2020 Democratic presidential primary

baffling to see all these candidates that don't grasp that you pivot to the center *after* you get the nomination

marianne pivoting for the general with her m4a answer

Metaphysics4All

These guys feel more like stalking horses for finance, big pharma etc hoping that the media will latch onto a “shrill, unhinged Left out of touch with Real Americans” narrative than actual candidates.

Big Pharma's actual candidate is up tonight

gonna need you to be more specific

The more dull white dudes chiding the angry left in real time the better I guess

loool

Just a reminder that Pete Buttigieg is an Episcopalian, so his understanding of Christianity isn't very deep or serious.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 31, 2019

nice way to slyly get around the whole "the new testament repeatedly advises that we shouldn't treat poor people like subhumans" thing

intra-Christian sectarianism is fucking insane

it goes back a ways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKIyCbppfs

Speaking of sects:

The Hill: Marianne Williamson supporters organize occult task force

The person organizing the task force told The Washington Post anonymously that a group of 13 chaos magicians, witches and energy workers were doing synchronized “gestures” to help their candidate gain more visibility in the presidential race and more airtime during Tuesday's Democratic debate.

intra-Christian sectarianism is fucking insane

― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, July 31, 2019 9:51 AM (five minutes ago)

it's insane when it comes from prods

re Big Pharma

http://inthesetimes.com/article/21984/medicare-for-all-money-2020-biden-buttigieg-harris-sanders-warren

Xp
Going for the OA stan vote

smdh

If we truly care about lifting up every voice and fighting on behalf of the issues that keep Americans up at night, let’s start by making our conversations civil and productive. #YouDontHaveToYell pic.twitter.com/OLsP1qeSze

— Tim Ryan (@TimRyan) July 31, 2019

WHY IS THAT IN ALL CAPS THEN

to which the only sane response is: stfu tim you suck

did Jeb! actually print stickers that said "Please Clap" in 2016?

lmao at the replies to that tweet

Who is that sticker directed at?

some of these guys would do better applying for an hr position.

to which the only sane response is: stfu tim you suck

honestly if Bernie replied to that with literally just "shut the fuck up" he would absolutely clinch the nomination

BETO 2020: YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN

WHY IS THAT IN ALL CAPS THEN

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 12:58 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I have images off so just imagine the laugh I had clicking through.

LET'S GIVE COURTESY AND RESPECT A TRY, YOU FUCKING SAVAGES

HICKENLOOPER 2020: SIR, THIS IS A WENDY’S

some of these guys would do better applying for an hr position.

― Yerac, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 2

isn't that what Mayor Pete is

Ryan should come to Brooklyn to learn THAT'S NOT "YELLING"

I didn't know Sarah Vowell is now a political pundit, wow she has some...odd...takes

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/31/opinion/debate-winners-losers.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

I totally blanked out that Tim Ryan was present at the debate last night.

A reminder to eff Claire McC

obama won re-election because of the auto bailout. midwest economies are dependent on farm subsidies. ethanol is a fake fuel. mccaskill owns a vacation home with a guy who does medicare fraud. they seem to like free stuff ok https://t.co/Mqi1nxhSer

— the norms misser (@cd_hooks) July 31, 2019

Note too McCaskill is doing The Bill Maher, whereby one creates a theoretical racist or backwards Working White Man to launder their own reactionary views through. “I dont object to it BUT Joe Six Pack will! You see, poor white people are forcing us to defend insurance companies”

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) July 31, 2019

“Launder” is a great way to describe this phenomenon

Colbert had Marianne Williamson on his show and straight up asked her if, "love aside", she'd be willing to order people to kill in the name of the United States and the utterly blase tossed off manner in which she replied "Of course" suggested to me that anyone who ever aims for this office must have some serious moral failings as a prerequisite

it's a big help

I didn't know Sarah Vowell is now a political pundit, wow she has some...odd...takes

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/31/opinion/debate-winners-losers.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, July 31, 2019 3:19 PM (fifty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

what the fuck even is this? half of the respondents are treating it as a joke and half are taking it seriously, but they all come across as deeply stupid. even Bret Stephens' idiocy doesn't jump off the page like it normally does.

i like Vowell's books but this shit is sub-Borowitz

Haha only just watched this. Matthews sucks. Bitch if my taxes go from $1000 to $1100 but my usurious, useless insurance premium goes from $800 to $0, I SAVE MONEY YOU BLATHERING STOOGE. He 100% cried & apologized to his boss for not making Warren buckle. https://t.co/RbAZ5SRA3S

— rob delaney (@robdelaney) July 31, 2019

Michelle Goldberg did herself favors by offering scores and no blurbs.

The range on Williamson was kind of funny. 1 from Kristof, 10 from Dowd, 5.5 overall.

Sarah Vowell (3/10) — When Senators Warren and Sanders dismissed legitimate critiques of their similar health plans, particularly the radical proposal of abolishing private health insurance, as “Republican talking points,” I was enraged to a degree that I cannot adequately describe in a family newspaper. An apology would be nice.

i find this nauseating to a degree that i cannot adequately describe beyond "fuck you sarah vowell you annoying npr weenie"

i'm always referencing the daily and i think no one irl or online has ever responded, but there was a good one today with kamala harris which lends some insight into how she makes decisions. it's a really good interview, very unlike normal interviews with candidates, and it had the odd effect of making me like her (even) more as a person, but less as a candidate. just mentioning this because it seems more revealing than just about any other interview i've seen with her, but i know it won't be picked up by other news outlets because there's no bombshell or quoteworthy individual sentence in there. but anyone who is interested in harris should check it out

thank god we're finally rating the policy decisions of our potential presidents the same way we judge drake singles.
I GIVE BERNIE SANDERS THREE AND A HALF GOLD STARS... TRY HARDER BERNIE
i swear, everybody in this country would be happy eating pig intestines and sleeping in ditches as long as they could write a yelp review expressing their indignation.

how is bret fucking stephens one of the few people who is correct on williamson, what is fucking going on

Listening to the Daily thing now. The host is fucking awful. Is this what most high-end news/politics podcast hosts sound like?

you might be thinking that the correspondent who conducted the interview that takes up most of the episode is the host. he's not. michael barbaro is the host. he interjects "HMM!" a lot. i don't think he's awful.

No, Barbaro is the guy who whispers the intro and the interstitials, and it's him I hate. The interviewer is fine.

oh, gotcha. well to answer your question, no. other hosts don't sound like him, superficially. do you mean you don't like the sound of his voice, or you don't like the things he says?

It's the tone. He sounds like a call-in radio therapist. I find it very patronizing, a fundamentally false attempt to be soothing.