Democratic Primary: Crisis of infinite candidates

Dei · Mar 12, 2020

They are both pushing 80 and should probably not be attending public events at this point.

Fun Size · Mar 12, 2020

I thought they already decided that there wouldn't be an audience. Also, if we can all figure out how to work from home via teleconferencing, it seems like they could work this out.

GasBandit · Mar 12, 2020

Zoom is literally the easiest thing ever and there's no reason the debate couldn't be a televised Zoom conference.

DarkAudit · Mar 12, 2020

GasBandit said:
Zoom is literally the easiest thing ever and there's no reason the debate couldn't be a televised Zoom conference.

Tinwhistler · Mar 12, 2020

DarkAudit said:

I liked that song a long more when I was a kid than I do now. Like a lot more.

Tiger Tsang · Mar 12, 2020

Dave said:
Biden is using COVID-19 to try and cancel the upcoming debate with Bernie. Sure, it's because of the virus, not because you're gonna get your ass handed to you.

I just heard like and hour and change ago on the Thom Hartmann show they're going to do it in DC so they don't have to travel.

PatrThom · Mar 12, 2020

Tinwhistler said:
I liked that song a long more when I was a kid than I do now. Like a lot more.

I still like the theme to Villa Alegre better.

—Patrick

jwhouk · Mar 12, 2020

They had already decided against an audience, and when it was going to essentially just be Joe and Bernie yelling at each other, they figured they might as well cancel it and hold it in a more appropriate setting.

The corner deli on 37th and Broadway.

DarkAudit · Mar 12, 2020

PatrThom said:
I still like the theme to Villa Alegre better.

—Patrick

blotsfan · Mar 15, 2020

Its depressing to watch this debate knowing the senile moron already has it locked up.

Ravenpoe · Mar 16, 2020

blotsfan said:
Its depressing to watch this debate knowing the senile moron already has it locked up.

Biden or Trump?

blotsfan · Mar 16, 2020

DarkAudit · Mar 16, 2020

The Bros are threatening to sit out the election again unless the name calling stops. I've got a few names for them...

Comrade. Tovarich. Товарищ. Russian asset. Putin stooge.

Actually a Trump voter all along.

Bubble181 · Mar 16, 2020

DarkAudit said:
The Bros are threatening to sit out the election again unless the name calling stops. I've got a few names for them...

Comrade. Tovarich. Товарищ. Russian asset. Putin stooge.

Actually a Trump voter all along.

I absolutely believe most Bernie fans are good guys who just want change. See also: half of this forum's posters in the Political threads.
I also absolutely believe a LOT of people are willing to cut off their nose to spite their face.

Ravenpoe · Mar 16, 2020

Bubble181 said:
I absolutely believe most Bernie fans are good guys who just want change. See also: half of this forum's posters in the Political threads.
I also absolutely believe a LOT of people are willing to cut off their nose to spite their face.

There's also a lot of bad faith (aka Russian) "Bros" that try to convince others to boycott elections

Bubble181 · Mar 16, 2020

Ravenpoe said:
There's also a lot of bad faith (aka Russian) "Bros" that try to convince others to boycott elections

Oh, yes, definitely. The Russian trolls are hard at work.

ScytheRexx · Mar 16, 2020

One thing to realize is that there are some people that don't see Trump and Biden as anything other then the same. We all know we have to at least give up a nuke for a much smaller warhead, but others will just see both as a bomb and sit out the whole process because they don't end up caring which one explodes.

Bubble181 · Mar 16, 2020

ScytheRexx said:
One thing to realize is that there are some people that don't see Trump and Biden as anything other then the same. We all know we have to at least give up a nuke for a much smaller warhead, but others will just see both as a bomb and sit out the whole process because they don't end up caring which one explodes.

Which is, frankly, stupid. Both may be not what you want, but there's a huge difference between "more standstill" and "actively driving towards the cliff face".
Or getting blown up by handgrenade vs by nuke.

DarkAudit · Mar 16, 2020

ScytheRexx said:
One thing to realize is that there are some people that don't see Trump and Biden as anything other then the same. We all know we have to at least give up a nuke for a much smaller warhead, but others will just see both as a bomb and sit out the whole process because they don't end up caring which one explodes.

This is the same thing they said last time. It was idiocy then, and it's malicious now.

In my non-caffeinated just woke up state, the only thing those people deserve is an incredible amount of violence done to them.

Krisken · Mar 16, 2020

Ravenpoe said:
There's also a lot of bad faith (aka Russian) "Bros" that try to convince others to boycott elections

I have a friend whose been knocking on doors for Bernie who said he's voting Green if Biden is elected. When I said that would just put Trump in for another 4 years, he said "And we will fight him just as we have for the last 3".

So, ineffectually, is my guess.

Bubble181 · Mar 19, 2020

Serious big news, guys. Another candidate dropped out. Guess it's down to two, now.

...yes, ok, it's Gabbard, but still.

PatrThom · Mar 19, 2020

And, shocking nobody, she is endorsing Biden.

--Patrick

Frank · Mar 19, 2020

He got his first Republican endorsement

Bubble181 · Mar 19, 2020

PatrThom said:
And, shocking nobody, she is endorsing Biden.

--Patrick

I kind of expected her to endorse Putin.

blotsfan · Mar 20, 2020

Frank · Mar 22, 2020

Where the fuck is Biden?

PatrThom · Mar 22, 2020

Frank said:
Where the fuck is Biden?

--Patrick

Dave · Mar 22, 2020

Frank said:
Where the fuck is Biden?

Right? Bernie is out raising money and trying to help people. Biden has just fucking disappeared off the face of the earth.

Tinwhistler · Mar 22, 2020

Biden says he will broadcast regular coronavirus briefings

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday he will begin broadcasting regular briefings about the coronavirus pandemic from his home in Delaware, following criticism from some on the left that he's been absent as the public health crisis has escalated.

Dave · Mar 22, 2020

Yeah. Now that he's facing criticism. This is like someone who "apologizes" after getting caught doing something wrong.

Dei · Mar 22, 2020

Quite frankly I think both should be in a bubble before they serve as an example of why we need younger leaders.

AshburnerX · Mar 23, 2020

The excuse for awhile was that he was rennovating his home in Delaware. Really? Where you getting fucking contractors when there is a pandemic going on? Did -they- get to be tested so they could work on your fucking house?

I don't buy it. He's got Covid and he's trying to hide it or he's too chicken shit to admit he's more of a coward than DONALD TRUMP.

blotsfan · Apr 8, 2020

I am sad.

jwhouk · Apr 8, 2020

In case you're wondering why.

PatrThom · Apr 8, 2020

blotsfan said:
I am sad.

Because Sanders has dropped out?

He's old enough now that he probably can't ever run again. I mean, 4yrs from now, nobody's going to take a bid seriously. His window will have closed.

--Patrick