2020 US Presidential Nominees

[Father Jack]

I cannot believe that the right wingers here are pretending that Robert Byrd was an unrepentant racist again. It isn't ignorance, because we went through this four years ago, it is blatant dishonesty.

So once again, here's the what the NAACP had to say on the occasion of his passing:

Upon news of his death, the NAACP released a statement praising Byrd, saying that he "became a champion for civil rights and liberties" and "came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda"

 

[Maggie5]

Out of the bunker and riding a bike, not bad.

 

[Gough]

If Joe Biden is of the radical left I'm Maggie Thatcher.

 

[Balls In]

If Joe Biden is of the radical left I'm Maggie Thatcher.

Joe is a just proxy, poor man. Empty shell. Starting to think his radical left owners will move on him before the election though. Even from his basement he cant keep his shit together.

 

[Simple Jack]

If Joe Biden is of the radical left I'm Maggie Thatcher.

It's utterly bewildering to me. Biden is an appalling candidate with dozens of ways he could legitimately be attacked on his actual record but they just keep banging on with this "radical left" nonsense.

I mean, this is the senator from MBNA we're talking about for Christ's sakes!

But no, Joe Biden the Marxist, communist it is.

As I said, bewildering.

 

[FredLeDeux]

It's utterly bewildering to me. Biden is an appalling candidate with dozens of ways he could legitimately be attacked on his actual record but they just keep banging on with this "radical left" nonsense.

I mean, this is the senator from MBNA we're talking about for Christ's sakes!

But no, Joe Biden the Marxist, communist it is.

As I said, bewildering.

It's not really bewildering, it's just been standard right-wing scaremongering crap for the last 150-170 years.

When you're on a good lie, stick to it, no matter how ridiculously inane and anti-factual it is.

Anyway, it serves Biden and his right-wing owners "right" for using the same tactic themselves against Sanders.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Thank you for posting videos from such a trusted, unbiased source with no discernible agenda.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Karen Bass: the progressive congresswoman who could be Biden's vice-president

The Los Angeles representative, a top contender to be Biden’s running mate, is respected by both Democratic and Republican colleagues

www.theguardian.com

I can't see her making it because she doesn't have the name recognition of Harris or Rice, but wow. A proper leftist, and still liked by the Republicans who have worked with her. That's a useful set of qualities.

 

[Gough]

Thank you for posting videos from such a trusted, unbiased source with no discernible agenda.

It's a laff innit? Historical ties to the KKK are unforgivable while contemporary ties are largely brushed off and excused.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Thank you for posting videos from such a trusted, unbiased source with no discernible agenda.

You didn't say that when people posted CNN

 

[Gough]

You didn't say that when people posted CNN

Lincoln a Republican did indeed free the slaves and the Democrats certainly had some dodgy ideas back then. However, the Civil War ended in 1865 and both parties have evolved in that time, as a contemporary argument it's about as useful as the one that suggests Nazis were lefties because the word socialist is in their title.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

You didn't say that when people posted CNN

Firstly, I don't camp out in this thread. Secondly, if you can show evidence for CNN being as partisan and ideologically driven as PragerU is, I'd like to see it.

 

[spinynorman]

It's utterly bewildering to me. Biden is an appalling candidate with dozens of ways he could legitimately be attacked on his actual record but they just keep banging on with this "radical left" nonsense.

I mean, this is the senator from MBNA we're talking about for Christ's sakes!

But no, Joe Biden the Marxist, communist it is.

As I said, bewildering.

But that was always going to be the attack, no matter who the Democratic candidate was. Which is why the attacks on Sanders and his supporters for being unelectable were so specious.

Hopefully it's learned from and the Democrats can be a bit more ambitious next time, but who am I kidding.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Lincoln a Republican did indeed free the slaves and the Democrats certainly had some dodgy ideas back then. However, the Civil War ended in 1865 and both parties have evolved in that time, as a contemporary argument it's about as useful as the one that suggests Nazis were lefties because the word socialist is in their title.

The video discusses exactly how the two parties have evolved in that time to where they are today. The Nazi's were in many respects left wing, just as they were right wing in many respects. Politics are not one dimensional, and neither are people or parties

 

[Ned_Flanders]

The video discusses exactly how the two parties have evolved in that time to where they are today. The Nazi's were in many respects left wing, just as they were right wing in many respects. Politics are not one dimensional, and neither are people or parties

problem is its not a one axis matrix, needs to have about 4, but that means making a discussion more complex that "you left or you right?"

 

[Ants]

But that was always going to be the attack, no matter who the Democratic candidate was. Which is why the attacks on Sanders and his supporters for being unelectable were so specious.

Hopefully it's learned from and the Democrats can be a bit more ambitious next time, but who am I kidding.

Given the current polling, it seems likely the voting public don't believe this about Biden for a moment. Biden's been in the spotlight for 40 years, running for president 3 times and acting as VP for 8. The public knows him, which is why this isn't working.

The same would likely not have been true for Sanders, where they could have posted his own videos and statements that could have been spun incredibly badly. Just because Republicans would have said it equally about Biden and Sanders doesn't mean it would have had the same effects.

 

[Balls In]

The dems are going to deselect him yeah?

I thought they were going to switch out Biden immediately after the polls but now I think theres a good chance it will be before.

 

[RobbieK]

The dems are going to deselect him yeah?

I thought they were going to switch out Biden immediately after the polls but now I think theres a good chance it will be before.

What you think and reality often appear to be quite different things...

 

[RobbieK]

The inconvenient truth of the Democratic party is that they used to be on the wrong side of history.

The inconvenient truth of the Republicans is that they used to be on the right side.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

The inconvenient truth of the Democratic party is that they used to be on the wrong side of history.

The inconvenient truth of the Republicans is that they used to be on the right side.

Technically the Republicans still are on the right side of history since history is written by the winners

 

[RobbieK]

Technically the Republicans still are on the right side of history since history is written by the winners

All that winning like Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan...?
All that winning like 160k deaths and 5 million infections?
All that winning like the worst contraction of GDP ever and a bigger raise in unemployment in three months as there was over two years in the great depression?

 

[Werewolf]

I cannot believe that the right wingers here are pretending that Robert Byrd was an unrepentant racist again. It isn't ignorance, because we went through this four years ago, it is blatant dishonesty.

Just some of the right wingers because I agree with you on this. BTW you'll probably find this amusing:

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

All that winning like Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan...?
All that winning like 160k deaths and 5 million infections?
All that winning like the worst contraction of GDP ever and a bigger raise in unemployment in three months as there was over two years in the great depression?

It's a saying mate don't get too agro

 

[RobbieK]

It's a saying mate don't get too agro

So... what winning were you talking about?

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

So... what winning were you talking about?

The election, and also everything in general