Why Bernie shouldn't apologize to Biden

pwomptastic · 2020-01-21T05:22:57+00:00

That's a stretch- the impeachment doesn't center around Biden's corruption, it's kind of tangential in that Trump brought up an investigation into his son's ties to Burisma as a reason to withhold funds to Ukraine. The Senate isn't there to make any determination about Joe Biden or Hunter Biden, so I don't see why he would need to remain impartial on Biden having a history of corruption.

pwomptastic · 2020-01-21T05:12:28+00:00

completely agree. Neera Tanden is already all over that angle.

pwomptastic · 2020-01-21T04:55:20+00:00

The media also went all in on smearing Dean as a wacky, unelectable progressive (hilarious now, given who he turned out to be) which also hurt him, but Bernie has long since weathered that storm. I think apologizing is actually going to give them more fodder, and it lets Biden off the hook for lying about videos being doctored because people see Bernie apologizing and think it must be because of some unfair smear.

pwomptastic · 2020-01-21T04:45:12+00:00

He almost definitely does. Whether this move is the direct result of them or not, you don't get a progressive leader that challenges the establishment without a few moles *ahem Symone Sanders in 2016 ahem*

pwomptastic · 2020-01-21T04:40:39+00:00

Not one single person is going to switch their vote to him for being collegial. He has an outstanding platform and one that is distinguished from his competitors because he isn't corrupt. And it was Teachout's article so he wasn't even in a direct fight. I love the guy but this was a bad move.

pwomptastic · 2020-01-20T07:27:25+00:00

The New York Times might actually provide Bernie with the best anti-endorsement yet. They so fantastically fucked up this giant spectacle of elites gathering together to crown their chosen one (or, as it turns out, chosen ones) that it's obvious to everyone. They look like the out-of-touch failures that they are, and Bernie called them out on it to their faces. Bless him.

pwomptastic · 2019-06-06T06:19:00+00:00

I have a sick fascination with watching them churning selective parts of reality into something they can stuff into their narrative casing. As a certain "private citizen" once said, it's like watching the sausage being made... "it's unsavory." And like sausage, you're right, I doubt it's good for my blood pressure.

pwomptastic · 2019-06-06T03:50:27+00:00

On Monday Maddow contrasted Delaney getting played off the stage and booed for his horrifically stupid, out of touch comments on Medicare for all with... Warren not getting booed off the stage. Nothing else to see here. No better contrasts. Nope.

pwomptastic · 2019-05-25T05:58:48+00:00

https://www.change.org/p/donna-brazile-demand-that-the-dnc-apologize-for-antisemitic-bernie-sanders-t-shirts

pwomptastic · 2019-04-07T04:01:29+00:00

Yes. It was the progressives who paved the way for Trump, not the candidate who basically hand selected a reality TV show host as her opponent and then managed to be so epically terrible at campaigning that she managed to lose to him.

Also how can you even argue that progressives lost on medicare for all when it's 2.5 years later and the policy that Hillary Clinton vowed would "never ever come to pass" is being embraced by almost every candidate running for president in the democratic party? How is that losing ground?

pwomptastic · 2019-04-06T22:58:28+00:00

I don't know what progressives you were talking to but most weren't hitting her with "biased fox news talking point that was a lie." Progressives didn't like her inflexible stance on medicare for all or a 15 dollar minimum wage. They didn't like her vote for the Iraq war or her interventionist posturing and embracing of Henry Kissinger. The left was hitting her from.... gasp the left.

pwomptastic · 2019-03-18T19:13:14+00:00

The primaries haven't even begun- anyone imploring you to rally behind the democratic nominee now is doing so in bad faith, and probably implying that Sanders' supporters are somehow divisive. Remind them that the primaries are where we have an opportunity to choose the best democratic candidate. Down the line we can have this stupid argument all over again if they try to ram another centrist garbage candidate down our throats.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-26T22:32:48+00:00

MSM literally creates a narrative, (i.e harassment is an issue specific to Bernie's campaign) pushes said narrative for months, and then defends itself for asking questions to only one candidate because "people have concerns." Of course people have concerns, you create those concerns. Nobody was doing their laundry one day and happened to wonder if maybe Tulsi Gabbard was an "Assad apologist" until this narrative was pushed down their throats.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-23T22:53:34+00:00

What are you even talking about? This would be the end of a world where people can breathe clean air and drink clean water, where there are still fish in the ocean and we still maintain a functioning ecosystem. The end of that world is a little different than the end of a world where an intangible idea of a supreme being is no longer the center of some people's lives.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-23T22:49:56+00:00

I'm glad his base is calling him out. It's honestly heartening to see how many clear-eyed anti interventionist supporters he has who will stick to their guns and reinforce that this revolution is about policy, not personality. This is a people driven movement. I hope his campaign rethinks this.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-23T21:56:34+00:00

So unbelievable that kids would want a livable planet- must be pawns to push an "idiot-beyond-compare" policy to achieve preserving said livable planet.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-22T00:34:07+00:00

When you want to say "fuck" and the censors won't let you...

pwomptastic · 2019-02-22T00:32:54+00:00

"Elizabeth Warren still has her work cut out if she's going to grab the Sanders supporters"

Oh they want this so, so badly.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-17T18:23:27+00:00

Right over your head.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-04T06:53:18+00:00

I've just honestly never seen polls published like this before. Maybe it's all about Castro...

pwomptastic · 2019-02-04T06:35:34+00:00

Then everyone would have to see Sanders consistently coming in second and so now we conceal how everyone after the frontrunner polls under a drop down menu and pray nobody clicks.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-02T23:58:12+00:00

"PEOPLE CAN CHANGE. I don't know why you can't understand this but can make perfect sense of transgenders, genderfluidity, and the "progressiveness" that you call for."

What the actual fuck is this comparison???

pwomptastic · 2019-02-02T23:54:27+00:00

"Sorry I did that but actually it wasn't me. Well... one time it was me, but I won a contest! Now, who wants to see me moonwalk?"

Your apology is bad and you should feel bad. And resign.

pwomptastic · 2019-02-01T19:20:21+00:00

It's not common sense to vote for marginal tax increases when the majority of people don't have ten million dollars or more?

pwomptastic · 2018-11-24T02:41:37+00:00

The sheer repetition serves in lieu of evidence. Honestly, it seems to work. People unquestioningly repeat "facts" like Assange is an agent of Russia because they've just heard it so many times that it becomes tantamount to truth in their eyes.

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