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

Sort of doubt anyone on here is voting for Biden in the primary

I suspect no one here is even... Biden-curious

I agree with milo that it seems like a fourth disingenuous thing for people to act like it is Sanders who has a "fuck all y'all" attitude bc he said "I respect him but his politics aren't mine" about someone who just endorsed his opponent (and possibly tried to smear him as racist) when it is Biden who repeatedly does things like this:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/29/joe-biden-go-vote-for-someone-else

Gah, who the fuck cares. Anyone that doesn't vote for Biden because of his record, or doesn't vote for Sanders because of his record, let alone their bad attitudes or sour grapes, is being ridiculous, because both of their records are miles better than the current default asshole, and no matter what, one of the three is probably going to be the next president no matter how much people grouse. But it seems fair to say that the wing most likely to sit this one out out of spite is young voters who supported Sanders, but if that wing were reliable voters there wouldn't be so much grousing going on right now in the first place.

(and possibly tried to smear him as racist)

Uh, yeah, let's just drop this idea right here and now, because otherwise we might just drop this whole project

I don’t know that Biden is experiencing cognitive decline—I forget and flub words all time—but my guess is the media will start taking that question seriously if he becomes the nominee and Trump does this. There will be Gupta specials and panels with neurologists daily. https://t.co/lk60rp4bPl

— Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure (@DanRiffle) March 5, 2020

this of course ignores the fact that trump’s brain is melted Swiss cheese, but what hope do we have if our candidate doesn’t have the “my brain works properly” advantage

how’s everybody doing today

Rollin' up my sleeves, workin' on my hot + controversial takes. Let's DO this shit.

I think Hillary should jump back in the ring, personally. Sorry, that's just how I feel.

someone do a Bernie v Biden poll.

i’m thinking the Results May Surprise You

I read some people saying a lot of the weird coverage Sanders gets for being “shouty” or “pushy” leans on antisemitic tropes. Not an expert on this, is there any truth to this? I know how brain worms are in play re coverage with any leftist candidate, but honestly it all applies to Biden so much more!

blue checks on here gonna say that "mean tweets" did Sanders in. Biden called someone at his town hall fat and a damn liar and poked a steyer voter in the chest. he also told a member of Movimiento Cosecha to "go vote for Trump" for confronting him on immigration. in person.

— Trenton Hassles Carmelo (@TrentonHassles) March 4, 2020

Yeah, Biden has gotten real shouty in his dotage. I don't think the label applies to one dude more than the other. It's just what happens as dudes age. A steady increase of fist shaking and cloud shouting.

I'm not so much voting for Alfred ITT as I am voting against Simon H.

one of the three is probably going to be the next president

So is this "cranky old white guy election" worse news for

A. Clouds

B. Kids on their lawns

C. The nation, and by extension the future of humankind

D. Hen fap

We may need a poll

(Also, again, not something I know much about but calling them “two old white guys” just...ignores the fact that Bernie is Jewish and that does matter. It’ll certainly matter if he’s the nominee.)

He’s Jewish. Please don’t forget that, because all the wrong people sure won’t.

— Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson (@MaraWilson) March 4, 2020

I'm not so much voting for Alfred ITT as I am voting against Simon H.

― crusty but malignant (Eric H.), Thursday, March 5, 2020

oh brutha!

I'm not so much voting for Alfred ITT as I am voting against Simon H.

whatever gets you to the polls

lol, OTM!

It just goes to show how much pointless bullshit is swirling around when of all the bullshit no one has really gotten around to Sanders' erstwhile religion, which is like the longest low-hanging fruit bullshit in the book.

shhh don't tell them!

At least if he loses the primary, they'll never get to it...

read a theory that Warren and Sanders will spend next week's debate eviscerating Biden's past stances, she will drop out the next day, and then the following day endorse and be named as Sander's prospective VP. Nice theory, not sure it'll happen, but it could put wind in Sanders' sails.

lol its so much what i want to happen that it feels like fanfiction

The next round of states vote on tuesday the 10th, and the next debate is on the 15th, so it's too late

i mean at the very least i do think they're both gonna try to eat biden alive at the debate

Biden closed the gap and then some in just three days

It just goes to show how much pointless bullshit is swirling around when of all the bullshit no one has really gotten around to Sanders' erstwhile religion, which is like the longest low-hanging fruit bullshit in the book.

I'm hoping she eats Biden alive and drops out and endorses *during* the debate, then sidles up to Bernie at his own lectern, whereupon both don crowns of laurel and make a live blood oath

whatever gets you to the polls

I tip my hat. But not my vote.

I'm hoping she eats Biden alive and drops out and endorses *during* the debate, then sidles up to Bernie at his own lectern, whereupon both don crowns of laurel and make a live blood oath

― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, March 5, 2020 7:24 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

wow otm

I'm not so much voting for Alfred ITT as I am voting against Simon H.

― crusty but malignant (Eric H.), Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:49 AM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Sad to see H. on H. crime

Trump and Sanders share similar New York mannerisms, if Sanders got criticized for the way he comports himself and Trump didn't I'd say there was a hint of something hinky going.

I think it's a big stretch to call "shouty" an anti-semitic slur. He actually is shouty, and so are lots of people who aren't Jewish. Is it anti-semitic to call Bloomberg irritable?

But for sure if he becomes the nominee, there will a sewer full of full-on anti-semitism headed his way.

I heard that Sanders is in the pocket of Big Jew.

I have definitely been described by people as "east coast" in disposition or sensibility or whatever, and while I'm sure it was meant innocently I also suspected what they meant was "Jewish."

I should have investigated this more, but during my dad's last visit (he's an old NYC wise-ass Jew) he seemed pretty turned off by Bernie. I assume that's for tax reasons though, not anti-semitism. He also lives in South Carolina, so I personally take the blame for Super Tuesday.

Bloomberg is Big Jew. He is too short to fit Sanders in his pockets.

he's pretty small iirc

oh, only read the first half of your post.

the internet told me he’s 5’8” 🙃

Is it anti-semitic to call Bloomberg irritable?

No, and it's not anti-semitic to say that Bloomberg with his big bags of money was trying to buy the election behind the scenes, but it's also true that while that's not an anti-semitic thing to say, it is in fact a thing lots of anti-semites were saying while he was running.

Warren's out.

Tulsi Gabbard wins the bronze medal in this year's Dem presidential race!

I don’t know that Biden is experiencing cognitive decline—I forget and flub words all time—but my guess is the media will start taking that question seriously if he becomes the nominee and Trump does this. There will be Gupta specials and panels with neurologists daily.

remember when all you had to do to prove you weren't senile was crack a joke during a debate?

I guess I knew there was no way Warren was going to make it through but I still feel sad in this moment.

remember when all you had to do to prove you weren't senile was crack a joke during a debate?

You're no Jack Kennedy

fuck. Had a michigan absentee ballot ready to go.

Warren's out.

simultaneously sad about this and thinking "thank god now the discourse can end" (it won't)

Let the chatter continue!

ok from this point forward it's a two person race, between candidates close in delegates. If Bernie can't beat Biden one-on-one then the revolution isn't quite ready yet.

In retrospect, this may have been most influential work of journalism in the presidential race https://t.co/L5NNCIXII5

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) March 4, 2020

It basically bodied the respectable press away from saying that the frontrunner can't string sentences together, even though boiled down what it really said is that his control over a central cognitive task that defined his life is starting to slip away

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) March 4, 2020

BTW I don't think Warren's out because the media erased her or mean bros on Twitter insulted her or whatevs, I just think I live in a country where most people don't want the things I want in their leaders, and I'm committed to democracy and that means I just gotta be OK with that.