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Old 08-12-2020, 05:17 PM   #7481 (permalink)
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Pence vs Harris will be interesting to watch.... I may actually buy some popcorn for that event.
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Old 08-12-2020, 05:55 PM   #7482 (permalink)
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Pence vs Harris will be interesting to watch.... I may actually buy some popcorn for that event.
Its on my calendar!

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I'm sick of getting off center candidates that are supposed to represent the left leaning views to appeal to the right. It's selling out the left to the right. That started with the economy destroying, minority caging blue tied conservative piece of shit Bill Clinton. Selling out what was supposed to be the left leaning party to appeal to the right. Now we just got a right leaning party and a centered party then a bunch of independents that nobody will vote for because we gots ta beat the right. Congrats on spitting on the people you're supposed to represent again, Democrats.

This country really hates the left.
I don't think it does. The Left just fights like ****. I have my guesses as to why, but for some reason the Left really is seen as the party that says to America "Shut up, I know what's good for you" instead of working to change minds. The one thing you have to give Bernie is he's the first guy in a long time that understood politics. His timing with healthcare was unfortunate.
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Old 08-12-2020, 06:05 PM   #7483 (permalink)
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I'm not heated about it or anything, I wouldn't have been excited about anyone. It's such a meaningless position. I keep seeing headlines saying Kamala will be the "most powerful VP ever" and it's just like... ???? How can that be if Trump's re-election has just been sealed?
Think people are saying that because of how weak Biden seems. It's literally not even clear if he'll run for a second term if he wins. He is just a place holder candidate in every sense of the word.

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Kamala to me seems like someone who doesn't have a reason to want power, just the want. I'm glad she's on the ticket because A. she makes it much harder to make claims about Biden/Harris being the "radical left"
I honestly don't think it makes the slightest bit of difference in that regard. Fox and friends called Obama a communist Muslim and they call Bernie Sanders a communist Jew. Part of the strategic problem with the red scare approach is they basically muddy the waters between different types of Democrats by just calling them all commies.
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Old 08-12-2020, 06:09 PM   #7484 (permalink)
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Yeah, that's probably true. But politics isn't a game of big numbers. We're talking about maybe 5 states, and certain counties that really determine the game in any year. Fivethirtyeight is giving Biden big odds in November.

I think Biden took Pelosi's advice and took someone who's going to help him win. I continue to go back to South Carolina. Twitter called Biden dead. Pundits told Biden he was dead. I'm sure this place had some comments. And yet, all the projected winners are gone now. If you want to win this thing you have to keep in mind the South Carolinian without a Twitter account.
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Old 08-12-2020, 06:41 PM   #7485 (permalink)
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I would love an honest assessment from the in-house crowd here on where you disagree with Bannon on things. I ask because he sounds like you guys 60% of the time. That is, of course, if this isn't too much of a think piece for you.


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Old 08-12-2020, 06:43 PM   #7486 (permalink)
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Old 08-12-2020, 06:45 PM   #7487 (permalink)
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I hate that your arguments are so tight. If you'd said this to me before March I'd have voted for Bernie.
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Old 08-12-2020, 06:46 PM   #7488 (permalink)
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It was a request, not a political stance.
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Old 08-12-2020, 06:53 PM   #7489 (permalink)
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Think people are saying that because of how weak Biden seems. It's literally not even clear if he'll run for a second term if he wins. He is just a place holder candidate in every sense of the word.
I think Biden himself has said as much - I could be wrong, but didn't he basically commit to being a one-term president?

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Fivethirtyeight is giving Biden big odds in November.
I still remember watching the New York Times Probability Meter on Election night in 2016. Hillary had, I think, a 95% chance of winning at the beginning before the results started to pour in. Hour after after, that lead slowly dissipated, until - by the time I grew tired enough to go to bed, around 2am EST - Hillary had around a 1-2% chance of winning.

Do you trust the polls this time?
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Old 08-12-2020, 06:58 PM   #7490 (permalink)
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I would love an honest assessment from the in-house crowd here on where you disagree with Bannon on things. I ask because he sounds like you guys 60% of the time. That is, of course, if this isn't too much of a think piece for you.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm5xxlajTW0
2 and a half hours of Steve Bannon?
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