2020 Democratic presidential primary

I respect Gillibrand's stepping out of the box but I don't appreciate Castro galloping on her coattails with a nonsensical escalation

xp: I don't think I read that article but I've read enough about it elsewhere (as well as her original political incarnation) for me to be a 100% no on Gabbard, to the point where if she magically became the nomination, I would vote third-party or write-in.

Booker: unfit to lead

Have people read that New York magazine article about Gabbard’s relationship with that Hawaiian religious community? It’s a trip.

― o. nate, Friday, June 21, 2019 8:39 AM (fifty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, this was a wild piece. never ceases to amaze me the kind of thoroughly mediocre douchebags that wind up as cult leaders commanding a sizable following. like her whole family basically just worships some dude named Chris who surfs and is apparently objectively a dumb asshole.

what’s wrong with surfing?

wasn't trying to surf-shame. no judging of the pursuits of religious leaders. i'll keep my anti-carpenter hot takes to myself.

that's an interesting article (the new york mag one). Gabbard is an enigma certainly. I think she has her positive qualities but they're far overshadowed by her negative ones.

on a different topic: I'm in an FB group started by a friend of mine that has been utterly taken over by one pot-head Bernie Bro. I'd been relatively shielded from these types in the last election and heard more about them than experienced them myself. But he's exhausting and awful.

I wonder if maybe the media is playing a role in stoking the Bernie/Warren flames

Bernie: “I think that there are a certain number of people who would like to see a woman elected, and I understand that.”

Also Bernie: ”Elizabeth is a friend of mine. I think she’s running a good campaign.”

Vanity Fair headline:https://t.co/epdoxTS9V4

— Marissa D. Barrera🏳️‍🌈 (@mdb2) June 21, 2019

Saw that and ...

Sanders, throwing down the gauntlet, was recently quoted as saying, 'Elizabeth...I think she's...a...paign.'

loool

Bernie: "People tend to vote for candidates they identify with or believe can tackle the issues they care about."

Vanity Fair: SANDERS HATES YOUR GUTS AND WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING

Liberal Twitter: Bernie's a madman! A STRAIGHT WHITE MADMAN!

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) June 21, 2019

https://theintercept.com/2019/06/21/elizabeth-warren-private-prisons/

honestly this alone is enough for me to get in the tank

yes.
she offers donors (and i imagine everybody) a "she's got a plan for that" text list that i am enjoying being on.

damn that URL’s almost enough to get me to give The Intercept a click

lol

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warren-vows-to-scrap-privately-run-federal-prisons-as-she-rolls-out-a-new-plan
even fox commenters (mostly) like this!

though actually the deeper i sank into that particular mire the more wildly elliptical the responses became so you know maybe just visit her website

To be fair to the DNC, given the scope of their grift, these are actually "moderate" prices. pic.twitter.com/CQnyotISbB

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) June 22, 2019

Lmao

"He was just doing a limited strike" says the 'Face the nation' host

“Oh…just a limited strike!" @BernieSanders quipped, "Oh, I’m sorry, I just didn't know that it's okay to simply attack another country with bombs. That’s a limited strike? That’s an act of warfare,” pic.twitter.com/JgbLkkakX7

— Currie Dobson (@Ventuckyspaz) June 23, 2019

"I'm sor-RHEE"

Lol

he fucking rules

yeah

there is a pretty significant policy gap here btw Bernie and the rest of the candidates EW included

I think Gabbard is pretty strongly non-interventionist too, more surprising (or not) given her own military service record.

"not" i'd say; i dunno too many people who served in the military who are hawks unless absolutely necessary.

This almost makes me miss Hubert Humphrey. pic.twitter.com/TqLWBoYGab

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) June 23, 2019

isn't the border being vitally important to america's greatness kinda trump's whole thing? ffs beto

"the border makes america great"???

I don't even get it as an intended inversion of the trump idea...what does he *want* that to mean

being as generous as i can possibly be, i assume he's trying to say that immigration and international trade are crucial pillars of america's culture and economy but uhhh that's absolutely not what that says

yeah the border as a positive symbol of immigration is not scannable

"the border makes america great"???

― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Monday, June 24, 2019

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1416/8662/products/border_1982_original_film_art_2000x.jpg?v=1551752899

make movie posters verbose again

"An uncomplicated man trapped in a complicated life" = Donald Trump presidency

"The Beto campaign is the most emotionally gripping narrative of 2019."

a man as divided as the land itself

You think about it, man, there might not even be any America without a border. It'd be like Western Sahara. Local meteorologists would go crazy.

What Would Bernie Bomb?

In 2020, Sanders is campaigning as a peace candidate. But his congressional record, and his top foreign policy adviser, suggest that events could turn him into a war president.

By BILL SCHER

June 23, 2019

I don't know what the hat means, exactly, but I'm pretty sure the picture is from 2015, when Beto ran in a cross border (foot) race (hence the shirt).

lol "The Border Makes America Great" was the title of Beto's TED Talk

https://preview.redd.it/jlas9dhep7631.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=78255d870f88520ae5c652f335aff0a4529ed03a

okay lol

Josh is right, but it's still a dumb hat.

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/dems-hope-mexico-border-race-will-ease-tensions-121178

It's a super dumb hat

it was so dumb that I resisted sharing the image out of suspicion it was photoshopped

Is it dumber than any parody hat Ted Cruz could've come up with?

https://i.imgur.com/X4Y9Jlz.png

Oh, they're both equally stupid for completely different reasons.

Maybe he's talking about a decorative border, guys. A little fringe around the edges could really bring out this country's eyes.

All the GOP talks about is the so-called fringe around the edges.

Good morning!