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Looks like it will be a crowded running field for Democrats and probably the others, too.
I’m looking forward to the debates where some of these jokers will be weeded out. I’m thinkin’ Senators Harris will come out ahead and will probably be the next nominee. |
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I read somewhere, rather recently, that Stacy Abrams is possibly seeking to become a senator for her home state, and that brought joy to my heart. I see her as a methodical individual, who is highly esteemed by constituents in the state of Georgia. I am rooting for her successful bid to become a senator in 20/20.
At this point in time, I am interested in learning more about Julian Castro. I recently was talking with a colleague from my former work campus who is from Guatemala and another friend too, who is Mexican, and both individuals find that Castro's bid for US President, is something they can get behind and support. So I am watching with great interest, with regard to Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro, and continue to explore background information concerning the two and remain willing to support any person who ends up being the Democratic nominee for US President. Btw, I can see Stacy Abrams as US President. She's got a heart for helping to liberate those oppressed in her home state and I find her track record appealing --- both for a bid to be Senator and if one day too, US President. I see the spirit of Kwanzaa about her and appreciate her conduct and decorum in all things known about Stacy Abrams. |
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I listened to Chapo Traphouse this morning and the first thing they did was roundly mock Julian Castro for supporting meritocracy with his "Brain power is currency" remarks.
Then, Amber A'Lee Frost read her article "It's Bernie, Bitch" out loud, verbatim. The article basically declares that if the Democrats do not nominate Bernie it is going to be 2016 all over again. Anti-Trump forces will splinter into capitalist Dems, socialist Dems, and disenchanted Republicans, and Trump's 30% will be enough to beat all three. I feel that Ms. Frost is encouraging the same tactic for the Democratic nomination that Trump is using for the wall: do it my way or i'll tip the whole apple cart. As I've said, I vote as A Gay: I want socialism, too, i just don't want to live through a theocracy to get it: another lukewarm Democratic presidency will not only further impoverish and destabilize the working class and its suffering institutions, it will also all but guarantee that 2024 brings us POTUS Hamburglar in an SS uniform. No, it’s Bernie or bust. I don’t care if we have to roll him out on a hand truck and sprinkle cocaine into his coleslaw before every speech. If he dies mid-run, we’ll stuff him full of sawdust, shove a hand up his ass, and operate him like a goddamn muppet. If we have to tank another election and live though another four years of stochastic terrorism to get the party Ms. Frost wants, me and mine will not survive it. I guess we've been selected as martyrs? Yes, there are guileless and gentle souls who voice concern about Sanders’s prospects, policies, or appeal to women and minority voters, and with those people we have conversations. Kindly, confidently, and thoroughly we explain that Bernie Sanders is the best candidate for the working class—and we then spell out, with the same saintly patience, that this means all of the working class. But as for the liberal media, and for those who would disingenuously invoke identity politics to attack the socialist, just remember the magic words: “I know what you’re doing right now, and it doesn’t work on me.” This irritates me because i feel the scorched-earth progressives have been just as disingenuous with "Bernie's minority problem" as neoliberal handwringers (or Joe Bidens)-- who have nothing to offer except social justice-- have: Bernie is great for minorities and Bernie's policies are great for minorities. What's bad for minorities is splintering the Democratic party. if indeed you are a socialist first, then you must be a contrarian pundit second, and this is your one opportunity to drop the professional artifice of “constructive criticism from the left” and choose socialism over media strategy. There are no “impartial” spectators on this one; only partisans and compradors. That's splintering. If you have strayed, all is forgiven, but you better come to Jesus right now because memory is long, and history judges the cowardly squish far more harshly than the honest enemy. And you can’t say that no one was there at the time to tell you that this was it—this was the pivotal moment where you had to make the right choice. I'm not mad, i'm terrified. i'm not interested in fighting this, i want the rest of ya'll to just do as Ms. Frost says bc i'm still (as mentioned in the OP) too traumatized from #NeverHillary to go through it again. Free college and Medicare for All are still free college and Medicare for All whether or not you're led at the point of a gun. As a bonus we would also get President Bernie.
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Increasing Trend of Democrats to Identify as Liberal
I wonder what effect that most Democrats now tend to identify as "liberal", as per:
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I don't think it's gonna go that way. I am glad for the voices on the left. They remind us of reality in this surreal political landscape. I am not totally neverhillary because I voted for her, but I hated her as a candidate -- with a white hot heat.
I don't know if you can go by me, but I will vote for any not totally sold out Dem. I guess I am a little ideosyncratic in how I determine that. I dislike and would not vote for Corey Booker, but would vote for Biden. I think there are a lot of lefties like me who don't feel the anti-mainstream Dem heat as strongly after two years of Trump.
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i will vote for a moderate democrat in primaries even though i am very left leaning..because i want a candidate that will appeal to a wider variety of midwest voters and those in red states. This is the smarter choice.
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Chapo Traphouse stated multiple times that interest in the Russia investigation was a litmus test for who NOT to support among the Dem candidates. It's like they are Russian Meddling deniers, despite extensive proof that the Russians used them last time. This will make just make the left a better weapon.
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Kamala now, which I guess we knew. I like her.
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Kamala v Trump would be very satisfying to watch.
Kamala is not worried about if she's likeable. She seems like she's very natural in her personality and comfortable speaking with authority and not likely to be terribly patient with buffoonery. Also we've seen every trick the GOP has in their bag against a female candidate and a POC one.
