2020 Democratic presidential primary

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boy, she's animated now.

Lol both Sanders and Harris are asked about one or another of Warren’s proposals and both go like “huh? Oh, yeah, sounds good, I’m down”

Jeb at least said please.

Say what you will about the Bush children, at least they were raised to say 'please' and 'thank you'. Except when issuing ultimatums of war on foreign nations.

I am imagining Klobuchar powerbombing hecklers

she's incredibly bad at this

I don't truly think I'll ever love anything or anyone as much as Dems love to lose. https://t.co/lCBvWsB1gD

— Jake Cole (@jake_p_cole) April 23, 2019

she's been pretty consistent with her "time to toughen up - life sucks" stance

she'd make a great veep for Biden

in hell

omg simon stop

Klobuchar 2020: Don't Look, It's Not There

Klobuchar 2020: The Beats Will Continue Until Morale Improves

damn it, beatings

unless she drops a mixtape

Bernie not doing so well on CNN as he did on Fox, needs to improve

bernie's answer re: reparations... WHY is he so consistently bad at this lol

he mentions that racial disparity is separate from economic disparity, then lays out a plan which focuses on economic disparity

I know some of you are excited (?) about a possible Joe Biden presidential run, but hear me out: WHAT IF he opens a Coldstone Creamery franchise with a robust Instagram presence instead??? Feel like that would scratch that itch for you.

— Joel Kim Booster (@ihatejoelkim) January 18, 2019

Klobuchar quote above def recalls Paul Tsongas' "I'm not Santa Claus"

Warren is killing it.

Yep. I only watched a bit of her town hall but I saw her take two consecutive questions from dopey white boys about weed and protecting cops and immediately correctly pivot to talking about racial disparities.

Go to hell: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/440137-buttigieg-on-whether-felons-should-be-able-to-vote-from-prison-i-dont-think

rest in pete

I had the misfortune of catching the morning joe clowns earlier, dunno if it was a representative sample but unsurprisingly they were crushing hard and at great length on Mayor Pete, nary a mention of EW’s performance

They mentioned Warren, to be fair, early in the show: they couldn't understand how someone with her charisma and policy smarts isn't (yet) getting traction.

Also, Hadrian, you got their names wrong:

Sorry to say but @foxandfriends is by far the best of the morning political shows on television. It rightfully has BY FAR the highest ratings, not even close. Morning Psycho (Joe), who helped get me elected in 2016 by having me on (free) all the time, has nosedived, too Angry...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019

say what you will about him mr. president, but Joe Scarborough’s band is incredible

How long until Trump embraces the sorrynotsorry hashtag?

People should immediately have their voting rights restored upon release from prison but I don’t know that disallowing someone from voting while serving a felony sentence is an abhorrent position. Personally I think people should be allowed to vote even while incarcerated but that’s mostly because of the fucked up way justice is doled out in this country by race and class. And maybe Pete should recognize that but still I don’t think his take is beyond the pale.

to me "abhorrent" and "fucked up" read as synonyms, so i'm sort of having a hard time following that.... if the justice system's racial disparities are abhorrent, then shouldn't it be abhorrent to say "the way they deny rights seems fair to me"? we're talking about mass disenfranchisement in effect by race and class.

(i'd actually go beyond that though and say that i don't understand why felons should be denied voting rights even if there were no disparities at all in arrests, sentencing etc. also, shrugging off voting as one of the nice things you deserve to lose by committing a crime actually devalues voting and raises the specter of other situations in which the right might be withdrawn. anyway felons have compelling political interests and their having the vote could be a meaningful check on various injustices related to prisons.)

but yeah the entire premise of mayor pete's campaign is "he'll get glowing reviews from morning joe"

President of the Green Room

vs the Green Room president

Morning Psycho (Joe)

Gee, _quelle surprise_ that the townhall run by CNN and stocked with Harvard types is far more reactionary than a Fox News one in Central PA.

That said, Liz Warren did great.

I don't really care either way but I don't think denying the right to vote to people serving life in prison on murder charges is necessarily an indefensible position

people who get 2-4 years in a county jail with work release or whatever, yeah, vote away

It's not indefensible but it's one I strongly disagree with.

i haven't been paying attention, are we really rehashing the mike gravel meme candidacy because not enough people were on social media yet in 08?

It's not indefensible but it's one I strongly disagree with.

I have decided to mellow out enough that this is where I'm at with it lol

are we really rehashing the mike gravel meme candidacy because not enough people were on social media yet in 08?

I'd mind the whole thing more if his camp weren't sending out "Fuck Tucker Carlson" emails and talking about SESTA/FOSTA etc. they're not hurting anyone.

From under what rock did they dig their seemingly endless procession of smirking Stephen Miller / Ben Shapiro clones??

Pete's dead to me (and probably a whole lot of other people in MI) just for using the OTHER big university's shtick on the state specific logo here:

https://i.imgur.com/jkihs6C.png

biden now set to announce on thursday. not clear whether or not charlottesville is still the site.

Vice President Joe Biden will launch his 2020 presidential bid on Thursday, a source close to the vice president tells TPM.

Biden will join the fray with a video announcing his third bid for president. His team is still nailing down details for his first campaign appearances, but a Monday trip to a union hall in Pittsburgh will be part of the official rollout.

From under what rock did they dig their seemingly endless procession of smirking Stephen Miller / Ben Shapiro clones??

I haven't seen any of the Gravel teens, but I thought it was just a couple of kids and they're really trying to stay behind his twitter account, not putting their faces forward?

barring prisoners from voting is absolutely an indefiensibke position for any liberal in 2019. they are human beings who depend entirely upon the state for their well-being, and deserve a say in the democratic process

you should have to be convicted of at least one felony before the franchise is extended to you in the first place

I don't really care either way but I don't think denying the right to vote to people serving life in prison on murder charges is necessarily an indefensible position

Yes, it is. You drew the line to murder there but what if it's life for trafficking weed? What if it's someone who got life for a bullshit Three Strikes charge?

also who cares if it's murder holy shit this is a democracy not the rotary club?

how could convicted murderers possibly abuse the franchise any worse than everybody else already does

it's not some kind of bonus privilege you get for being a good boy you know

It's not indefensible but it's one I strongly disagree with.

I have decided to mellow out enough that this is where I'm at with it lol

haha sorry standing down.

no wait: if you don't like murderers voting in your democracy you should consider looking into social arrangements likely to produce fewer murderers. shrink the bloc