2020 Democratic presidential primary

the Northam attack line is silly

such attacks don't need to make much sense. they simply to leave a bad odor in the air around a candidate, for the vast majority of voters who are only half-conscious of what they are imbibing.

Otm

agreed, just say "hmm this thing X makes me less likely to support candidate Y unless they address X in a satisfactory way" and then move on and fucking vote in the general regardless

Let's keep the smears funny at least

Cory Booker made up a fictional Black man named T-Bone who was a staple of his stump speeches for a while.https://t.co/duN1k4OpF0 https://t.co/FwzoPuHFlj

— Deadlift Schrempf. (@GeeDee215) February 3, 2019

i swear i don't mean to be trenchant here but wtf are you guys doing on facebook anyway?

harris has no obligation to say anything about northam other than “he should resign”, if she chooses to say anything at all. she didn’t support him when she knew about the pictures — no one knew about them then. it’s a stupid issue

what IS lame is grouping together this nonsense with serious discussion of her record and candidacy

as if they are in any way comparable

The Monopoly meme above is just as dumb part and parcel of the same thing as the Northam attack tbh. There’s substantive debate to be had about truancy laws for example but simplifying/characterizing it as “she wants to put everyone in jail” means people are just going to assume it’s not coming from a serious place.

right, not being completely serious is sort of the entire point of memes. I’m sure you’re just as displeased when anti-GOP memes take similar liberties

eh, most anti-GOP memes aren't mean enough?

i honestly am thinking about doing something drastic to avoid having to experience these primaries

Move to a sheep farm in New Zealand with no internet?

something like that. or try to summon enough self-discipline to not focus on the daily ins and outs of it somehow, which is hard living in america

It doesn’t take self-discipline as much as it does ennui and cynicism

taking a deep breath might help everyone

the candidate the most people like will be left standing at the end, and we’ll all vote for her against trump. getting hung up on the drama and inevitable conflicts along the way is something anyone can choose to avoid

again, maybe consider staying off of social media - or more specifically twitter and facebook - a bit more? My only exposure to the more toxic elements of this process at the moment are through ILX and, while that's a useful porthole and I appreciate y'all chewing the cud for me, I imagine it would get pretty exhausting over time.

i have the news feed eradicator for fb and i use it only with friend lists, including one i have titled "good for my blood pressure"

My in-laws from Arlington Virginia are in town, and when the Northam stuff broke they were all, well that scuttles the presidential run everyone was talking about. And I was like, who was seriously talking about that guy running for president?

seems like any Democrat that wins a Gov. or Sen. seat in VA gets talked up as a presidential candidate

I would have no idea what's going on with 90% of the ppl I know w/out FB, incl family

sad but true

Sanders and Schumer find common ground

it's kind of bizarre to see my work with Adil Abdela @rooseveltinst in an op-ed by Chuck Schumer AND Bernie Sanders; they are right, it's time to limit stock buybacks: https://t.co/845NkkeCr3

— Lenore Palladino (@lenorepalladino) February 4, 2019

Great idea.

this is ... surprising
https://thehill.com/campaign-polls/428396-poll-4-out-of-10-republicans-want-a-primary-opponent-for-trump

lol @ Cruz outpolling Kasich tho

the Rock may smell an opening

tbh Rock2020 could count on my support in the primary

Cruz has BEARDmentum.

tbh Rock2020 could count on my support in the primary

― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, February 4, 2019 2:11 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

unfortunately he would then beat whichever democrat that was against him

is John Cena available for the democrats? just cancel the election and schedule a fight instead. the vast majority of the american public would unironically support that

It’d be easier to understand than our current system

*rmde*

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/428430-bernie-sanders-to-deliver-his-own-state-of-the-union-response

the Democrats already have an English language one (Stacey Abrams) and a Spanish language one (Xavier Bacerra) but hey he's not a Democrat etc etc

it's his #1 virtue

are you now or have u ever been a member of the “liberal” political description group?

Stacy Abrams will be giving the SOTU response in prime time on multiple major TV networks. Bernie Sanders is giving an informal speech on his own Facebook page after she’s done. That doesn’t constitute “stealing her thunder” by any reasonable standard

— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) February 5, 2019

fair enough

you can find many Clintonites on the internetz who basically think Bernie is Stalin

god i wish

hm what else can I find on the internet

It's baffling to me that Bernie thinks this is a good idea. He needs to make inroads in Georgia, and I have a hard time thinking it helps, no matter how benevolent it actually is.

smdh, bernie shushing women again by uhhhh waiting for abrams to finish her rebuttal and then doing a facebook live

xpost he should eat a peach

he doesn't dare

I would be shocked if any potential georgian voters 1. notice the "controversy" and 2. will care and 3. will remember it a week later

(conditioning Democratic voters to believe the things they want are unpopular and the candidates they like are unelectable is how the political establishment keeps the country moving to the right) https://t.co/2QqxIcg6gF

— derek davison (@dwdavison9318) February 5, 2019

'i was thinking about supporting bernie in the primary because i want medicare for all and the war in yemen is awful and we've got to tax the rich, but then i heard he gave a speech on facebook right after stacey abrams. i'm a harris guy now.'

xpost he should eat a peach

― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, February 5, 2019 11:37 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he doesn't dare

― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, February 5, 2019 11:41 AM (one hour ago)

I see you dlh

morbs thank you for sharing that bad and dumb take. takeaway seems to be “the things they want” = “dump trump”
and that this position is very popular and more urgent than other hypothetical u defined positions.

Yeah, the primary will be decided by their stances on Yemen, lol.

bernie not really doing much to offset claims that his whole deal is a little more about the Bernmeister than it is about the issues that, while they are no doubt as important to him as he says they are, aren't served well by "I get my own response. Check it out everybody that guy you like is gonna give his response"

yeah rogerm, by playing Family Feud w/ other voters' minds

stfu Fredzo

youre right JCLC, his whole deal should be about Kamala Harris