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In Texas, Beto really made a splash in the midterm Senate race against the loathsome Ted Cruz. He seemed to savor all the national attention and he made some noteworthy remarks on controversial issues. He's just a lovable guy. However, his recent cross country solo tour made me wonder how he could embark on such a lengthy trip after having just been on the campaign trail the entire year before. Doesn't he like to be with his wife and little kids? Perhaps Trump has made me paranoid about the selfishness some politicians show, but when Beto's tour included a video with him sitting in a dental chair for a tooth cleaning, it hit me the wrong way. I mean, seriously, how much does he think we want to see of him? I still like him and hope he does well in the POTUS primaries, but I want a president who is strictly business, knows his or her shit, and frankly someone who bores me rather than grabbing my attention like some gimmicky reality star. That brings to mind Julian Castro--a policy wonk and straight arrow* who never seemed desperate to grab the spotlight as HUD Secretary, or the mayor of a large city. His humility is at a premium after Trump's lack thereof. Add to that, today's entrance of the fabulous Camilla Harris, a brilliant prosecutor, an effective California AG, and an even more effective legislator for California. Seems to me, the females in both houses are more willing to lock horns with Trump and his robotic GOP legislators. We need an Amazon or Superman to preside over the White House after this lunatic--especially when it comes to repairing the damage he did with NATO and our European allies. I think it would also help our international reputation to elect anyone but another straight, white guy. They've had 200+ years to eff things up, and they no longer adequately represent America's richly diverse population. * Speaking of arrows, Hispanic Americans have started calling Trump "cool arrow," pronounced "culero," which is Spanish for asshole. lolol! |
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I was listening to the Washington Post news brief today, where they mentioned Kamala Harris and what she says about 2 of her primary campaingn points...
1. Medicare for all Doable, but a cost of $30 Trillion a year (that was the amount quoted) 2. $3 TRILLION tax cut for the middle class Is it just me, or would she have to do some pretty fancy footwork to both SPEND $30 Trillion, and CUT $3 Trillion? |
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If Bernie decides to run, more power to him, but he is not a Democrat and if he runs he should proudly run as the Independent he constantly says he is. He siphoned off votes from Clinton, partly because he refused to leave the race once the Democratic leadership felt he had overstayed his welcome. It is my understanding he was given permission to run as a Democrat because he agreed to certain terms--like quitting the race when asked to do so, after being allowed to introduce his "radical" ideas to the wider Democratic audience, and to the entire nation. The problems began as Bernie started ragging on Hillary, then he started complaining that the Democrats were favoring Clinton. When his rhetoric got so intense he threatened a contested DNC convention, it was too much for the Democrats who had given him permission to run under their flag. While some may say the Democrats broke their initial agreement to treat him fairly, when he became aggressive and antagonistic, Democrats maintain it was he who was being unfair and violating their implicit agreements. When Putin-backed WikiLeaks published the DNC's stolen e-mail, where HRC's Campaign Chair John Podesta and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz were trash talking Bernie...IT WAS PRIVATE e-mail. Imagine if you had a house guest who begged you to allow him to stay, then when he started eavesdropping, cutting his toenails on the couch, farting all over the house, complaining about the cooking, starting arguments with the hosts and otherwise being an ungrateful mooch who had clearly overstayed his welcome, so you and your partner started plotting via private e-mail to get him out of the house. That e-mail might contain a lot of fanciful plans to oust him. It would probably also contain some unfiltered insults that were part of the private brainstorming. In life, it seems only the most obnoxious guests fail to get the hint when it comes to keeping their end of the bargain and not imposing. When it becomes a he said/she said--most would agree the owner of the house should prevail. Back then, once the Democrats realized Trump was a loose cannon and would say or do anything to win, the last thing the Democrats needed was a contentious interloper to distract them from the task at hand. They did not need him to provide the GOP with talking points against Hillary, which he did in spades. His open, vituperative criticism of Hillary and the DNC siphoned votes and created massive in-fighting-- that surprisingly still prevails today between Democrats and those of his fans who are not Russian Bots. The fact* that the Mueller investigation uncovered proof that the Russians interfered with the electoral process in order to help Trump, Bernie and Jill Stein beat Hillary makes me wonder if Bernie knew that ahead of time. Given his lifelong fascination with the Soviet Union and his irascible nature, who knows? Note--I may wonder, but I have no desire to sword fight any of his die-hard fans on this site. Like him if you want--but I don't. Like many, I used to love him and valued his leftist agenda as a Senator. To this day, I have no burning desire for him to leave that job. I just think he fucked the Democrats in the 2016 race, and he thereby contributed to the clusterfuck that gave us Trump. That makes him dead to me. Bottom line, I'm a yellow dog Democrat--if the Republicans run the risen Jesus Christ and the Democrats run a yellow dog, I'm going for Old Yeller. *easy to vet--be my guest |
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I keep hearing that single payer will save money, but I don't know how it works.
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I would assume it is very similar to the payment system for Medicare that Seniors are held hostage to without exception. By that I mean the $100 plus per month that comes out of my check that I never see. If I spend nothing else, I am eligible for a decent plan which is similar to an HMO...but my Kasey spends an ADDITIONAL $150 a month so that she can see anyone she wants, anywhere in the country. I will again assume, that there would be reasonably priced healthcare for everyone else, with the federal government collecting all of our payments, and then paying the bills from the doctors and hospitals. In which case, in MY opinion, we are all screwed, because we have seen just how badly the government runs the VA. Or, we could get lucky and they follow the current Canadian system. |
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