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

I’d rather people aspiring to knock off our big wet incumbent answer questions about Russian election interference with something like “it’s probably true the the Russians are trying to disrupt this race and sow discord among the American people in a scary number of ways. That’s why we need a President who will listen to his advisors and work to secure all of us against misinformation, unlike Trump, who is completely incapable of doing either.”

Instead we got “lol fuckin’ newspapers amirite”

You know we got both, right? Sanders made a full statement that was a lot more than four words long.

FWIW Tombot I want the same. I doubt that this is all he has to say on the issue, but I guess we'll see. At any rate, leave us not pretend that the media dropping this bomb when they did wasn't just more theatre. I can't fault him for reacting (very mildly) to that fact in particular.

I’d rather people aspiring to knock off our big wet incumbent answer questions about Russian election interference with something like “it’s probably true the the Russians are trying to disrupt this race and sow discord among the American people in a scary number of ways. That’s why we need a President who will listen to his advisors and work to secure all of us against misinformation, unlike Trump, who is completely incapable of doing either.”

how about something like

“Unlike Donald Trump, I do not consider Vladimir Putin a good friend. He is an autocratic thug who is attempting to destroy democracy and crush dissent in Russia. Let’s be clear, the Russians want to undermine American democracy by dividing us up and, unlike the current president, I stand firmly against their efforts, and any other foreign power that wants to interfere in our election.

“I don’t care, frankly, who Putin wants to be president. My message to Putin is clear: stay out of American elections, and as president I will make sure that you do.

“In 2016, Russia used internet propaganda to sow division in our country, and my understanding is that they are doing it again in 2020. Some of the ugly stuff on the internet attributed to our campaign may well not be coming from real supporters.

“In my view, because of our extraordinary grassroots organization, because of our grassroots fundraising and because of our agenda that speaks to the needs of working class people, we are the strongest campaign to defeat Donald Trump and that is exactly what we will do.”

I was all 'the NYT do valuable work' for a long while too until I couldn't take any more of Haberman edging Trump or their 'rural diner in OH' shit and unsubfuckinscribed, and no I'm not resubscribing no matter how how many 'last chance! super sweet offer!' emails you send me, NYT.

I doubt that this is all he has to say on the issue, but I guess we'll see.

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How predictable that I would get owned by sic

look if anything this just suggests that you're a sock for Bernie

Thank u for your light sic, I no longer have my NYT or WaPo subscriptions so I am merely stumbling through the darkness.

That’s the kind of cantankerous bullshit that endears him to assholes and reinforces horseshoe theory assholes’ arguments. Stay above lashing out at the press, Bernie, that’s the shit he does

― El Tomboto, Friday, February 21, 2020 6:39 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

if trump wished you a happy birthday would you stop celebrating your birthday

I’m past forty, I just endure my birthday

Any well-wishing from Trump would indicate that my life had taken a severe and sudden turn for the worse which could only be rectified by walking in front of a speeding bus.

note to bernie:

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/550334cbe4b0e08b6885e88f/1537563512340-G4GXADVG1PKDN5Y1A8JJ/don%27t+do+what+donny+don%27t+does.jpg

they ran a fucking barrel of fish for president and now they're acting surprised some shots landed

Gefilte 2020

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:20 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

do you mind explaining this joke

Gefilte fish is a dish made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish, such as carp, whitefish, or pike. It is traditionally served as an appetizer by Ashkenazi Jewish households.

it’s terrible

A prank played on us by our ancestors

Mike loves @SUBWAY - he could eat it for every meal.

What’s your order? pic.twitter.com/65mY75Q0N3

— Team Bloomberg (@Mike2020) February 21, 2020

i feel so connected with

Mike should maybe not associate himself with yet another famous pedophile.

I thought we all agreed that the WaPo was fishwrap

i know what gefilte is fwiw

it was just what Gabe Kaplan's impression of Ed Sullivan would call a "Jew joke"

i thought it might be, seems a bit odd to bring up bloomberg's jewishness of all things as a joke tho

I’m starting to realize that Morbius and calzino really are the champions of all politics threads because they absolutely DGAF, in any way, about the norms of expression or the points of argument that most of the rest of us try and act concerned about. Fly in, talk shit, pay only as much attention as you want. It’s a pretty defensible approach.

the Ice T approach

@MORBSLEVEL

whitefish spread from Gus's SF is the best

seems a bit odd to bring up bloomberg's jewishness of all things as a joke tho

If you guys knew the level of ethnic humor I laughed at DAILY as a kid, and occasionally engaged in on college radio and in improv jams, I would've been permabanned a long time ago.

re Tombot's point, yes, it's just a fucking bb and I don't know most of you clowns.

they absolutely DGAF, in any way, about the norms of expression or the points of argument

Je suis Marxiste, tendance Groucho

i constantly forget that bloomberg and sanders are jewish and now am doing research about stein and berg in last names.

you forget it? are ya DEAF?

you know all of us clowns, fucker

wait, is morbs jewish??? and mookie???

it's a lock that morbs is a fan of old-time jewish 'borscht belt' comedians.

i swear, i am so stupid/ignorant about this. Now I am looking up your last names.

"Mike Bloomberg's FEC filings show his campaign paid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/10/pizza-sushi-ben-jerrys-what-2020-democrats-are-feeding-their-staffers0,000+ to Air Culinaire, an in-flight catering service for private jets w/ menus featuring seared wagyu steak with foie gras and Petrossian Caviar.

"The filings show $0 in expenditures at Subway."

ayo stet Graun links keep glitching the BB code fyi btw

Morbs is Irish Catholic iirc

morbs is lapsed catholic and i'm a lowbrow wasp. many of our best friends, however

i just get annoyed at the gap between his irl goodness and ilx assholery

true of many of our best posters

two sides of the same coin

assholery cleverly masked irl by my winning smile and aging sexual dynamism

Sen. Elizabeth Warren reversed her position on rejecting super PAC support as she seeks a comeback in the Democratic presidential primary. Warren, who has previously said that she would disavow the support of a super PAC that sought to aid her bid for the presidency, told reporters that she had changed her mind after failing to get her rivals to join her in repudiating the outside spending groups.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/elizabeth-warren-reverses-her-position-on-super-pac-support.html

biden won!!!!

a free Sprite(c)

no, he won second place!!

ahhhh the highly coveted Second Place that reveals Comeback Momentum which indicates Imminent Victory

congrats uncle joe

still, it woulda been prrrretty cool if he won a thirst quenching Sprite(c)

unfortunately you have to have at least half the state delegates as the actual winner in order to qualify for the Sprite(c), so it seems likely that only sanders will be obeying his thirst tonight

wait is this how democracy works in America (a division of Coca-Cola) now???

America is really a collection of small businesses