2020 Democratic presidential primary

it wasn't solely responsible for this leftward shift, but it was important, i feel

Yeah, Bernie dgaf. He was like "You want me to say it? I'll say it! SINGLE PAYER!" and the DNC was like "shit, he wasn't stuck by lightning or anything" and now the path is cleared to move in that direction.

It’s something Bernie should probably take credit for if he mounts a serious campaign, might keep him from getting neutralized by other candidates now sharing some of the policy positions he ran on in the last campaign.

Christ, I see these things and I feel like we are a century behind.

we are!

gbx otm

Everyone's NY resolution is to think of how an ideal US could be in 2075. Then aim shallow and stupid to 2040. Because I don't really have faith in how quickly people can catch up.

2075 US is going to be a Mad Max/Waterworld combo platter, so ideally the next generations grow gills.

It’ll be fine

your theory is flawed because waterworld was already a mad max derivative

Studying up on what people like about Beto O’Rourke’s public policy vision for the country:

- tall & skinny but also strong-ish
- perfect teeth with that loveable goofy 10% off thing
- adam’s apple
- total top but lets you fuck him on your birthday
- good genes to reproduce with

— James Adomian (@JAdomian) December 28, 2018

Adomian is a Seth Rich truther brah

don't give a fuckitty

Speaks badly of mainstream Democrats = A-OK in Morbius's book, always and forever.

I went looking for evidence of that and all the relevant tweets were deleted, so I'd wager he ain't one anymore xp

He’s smugly demeaning people who like the guy who ran the progressive campaign in Texas as being indifferent to policy when he’s obviously way way worse

if the jokes are good i'll use em

even from a murderer like [redacted]

Don't remember if we posted this tweet yesterday, but after watching the video it makes sense:

Warren's 2020 launch video is genuinely interesting because it offers Dems something they have not nominated in ages: A nominee who identifies specific sources of trouble and will fight them, instead of suggesting that a good politician can get everyone to work together.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 31, 2018

It’s too bad a thing to be hand waived away like that. Like, it doesn’t matter if he simply stopped talking about it because he was getting heat for it instead of correcting the toxic misinformation he actively spread.

pic.twitter.com/cpoowbdHCP

— 🌾Peasant Gang Porno Matt🌾 (@MattAlwaysWrong) November 19, 2018

it's going to be fucking nonstop "pocahantas" shit if Warren wins the primary and I'm not very excited by the prospect of that due to her stupid fumble on DNA testing; and unless she starts advocating exceptionally hard for natives she won't get many native votes as a result of this either (not that natives are a big voting block but the Dems can use every vote they can muster)

Morbius there’s (maybe) still time for you to deal w the whole “hates liberals more than fascists” thing

who the fuck is james adomian and why do I care about his twitter?

James Adomian is a national treasure and who gives a shit if he’s a conspiracymonger in his spare time

Are Native Americans upset about the DNA test thing though? There was one statement from the Cherokee nation but that person was under the misconception that Warren was claiming tribal membership (whereas her announcement video made it clear she wasn’t and showed sensitivity to those issues)

Hey you know Seth Rich was a real guy w a family that was begging people not to do what Adomian was doing, right?

are we still talking about the comic

are we?

Dave Weigel otm xp

Warren is good. I admire the campaign Beto ran in Texas but come on he is a lightweight next to her and that’s no offense to Beto. I think it would be terrible if primary voters based their decisions on whether Trump would make fun of the candidate.

Beto's band wasn't bad tbf.

At a certain point you have to ignore bullies. If people want to vote for another candidate for a different reason that’s fine but the stuff about her not being cool enough and being a favroed target of Trump, a sociopath who is one one-millionth of the person she is, is bad and I’m sorry cowardly.

It’s truly fucked up to define the issue as “about the comic”. Eat shit

I just watched the Warren video and it's good.

Are Native Americans upset about the DNA test thing though?

Generally speaking, no, but it opens a window for white social-media leftists to act upset on their behalf, so.

It's true, I heard very little about it from all those native american activists the media is constantly giving a platform to

If there was a way to slap Warren around by doing so, believe me, the political media would have dragged every Native they could find in front of a camera. The fact that they didn't is itself instructive.

:/

gonna leave that one but hopefully she discusses this stuff as little as humanly possible

https://www.google.com/amp/s/foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/22/the-seth-rich-scandal-shows-that-fox-news-is-morally-bankrupt/amp/

I think it was a judgment issue and not a character issue. She wasn’t trying to like appropriate their identity as a badge, she was defending herself from being called a lir for repeating some old family lore.

Trump highlighted the Cherokee Nation spokesperson I mentioned who mistakenly thought Warren was claiming tribal membership/probably didn’t see her video

Xpost exactly

The whole thing started with a toxic right wing myth of people lying to “use” affirmative action. Maybe some people have done this but the idea is popular among right wing types because they think it discredits diversity hiring.

It wasn’t her fault. The video she made also wasn’t as bad as people are making out now.

I think it was a judgment issue and not a character issue. She wasn’t trying to like appropriate their identity as a badge, she was defending herself from being called a lir for repeating some old family lore.

Spot on. She made a calculation to play Donald Trump's game, and you can't win Donald Trump's game because a) it's stupid and b) he will change the parameters anyway.

Never Let Your Opponent Set The Terms Of Debate.

Hopefully she or people around her get why it was a miscalculation.

It is weird how this stupid thing took off in the first place. It is literally nothing.

Just be thankful it happened last year instead of this one

Also she didn’t just “scrape by” to get a job as a law professor she was extremely accomplished. So the idea oofd her as like a C student checking a box with hopes of getting into Harvard is dumb as fuck.

Our country is so stupid.