2020 Democratic Candidates Tracker Part III

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JoeMorgue said:
Yeah the fake media is just out to get Bernie.

Where have I heard that before...
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There has been some pretty funny stuff on mainstream cable recently. The reporter on CNN(?) letting out a loud sigh while announcing Sanders’ results, the Chris Mathews Central Park executions rant on MSNBC, the foaming boomer sporting his thrift shop eclectic chique on Morning Joe. Some real desperation out there.

But there you go as ever with the straw men.
 
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angrysoba said:
Could I ask you what a Bernie Bro is? Is it someone who says, “oh, that Bernie Sanders has a few ideas I like”? Or is it something else?
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The ones who are heavily into a personality cult involving Bernie..and we have a couple like that here.
 
angrysoba said:
Could I ask you what a Bernie Bro is? Is it someone who says, “oh, that Bernie Sanders has a few ideas I like”? Or is it something else?
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There are some Bernie fans who take it a bit far. They are excessively negative towards political "opponents" online (even those on the left, such as Warren fans).

On the other hand, you have the extreme end of Trump supporters, who are racist, homophobic, and theocratic. They threaten to start a civil war and lynch anyone disloyal to Trump.

Anyone trying to draw a parallel between the two is either woefully uninformed or morally blind.
 
I Am The Scum said:
There are some Bernie fans who take it a bit far. They are excessively negative towards political "opponents" online (even those on the left, such as Warren fans).

On the other hand, you have the extreme end of Trump supporters, who are racist, homophobic, and theocratic. They threaten to start a civil war and lynch anyone disloyal to Trump.

Anyone trying to draw a parallel between the two is either woefully uninformed or morally blind.
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Yes, I agree with that. But I also think that I have not seen the kind of “Bernie Bro” behaviour that you describe here.
 
angrysoba said:
Yes, I agree with that. But I also think that I have not seen the kind of “Bernie Bro” behaviour that you describe here.
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It does not exist in this thread. Anyone saying it does (without pointing to examples) knows that they are lying.

However, it is somewhat common on Twitter.
 
I have been aggressive in attacking negative framings of Sanders while mostly avoiding negativity towards other Dem candidates. It’s ludicrous that I am framed in such a way.
 
I Am The Scum said:
It does not exist in this thread. Anyone saying it does (without pointing to examples) knows that they are lying.

However, it is somewhat common on Twitter.
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Twitter is a cesspool. My favourites of those I follow are those who lean into that awareness.
 
Sideroxylon said:
I have been aggressive in attacking negative framings of Sanders while mostly avoiding negativity towards other Dem candidates. It’s ludicrous that I am framed in such a way.
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Some of the "moderates and centrists" here need an other side of the coin of the GOP cult to vilify, otherwise they won't have any other opportunity to exercise their centrism, or so it seems.

If that means blowing progressive comments out of proportion it will be done. There's an almost insatiable appetite to "balance" everything out. We have to be portrayed as left-wing Trumpsters.
 
Biden camp admits that the whole "arrested while trying to see Mandela" thing never happened.

But a deputy campaign managers told reporters Mr Biden had been referring to an episode where he was "separated" from black colleagues at an airport.

Mr Biden is counting on black support to win South Carolina on Saturday.
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Which means that the emotional eventual meeting many years later that Biden mentioned never actually happened:

"He threw his arms around me and said, 'I want to say thank you,'" Mr Biden told onlookers. "I said, 'What are you thanking me for, Mr President?' He said: 'You tried to see me. You got arrested trying to see me.'"
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Biden's fabulist history continues.
 
Brainster said:
Biden camp admits that the whole "arrested while trying to see Mandela" thing never happened.



Which means that the emotional eventual meeting many years later that Biden mentioned never actually happened:



Biden's fabulist history continues.
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There is a fine line between being arrested and being separated; with Nelson Mandela embracing you and thanking you for being arrested, and with him giving a quizzical look and asking, "Who are you?"
 
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NBC is tracking the attacks by and against each candidate. No surprise, Bernie leads both categories with 18 attacks by and 32 attacks against. Amusingly enough, the Democrats combined have attacked Trump 22 times (ten times fewer than they've attacked Bernie).
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Seems perfectly normal. After all, at this point they are competeing with each other, not with Trump. There will be plenty of time for that later. In fact, the Dem winner may not bother going after Trump because everyone with two brain cells to rub together knows he's a disaster and the rest are beyond hope.
 
angrysoba said:
There is a fine line between being arrested and being separated; with Nelson Mandela embracing you and thanking you for being arrested, and with him giving a quizzical look and asking, "Who are you?"
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And considering one side of that line has Joe Biden as a hero...
 
BrooklynBaby said:
The truth about Castro's literacy/reeducation program Comrade Bernie has been praising, from a woman who experienced it as a little girl and later escaped from Cuba. Comrade Bernie should read this, but he won't. Too late for him to escape his communist fantasies and find the truth.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article240425431.html
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Comrade Bernie, eh? "BETTER DEAD THAN RED", right?

Jesus, we fought (and won) the Cold War decades ago. Dragging out the communism scare in the 21st century is just plain silly and anchors you and your fellow travelers well back in the 1950s. If you just had a good relationship with Obama you could use his time machine to make a swift transition to now. SAD!
 
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