There's zero reason to make Sanders a VP. Either he's the presidential candidate or stays in the Senate. Same goes for Warren.#POTUSPETE. Harris/Klobuchar/Sanders/Castro can fight for a VP spot.
Long time senators make terrible Presidential candidates due to their long time record that likely gets worse over generations.
Biden being a bipartisan pleaser makes him a worse candidate
John Kerry "I voted for it before I was against it" type of shit
There's zero reason to make Sanders a VP. Either he's the presidential candidate or stays in the Senate. Same goes for Warren.
Castro had a nice debate performance but he's not great, I wouldn't be so fast to champion him just based on that.
I was not being disingenuous. I just stated a fact. And that fact doesn't disagree with what you're saying either.Nowhere in my short, one sentence post did I say it would be 100% straight up eliminated. I said you were being disingenuous. Because under Bernie's plan private private insurance would be EFFECTIVELY banned.
It's an effective ban on private insurance because his plan bans employer offered private insurance from competing with his government option. And the supplemental options people keep saying would be available, like cosmetic surgery, are already not covered in most cases. I assume reconstructive surgery would be covered by Bernie's plan so all of the current options would be banned. Saying "but cosmetic surgery" is meaningless.
The folks who want the option of private insurance are not going to be won over by a handful of relatively insignificant supplemental offerings. They want comprehensive package options, not for a democratic socialist to ban market competitors.
There's no use in trying to argue there wont be an effective ban on private insurance just hours after Bernie raised his hand emphatically when asked if he favors eliminating it.
lol
Yang is claiming his mic was cut, not that he's too afraid to interrupt people.
Should be easy to see him in the background trying to speak, right?
Thoughts after only watching Day 2 (I'll watch 1 for Warren later).
Sanders: Sanders just ... isn't a very good Sanders. Like, a lot of what he's saying rings true. He has good points. But they're the same points, he's not very good at packaging them, and they're his responses to things like "what will you do if abortion is illegal?" He seems to respond to every question incredulous that anyone would dare ask him. Being a one note candidate sends the impression that you belong in Congress, not the White House. His can give a "yeah, yeah, I'm pro choice. We'll have a pro choice administration. Who do you think I am?" type response makes it sound like he doesn't give anything beyond economic issues much thought. Even if he's "right" about them.
Fox News is going to air that hand raising part 22 hours of every day until 2020.
It might work.
Holy shit, that would be incredibly damning for NBC if verifired.
Watching Kamala Harris drag Joe Biden to hell is only entertaining because it's so rare that an old white man is killed by a cop.
There's at least one clip of him raising his hand and talking but you don't hear him at all.
I would say it's true that they cut his mic, as it never cut out on him when they did give him a chance to speak. But whatever they did to limit him did not limit others, especially those who should have been limited, like Williamson.
Hehehe, Sanders really comes off like a mad scientist being interrupted from his insane machinations to answer stupid human questions.
LMAOWatching Kamala Harris drag Joe Biden to hell is only entertaining because it's so rare that an old white man is killed by a cop.
Watching Kamala Harris drag Joe Biden to hell is only entertaining because it's so rare that an old white man is killed by a cop.
He's been saying the same shit for years. It does kinda get old but it doesn't matter since he's on point. The fact that there's been such a shift from 2016 to today policy-wise is a testament to his credibility and determination.I love Bernie but he really needs to mix it up once in a while. Even though he's right on most things his broken record optics will work against him long term.
He's been saying the same shit for years. It does kinda get old but it doesn't matter since he's on point. The fact that there's been such a shift from 2016 to today policy-wise is a testament to his credibility and determination.
I think he thrives more in a smaller compact debate with more speech time, not this clusterfuck.
He didn't have to do shit after he dropped out and yet he stumped for Hillary and ~90% of his voters went to her in the general. Never in the 20 years I've been voting have I ever seen someone have to be on "healing duty" after conceding a primary, and yet not only did he do that to 90% efficacy, it's "not enough" to people like you. Seriously, let's just see how many of the 20 candidates we've met over the last two night you hold to this absolute bullshit standard a year and a half from now.
