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

so Bloomberg doesn't see Biden as the winner in all this hoohah.

If Bloomberg actually gave a fuck about anyone but Bloomberg he could've put his money towards a purpose much more constructive than wildly firing a cannon at the legitimate democratic nominees.

Bloomberg 2020: Because I deserve a chance to live in the White House.

ftr, when I heard a while back that Iowa Democrats were planning to rely on a new app for reporting results, my first thought was, 'that's bound to turn out badly'.

I know none of this should be at all surprising but it's still wild to me that when Bloomberg announced the consensus was that there was absolutely zero constituency of people who could theoretically be excited about his campaign and yet through sheer money and not a single thing else he has made himself viable.

the great thing is that he can't be corrupted because he already has a bunch of money!!!

he is not viable

viable? in the sense that he never has to drop out for lack of money

well yeah but he isn't going to win delegates

No one is hitting back with shit like him buying Toomey's re-election in Pennsylvania, giving us Brett Kavanaugh and ensuring Mitch McConnell's ability to dry fuck the country.

i'd like to believe that, but i think he probably will end up snagging at least some delegates.

or, let me weaken that prediction immediately: i believe it's plausible that he could.

he has to hit above 15% to get delegates in any state (I think?) I don't think he'll get that in many states.

Is the Biden campaign elder abuse, is this a Sumner Redstone situation

elder self-abuse

So, nobody answered when I asked before, but GOP would still have controlled the senate without Toomey, right?

yes

If Bloomberg actually gave a fuck about anyone but Bloomberg he could've put his money towards a purpose much more constructive than wildly firing a cannon at the legitimate democratic nominees.

― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Apparently his ads are irritating the president. That's what he should, full stop.

Thanks Shakey.

This is the CEO of the company that developed the results-reporting app in Iowa. Again: if it was another country, what would you assume? https://t.co/hheA8QL5Wd

— Ben Miller (@benwritesthings) February 4, 2020

If Toomey had lost it would've been 51 GOP, 47 Dems. Kavanaugh would still have been confirmed, assuming all the other Senators votes stayed the same.

Bloomberg is still a ratfucker for screwing up that race tho imo

xps

what was bloomberg's rationale for supporting toomey? that he once sponsored a background check bill?

xxp lol @ that tweet, the 2020 version of diebold voting machine conspiracy theories

theories, eh

i tend to not see conspiracies behind gross displays of incompetence but maybe that's what they want me to think

It's not just the incompetence, it's the transfers of money, the unnecessary intrusion of profit-seeking people and companies in the process, professional incest in the party elite and the incompetent people in question publicly cheering on the primary beneficiary of their incompetence.

There are a lot of layers to peel back to explain that this is just the result of normal everyday corruption rather than the kind of corruption they think it is.

yes elections in this country are and have been extremely fucked up

"obviously the cia-backed candidate celebrating an early victory is not something he'll have to walk back with embarrassment in a few days bc a mayor pete fan built the app!!!" is where i can't follow

Your mistake is thinking he'll walk it back with embarrassment.

i mean, HE won't be embarrassed, but it will be embarrassing

not sure pete is capable of feeling embarrassment cf his campaign

yes elections in this country are and have been extremely fucked up

sounds like a conspiracy to me

Also I love that Morbs’ useless tweet above gets the identity of the Shadow CEO wrong

yes what i also love is how much people are running away with fucking misinformation

well as you have again pointed out this winter, i am a Trumpist

xp

Tara McGowan is an American political strategist and journalist. She is the co-founder and CEO of ACRONYM, a political nonprofit organization notable for its substantial digital advertising in the 2020 United States presidential election.

n early 2019 ACRONYM acquired Shadow, Inc., a tech company that developed an app for the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses which caused delays in reporting the results.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-niemira-aaa9b73

So the semantic hair being split is that she's just that guy's boss?

GUYS, Pete didn't mean he was victorious, merely that he is viable.

if there was a conspiracy to delay bernie's victory for one-two days to hurt his momentum it is the pettiest conspiracy ever

if anything bernie comes out of this ridiculous bullshit looking great

but don't think we won't still be talking about it in 2024

GUYS, Pete didn't mean he was victorious, merely that he is viable.

― Okay, you're an ambulance (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, February 4, 2020 12:33 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

my loyal followers, it appears i have the faintest throb of a pulse and am not actually the reanimated corpse of a dead centrist

if there was a conspiracy to delay bernie's victory for one-two days to hurt his momentum it is the pettiest conspiracy ever

So entirely on brand for a bunch of former Clinton staffers.

I really hope we're not still talking about this bullshit anywhere near super tuesday

We'll be talking about Bloomberg's $10 billion ad buy then

even if every conspiracy theory was true it doesn't do anyone good any good to whinge about it

I really hope we're not still talking about this bullshit anywhere near super tuesdaytonight.