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

take it from NYers -- Bloomberg wd be a problem

just one strand: rewarding a billionaire who threw RNC protestors into jail w/out charges in nagl

Yet NYers reelected him twice.

ILM, like other lefty circles, is a bit of an echo chamber. Most of the country wouldn't be troubled by the things I infer most on the Left hate about Bloomberg: 1) stop&frisk 2) made his money servicing Wall St.

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3) is a technocratic billionaire who excites and inspires basically nobody, and is the opposite of the eat-the-rich socialistic impulse that is driving the enthusiasm for sanders, warren, et al.

excites and inspires basically nobody

He's more than willing to take the fight directly to Trump, though, which may win people over.

Response to Trump's tweets and other comments from Bloomberg's National Press Secretary Julie Wood

"The president is lying. He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan."

— Tarini Parti (@tparti) February 2, 2020

is the opposite of the eat-the-rich socialistic impulse that is driving the enthusiasm for sanders, warren, et al.

Most people in America don't want socialism in the sense of working to benefit other people in their own class. They want to fuck the rich because they hate the rich. If Bloomberg can thread the "I'm rich as fuck but I hate those Wall Street scumbags just as much as you do" needle, he's got a shot. Plus, he can keep throwing money into the furnace all the way to November.

Side note: I don't give a fuck about the protesters he locked up. Protesting in the street outside a political convention is stupid and accomplishes nothing.

The real reason Bloomberg won't go anywhere electorally is because he's a dwarf. Calling him "Mini Mike Bloomberg" is the closest thing to a good idea Trump's had so far.

I'd prefer that Bloomberg spent his money more wisely and gave the maximum $2,800 to every Dem candidate, too.

But he is the sort of candidate that could win low-info Obama-Trump voters. There's a lot of them, and they have the virtue of actually voting regularly, unlike the under 35 demographic.

^ that is, not run, and give several million dollars to every nominated Dem candidate down to state level races.

Shared on Twitter. This is...interesting:

https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/1224010076370980864/photo/1

Er, I'll try the tweet instead. Disregard the anti-Sanders sentiment:

Bernie Sanders campaign slogan should be "If you don't nominate me, my Bernie Bros will hand the election to Trump... again." pic.twitter.com/SkVzxejSl2

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) February 2, 2020

He's more than willing to take the fight directly to Trump, though, which may win people over.

that quote is no different than biden saying he wants to beat up trump and give him a wedgie

#resistance

I don't give a fuck about the protesters he locked up.

plz don't vote, dumbass

feel like yang supporters are the more diehard dumbasses in that graphic. and irl xp

yang voters are ron paul voters (ie not liberals/progressives)

Also there are about 60 of them

honestly, "depends" seems fair. but i'm also in a firmly red state so easy for me to say.

I think the sizes of those subgroups is too small for this kind of hypothetical second-order polling to be particularly meaningful. like about 100 people for Bernie, 30 for Yang

honestly, "depends" seems fair.

word. billionaires shouldn't exist, let alone be in politics, and Bloomberg doesn't seem like a functioning human, let alone a functional candidate, but I'd prefer him over Biden on grounds of climate policy, mental acuity, climate policy, and climate policy.

gah i mean you're not wrong but FUCK i would resent the hell out of that dude swooping in and basically buying the nom

incredible

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPzR_ChWkAEWJYC.jpg:small

things are getting stupider, cuz in America, it always can

dear Herman Munster of Massachusetts,

Yes you are fucking deluding yourself here.

Sincerely,

John Kerry is not fucking running for President, source: John Kerry

It appears John Kerry deleted this amazing tweet and replaced it with a version of the tweet that does not contain the word “fucking.” pic.twitter.com/T8aKbKJIQb

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 2, 2020

I would add that Kerry, like many dozens of other Democrats who aren't running, would do a very good job as President, if they were going to be President, which they are not.

another way to read this is that it more or less confirms the point made in the Sanders' canvassing rap sheet a few weeks back, which is that Warren doesn't attract new votes beyond a loyal base who are already voting for the Democratic nominee. Sanders does! https://t.co/uCv02LmefS

— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) February 2, 2020

I really mis Julian C in the race. I wish we could swap him for Pete or Tulsi or Biden.

https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2020/01/29/no-one-is-prepared/

great piece

Good luck usa

thanks pal

Castro is running to be Warren's VP. He's been campaigning for her all over Iowa for weeks.

I can think of one hitch to that plan.

I knew Castro was campaigning for Warren and everyone assuming the VP thing but I still would like him in the debates.

I gotta say, gang, this ain't great:

FACT: Mike Bloomberg spent $12,000,000 to re-elect a Senate Republican (Toomey) in 2016. Toomey beat the Dem (McGinty) by 1.5pts. If McGinty had won, Ds would have controlled the Senate after Doug Jones won & could have blocked Kavanaugh from the Sup Courthttps://t.co/dqafZbKV7Z

— 29 U.S.C. § 157 (@OrganizingPower) February 3, 2020

iowa
a place to stay
get your booty on the floor tonight
make my day

i for one am shocked that a billionaire would selectively choose to support both sides of the aisle in order to further his own material interests, and i hope that bloomberg changes his ways once he is elected in a landslide victory over president brainstem in november

I for one think we need to take several minutes to appreciate mookieproof's post

mookie, I didn't take you for a Mayor Pete fan

Well, Bloomberg's lost my vote.

(but I don't think Dems would have controlled the senate, wouldn't it be 50-50 and Pence casting the deciding vote?)

djp otm, mookie 4 prez

i for one am shocked that a billionaire would selectively choose to support both sides of the aisle in order to further his own material interests

didn't Bloomberg support Toomey because of the Manchin-Toomey bill?

you see Rashida Tlaib booing is “Trumpian”, a billionaire Republican with a long history of sexual harassment lawsuits and racist policies who still hasn’t released his taxes trying to buy a nomination with a massive, uncritical media blitz isn’t because tone is all that matters. https://t.co/qIJhSDrIZB

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) February 3, 2020

I for one am very excited to see what happens when Humphrey Bloomberg is handed the nom without winning a single primary, I think it should work out very well for all of us.

it's both incredible and also extremely credible xp

the one conspiracy I deeply believe is that people like this are the actual Russian bots interfering in the election this year

He's running ads that are getting under Trump's skin so who cares? I mean really for God's sake. pic.twitter.com/ddtlSODeIc

— Rhonda Harbison (@rhonda_harbison) February 3, 2020

the only thing that matters is annoying the cheeto-in-chief, not actually having a coherent ideology that people might want to support at the ballot box in order to materially improve their lives

You jest, but…