2020 Democratic presidential primary

best I've heard from him so far (cept for the opening dribble)

He could have added "corrupt" while he was on the subject.

Beto had a solid record in the House re: Palestine, enough to have an AIPAC bigwig lean on him in the last year or two.

You'd think by now that the Dem base would learn that every voting opportunity is important, especially things like Supreme Court justices, and would fucking turn out to make sure the wrong people don't win.

The Democratic base is younger, poorer, busier and has more obstacles in place to getting to vote. Nor do they (black churches aside) have a twice-weekly meeting where they're reminded to vote the right way.

If some 'good guy' billionaire wanted to save their neck from the guillotine, they should privately fund all the work ACORN was doing. Its entire budget was only like $20mn a year.

Nor do they (black churches aside) have a twice-weekly meeting where they're reminded to vote the right way.

wait, what thread is this?

This is offensively stupid. pic.twitter.com/Li6GYNmSQ5

— Sebulba (@Tankie_Viciedo) April 7, 2019

in lockstep w/ Maddow

Do you not believe this to be true? There are heaps of evidence.

I mean, Tim Ryan may be "stupid," I don't know. But it is not false to claim that Russia has exploited controversies here to sow discord.

can we ban politicians from ever appearing again in public wearing open-neck shirts w/sleeves rolled up

either go full dirtbag and wear stained cargo shorts and a ripped tshirt or put on some goddamn neckwear and a jacket and stop pretending that this stupid halfway-business-casual look is somehow more approachable

I dont want to go back to the days of ties

Would love a #streetwear president though who wore yeezy boosts and limited edition supreme hoodies and stuff

the time has come for America’s first cosplay-enthusiast president

definitely not

i want a president who dresses like the cool kids at my local coffee shop

five panel caps and the rest

i have some stuff i can loan to warren if she wants to pursue this

don’t be such a stick in the mud, dude, free your mind and imagine the prez giving a state of the union in full sailor moon regalia

addressing the un in a gundam

pardoning the thanksgiving turkey as sexy scrooge mcduck

visiting arlington national cemetery as voldo from soul calibur

serving food in a soup kitchen as steampunk freakazoid

it is not false to claim that Russia has exploited controversies here to sow discord

I really don't think a lot of the over-60s who think Colin Kaepernick is a commie Muslim are on Twitter.

go full dirtbag and wear stained cargo shorts and a ripped tshirt

i'll consider a 2024 campaign

xp thank goodness it's only over-60s who believe such things

I am worried that you slept through the internet these past couple years

anyway the president is 72 and I understand he's got a twitter acct

if social media did not exist, do you think there would've been no anthem kneeling furor? And mass shootings -- everyone would be as quiet as lambs?

DJT, just your average 72-year-old cheating country-club golfer

I really don't think a lot of the over-60s who think Colin Kaepernick is a commie Muslim are on Twitter.

You're right. They're on Facebook. Every single one of them.

Where have all the wingnut gone, long time passing...

p sure Fox News and Ben Shapiro convinced 100000x more of those ppl that shooting unarmed black guys is good, actually than Russia ever could

anyway this seems not great

Poll: Warren places third among likely 2020 primary voters in her home state https://t.co/d44tx0N1qV pic.twitter.com/ueUQAtwJH5

— The Hill (@thehill) April 8, 2019

It is early days. She's been throwing some good proposals into her speeches and there's a lot of time, yet. Warren may never be president, but she can assist the cause from the Senate, too.

Anyway, 1968 taught me never to hope too hard on any one leader. Grassroots is where change has to grow.

yup.

I've warmed up to Buttigieg.

MA's Emerson poll, which covers April 4-7, has Sanders leading at 26%, Biden at 23%, and Warren at 14% (Buttigieg 11%).

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ma/massachusetts_democratic_presidential_primary-6786.html

RCP average still has Biden first, followed by Sanders, with Harris and O'Rourke neck and neck

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html

This is all definitely changing all the time, of course. I just enjoy tracking these things.

"I've warmed up to Buttigieg."

Worst Belle & Sebastian Single

this quote is interesting because I think it shows Mayor Pete has the same hangup Obama did where he thinks he's the left-most person in the room and so he doesn't ever actually read or pay attention to anyone on the actual left. The psychoanalytical answer for both is their dads https://t.co/u2JA70lKz4

— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) April 8, 2019

the time has come for America’s first cosplay-enthusiast president

― TV presenter and animal lover, Matt Baker (bizarro gazzara), Monday, April 8, 2019 11:36 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

all those alt right guys jack off to anime

Dr Morbius, I believe that quote is from the Morning Joe interview posted here a while ago, right?

When he said that, I thought that was such a non-answer. He has given better answers than that.

the fact that warren's candidacy isn't taking off is an indictment of america

I don’t think that makes the top 100 of things that are indictments of America.

all those alt right guys jack off to anime

Wang and Pete Buttigieg probably the only candidates out of the field who could have possibly cosplayed

Beto probably just read comics.

...and even then it was probably DC/Vertigo stuff.

he's only read two: Watchmen and Batman: Dark Knight Returns

third in the trifecta is Preacher

Sandman, duh.

I'm sure the political discourse in DC comics was a decisive factor in Beto's subsequent career.

or are we back to 'who you'd drink a beer with' again?

Somebody tweet @Beto RE: does he prefer Gaiman, Moore, Ennis, or Grant Morrison?

buttigieg could probably tell you which love & rockets books are best to read first and he's got some others to recommend if you dig that one