I think the citizen consensus is he will bomb at tonite's debate. But the leftist media gods luv him.
It’s hard to imagine a Democrat less able to win working class votes.
This should be a happy time for former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Right now, his ads are drowning the airwaves in the 14 states that will vote on Super Tuesday, March 3, while in most of those states, the campaigns of his non-billionaire opponents for the Democrats’ presidential nod have barely begun.
As the campaign rolls on, however, Democratic voters will learn more about Bloomberg’s actual record. The mass incarceration in black and brown communities that resulted from police practices he put in place as mayor; the pre-emptive arrests he authorized of people who sought to protest the 2004 Republican convention in New York (for which the city had to pay hefty fines for false arrests); his defense of Wall Street bankers in the wake of the 2008 financial panic (he termed the fines levied against banks for misconduct “outrageous”)—these are just some of the many Bloomberg policies and positions that should give Democrats pause.
https://prospect.org/politics/why-bl...ot-beat-trump/
I think the citizen consensus is he will bomb at tonite's debate. But the leftist media gods luv him.
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
— Joe Biden on Obama.
Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.
D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.
Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".
if its him Ill vote for him
anything but trump
hell Id vote for Bernie over trump
USFREEDOM911 (02-19-2020)
Jack (02-19-2020)
Democrats on the board keep talking about how they'll vote for anyone but Trump, which is a fair position, but how many of you haven't voted for the Democratic Presidential candidate in the past? I'm asking in the context that if you vote Democratic every Presidential election already then the proclamation doesn't mean all that much. Now if you've either sat out an election or voted third party in the past and are now saying you'll vote for the Dem candidate regardless then that has a different meaning.
cancel2 2022 (02-19-2020)
BLUEXITA Modest Proposal For Separating Blue States From Red
Dear Red-State Trump Voter,
Let’s face it, guys: We’re done.
It is a tragedy that so much of the work that so many men and women toiled at for so long to make this a better country, and a better world, has been thrown away, leaving us all in such needless peril.
This is why our separation in all but name is necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1409...mp-red-america
TTQ64 (02-19-2020)
Working class loves Trump. Like with minorities he has done more for them than dems ever have.
When you dont care which boat get lifted that rising tide lifts them all.
MAGA
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
LV426 (02-19-2020)
Good observation, but was not 2016 a "I'm voting for anybody but .............?"
With Trump, 2020 will not be about issues, again, it will be personalities, and who can portray the other guy as the worse of two choices, so Trump being the incumbent, the "anybody but Trump" candidate appeals
Stating the obvious if the exact same people vote the exact same way in 2020 that they did in 2016 then the results will be the same. So if you (anyone) votes Democratic every Presidential election your vote still counts but it's not moving the needle. What moves the needle obviously are people who didn't vote previously who now to decide to vote, people who voted previously but now change who they vote for, or people who voted previously and now decide not to vote.
anonymoose (02-19-2020)
I think everyone agrees that we need higher turnout and participation; where people disagree is over how to achieve that.
I believe that you don't achieve higher turnout and participation by playing it safe, moderate, or centrist.
Moderate, by definition is not enthusiasm or excitement.
So if you are serious about increasing turnout, you have to figure out how to motivate the 95 million people who didn't vote in 2016. I suspect that you get them motivated by backing and supporting big, ambitious ideas. Offer them something to vote for like free public colleges, student debt forgiveness, and medicare for all. The more non-voters you can motivate to vote for those things, the less important it becomes to attract centrists or voters of bad faith who only seek accommodation and aren't serious about helping anyone other than themselves.
It's just math at this point.
65 million people voted for Clinton, 62 million voted for Trump...95 million didn't vote at all.
So you could replace 1 moderate voter with 1.5 non-voters, and increase turnout to levels that nullify gerrymandering and the electoral college.
And really, isn't turnout so high that it renders those things moot kinda the point anyway?
How is Bloomberg going to motivate any of the 95 million people who didn't vote in 2016?
When I die, turn me into a brick and use me to cave in the skull of a fascist
TTQ64 (02-19-2020)
BLUEXITA Modest Proposal For Separating Blue States From Red
Dear Red-State Trump Voter,
Let’s face it, guys: We’re done.
It is a tragedy that so much of the work that so many men and women toiled at for so long to make this a better country, and a better world, has been thrown away, leaving us all in such needless peril.
This is why our separation in all but name is necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1409...mp-red-america
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