2020 Democratic Nominee

[Brisketexan 104,604]

1 minute ago, bad_teammate said:

Definitely possible.

More likely if a bunch of dead-enders and grifters get out before Super Tuesday. Hard to win 51% when you've got 9 people running against ya!

Regarding the "there will be more combined votes for moderates than votes for Sanders" thing... how do y'all think Warren and Buttigieg (and hell, probably even Biden) feel about being called "moderates"?

What if I mistake numbers for numbers? As in 50k people attending rallies in 3-4 days. As in getting the most votes. As in getting record numbers of volunteers and donors. As in record-breaking turnout in a state that neighbors his own.

The only numbers that matter are 1) the majority (50%+) of delegates in the primary, and 2) more votes than Trump in the general.

And nobody on the Dem slate is going to get either of those.  But hey, we might pick someone who will lose with enthusiasm and passion, so....hooray.

[bad_teammate 13,132]

Why does #1 matter if #2 is settled?

[gmr548 16,509]

#2 means jack shit. Any D will achieve that. Hillary fucking Clinton won the popular vote by millions.

[Brisketexan 104,604]

#2 means jack shit. Any D will achieve that. Hillary fucking Clinton won the popular vote by millions.

Well, that’s fair. Let’s refine it - more votes than Trump in the states that matter.

[Message Board User 12,389]

55 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Tell ya what I see.

Sixteen years of Trump.  And it really not mattering what comes after that.

Fixed.

[David Dennison 18,656]

1 minute ago, Message Board User said:

Fixed.

No. There will be massive bloodshed if he makes any attempt to stay beyond a second term.

[bad_teammate 13,132]

If I start a "Edgy Nihilist Bullshit Takes" thread will y'all go there?

[David Dennison 18,656]

3 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

If I start a "Edgy Nihilist Bullshit Takes" thread will y'all go there?

Wait and start it after Democrats deny Bernie the nomination in Milwaukee.

[Brisketexan 104,604]

4 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

If I start a "Edgy Nihilist Bullshit Takes" thread will y'all go there?

The sad thing is, among the many things the Trump era has ruined is any "edginess" nihilism once had.  Now, nihilism is just common sense.

[Hank Scorpio 17,723]

 

[Zonahorn 8,079]

I believe this is called a tie

 

 

[Hank Scorpio 17,723]

 

[bad_teammate 13,132]

Bernie demands more counting. The recanvas reduced Pete's lead by 97%.

 

[bad_teammate 13,132]

Just now, Hank Scorpio said:

 

Does the cop mean that I get to die b/c that's my choice if so

[bad_teammate 13,132]

Bernie Beats Trump

Ad running in South Carolina

 

[GSU&UT 1,798]

whoo baby

 

[Zonahorn 8,079]

1 minute ago, GSU&UT said:

whoo baby

 

[gmr548 16,509]

18 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

whoo baby

 

I'm not shocked that Sanders cleans up in CA, or that Warren is strong relative to a lot of other places. I'm honestly surprised Biden and Bloomberg are that high there. 

[WBT 20,420]

21 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

whoo baby

 

So this result would give all the delegates to Sanders?  The 15% threshold applies to every state, right?

[GSU&UT 1,798]

Just now, WBT said:

So this result would give all the delegates to Sanders?  The 15% threshold applies to every state, right?

Yes, he would get all of them.

 

2 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

I'm not shocked that Sanders cleans up in CA, or that Warren is strong relative to a lot of other places. I'm honestly surprised Biden and Bloomberg are that high there. 

Bloomberg isn't surprising at all given his insane spending and a lot of Biden's support has moved to him. I think Biden is screwed big time on Super Tuesday unless he miraculously wins NV and destroys everyone in SC.

[FondrenRoad 4,378]

2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The race is too volatile to make predictions. 
 
There are three candidates that could drop dead any day of old age.  

So what happens if the nominee dies in between the convention and the general election?  Does someone else get nominated?

[burntorangebongos 10,681]

I don't feel the Bern. I like a lot of what he is talking about but I don't know that it all will work like he says. The 4 year transition thing sounds mega iffy. 

 

[gmr548 16,509]

2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

He's crept up to the high 40's in a lot of polls at this point.

That's generous, and further, let's not pretend Rasmussen is anything more than a Republican mouthpiece.

[6th Street 6,357]

Sanders will be the weakest Democrat nominee since Dukakis

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

Trump will get 4 more years.

Would be okay if it was a sensible fella but Trumps obv a dumbass who inherited 400 million and really did zero in life outside of self promote.

[Biff Tannen 45,494]

5 minutes ago, burntorangebongos said:

The 4 year transition thing sounds mega iffy. 

You feel that way maybe because

[Biff Tannen 45,494]

3 minutes ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

Trump will get 4 more years.

Would be okay if it was a sensible fella but Trumps obv a dumbass who inherited 400 million and really did zero in life outside of self promote.

Hot take right here.  Red hot.

[GSU&UT 1,798]

4 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Sanders will be the weakest Democrat nominee since Dukakis

Once Bernie gets the nomination he will activate tens of thousands of Antifa sleeper cells that will rise up and behead their white business owning parents and usher in a golden age of online harassment.

