Time for some introspective thinking

[Aviation Pro]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It’s time for some introspective thinking. Every one of the top tier candidates coming out of Iowa has liabilities that will be exploited by the slime machine that is the impeached shitbag. The only candidate who can muzzle the obese colon bag is Bloomberg and he is doing it now.

Time to realign priorities because we get nothing without capturing the presidency and the Senate.

[HerbChestnut]

1. Michael Bloomberg is a billionaire businessman trying to buy the election.

We have had enough of those over the last four years. Never mind he was a registered republican not too long ago and endorsed people like Pat Toomey, Susan Collins, and George W. Bush(!!!). No thank you.

[Aviation Pro]

2. So what's Sander's plan

When he’s labeled a socialist by the corpulent motherfucker and it sticks?

And then it’s picked up by the media like the email and server bullshit during 2016?

[pandr32]

4. Exactly!

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Comparing it to Corporate Welfare most likely

and asking for Trump's tax returns to show the tax breaks Trump took advantage in his real estate and casino career.

[Butterflylady]

8. You're absolutely right about them labeling him a socialist.

Only their label will be much worst and they'll make people believe them. Seen it before.

[HerbChestnut]

11. All of our candidates will be labeled as socialists. That's been a Republican strategy for 50+ years

Bernie has credibility in the midwest where he won Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Indiana in 2016. People know he's honest. He's also galvanizing the Latino community, which gives us a real shot in Texas and Arizona. It may turn out that African Americans start backing him in larger numbers as well now that Biden's campaign is faltering. If that happens, Georgia is in play. There's a lot to like about a Bernie candidacy in the GE.

[MoonlitKnight]

23. Even Bloomberg will be labeled a socialist

My goal is to get Democrats elected so we can implement lasting change.

Bloomberg’s goal is just to beat Trump. We need more than that.

We need state legislature majorities for upcoming redistricting.
We need to solidify our House majority.
We need to take the Senate.
Then, we need to defeat Trump. If we get the above three, Trump and the Republicans would be effectively neutered. And if we get those, we are going to win the White House anyway.

[HerbChestnut]

24. Ayup.

[calguy]

28. Unless we beat trump evrything else is gone

[Skidmore]

33. The label hasn't stuck to Democrats

because the party doesn't self identify as we socialist.

Sanders supporters overestimate his appeal. And, no, the presumption of honesty is without basis until vetting happens. Or, do we let Republicans see do that for us?

[R B Garr]

32. The Sanders ploy has been insisting to open up the party, and it doesn't matter to his fans that his

staff has voted 3rd party, which is why we have Trump.

So there you have it. You've gotten what you've wished for, only this time it's a billionaire who can beat you at your own game.

[ibegurpard]

3. Here's my opinion of what people need to be introspective about

How are the gung-ho supporters of certain candidates going to be able to swallow their pride, anger, and disappointment and find things to latch onto that they can get excited about that will help them activate others?
Because there are going to be a LOT of angry and disappointed people when this process is over. It's going to be someone that someone else here loathes.

[bluewater]

5. I, for one, Welcome our Corporate Overlords.

What's not to like about the 9th richest man in the world spending a BILLION dollars on his Presidential campaign?

It's not like he would have any financial interest in the outcome, right?

cough wealth tax cough

[Aviation Pro]

10. Again

You get nothing without the presidency.

And what’s Warren’s plan if she wins the nomination and the walking embodiment of dog vomit’s every tweet begins with Pocahontas to describe her.

Make no mistake about it, I’m all in Blue, but we need someone who can drown out the three-and-a-half bills noise.

[bluewater]

13. Pretty much same as everyone's else plan... to beat Trump like a drum.

I hope you are not suggesting the Bloomberg is magically immune from Trumpian bluster and slander.

You aren't suggesting that, right?

[Aviation Pro]

18. Not at all

Bloomberg has baggage, but he can drown out the corpulent, fucking gasbag’s noise more readily than any of the other candidates.

[paulkienitz]

6. what is this, "triangulation" again?

The only Trump-proof candidate is the one who is most Trumplike??

[bluewater]

9. Seems so.

[Aviation Pro]

12. Did triangulation

Get us the presidency in 1992?

Yes, I believe so.

