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Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
Are we still capitalists in the new Dem thread?

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Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Really rude of everyone not to wait for me to hit post.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Willa Rogers posted:

:toot:

California Democratic Party Endorsement Totals:

Kevin De Leon: 54%

Dianne Feinstein: 37%

Balkanization of the democrats now.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
Page two trying to post a video on mobile posting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD7Ol0gz11k

Thoguh fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Jul 14, 2018

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
I wonder who will play 'Not Bernie' in the new West Wing.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

"Why do you insist on purity tests" they say, as they aggressively attempt to pin progressive candidates down on every single controversial issue possible in an attempt to break their support.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Gene Hackman Fan posted:

both cool and good. totally expected her to pull some manner of ratfuckery, but lol at her polling in single digits, simply lol

I still expect there to be a bunch of ratfuckery when it comes to actually implementing the endorsement.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1018495666962640897

If we don't support Manchin the spot might go to a republican!

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

OmanyteJackson posted:

Wait, so they are saying not supporting trump (who they believe is a russian agent) makes you a russian agent?

Doing anything they disagree with makes you a Russian agent.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

gradenko_2000 posted:

the way I'd describe it is that it's like PUA for politics. Bad dems think that if they go down the right decorum conversation tree, the Republicans can be mind-controlled into signing up for bipartisan legislation

Being 'bipartisan' only works if both parties have the same goals but disagree on how to reach them. The dems are somehow still convinced that is the case.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
My hot take on Clinton is that she probably isn't going to run and Harris will be the standard bearer of the Neo-liberal faux progressives. But 2020 is going to be a clown car so I don't know if Harris will actually be able to stand out.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Main Paineframe posted:

of course, 2020 is still over two years off

We're only 18 months away from Iowa and New Hampshire casting the first votes of the 2020 primaries.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Main Paineframe posted:

did you know that Feinstein is the current ranking Dem member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and therefore voting for de Leon is equivalent to helping RUSSIA

a lot of people on Twitter are informing me of this right now

Well, you see, if she was to be voted out that seat would obviously go to a Republican, duh. That's just how committees work.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Matt Zerella posted:

remember when Gillibrand and Booker were hailed as the next Hillary and Obama :lol:

I to remember the upcoming 2020 primaries.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

lol, how do you fumble "The republican party refuses to help us hold Donald Trump to account" that loving badly?

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
I mean 'Traitor Trump" as a nickname is right loving there!

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

I mean, her whole thing is that corporations and rich people should actually be held accountable to the rules that exist. Not that the rules are fundamentally flawed. So this shouldn't be s surprise to anyone. She's still better than 99% of dems to even go that far.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

spacetoaster posted:

The MIC is a pretty fuckin secure job right now.

Lol, those companies are actively moving as much as they can to southern states with the worst labor laws just like everybody else. The companies are doing great. Doesn't mean the workers are.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Control Volume posted:

Im fine guillotining the russian oligarchs that trump is colluding with too.

No war but class war.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Al! posted:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Was Always The Compromise Candidate

Everybody is just mad that the person who ran as a "Democratic Socialist" is a democratic socialist and isn't publicly advocating for luxury gay weed space communism now.

Because like I posted a few pages back, there will continue to be a lot of forcing her to spend a lot of time talking about issues that just happen to divide the left in the hopes of dampening her support.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Nice.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

The Muppets On PCP posted:

unless he seriously hosed something up that dude's pension after that many years is around 50k/yr assuming he's enlisted

Might just be bored. I've had uber drivers like that. Retired and don't need the money but looking for something to do.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

ecavalli posted:

Please, never stop creating these threads. They're the most entertaining thing on these dead, gay forums. Whether that's intentional or not is beside the point.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

I look forward to bring told in 2020 about how Booker is actually the second most liberal person alive.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

phasmid posted:

But wait. Haven't we had a naval base there for a while? Forgive me if that's :thejoke:

The joke is that it is an island. A body of land that dies not flip over not matter what you out on one side.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

comedyblissoption posted:

they're gonna trot this stupid poo poo slogan out but it's going to have the exact same policies again as the Better Deal and the democrats are going to get news articles written about them complaining about the news not covering their stupid brain worms policies again

The email survey I got from the state democratic party about issues this week was definitely the exact same stuff as the 'Better Deal' with 'access to healthcare' being the #1 thing to tick as a thing they should care about. There were no actual leftist options or even a place to put other issues.

They also asked me for $27 because they aren't capable of coming up with their own ideas.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Homeless Friend posted:

everytime i see hillarys weird outfits i come to the realization if she had dressed as a cyberpunk mobster instead of moonbase ambassador she definitely would have won no problem



I disagree. Dressing like a space chancellor was something she did very well. A+++ would ask her look pensive about the crisis in the Alpha Quandrant any time.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Gene Hackman Fan posted:

while looking for that election analysis from the daily yonder, i found this discussing dread abuela's statement about 'red america'


goddamn, does this party have a loving problem.

Also you gotta remember that when they talk about 'rural' they mean any city less than a million or so people.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
Oklahoma City? Rural.

Little Rock? Rural.

Des Moines? Rural.

Fargo? Rural.

Lubbock? Rural.

Wichita? Rural.

Boise? Rural.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
#freematey

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Condiv posted:

is trump really our dumbest president so far? most indecorous sure. but W almost got assassinated by a pretzel

Bush was dumb compared to what we assume presidents to be. Trump is a brain addled Fox News grandpa.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

GalacticAcid posted:

but the end result of a gillibrand presidency could be better than a sanders one, as it would keep the left in a cohesive semi-opposition instead of becoming an electoral street team for the president of the usa

Yes, being aa marginalized opposition is much better than actually being in power. This is certainly a take that is both good and not bad.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

I mean, Ronald Reagan was to the left of Putin so technically this is a correct take.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Condiv posted:

I’m not sure I quite get the attack on Cynthia Nixon here. are we supposed to see “she’s rich” and immediately assume she’s a liar about her political beliefs? what’s that say about the rest of the rich dems who claim to care about creating opportunity?

The idea of somebody who is at or above the median wage being sincerely left does not compute to them.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

GalacticAcid posted:

im gonna let the issue lie here though since i genuinely don't want to derail this thread anymore and i feel like everybody kind of made their relevant points

https://twitter.com/dril/status/134787490526658561?lang=en

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

GalacticAcid posted:

I don’t think it refutes my original postulate

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Constant Boozer.

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Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

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Vox Nihili posted:

I'm the 39% of 25-34 y/os who somehow own a home (ie the bank owns a home that they live in).

Hey now, the bank only owns... let me check the amortization table... 86.2% of my house.

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