The 2020 General Election Thread

by **quinine** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:28 am

Pops Freshenmeyer wrote:Former Biden staffers are going hard on twitter claiming joe was intrecal to its passage, it’s gross

it was pretty sick when he asked warren to thank him for this and she just thanked obama instead

by **coop** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:31 am

ugh Pete, why you gotta be like that

by **Mr Spaceship** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:32 am

loaf angel wrote:

Boomers...good?

by **palmer eldritch** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:32 am

by **Feech La Manna** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:33 am

coop wrote:ugh Pete, why you gotta be like that

this is who he is

by **surly** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:34 am

what a fuckin technocrat

by **saranclaps** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:36 am

i guess working at mckinsey after college was a tell that he was a sociopath

by **Feech La Manna** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:36 am

saranclaps wrote:i guess working at mckinsey after college was a tell that he was a sociopath

do you have me killfiled

by **saranclaps** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:40 am

Feech La Manna wrote:
saranclaps wrote:i guess working at mckinsey after college was a tell that he was a sociopath

do you have me killfiled

i don't think so did you post this? i didn't read anything from the debate pages.

by **saranclaps** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:41 am

by **Feech La Manna** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:45 am

It wasn’t just me, several people in here have pointed out the McKinsey stint as one of the red flags he’s a psycho

I feel like I’ve been a broken record about it though

by **villalobos** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:47 am

tgk wrote:
reversemigraine wrote:NYT's punditry shitshow of old was way more entertaining than this week's cohort.

yeah where the fuck is brett stephens

bretbugs hibernate in the fall and winter

by **villalobos** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:53 am

love to see if folks

by **my piano** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:56 am

there is like a designated buttigieg mckinsey callout squad in this very thread

by **coop** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:57 am

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3633/Who-will-win-the-2020-Democratic-presidential-nomination
Current betting odds
Liz 44%
Joe 19%
Bernie 13%
Mayor Pete 12%

by **Feech La Manna** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:01 pm

Kamala under Yang and Hillary is pretty funny

by **quinine** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:03 pm

my god, is someone raising a point that's already been made in this 1100 page thread

by **quinine** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:04 pm

I get they're going after warren for a policy she copied from bernie just cuz she's the frontrunner but she also sure is less effective at defending it too, hmmm

by **quinine** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:06 pm

like did her campaign decide the "literally every other halfways decent country in the world has made this work" rebuttal would just have her sounding too sandersian

wow it's been a minute since this thread was moving so slow I had to worry about post stacking

by **Feech La Manna** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:11 pm

Who’s worse at running for President, Joe or Kamala?

Joe’s got a long history of it but Kamala is really trying hard to catch up

by **Sissy Spacerock** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:21 pm

[quote="saranclaps"]

karl lagerfeld looks, all things considered, great

by **ashtrayheart** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:24 pm

surly wrote:imagine typing "not endorsing is a technocratic move"

this is probably the lowest form of posting. if you don’t have anything to say, don’t post!

or post anyway i guess who am i the curator

by **Lowercase Tea** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:24 pm

by **surly** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:33 pm

ashtrayheart wrote:
surly wrote:imagine typing "not endorsing is a technocratic move"

this is probably the lowest form of posting. if you don’t have anything to say, don’t post!

or post anyway i guess who am i the curator

what i have to say is that statement is fucking nonsensical

by **galactagogue** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:47 pm

Feech La Manna wrote:

I'm just asking questions

LOL. 99% chance this question gets little to no exposition in this article that i will not read.

by **ashtrayheart** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:59 pm

surly wrote:
ashtrayheart wrote:
surly wrote:imagine typing "not endorsing is a technocratic move"

this is probably the lowest form of posting. if you don’t have anything to say, don’t post!

or post anyway i guess who am i the curator

what i have to say is that statement is fucking nonsensical

hrm i think i know what you mean. i may have used the wrong word, but what i’m getting at is: i like these representatives because they seem to pursue policy based on the will of their constituents and their personal beliefs and have a level of integrity that seems fresh, and endorsing the candidate that aligns well with their purported political beliefs outright would continue that trend, whereas withholding that endorsement seems like a technical political move, a cynical strategy of which i am less than a fan! it certainly wouldn’t put me off them forever or anything and isn’t a total betrayal, but it is less cool.

by **surly** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:14 pm

OK i see what you mean. but under that set of logic, why didn't they endorse sooner? one could argue that they endorsed this week as a calculated response to the fact that bernie's been relatively stagnant in national polls and he's coming off a rough couple of weeks that included a having a heart attack

be happy they endorsed him, but don't pretend it's not just as political as any other endorsement or non-endorsement in any campaign cycle

by **galactagogue** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:20 pm

isn't the whole point of endorsements political? like do they have any non-political value?

by **Klint** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:26 pm

Bernie is trying to be the President of the United Stares of America, everything is calculated and pragmatic because he wants to win.

by **trouble** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:27 pm

really sick of seeing "Mayor Pete" can people just figure out how to spell his last name already

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