[bluewater]

14. I think triangulation in 1992 got us mass incarceration of minorities too.

So let's not go there again.




Mayor "Stop and Frisk" Bloomberg might not get out the Democratic base support we need to win.

[Aviation Pro]

20. Democrats want a fighter

And Bloomberg is the fighter the Democrats need. Here’s one example, suppose he becomes the nominee and he immediately releases his tax returns, what recourse does the obese piece of feces have at that point?

Fat Fuckturd - “They’re under audit, I can’t release them.”

Bloomberg - “So are mine and yet here they are.”

[2naSalit]

35. And what if

POC won't vote for him? He has a big "stop & frisk" stain that just won't whitewash out, among other issues he has.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. Triangulation got us where we are today. Trump is a symptom, not the disease.

And keep in mind, they have far more malevolent billionaires than our handful of benevolent billionaires. Letting this guy buy our election would set a terrible precedent.

And I’m being generous in categorizing this guy, who thinks social security and Medicare need to be cut, as a benevolent billionaire. I’m being generous in categorizing a guy who supported George Bush and some of the most toxic repigs as benevolent.

[bluewater]

19. +1000

[LanternWaste]

25. The benevolent billionaire is as much a joke as the benevolent millionaire.

Pretending there's a relevant difference between mega-wealth and even more mega-wealth is simply another flaw in another argument you again fail to support with any objective evidence.

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars..."

[Sherman A1]

34. +1000

[k2qb3]

15. I think it's time to internalize the fact there's no going back to the pre-Trump status quo...

Because that's what led to President Donald Trump.

People aren't looking for the same old thing, that's why Trump won. He tapped into the dissatisfaction Americans had with both parties establishment and the interests they serve.

The whole political landscape changed with GWB really, Iraq and TARP. Obama was a great moderate president but he never satisfied the insurgent impulse that's been building in American politics for decades.

Bloomberg would lose.

You want to beat trump it's going to take courage, the courage to reach for something better and the courage to do some genuine introspection about the failures that made Trump possible.

[Sherman A1]

17. Agreed

That is why I support Andrew Yang. He is looking to deal with the reasons that got Trump elected in the first place not a re-set to a previous era.

[Aviation Pro]

21. You don't get to deal with the reasons

Unless you’re in the White House. I like Yang because I’m a math guy too, but reasons are like wishes unless the Oval Office is occupied by a Democrat.

[Sherman A1]

29. I will vote for the nominee

in November. It won't make any difference in my heavily Red State, but I will do my civic duty even if it is Bloomberg who is second to last on my list preferences. I don't see him as being the one to make the changes we need, but he would be better than another Trump term (at least I would hope he would be).

[LanternWaste]

22. Doesn't critical thought require evidence or data to support a premise?

"the only candidate who can muzzle the obese colon bag is Bloomberg"

(anecdotal evidence isn't objective... so you may have to work at this)

[Aviation Pro]

26. I noted that after Bloomberg's

Spokesperson called the impeached shitbag fat with a fake tan and hair there was no comeback from the corpulent motherfucker.

Seems that that was a fire for effect.

[Happyhippychick]

27. I'm starting to come around to this

And I think Bloomberg may be the best option.

He also has pledged to support the eventual candidate should it not be him, and will not talk trash about the other Democrats.

[calguy]

30. I'm 100% behind Joe at this time

If, when we get thru Super Tuesday primaries and if Joe doesn't get his mojo going, I'll have no problem getting behind Bloomberg. My reason is simple. Neither Bernie or Liz will have a chance to beat trump in the general.
For me, I'm supporting whoever I think is most likely to beat trump, because that literally is all that matters in this election.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

36. I wish our primary was in June.

[Codeine]

31. An unsupported claim.

What evidence can you point to that substantiates your assertion?

[Aviation Pro]

37. Playing buzzword bingo

With the latest six-sigma darling, "evidence-based," does not win the presidency.

Accepting that the current front runners are not attacking the obese sack of shit hard shows that they are soft and picking nits rather than galvanizing the electorate to remove the motherfucker.

Fortunately, Bloomberg gets it and is going Neanderthal on the shitstain.

That's all the evidence anyone needs.

[scheming daemons]

38. I want Bloomberg using his money to help Pete or Joe or Amy win.

....but if it has to be Bloomberg, I'll get on board.