2020 Democratic presidential primary

t/s: no policies vs repurposed republican policies

I'm no Biden fan but this is still pretty far from the Trump/GOP position on climate change, isn't it?

Well, Trump's whole policy has been to undo every Obama policy. It appears that Biden's plan is to redo every Obama policy and then sit on his hands. So, yes, that would be different than Trump, but entirely unimaginative. Meanwhile the years slip by.

Yeah, it wasn't that inspiring, just distinct from (and better than) Republican policy.

this is it basically

What worries the left about Biden is not that he might lose to Trump, though they do worry that. The first order worry is that, as president, he'd just grumble "folks, we're better than this" as the GOP stole his lunch money, setting up a GOP comeback in 2024.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 27, 2019

and it applies to climate change as much as anything

Joe Biden: “If you go out and bundle $250K for me, all legal, and then you call me after I’m elected and say ‘Joe, I’d like to talk to you about something.’ I’m gonna say ‘Come on in.’ It’s human nature.” pic.twitter.com/Nd4DA8xwiF

— Justice Democrats (@justicedems) May 11, 2019

why
why

"all legal" is straight up Trumpian

At least he’s being honest. That’ll probably fade away soon

Oh wow

the problem is he's entirely right

and w/o the context here I imagine he's using "you" and "me" for purposes of the example

but if he's not making an argument for broad campaign finance reform or repealing citizens united, fuck him

ha, all the stuff from 08 is just ripe for the picking. gotta love how he went from being the guy who couldnt keep his foot out of his mouth to dem frontrunner status in 11 years.

OK, watching the clip, I see that i) it was from 08 and ii) he was making a critical comment about the corrosive power of lobbyists.

He's not exactly shunning their company on this run AFAICT.

Justice Democrats checkmark should mention the date of footage like that, because I feel like a gullible dumbass when I think it’s current

A fair request, but '08 wasn't exactly a lifetime ago. It just feels like it

Eh, it’s a clear breach of social media protocol

OK, watching the clip, I see that i) it was from 08 and ii) he was making a critical comment about the corrosive power of lobbyists.

― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, May 11, 2019 5:09 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

re: ii, he's criticizing while taking himself off the hook for taking money from them and talking to them. "love the sinner, hate the sin" type beat.

Lol so easy to sink this guy

He’lll just get in the race and metooed about out of there don’t worry

On the Media w/ Pareene on "electability"

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/on-the-media-electability-myth

So... this Gabbard fan should make a policy statement at the debates... Why, exactly?

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/443099-mike-gravel-says-sanders-gabbard-would-be-ideal-2020-dem-ticket?amp#click=https://t.co/BzJeTUqmNS

*snores*

Professional politician. pic.twitter.com/vATOCDQmb7

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) May 12, 2019

After Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes called for the social media company to be broken up, Sen. Cory Booker tells @ABC’s @jonkarl antitrust laws need to be enforced: “We’ve had a problem in America with corporate consolidation”

See more on @ThisWeekABC: https://t.co/TBnCDD3UkN pic.twitter.com/GbNKjFcBzl

— ABC News (@ABC) May 11, 2019

could this fucking dweeb suck any more?

i want to say he's not a politician but he plays one on tv, but he is a politician

it makes sense that national politicians and the extreme wealthy / business moguls go hand in hand. they are some of the only people in the world who exist in an artificial altworld where it's perfectly understood that everyone is completely full of shit but it's a faux pas to publicly acknowledge it, and yet their decisions really do influence the entire country in a way that isn't true with anyone else. when they see each other at meetings it must feel like the "i see you" moments in Avatar

is that the first time anyone has ever referenced something that happened in avatar

exist in an artificial altworld where it's perfectly understood that everyone is completely full of shit but it's a faux pas to publicly acknowledge it,

Karl, I thought you were from the Midwest.

lol

it's true, it's true. to both of the last posts

although i think i make the 'i see you' avatar joke on here every 2-3 months. that part of the movie really stuck with me

Beto is polling at 2%. He could beat Cornyn in TX.
Hickenlooper is polling at 1%. He could beat Gardner in CO.
Bullock is polling at 0%. He could beat Daines in MT.
Stacey Abrams isn’t even running. She could beat Perdue in GA.

We *need* the Senate in 2020.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 12, 2019

otm, all those people should run for Senate

Is there a reason Beto needs to run in TX vs the Democratic candidates who are already running?

just found out my mom supports biden : /

I dare not ask my mother who she supports. (It would be nice if it was Warren, but I doubt it.)

who would you rather your mom support - biden or bin laden? not so fast. who is more electable? that's right, vote joe biden 2020

a lot of my older friends (people who are nothing like my parents) are leaning towards Biden for reasons of "electability". I hope their perspectives change as the campaigns progress, but I don't know

who is more likely to call in a bomb threat, biden or bin laden?

the unsettling elephant in the room

something something just Biden time ...

http://i11.tinypic.com/53ucxtl.gif

joe biden, la dee fucking biden

my dad was for bernie for like five minutes several weeks ago, totally blew my mind, was overjoyed he seemed to be perceiving the disposition of forces correctly after decades of standard boomer mcgovern trauma. then biden entered and he immediately switched. horrifying most of all because it would seem to reveal that his only actual criterion is "must be an old white guy".

my mom otoh is mildly susceptible to flavor-of-the-weeks like beto and pete but keeps circling back to bernie. (not enough faith in the country to believe in warren, which is imo an error.) but she's not a citizen lol so it's academic.

hm, i was talking on fb w my octogenarian aunt and she was a bernie supporter in 16. she was p fatalistic about warren's chances due to being a woman. granted, she still think biden sucks, but these ol people are scared as hell!!!!!!!

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we are cutting edge here obv

https://cdn.talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-13-at-10.07.27-AM-804x600.png

what happened in May?

biden officially announced his candidacy in late april; a bunch of new polling was conducted (RCP and other polling aggregators put more of a weight on recent polls)