Democrat Nomination for President

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

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[JoeKitchen]

From outside, it looked like the little lion was attacked by a pack of angry hyenas. Unsurprisingly, they didn't offer anything new, just the same old stuff media enjoys reveling in.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/debate-rivals-hammer-bloomberg-over-stop-frisk-policing-nyc-n1139356

I would certainly agree with this, however the Dems today (really the progressives) seems to be interested in superficial issues that Bloomberg will continued to be hounded about.  I dont think he helped himself but we will see. 

However, I still dont get the strategy of attacking Bloomberg.  Warren and Biden have no chance in winning at this point, so destroying someone who is trying to keep Bernie, a disaster in the making for the party, from winning just boggles me.  It's like the whole Chris Christie going after Rubio in 2016, which everyone knew beforehand was going to destroy Christie's career and damage Rubio (not a front runner at this point) enough to keep him from gaining any ground.

[JoeKitchen]

I did like this zinger, "The best known socialist happens to be a millionaire with three houses."

Finally glad to see someone actually take it to Bernie.  In response to Bernie's answer that many Vermonters have a summer home, I would like to know exactly how many Vermonters do have a main home and a summer home? 

[Rob C]

I did like this zinger, "The best known socialist happens to be a millionaire with three houses."

Finally glad to see someone actually take it to Bernie.  In response to Bernie's answer that many Vermonters have a summer home, I would like to know exactly how many Vermonters do have a main home and a summer home?

Hey, Tony Blair, who managed to win several elections in a row representing the face of New Labour, the only electable type left and therefore instantly spurned by the new Commie version under Corbyn (that lost thrice in a row to the Tories, now the extreme right under Boris and those propping him up) - is reputed to have five houses, but I haven't personally counted them, having never even been invited to have tea in one!

There is nothing morally wrong with having more than one home just as long as they don't, together, reach a value of over fifty million squids. If they do, according to my new, enlightened doctrine, one would have to be sold so that you could have some spending cash to tide you through until the end of the fiscal year. You see how well that would recirculate money? What's not to like?

[JoeKitchen]

Hey, Tony Blair, who managed to win several elections in a row representing the face of New Labour, the only electable type left and therefore instantly spurned by the new Commie version under Corbyn (that lost thrice in a row to the Tories, now the extreme right under Boris and those propping him up) - is reputed to have five houses, but I haven't personally counted them, having never even been invited to have tea in one!

There is nothing morally wrong with having more than one home just as long as they don't, together, reach a value of over fifty million squids. If they do, according to my new, enlightened doctrine, one would have to be sold so that you could have some spending cash to tide you through until the end of the fiscal year. You see how well that would recirculate money? What's not to like?

I don't care that he has 3 houses.  I care that he is promoting a system that vilifies people for having three houses, while exempting himself and his cronies, which is how socialism always ends. 

[Rob C]

I don't care that he has 3 houses.  I care that he is promoting a system that vilifies people for having three houses, while exempting himself and his cronies, which is how socialism always ends.

Don't be silly, Joe: that's pragmatism.

;-)

[Craig Lamson]

I did like this zinger, "The best known socialist happens to be a millionaire with three houses."

Finally glad to see someone actually take it to Bernie.  In response to Bernie's answer that many Vermonters have a summer home, I would like to know exactly how many Vermonters do have a main home and a summer home?

Last nights debate was amazing.  It was like watching a clown car unload and seeing them running around smacking each other with foam hammers!

The dems have a real problem.  Its really about Joe and Mike now.  The question will be to see if Mike has legs ( pun intended)  Watching the left leaning cable shows after the debate was really illuminating. They know they have a Bernie problem and Mike really let them down last night. 

No one seems to think any candidate will have the delegates needed for a first round nonimation, so it comes down to super delegates and maybe a white knight riding in at the last second and throwing all of these folksin the dustbin.

I think a really big bag of popcorn will be needed as we watch this play out.

Meanwhile, Trump filled yet another arena with an overflowing crowd.

[Alan Klein]

I don't care that he has 3 houses.  I care that he is promoting a system that vilifies people for having three houses, while exempting himself and his cronies, which is how socialism always ends. 

+1

[faberryman]

Meanwhile, Trump filled yet another arena with an overflowing crowd.

And was apparently incoherent.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rally-twitter-roger-stone-sentence-pardon-2020-election-rally-phoenix-arizona-a9345956.html

[Craig Lamson]

And was apparently incoherent.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rally-twitter-roger-stone-sentence-pardon-2020-election-rally-phoenix-arizona-a9345956.html

So says a UK paper.  Did you listen?  I didn't so I can't comment. 

[JoeKitchen]

I think this piece pretty much hits the nail on the head when it comes to the Dems. 

Newt Gingrich: 2 winners and 1 big loser in Democratic presidential debate

Every so often in the ad world, you may get asked the question, why did that bad product fail so fast with all that great marketing?  Well, because the marketing really was that great!  Bloomberg is fitting this trend; his marketing was so good people were expecting a real leader.  Then, when an apologetic intern showed up instead, his fall from grace was that much higher. 

It also seems like Bernie's digital brown shirt gang is doing exactly what his ideal Mussolini's did, scarring the entirety of the Dems and the media from asking him hard questions.  This may work in the primary, but in the General, with Trump, who is not a coward, will really kill him.  You can tell by how unprepared he was from the "3 houses" comment.  He has been protected this whole time and when Trump brings out the hammer, he will have not developed any real protection from it. 

If I were the Dems, I would be worried shi#less about a Bernie candidacy. 

[Alan Klein]

Pigeons campaign for Trump in Nevada.  M.A.G.A.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1138556

[Alan Klein]

Bloomberg blinks.  Doesn't say very much about his balls when the sh!t hits the fan as president and he's under pressure by some adversarial foreign government.   

Bloomberg Says 3 Women Can Be Released From NDAs
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/02/21/us/politics/ap-us-election-2020-bloomberg.html?searchResultPosition=3

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Fair WARNING: this is NOT, and I repeat NOT, a Babylon Bee or The Onion article:

"BLOOMBERG TO PAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE $2,500 A MONTH TO PRAISE HIM ON THEIR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS"

https://www.newsweek.com/michael-bloomberg-2020-election-pays-social-media-users-advertising-text-social-media-1488213?fbclid=IwAR1EEvcpUtFcccOiRsdI6zANX7ohhysr8zOsZQz5wn6wGwJZS1g7WtH3sFY

[Alan Klein]

Democrats removed only American flag on stage before debates for the president of the United States. . Did you read about it anywhere in mainstream news?  This is why Trump has the support he does.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1230612612934709250

[faberryman]

This is why Trump has the support he does.

Less than half of the country.

[LesPalenik]

"BLOOMBERG TO PAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE $2,500 A MONTH TO PRAISE HIM ON THEIR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS"

https://www.newsweek.com/michael-bloomberg-2020-election-pays-social-media-users-advertising-text-social-media-1488213?fbclid=IwAR1EEvcpUtFcccOiRsdI6zANX7ohhysr8zOsZQz5wn6wGwJZS1g7WtH3sFY

Is this gig available only to US citizens or also to international commentators?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Less than half of the country.

Actually, it is more than half the country.

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

Actually, it is more than half the country.

According to which poll?

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

Is this gig available only to US citizens or also to international commentators?

I can see it in the Netherlands, so I suppose international.