Voters are very surface level, don't make any mistake about that. It's why I have serious doubts that Biden will stumble like some think he will.
I hate that Beto ran. But this take... Like, what is Bernie if not rich and entitled?
Supporting Beto is not at all comparable to "If you don't pick Bernie I hope Trump wins because fuck you for not picking Bernie"
Yep. Obama was attacked as an empty suit promising vague promises of hope and change by Hillary fans pretty loudly throughout 2007.
Bernie continued to campaign and collect donations from people long after it was possible to win, by tricking them into thinking he actually had a chance.
I'd rather him finance his own campaign, which he'd be perfectly capable of doing. In general, I don't think anyone should be donating money to these candidates, any of them, especially if you're a college kid with negative net worth.
That is absurd and false. His net worth I last saw is around 9 million. It costs hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to run a Presidential campaign.
He's pretty much in at this point, but I don't think he's made an official media reveal.
If they don't release the numbers we'll find out in April when the first quarter campaign finance reports are due to the Federal Election Commission.
You just got me excited thinking about the first trans candidate. I wonder how far out we are from that moment?
I want them all to get dragged for their shitty pasts. That includes Bernie.
It's Bernie though so all of his flaws are ignored like grifting college kids to donate to his presidential campaign all the way to the democratic convention in 2016, despite having no chance to win for months before that or taking vanity trips to Italy for his family and him on donator's dime.
Stop. Just stop before you even start with the conspiracy theory stuff on twitter. Beto isn't taking PAC money. It's all individual donations only which can only be maxed out at around 2,000.
Thats a legitimately good question.
I literally just said what he did was dumb and gross. Like I also said, college kids should really not be donating to any campaign. Unless they are trust-fund babies, in which case I'm perfectly happy seeing their money burn.
It's crazy to think how far back the US is on representation. Ireland has a gay PM (and they weren't the first I don't think?), so many countries have had women leaders... I'm really hoping we can break the cycle of cis, straight men as leaders here. I was hoping for a woman this cycle but I'm not sure how likely that's looking anymore.
This is something we need to work on from day 1 to prevent from happening.
Why not? Sanders made the decision to run. This age thing is a talking point the mass media came up with as a way to discourage Democrat viewers to vote someone else. I hear it all the time from those type of people on twitter. There are far more important things to critique someone for. Meanwhile, another stressful job is Pelosi's job. However, I heard no such thing from that same crowd about her age.
No one was really expecting accelerationism from a Hillary presidency :-P
Hey, I've criticized Pelosi for not having a successor at her age.
House is a 2 year job and she is widely expected to retire in 2022 by most accounts. President is ideally a 8 year job.
Thanks. I have this bad feeling it's going to be Trump vs Biden.
Bernie made the decision to run. He took that into account. He still has energy. This age thing is tiring and just something to distract from what actually matters.
If it is, it's still a fairly safe bet at an electoral win. Penslyvanias in the bag. Michigan and Wisconsin very likely wins.