[burntorangebongos 10,681]

wait.....did I miss something? Why are Liz and Biden not getting time? Did they do something last night? My cable was down last night so I don't know what happened.

[6th Street 6,357]

In general most people have gotten used to the fagetry of Trump and think they can withstand another 4 years of it. Sanders could disrupt things and the public will be scared off by the "socialist" moniker.

Edited February 19, 2020 by 6th Street

[JimmyJames 12,271]

3 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

In general most people have gotten used to the fagetry of Trump and think they can withstand another 4 years of it. Sanders could disrupt things and the public will be scared off by the "socialist" moniker.

Would “most people” be you?

[Zonahorn 8,079]

 

Bernie solidly in the lead in just about every poll today

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,356]

A missing white woman usually gets plenty of media coverage. 

[Mapache 1,117]

 

[Zonahorn 8,079]

Well, Warren is at least higher in her home state than Castro or Kamala ever got.

[HenryJames 65,890]

 

[Rougarou 594]

25 minutes ago, Mapache said:

 

"After all, we have the oldest sitting President ever and how is that working out?" - Mayor Pete on being under 40. lulz

[mchookem 16,212]

24 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

is this real? dang. i admit...part of what i like about Pete is i feel like he will get messy-nasty and cut a bitch if he ended up having to go head to head with Trump, and i think that might be what it will take.

[Js1 85,109]

1 hour ago, burntorangebongos said:

wait.....did I miss something? Why are Liz and Biden not getting time? Did they do something last night? My cable was down last night so I don't know what happened.

Tomorrow 

[henrygandorf 29,175]

1 hour ago, mchookem said:

is this real? dang. i admit...part of what i like about Pete is i feel like he will get messy-nasty and cut a bitch if he ended up having to go head to head with Trump, and i think that might be what it will take.

yeah, he had a solid town hall tonight.

had a good bloomberg quote i'm sure it's somewhere on twitter.

Edited February 19, 2020 by henrygandorf

[MaybeACoordinator 8,349]

From the Lev Parnas leaked tape:

""If Bernie would have been VP it would have been tougher...I got 20% of Bernie vote because of trade. He's a big trade guy...

Had she picked Bernie Sanders it would have been tougher. He is the only one I didn't want her to pick."

Or maybe that was just more of his 16D Chess coming in to play. 

[Rougarou 594]

51 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

yeah, he had a solid town hall tonight.

had a good bloomberg quote i'm sure it's somewhere on twitter.

The foreign language question and his floundering therein, was squeamishly bad.

[henrygandorf 29,175]

12 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

The foreign language question and his floundering therein, was squeamishly bad.

the question was stupid.  his stories afterwards were better.

[washparkhorn 9,935]

Camus said “nihilism is not only despair and negation but, above all, the desire to despair and to negate.” 

We all have a moral choice to make between hope and fragmentation. There is no effort required to watch America careen into the abyss. Saving the People of America only requires that we give a damn. 

Not voting is a choice. It makes one no less responsible. Exercising one's right to vote is a bullet with butterfly wings that sends shivers to those betting on the atomization of America and destruction of her ideals.

Everyone's voice and vote is needed this year. 

[washparkhorn 9,935]

4 hours ago, 6th Street said:

Sanders will be the weakest Democrat nominee since Dukakis

Wishful thinking? I appreciate the effort. Sanders' win over Trump will be epic. The humiliation of Trump losing in a landslide to a "Commie" will stay with him for all eternity. 

Trump and his band of carpetbaggers are getting nervous Trump supporters will turn on them and put their heads on the proverbial spikes. He will be more toxic than Nixon by November.  

 

Edited February 19, 2020 by washparkhorn
Trump did not deliver on his promises . . .

[henrygandorf 29,175]

36 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

Camus said “nihilism is not only despair and negation but, above all, the desire to despair and to negate.” 

We all have a moral choice to make between hope and fragmentation. There is no effort required to watch America careen into the abyss. Saving the People of America only requires that we give a damn. 

Not voting is a choice. It makes one no less responsible. Exercising one's right to vote is a bullet with butterfly wings that sends shivers to those betting on the atomization of America and destruction of her ideals.

Everyone's voice and vote is needed this year. 

in my own personal survey, are you blue no matter who?

[washparkhorn 9,935]

5 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

in my own personal survey, are you blue no matter who?

Since I know who will be the nominee, the question is undoubtedly yes for me. 

Will you vote and support Sanders?

Edited February 19, 2020 by washparkhorn
Bread for the Body. Roses for the Soul.

[washparkhorn 9,935]

Seriously, it is time for the candidates to aim their fire at the dude in the white house. 

Edited February 19, 2020 by washparkhorn
The time is drawing nigh . . .

[henrygandorf 29,175]

30 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

Since I know who will be the nominee, the question is undoubtedly yes for me. 

Will you vote and support Sanders?

you didn’t answer the question. 

i have, several times. but you didn’t. 

[washparkhorn 9,935]

Yes. 

Through accretion, the core coalesced. Some are gettable, some are not.

I trust people of good will vote for a candidate that makes them proud of their vote.  

Time to face the final boss.