2020 Democratic presidential primary

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Since I'm pretty sure that Nerdstrom is not a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, how about we agree that everyone who wants to FP him should do so at once, instead of filibustering this thread into complete irrelevance. Sounds good to me.

I will probably regret this, but I feel like the Kamala "Breakfast Club" thing isn't as clear-cut as either side is making it seem.

Here is the exchange:

DJ Envy: "What does Kamala Harris listen to?"
Charlamagne tha God: “What was you listening to when you was high? What was on? What song was playing?"
DJ Envy: "Was it Snoop?"
Kamala Harris: "Oh yeah, definitely, Snoop. Uh huh, Tupac. For sure, for sure."

If DJ Envy is simply elaborating on "What does Kamala Harris listen to?" then why does he change to the past tense? Why does he ask her specifically about Snoop?

To me, it seems like DJ Envy is building off Charlamagne's question. But that doesn't mean that Harris lied -- the tone of her response sounds sarcastic to me, like "lol u know me, always listening to Snoop."

In any event, the whole thing is stupid.

[18 months later]

"clearly you can hear, when we play this video back at 1/18th speed, that Charlamagne tha God says...."

release the full transcripts

meanwhile, trump has literally wiped his ass on several small children and personally hand-delivered dirty bombs to north korea, and it's on page 17 of last week's new york times.

in the future, every presidential candidate will be obligated to share their last.fm accounts

But Her Playlists!

PA system at Harris event has one of the better campaign playlists imo.

"Check the Rhime"
"Rise Up"
"One Nation Under a Groove"
"Juicy"
"What's Love Got to Do With It"

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 15, 2019

nice dovetail w/ discussion of tina turner on bernie thread

"simply the best" has more of that benign campaign song vibe tho

would've preferred "I Might've Been Queen" at the Sanders event tbh

To me, it seems like DJ Envy is building off Charlamagne's question. But that doesn't mean that Harris lied -- the tone of her response sounds sarcastic to me, like "lol u know me, always listening to Snoop."

Envy is, but Harris clearly isn't following the crosstalk, and is almost certainly still answering his original question of 0.036 seconds previous.

There's nothing sarcastic about her enthusiasm for rap music in the other video, so it's more than plausible that she does like Snoop and Tupac.

In any event, the whole thing is stupid.

Yes.

unfortunately whenever politicians give answers that suggest they are trying to be "down," i now picture that horrific image of theresa may "dancing" onstage to ABBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbCDFNRA-Wo&t=0m10s

[screams silently]

that horrific image of theresa may "dancing" onstage to ABBA

I can recall very clearly how much young people mocked Richard Nixon for his wooden awkwardness, the daft way he threw both arms into the air to wave around his 'vees for victory', the smile that exuded more rictus than warmth, but I'm absolutely convinced that if Nixon had embraced a quick negotiated end to the war, spoken and acted vehemently against racism, never conceived and prosecuted the War on Drugs, but rather had uniformly championed policies both humane and charitable, then all that awkwardness would have been viewed as goofy, but loveable, not used as fuel for mockery and hatred.

plus, the Carpenters agreed with him, therefore he couldn't have been all bad.

what https://t.co/8fklETGeWb pic.twitter.com/fZQ5JLQBrE

— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) February 22, 2019

Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern were both pretty unhip. If everyone back then had carried a cell phone I'm sure youtube would have been flooded with clips that illustrated the depth of their ignorance of youth culture. But I doubt that the youth of the day would have described those clips as horrific. The horror is firmly rooted elsewhere.

hungry, forkless and losing patience

March thread title

Klobuchar 2020: Hungry, Forkless and Losing Patience

xp, beat me to it!

now that's some honest-to-goodness selina meyer shit

at what point in life when faced with a salad and no fork do you think "rather than using my hands, i'm gonna use a comb"
two pens as chopsticks genuinely makes more sense

if these stories are true, i'm not sure i could even vote for her in the general

nothing i hate more than that power trip stuff

I really am repelled by Klobuchar's tapioca centrist "bipartisanship" more than her power trips and weird behavior. She's applying to work for me, not vice-versa.

I got fired from my job last Monday,
For no reason at all.
The bossman called me to his office,
And gives me a two weeks pay, and say:

You throw the comb away!

pic.twitter.com/lBxqqO6tYH

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) February 22, 2019

eating salad with a comb is such a great metaphor for American politics tbh

It’s extremely gross.

exactly!

Never underestimate the American press' capacity for pushing banalities. Remember when Bob Graham wasn't considered serious in 2004 because he kept a detailed diary?

If you don't want this shit trumping serious coverage of The Issues, then don't fucking click on it.

disclsoure: I've eaten stuff with a credit card before when I didn't have a utensil (ha!)

I also think i've used a student ID in college before to cut cheese when I was traveling with friends.

how has kolbuchar not been laughed off the playground yet

I saw an analysis of all the bills that have been proposed/sponsored and passed by the candidates and year they entered office. I recall Klobluchar being super productive. Let me see if I can find it.

Among other concerns, her office’s paid parental leave policy has been described as unusual on Capitol Hill. Two people familiar with the policy said that those who took paid leave were effectively required, once they returned, to remain with the office for three times as many weeks as they had been gone. The policy, outlined in an employee handbook, called for those who left anyway to pay back money earned during the weeks they were on leave.

many combs come with a fork attached, few know this

https://www.wilko.com/assets/bWFzdGVyfGltYWdlc3wzMTQxNHxpbWFnZS9qcGVnfGltYWdlcy9oNzcvaDkzLzg4MjM3NDUxMTgyMzguanBnfGQ5MDg0YWI5Y2RlZDhlYzE5NmZkNWZkZDczNDI1MzRjYWExZTdkNjlkZmRhYjk0ZmExNWRkMjUyZTQyODMwOGE=/0350139-1.jpg

amy klobuchar sounds like my boss, and i would never, ever vote for my boss for any position

she sounds like the tea shop owner that fired me

Ugh, the grid I found taken from govtrack is on twitter. I don't want to be the asshole to post a tweet here after just saying how annoying it is. But Harris and Klobluchar had the best average for bills that they sponsored that were enacted by year. And Klobluchar had the best average (Gillibrand second) for bills enacted for years the dems had the majority.

That's a really nice comb xpost. I usually just travel with a comb like one they gave you for school pics. That one seems more useful.

e.g, you can eat with it

correct, amy has my vote except for the bullying and me not being allowed to

hahaha I came here about this, this is the BEST slam I've ever seen against any candidate!

frankly it just shows innovation.

I know we're all focusing on the comb/salad anecdote, but this in the NYT story on how Amy Klobuchar handled parental leave for her staff... https://t.co/eM88W5hND2 pic.twitter.com/VgtSeDWPWE

— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) February 22, 2019

i read that too. it doesn't seem like she cares much about labor issues so i don't really think i want her to be my president.

especially as it's a fork/fork anecdote

seeing as i'm still in the location with an influential early caucus, i'm open to all of you coming to a consensus by february 2, 2020 and letting me know who to caucus for

otherwise, probably going to be mostly dodging the thread because most of these candidates are going to be parading through here, possibly mere blocks from my home, for the entire rest of this year and i don't need to get flooded with input online, too

sigh

a comb is a comb, a pick is a pick. i can see eating salad with a pick though it's gross and stupid. eating salad with a comb is self-defeating!