The 2020 Presidential Election Primary Thread

[Uncle Ted]

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Gabbard just needs to team up with Spartacus and call it a day. The south seems to love him. LOL@Beto. No love left for him even in Texas.

What's up with the love affair with Pocahontas in the OK state? They must not have read the news about her DNA test results yet (or maybe just don't read).

[SeattleUte]

the NY Times has definitely anointed Warren the next president. This column by the sometimes wise Nicholas Kristoff is the latest in the string of fawning articles. He is happy to take Harvard's word for it that Native American ancestry did not figure into Warren's hiring and promotions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/o...gtype=Homepage

[Uncle Ted]

Believe it or not, Frank (and I can't speak for SU, so I don't know if this is representative of him) it's very possible to dislike Trump while also being disappointed, frustrated with and even very angry towards the "nebulous left". Disliking some of the dumb ideas coming from the left does not automatically mean someone likes Trump. Just like disliking Trump does not mean that someone loves what's coming from the left.

Hopefully more people figure that out before the next election cycle or Trump is a shoo-in.

Yeah, they both suck... vote Libertarian.

[SeattleUte]

Here are Harvard Law School Faculty profiles. I defy anyone to find a Harvard professor who graduated from a law school the ilk of Rutgers. I defy anyone to find a Harvard professor who graduated from anywhere but Harvard, Yale, Stanford or Chicago (they're almost all from Harvard itself; very inbred; okay, the clinical professor graduated from Michigan but he doesn't count).

https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10089/Blum

[BlueK]

Here are Harvard Law School Faculty profiles. I defy anyone to find a Harvard professor who graduated from a law school the ilk of Rutgers. I defy anyone to find a Harvard professor who graduated from anywhere but Harvard, Yale, Stanford or Chicago (they're almost all from Harvard itself; very inbred; okay, the clinical professor graduated from Michigan but he doesn't count).

https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10089/Blum

When all is said and done, Warren isn't going to win the nomination.

[Uncle Ted]

What's up with the love affair with Pocahontas in the OK state? They must not have read the news about her DNA test results yet (or maybe just don't read).

the NY Times has definitely anointed Warren the next president. This column by the sometimes wise Nicholas Kristoff is the latest in the string of fawning articles. He is happy to take Harvard's word for it that Native American ancestry did not figure into Warren's hiring and promotions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/o...gtype=Homepage

It is good that the NYTimes and the OK state agree on something. What a wonderful time and age we live in.

[SeattleUte]

Believe it or not, Frank (and I can't speak for SU, so I don't know if this is representative of him) it's very possible to dislike Trump while also being disappointed, frustrated with and even very angry towards the "nebulous left". Disliking some of the dumb ideas coming from the left does not automatically mean someone likes Trump. Just like disliking Trump does not mean that someone loves what's coming from the left.

Hopefully more people figure that out before the next election cycle or Trump is a shoo-in.

I bet I'm similar to a majority of Americans. Why is a fool like Biden so far ahead in the democratic primary? Everyone is put off by Trump AND the crazy left wing.

The problem with the left is it's all aspiration. They never solve problems, and if their daydreams were to gain support of a majority, or the military, well, history teaches where that goes.

I am actually fine with Warren, given the alternatives, because I don't think she really has any principles. She just wants to win.

[Uncle Ted]

I bet I'm similar to a majority of Americans. Why is a fool like Biden so far ahead in the democratic primary? Everyone is put off by Trump AND the crazy left wing.

The problem with the left is it's all aspiration. They never solve problems, and if their daydreams were to gain support of a majority, or the military, well, history teaches where that goes.

I am actually fine with Warren, given the alternatives, because I don't think she really has any principles. She just wants to win.

Yeah, she sounds perfect to represent the Democratic party.

[BlueK]

I am actually fine with Warren, given the alternatives, because I don't think she really has any principles. She just wants to win.

Of all the dem candidates Warren is the one who has been the most specific about what she wants to do. The rest are all being a lot more general. She has principles, just not ones that will work very well in most cases.

On the other side, Trump essentially has only two principles: anti-free trade and anti-immigrant/white supremacist (ie. the NY 5). The rest he has flipped flopped on his whole life. Those two principles are the only ones that have been consistent for him over the last 40 years.

[BlueK]

By the way, on the citizenship case, I'm not sure what is "conservative" about taking the position that it's ok for the commerce department to suddenly break its own rules about how to add questions to the census to sneak through a citizenship question in at the last minute, then get caught publicly lying to the court about the reasons why they wanted the question added.

[Uncle Ted]

The biggest disappointment for me for the night was Beto... I guess was expecting him to skateboard out onto the stage and stand on the podium. I would have to say the touch of gray he added to his hair did make him look a little more mature. Did he do that himself?

[BlueK]

The biggest disappointment for me for the night was Beto... I guess was expecting him to skateboard out onto the stage and stand on the podium. I would have to say the touch of gray he added to his hair did make him look a little more mature. Did he do that himself?

He needs to just drop out now and run for senate again.

[Uncle Ted]

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[Uncle Ted]

He needs to just drop out now and run for senate again.

Yeah but that would just keep Cruz in the senate for his lifetime.

[BlueK]

Yeah but that would just keep Cruz in the senate for his lifetime.

Not sure what Cruz has to do with it. Cornyn would be Beto's opponent.