Political Discussions for "Adults"

OccultHawk · 08-21-2020, 09:40 PM

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It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay

Batlord’s mom?

**Frownland** · 08-21-2020, 09:56 PM

A 400 pound bed would be unnecessarily heavy, I'm with Donnie on this one.

Granted, my expectations were low, but I liked the Biden speech.

TheBig3 · 08-21-2020, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

A 400 pound bed would be unnecessarily heavy, I'm with Donnie on this one.

Granted, my expectations were low, but I liked the Biden speech.

I think, given how much I'm told Biden is basically the second coming of George W. Bush on the internet, the fact that he said things like "we're going to strengthen unions, which built the middle class" felt somewhat bold to me. I also happen to support that position, but I rarely hear Democrats say it.

Also, compared to the 2016 DNC, this one might as well have been the Communist Party.

The Batlord · 08-21-2020, 10:34 PM

Yeah picking Kamala "Centrist Cop" Harris really communicates Biden's interest in going to the left rather than going even further right to appeal to moderate Republicans. Totally does.

Anteater · 08-22-2020, 06:53 AM

It's been four years and we still can't find that 400 lb hacker that lives on his bed. The Dems really should make it a priority.

~~jwb~~ · 08-22-2020, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

I think, given how much I'm told Biden is basically the second coming of George W. Bush on the internet, the fact that he said things like "we're going to strengthen unions, which built the middle class" felt somewhat bold to me. I also happen to support that position, but I rarely hear Democrats say it.

Also, compared to the 2016 DNC, this one might as well have been the Communist Party.

... What??

Which speaker gave you this impression... Chairman Powell?

~~jwb~~ · 08-22-2020, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

his strategy was assuming that the race would be split and all he had to do was double down on that 35% or whatever of ride or die Bernie voters

That's only one of the several unrealistic assumptions he was banking on.

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no other candidate had remotely as enthusiastic and loyal a base, but at the end of the day the majority of Democratic voters are still pretty conservative

And here's another one: voters self identify as more moderate but policy wise they are more sympathetic to things like M4A. I definitely heard polls trotted out to support this assertion countless numbers of times by Bernie supporters.

OccultHawk · 08-22-2020, 07:50 AM

I watched about half of Biden’s acceptance speech this morning.

America America we we we we.

**** off with that ****.

TheBig3 · 08-22-2020, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb

... What??

Which speaker gave you this impression... Chairman Powell?

It was less a particular speaker this time than the lack of a screaming general saying "we will kill you" at ISIS.

OccultHawk · 08-22-2020, 09:08 AM

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it's all in the framing of the question

when you let people know that means the cancellation of private insurance the support plummets from what I've seen unfortunately

Because they got great benefits from their benevolent bosses that will only leave them on the hook for $70,000 when their spouse dies from cancer. They worked hard for that and earned every cent of it and **** if they’re going to let rich people pay for them to be able to live. But thank god we live in a democracy so these people are not only allowed to make this bold grand decision for themselves but for me as well. God bless these United States of America!

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