The Politics Thread

[Khan]

 

"Oh, shut up Bernie" has become my new mantra.

 

Anyone on the far-left who still holds out hope for a real, progressivist revolution, led either by Bernie Sanders or someone else, has a long, long, LONG wait ahead of them.

 

 

Pete Buttigieg would be better off hoping for a TV gig.  (I hear Ellen DeGeneres's show could be on the market.)

Edited August 12, 2020 by Khan

[sivad40]

There's a 18 page and growing thread over on Lipstick Alley talking about Kamala's ethnicity. When it comes to politics,  Lipstick Alley posters mainly consists of agents (white conservatives who infiltrate black websites by  pretending to be black),  Uncle Toms, fake militants, and Bernie Bros. One of the main posters who is going after Kamala has a Kylie Jenner avatar. 

https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/um-why-do-people-keep-calling-kamala-harris-african-american.3806428/

[DramatistDreamer]

Shirley Chisolm and Malcolm X wouldn't have been Black enough for those people, so I'm just going to go on ahead and ignore that waste of my time.

 

This is outrageous. Hopefully the people of Ohio will not let him get away with this.

 

[marceline]

 

Oh my. That is glorious. He's being roasted by his own cult.

[OzFrog]

Biden and Harris live now on PBS News Hour.

[Faulkner]

 

[Vee]

 

[Ponds]

Kamala knocked it out of the park with her speech this afternoon.  She has always been my top choice to run with Biden.  It makes me happy and it's been a long time since I could say that about politics or politicians.

[marceline]

I like that the campaign is leaning back in to Biden's original messaging:

 

'We're fighting for the soul of America."

[Juliajms]

It's absolutely true and it's going to be one hell of a fight.  The voter suppression and disinformation campaigns are already in high gear. It will never stop amazing me how much power Fox "News" has over people.

 

Already I'm seeing people say that Harris called Biden a racist (she said the opposite) while challenging his past positions on busing. They are saying she believed his accusers. Meanwhile he never denied kissing that woman on the head and such. He even promised to do better.  She never said she believed TR. She said she had the right to tell her story. Ugh. This stuff drives me nuts.

Edited August 13, 2020 by Juliajms

[DRW50]

I've been following the MA-Senate primary off and on, because Joe Kennedy seemed to be running just to run without much to offer voters. Ed Markey, the incumbent, is, sadly, being propped up by ex-Bernie cultists, but this is still quite an entertaining moment (and Kennedy's lackluster response probably shows you why he is currently beginning to crater in polling).

 

 

[Vee]

Cannot believe this is real. It reads like a Russian agent ran it through Google Translate after watching some Werther's Originals ads from 1989.

 

 

[Faulkner]

Lord, there are a lot of skilled and unemployed copywriters who could lend them a hand.

[Vee]

 

[Khan]

Jeannine Pirro: "Something's going to happen before the election, and [Joe Biden's] not even going to be on the ticket."

 

That's funny, many have been saying the same thing about Donald Trump. #NaturalCauses2020

Edited August 13, 2020 by Khan