I feel as though people see that she's an older bookish sort of woman and just assume she must be boring or uncharismatic like they thought Hillary was. They have a mental image that doesn't line up with reality, and yet they defend it anyway. When people actually get to speak to her and hear her, she engages audiences and connects easily.Yeah, I don't see why people think Warren isn't an effective speaker/communicator or couldn't hold her own with Trump. I think it's just vestiges of the Pocahontas episode. If you've seen her recently, you'd see she is pretty damn good.
I think a ticket with Warren/Harris would be very strong, and a resounding fuck you to chauvinist establishment types.
Why is there an audience for debates? And why are they allowed to cheer? This isn't a sports event.
He is someone that can join the moderate left with the moderate right by throwing the far left under the bus and calling them SJWs.Pete Buttigieg is a dark horse. He is the candidate that has the most promise to me. He is someone that can join the left and right of the party without much damage. But he needs to put out the fire at his place very quickly. For the rest I see many plus points. He is smart, he says the right stuff, he looks to be in command and already looks presidential. Trump would also have very little to attack him on.
Why is there an audience for debates? And why are they allowed to cheer? This isn't a sports event.
The format was awful, though. And one of the moderators seemed to be incensed anyone actually attempted to answer a question.
He's been saying the same shit for years. It does kinda get old but it doesn't matter since he's on point. The fact that there's been such a shift from 2016 to today policy-wise is a testament to his credibility and determination.
I think he thrives more in a smaller compact debate with more speech time, not this clusterfuck.
Why is there an audience for debates? And why are they allowed to cheer? This isn't a sports event.
I don't think so. He is smarter than that I think. But isn't that a good thing that he can join the moderate left and moderate right? That has to be most of the party right?He is someone that can join the moderate left with the moderate right by throwing the far left under the bus and calling them SJWs.
Yang and Bernie work better I think, when given more time to answer and explain their answers. I"m sure Bernie will do well on the next debates. Yang might do better if he returns.I love Bernie but he really needs to mix it up once in a while. Even though he's right on most things his broken record optics will work against him long term.
Disconnected mike or not, the bias against yang was showing. I think he can hold on to the way he was treated to lose relatively little popularity with his base.Holy shit, that would be incredibly damning for NBC if verifired.
Disconnected mike or not, the bias against yang was showing. I think he can hold on to the way he was treated to lose relatively little popularity with his base.
I said his base, and I was referring to the laughable amount of time he was given during the debate. That, more than the mike claim is what makes it look like there's media bias against him.I don't think it's going to work. He's an obscure candidate and how he responded to the mic turn off was oddly worded. How he told his side was like he was shocked that there were tv crew who made decisions like that during a broadcast. Almost comes off as a "Do you know who I am?" spiel.
As a fan of Yang he got a solid F, sure a lot of it has to do with his lack of experience at such an event, and I do find it a bit suspicious how little time he got but the truth is this was his one chance and he blew it.Yang - Could've been the Julian Castro of the night. Instead, any chance he had to speak was wasted. He lack energy. Didn't even try to insert himself in any of the discussion when the moderators were more lenient. A poor performance from someone on the fringes who could've really used a bump from this. (D-)
Holly shit! The way they cut Bernies answer. I know people hate it when he claims the game is rigged against him but it would be great if they stopped providing him with proof.
Holly shit! The way they cut Bernies answer. I know people hate it when he claims the game is rigged against him but it would be great if they stopped providing him with proof.
I said his base, and I was referring to the laughable amount of time he was given during the debate. That, more than the mike claim is what makes it look like there's media bias against him.
Holly shit! The way they cut Bernies answer. I know people hate it when he claims the game is rigged against him but it would be great if they stopped providing him with proof.
Holly shit! The way they cut Bernies answer. I know people hate it when he claims the game is rigged against him but it would be great if they stopped providing him with proof.
Yang got destroyed at the debate criticism was fair. Bernies was a good answer made to look bad by strategically cutting it short.Proof....of a comedy show? Did you see what they did to Yang, lol?
Ugh, I feel like neverbernies are way more close minded than bernie or bust people last year.I can't tell if this is serious or trolling, but I really hope it is trolling.
Hah, so glad someone else is making the same joke I am. I take it a bit further though, because it's even rarer that an old white politician is killed by a black, female cop.Watching Kamala Harris drag Joe Biden to hell is only entertaining because it's so rare that an old white man is killed by a cop.
EDIT: I'm flattered by the replies but I wasn't the on who made this quote, I just found it floating around while browsing my home