2020 Democratic presidential primary

the question is, are we more talented and insightful than the leading political advisors in the country, or...does bloomberg surround himself with people who are afraid to say he's wrong

honestly i would like for bloomberg to replace biden/pete as the centrist asshole in the race, because at least he would talk about climate change a bunch

the question is, are we more talented and insightful than the leading political advisors in the country, or...does bloomberg surround himself with people who are afraid to say he's wrong

he surrounds himself with people who enjoy getting paid. (sincere) talented and insightful people don't sign off on "let's skip all the early states and be legends" as a viable strategy

god I hate this fucking piece of shit

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/pete-buttigieg-chick-fil-a-gaydar

"I do not approve of their politics,” Buttigieg told listeners, “but I kind of approve of their chicken.”

“My belief is that we should primarily deal with political issues in the political arena.”

this is grade-school level idiotic

pete-buttigieg-chick-fil-a-gaydar

filed under "URLs I Will Never Willingly Click"

But then you'll miss the photo of him staring into the middle distance with a button that appears to say "Beige" on his sweater.

Is Kamala Harris kicking him in the neck? I would click on that.

The article is from March 27, 2019, so Kamala and Pete probably hadn't met, yet.

only if she wielded a piece of stiletto-sharp Chick-Fil-A meat.

he had made his money himself and then given most of it away.

I would like one media toadie to ask how that works.

everyone who uses "pure" or "purity" the way Booty does needs a kick in the groin

well this is... odd

Mayor Pete’s campaign has spent ~$600,000 on “security services” from Patriot Group International.

Per their website, PGI works with “clients within the intelligence, defense, and private sectors.”

This is PGI’s “Special Operations & Intelligence Services” page. pic.twitter.com/K1YfBo3y9q

— Samuel D. Finkelstein II (@CANCEL_SAM) December 6, 2019

lmao "can you give us an example of those considerations?" "no"

This clip of @PeteButtigieg, responding to questions about why he won’t open his fundraisers to the press, is devastating. Wow. pic.twitter.com/mZ2HipoQXA

— phil (@PrettyGoodPhil) December 7, 2019

"devastating" is an interesting spin on that clip lol

idc about the framing, the clip itself is wild

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3CCDZeXcAEgRM1.jpg

Thanks for the reminder to dig my Transmet trades out of storage.

Maybe Pete’s entire campaign is a front for the CIA to bilk billionaires out of money.

via HOOS

.@mikeelk flagged this for me. It’s often a telling issue since the activist base is still less powerful on Palestinian rights questions than say Medicare for All. https://t.co/aFJGtIdyXv

— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) December 8, 2019

what does that mean? srs question bc I don’t understand the nuances of US relations w Israel/Palestine

it's a Trumpist position, as he moved the embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv

gross

what a weird thing for Castro to stand up for. WTF. Also who are the others?

oh, I see the list. Hm. On the other hand: there are better things to concentrate on than moving fucking embassies around from city to city.

Joe Biden’s “really worried” that Dems might win too many seats, and tells voters to “stay a Republican” because he thinks “we need” the GOP. https://t.co/0gKItcyFHG pic.twitter.com/iD6nznQgOc

— wideofthepost (@wideofthepost) December 8, 2019

what wd Chuck Schumer do without Trump?

xp

that should be disqualifying. that's political malpractice.

in 2008 the democrats clobbered the republicans and held the house, presidency, and a supermajority in the senate. but yet, 2 years later lots of middle aged white men in revolutionary war costumes protesting...taxes (even though taxes had been lowered on everyone in response to the financial crisis), organized by the koch brothers....

eh, nevermind. what a dipshit. i pray for any sort of god to pay attention to us and help us

Not really God’s area unforch

good morning!

*gnashes teeth*

those quotes from biden are fucking nuts. he's afraid of the democratic party having too much dominance, after they've been eviscerated at the local and state level over the past 10 years?

AND at a time when the republican party is trying to paint him as a criminal, essentially -- ousting foreign bureacrats for personal profit

he cites the need for a countervailing force. v hegelian

I mean, a one-party state isn't a good thing but the countervailing force doesn't need to be the current GOP. Either way, lol at expressing fear in the actually existing universe that the GOP will be totally clobbered.

I know it’s been said here and elsewhere multiple times but democrats really really do just want to be a congressionally hamstrung president who can speechify, hobnob, and shrug their shoulders at the intransigence of the other side.

What species of brainworms are those?

supine brain worms

please rub my belly worms

How the Cool Kids of the Left Turned On Elizabeth Warren

One of the most poisonous ideas in politics is the idea that there's anything "cool" about it. But this actually isn't a terrible article.

Yeah idk cool but if Jacobin and Current Affairs are now talking about Warren like she's just another Biden or Clinton, that's ridiculous.

I've seen Doug Henwood flip too.

but he's not a cool kid, right

xps - If your basic position is that the political solution to every problem is obvious and no alternatives are worth attempting, then it becomes ridiculously easy to lump together as equally bad and hated all politicians who do not meet your requirements.

It's actually not that clear to me what Jacobin's solutions are, tbh, though I clearly haven't been following closely enough.

"One of the most poisonous ideas in politics is the idea that there's anything "cool" about it."

I got into an FB argument with someone who expressed so much anger at Biden's 'no malarkey' bus slogan because it was 'out of touch' and uncool.

Jacobin could, maybe, just think that most of Warren's recent plan unveilings have been bad.

Crazy idea, coming from a socialist magazine.