Liz has a long history of being disingenuous. Which, when juxtaposed with her self-righteous anger, makes her a much less convincing messenger of the progressive gospel.
I tend to agree with those that look at her skeptically, and view her as a hypocrite.
Good thing Iām running for President.
Pitch in a few bucks. Whatever you can to help out.
Bernie doesnāt think you can be President, chum.
Like, I wouldnāt assume he really supports Bernie.
Tim Duncan did a Bloomberg commercial.
Perfect.
It also ran counter to her entire image as a fighting progressive akin to Bernie. I will fight for you and get you your fair share from the billionaires who are pillaging America, except for on healthcare, where youāll get a half measure and youāll like it.
Uhh, no?
This is really whatās so troublesome to me. Watching and listening to her, sheās so passionate and convincing. Yet, I know her to be disingenuous. Her attempted take down of Bernie is a prime example and that makes it really tough to get behind her. Unfortunately, sheās miles ahead of my next least worse choice. If Bernie doesnāt win the nom itās going to be really bad
Someone please help me with my morality here. Ever since Trump won the election Iāve been in a constant state of shock and despair. It is literally ruining the quality of my life and maybe even taking a physical toll. Itās like Iām hoping to wake up and learn that itās all been some surreal dream that heās really the POTUS. We all know what a racist monster and despicable human being he is, but if the establishment usurps the Dem with the most votes and super delegates him or her out of the nomination, It will have destroyed my last bit of faith in our democracy anyway
If that does happen, Iām honestly not sure what Iāll do. Iād never vote for Trump, but I just might stay home or go with a write in. As bad as Trump is, Iām not sure Iām in the #votebluenomatterwho camp. Mainly because I donāt think we have the time to fuck around with another centrist for 4-8 years. And if we do lose, Iām not going to lie. Iāll get sick perverse pleasure out of watching the Dem party be destroyed. But who am I kidding? The establishment would rather have Trump than a real progressive. Itās a free roll for them. If whoever they shove down our throats loses, theyāll just blame Bernie supporters anyway and theyāre not as against Trump. Theyāll at least get to keep their status quo
ORā¦
Maybe someone can talk me into the fact that Iām putting far too much weight into what Sanders can actually accomplish as president? After all, he probably wonāt have the senate. If so, then I suppose Iād be more inclined to vote for someone I donāt think will be in the best interest of the people, but itāll still be a Dem, which as to be better than any GOP member or Trump
Iām seriously at a loss. I wouldnāt call myself suicidal, but Iām so utterly depressed by everything thatās going on. I need a break from news. I need a break from all this. Itās causing me to go insane
warren cosponsored the literal bill in the senate called medicare for all. then she said she was āwith bernieā on m4a. then she moved away from it. pretty cut and dry to me
Aw man a two-fer with Biden and Bloomer both.
If it looks like Bernie might get fucked, Iām going to be in Milwaukee with a yellow vest
If he does get fucked and its Bloomberg, we blow up the D party and write in Bernie en masse
editing because I finished reading your post and it got pretty serious.
Just be a good person in your day to day life. This vote doesnāt define you.
Thereās this spot that comes up in sitngoes thats basically a prisoners dilemma mini game. The interesting thing about prisonerās dilemma is that the equilibrium solution totally changes when its a multi-iteration versus a single-iteration. So I kind of view these āleftā politics in this light that if the āleftā party is not really a party of reform then they deserve to lose. The reality is that if the clintonite wing of the party ruins another election the old party will die and the new online zoomer generation will take over for a number of reasons. Thereās not just one immediate lessor-of-two-evils election at stake. FWIW, Chomsky seems to consistently disagree with this viewpoint so its entirely possible that its wrong.
Itās futile to be depressed by things you canāt control. That sounds flippant, but itās an important truth. Imagine if you spent all day being depressed over the millions of past victims of like, wars and the bubonic plague. Those things happened in the past, but they still involved real people suffering. Itās not any more useful or rational to worry about the state of the planet in the present day, over and above whatever you can reasonably personally do about it.
I think for anyone who is my age, give or take 5 years or so (Iām 40) our developmental years involved a brief lull in feeling like the planet was on a rollercoaster ride to hell. Prior to that there was WW1, the Great Depression, WW2, the Cold War and the threat of nuclear annihilation, then there was a time between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11 where it seemed like the developed world at least had its shit together. 9/11, the rise of climate change, the failure of neoliberalism and, frankly, the internet as a hostile force in the world have combined to give the impression of disaster. Iām still not sure this is a particularly bad time to be alive, weāll see how bad climate change gets, but weāre not all feudal peasants or slaves or conscripted soldiers, so thereās that.
Maybe stop reading about this shit and go take some more hikes or play some sport or something. Youāre talking like youāre in personal crisis when the reality is none of the Trump saga has probably personally affected your life at all in any material way, at least not yet. Like newsflash about your vote, it doesnāt matter even one iota what you personally do with it, itās completely meaningless. If itās a source of worry to you then itās a sign that youāve totally lost touch with what matters and doesnāt.
If people want to consider leaving the country, thatās something else, but even then step 1 is to get calm enough to think it through, otherwise youāll be incapable of making a rational decision.
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up for a game of bridge some time?
Sure.
Iām going to go ahead and tell you that itās okay if youāre not. Everyone has different priorities. Figure out your priorities and vote accordingly. If that means you vote a different way from me, then so be it.
Iāll admit that the thing that makes me think is PIIHB followed by a guy named Rimmer.
