Your next 2020 Democratic presidential primary thread: Now we're serious

Mayor Pete Buttigieg said this week that while he supports the “spirit” of expansion of medication abortion, there needs to be “more research into the pros and cons and unintended consequences of its use in the context of the United States.” https://t.co/OgUlEBvRiP

— BoldProgressives.org (@BoldProgressive) December 22, 2019

those well known pros and secret, pesky cons of medication abortion in the context of the United States! why did no one else think of those

But as Buttigieg told the New York Times in November, making such federal policy a reality “could have the unintended consequence of setting people up for a criminal investigation or even jail” since self-administered abortion care is illegal in some states.

"What is an American vagina? We simply do not know."

If the Democratic debates were just moderators goading candidates into screaming “abortion on demand without apology” directly into the camera I would watch.

abortion the health insurance company employees

jesus my brain is a mess today

ABORTING the employees

that's taken out of context twice

the first instance is that, in the nyt article, pete's "unintended consequences" quote is immediately followed by "We must first work on decriminalization efforts."

but then the second instance is that the "context of the united states" part comes after that, and it isn't really clear what it refers to

“Abortion on demand without apology” is so much easier to say

he supports the “spirit” of expansion of medication abortion

This is also my favorite Rush song

it means "i <3 the hyde amendment" imo

(if anyone has any better idea what he means by that it's taken from here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/politics/democratic-candidates-abortion-survey.html#link-1df6121c)

thanks, katherine!

I've moved the friend who sent me the link (when he should know better) to the questionable link provider list and am retracting my most recent Buttigieg skepticism on this issue for the moment

This (from katherine) is high-quality content

the gavrilo princip of extremely pointless beef

and my favorite phrase that I have read about the entire thing, thanks, carry on

he supports the “spirit” of expansion of medication abortion

This is also my favorite Rush song

― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, January 15, 2020 1:08 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

irl lol

Pete should look into bundling over the counter abortion meds with one free month of a streaming service. That is where his talents should be directed.

and maybe get Jasmine Masters to do an "...and I OOP" promo spot.

people forget that a notable segment of the people locked into the primaries treat it like college football and post about it in the same way

I find that when out of morbid curiosity I click through to the twitter feed of a particularly annoying reply in a political thread, it is USUALLY 90% football material (or, strangely often, hockey) and 10% annoying political replies

and a lot of the football stuff is annoying replies in the same vein as the annoying political reply, like a reply to some sportscaster with 100K followers saying "lol [player under discussion] is a TOTAL PUSSY"

well he is

A good read.

heh, was about to link to that (via LGM)

wish all the sanders/warren people who think they're helping by yelling at each other on twitter would read it

I just assume the Bernie folks are furious that the field is so split vs 2016 when he had like 40% of the primary electorate. They probably see Warren's 15% as something they could just add to their totals if she wasn't in the race and its driving them fucking insane.

I just want Iowa to happen so we can see if the Bernie theory of the case (turning out people who don't usually vote) is in any way true. If he comes in third he's kinda fucked, imo.

after discussions with a handful of friends and family members, I've found out they're probably not likely to make their final pick before caucus night

it's a real thing! it blows my mind

Paying as much attention as we all do is much weirder, really.

it makes much more sense to me than waiting for the last minute during the general election.

A friend who follows politics fairly closely, or did, never heard of McKinsey when we discussed Bootyjudge a month ago.

never heard of McKinsey and that's just how McKinsey like it

I feel like the only reason most people would know McKinsey is if they were in an industry where they worked with former McKinsey people.

who

it's called 'denali' now

?

of the Big 4 and the Big 3 consulting firms i think most people would only name recognize PricewaterhouseCoopers because of award shows and maybe Ernst and Young for being involved in big audit scandals.

guess how many of these firms are currently working with my employer! it's more than one!

*groan*

people would definitely recognize bain because romney

bain is a different sort of creature in that private investment takes fiduciary control and then tells management how to pull blood from stones

mckinsey and their peers get paid by existing management to come in and do the same

big 3 consulting firms usually refers to mckinsey, boston, and bain

people would definitely recognize bain because romney

Only the same people who'd recognize McKinsey by name - most people couldn't tell you the name of the 2012 GOP nominee much less how he made his money.

yeah, if you asked me how romney made his money I would've said he married up. Or some corrupt church thing.

Real heads know McKinsey from the Enron trial since Skilling came from there and imported its culture. Bang up job.

i just realized i somewhat got Romney and Kerry confused.

yeah, if you asked me how romney made his money I would've said he married up.

That's not the American way (i.e. being born into it)!

yeah, I got him confused with Kerry. See also my Roger Sterling and Duck problem.

It’s called denasi now, not denali! xxx...xxxps

the american way is being born into enough of it to start your own gruel mill

xp glad someone got it lol

I rue the day we decided to stan presidential candidates.

All of them are imperfect. Not being honest about their growth areas hurts us all. They’re never pushed to be better for *all* of us when we treat them like gods.

(Thread).

— brittany packnett cunningham (@MsPackyetti) January 14, 2020

I enjoyed this

otm

thanks, gonna share

I disagree. They are gods.