, straight woman in 2016 and lost. They are now going to run an old(er), straight, white man in 2020. Both are the clear choice of the most moderate elements of the party. Maybe the result will be different this time. I really hope it will. But we have been here before.
We weren't electing Clinton after a Trump. We were electing Clinton after an Obama, where everyone either got lazy/apathetic (didn't vote), or they got insatiable for more than what Obama accomplished (supported Bernie), or they felt so much antipathy toward Clinton that they voted for Trump in the general.
Clinton didn't lose to Trump because she was a horrible candidate. She lost because not enough people could imagine how horrible a Trump presidency would be, even with all the evidence right in front of them. I don't think the voters will allow it to happen again. That's why they are drifting to Biden, and that's why turnout is way up. They know they can't stay home (turnout), they know gluttony leads to disease (Sanders losses), and they know Joe Biden is basically a good guy, notwithstanding his sniffs and hugs and dentures and all that either makes us laugh or groan.
Nah, she was pretty horrible as a candidate.
Saying the other guy is unqualified is a horrible campaign strategy. At a minimum its offensive to voters as its their main job to figure out who is qualified.
Never went WI?
Even when she went to swing states it was in deep blue areas like Philly?
"Dont tell us how to run a campaign. We are winning."
Dukakis level bad.0
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