All Purpose News and Politics Thread Part IV: The Center Cannot Hold

[KOSLOX]

So Sanders went to an event sponsored by a “major” organization that represented about 1.2% of his constituents and some of them were unhappy?

That kind of attitude is why your party has made such huge inroads with non-whites.

I'm sure you've got a friend that could explain why I'm wrong though. Via your words of course.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Same can be said about the ones you listed above. Didn't an insane percent of Sanders supporters say they would actually vote for Trump if Warren was the candidate? Many Hillary supporters will likely cast a '**** you, Bernie' vote for Trump if Sanders gets the nomination. Biden will probably get beat into the ground with the whole creepy grandpa shtick. And many progressives don't trust Kamala Harris because of how she served as Attorney General of California. Unfortunately, none of them is perfect enough, and that's why Trump will probably win again in 2020.

1. No
2. Many Hillary voters cast a **** you vote against Obama he still won.
3. Americans tend to not have a problem with white men who take liberties with women. Example: chief Oompa Loompa

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

That kind of attitude is why your party has made such huge inroads with non-whites.

I'm sure you've got a friend that could explain why I'm wrong though. Via your words of course.

That’s not true. The orange skins and red nicks love them

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Ranking candidates THIS early in the process is, in my opinion, an exercise in futility. There's no telling who will still be around a month from today, never mind this time next YEAR. I've said this before, and while some might disagree, I'll wait for the debates and hear what everybody has to say on the issues before I start winnowing the wheat from the chaff and assemble a pecking order.

[KOSLOX]

Ranking candidates THIS early in the process is, in my opinion, an exercise in futility. There's no telling who will still be around a month from today, never mind this time next YEAR. I've said this before, and while some might disagree, I'll wait for the debates and hear what everybody has to say on the issues before I start winnowing the wheat from the chaff and assemble a pecking order.

ChadH and I only have about 7 months to decide. I think we live on opposite sides of the state though, so at least for Iowa you might get a good idea of the consensus vote for the more progressive and blue dog leaning sides of this state.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

ChadH and I only have about 7 months to decide. I think we live on opposite sides of the state though, so at least for Iowa you might get a good idea of the consensus vote for the more progressive and blue dog leaning sides of this state.

I fully agree that Iowa could well be a good indicator when it comes to who will go the distance and who will drop out early.

[worstblogever]

I wouldn't be surprised if one of the underestimated candidates broke out from the pack after the debates.

Buttgieg is the current surprise based on early speaking engagements.

Having seen the three I mentioned in interviews and debates before... I sincerely doubt it. They're mediocre at best, but tend to put their feet in their mouths often enough to self-destruct in a group setting against far cannier candidates. And in this field, there are some serious badasses. Harris, Warren, Biden, Sanders, and Klobuchar can all throw down. Beto's also charismatic enough to shine.

It's almost anyone's race (but not Gabbard, Ryan, or Moulton, for they are the Jack Webb/Martin O'Malley/Lincoln Chaffee of this cycle).

[Tendrin]

Why won't Jack ban the Nazis on twitter? Well...

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a...oliticians-too

At a Twitter all-hands meeting on March 22, an employee asked a blunt question: Twitter has largely eradicated Islamic State propaganda off its platform. Why can’t it do the same for white supremacist content?
An executive responded by explaining that Twitter follows the law, and a technical employee who works on machine learning and artificial intelligence issues went up to the mic to add some context. (As Motherboard has previously reported, algorithms are the next great hope for platforms trying to moderate the posts of their hundreds of millions, or billions, of users.)

With every sort of content filter, there is a tradeoff, he explained. When a platform aggressively enforces against ISIS content, for instance, it can also flag innocent accounts as well, such as Arabic language broadcasters. Society, in general, accepts the benefit of banning ISIS for inconveniencing some others, he said.
In separate discussions verified by Motherboard, that employee said Twitter hasn’t taken the same aggressive approach to white supremacist content because the collateral accounts that are impacted can, in some instances, be Republican politicians.

But everything is fine and the GOP isn't full of white nationalists, right conservatives?

[Malvolio]

I fully agree that Iowa could well be a good indicator when it comes to who will go the distance and who will drop out early.

Oh yes. I figure that at least 3 out of the bottom 5 will drop out after the Iowa Caucuses.

[Jack Dracula]

Meanwhile, Steve King has nailed himself to his own cross...

"When I had to step down to the floor of the House of Representatives and look up at those 400-and-some accusers — you know, we’ve just passed through Easter and Christ’s Passion — and I have a better insight into what He went through for us, partly because of that experience,” he said.

Poor Steve.

[shooshoomanjoe]

Why won't Jack ban the Nazis on twitter? Well...

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a...oliticians-too



But everything is fine and the GOP isn't full of white nationalists, right conservatives?

I get the feeling that Dorsey is part of the racist alt-right movement.

[wjowski]

Meanwhile, Steve King has nailed himself to his own cross...



Poor Steve.

I'll bet Stephen King gets so pissed off whenever he has to hear about that guy

[PaulBullion]

If you want depressing entertainment though, you can watch Bernie Bros and Biden Bros be shitty to each other on Twitter.

2020 is gonna be so fun.

I almost guarantee an exact repeat of 2016, but with Biden in Hillary's spot.

Man. We are a smart country.

And now Biden hired Bernard's black daughter, Symone Sanders, for his campaign.

Sanders supporters on social media now saying how she was the worst person working for Bernie at the time (hoping to make people forget Tad "Manafort Light" Devine).

[Mecegirl]

I'm listening to Audibles free audio book of the Mueller report. I'm still in the first part of the report that deals with Russia...all the redactions!!! So many redactions!!! As soon as the information looks like it's gonna get juicy their are redactions because it deals with ongoing investigations/trials. And like I'm glad that at least they are continuing to look into that stuff but I want to know!

[The Overlord]

And now Biden hired Bernard's black daughter, Symone Sanders, for his campaign.

Sanders supporters on social media now saying how she was the worst person working for Bernie at the time (hoping to make people forget Tad "Manafort Light" Devine).

So is Biden better at representing the black community?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffp...74b92904f7/amp

What about women?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/people....satisfied/amp/

What about poor people?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox...y-clinton-2020

Are you willing to turn your critical gaze to Biden or not? Because your Bernie bashing will seem hollow if you do not apply the same standards to others.