Who will run in 2020?

[anon24898493]

Huge if true.

[6ix]

@catfacemeowmers

Bernie has been in favor of a wealth tax since at least the late 90s (he wrote about it in a book at the time) and there are newspaper articles from the 70s where he advocates for it. He also suggested it as a possible funding mechanism for m4a in 2016, but to be fair he did not make it an official campaign platform until after Liz.

To be fairer, he was advocating for it around the same time Liz was coming around to the idea that the Democratic Party might be better than the Republican Party. And also 20 years before that, if you want to go back to his statements in the 70s.

[6ix]

@microbet

@catfacemeowmers

Also the same thing can be said about gun manufacturers.

Same thing could be said about lawyers. :p

@catfacemeowmers

I don’t think anybody has ever said lawyers make them feel safe

My sister is an immigration attorney and slept in the airport when they first pulled the traval ban shenanigans.

[microbet]

6ix,

Catface is a lawyer and those were jokes.

[catfacemeowmers]

Yeah sorry 6ix, didn’t mean to offend. I’m sure your sister would agree lawyers aren’t necessarily the most virtuous group as a whole, but there are certainly lots of exceptions. I’ve got a lot of respect and admiration for the lawyers who mobilized in response to the immigration crisis.

[anon92450360]

Is Schiff’s seat not safe? I’ve not seen him asking for money that often that I can recall

https://twitter.com/adamschiff/status/1177594612564877313?s=21

[6ix]

@microbet

6ix,

Catface is a lawyer and those were jokes.

Lol, I knew both those things. I was gonna add “you’re lucky you put an emoticon or else we’d be fighting up in her” but I decided to play it straight.

[6ix]

@catfacemeowmers

Yeah sorry 6ix, didn’t mean to offend. I’m sure your sister would agree lawyers aren’t necessarily the most virtuous group as a whole, but there are certainly lots of exceptions. I’ve got a lot of respect and admiration for the lawyers who mobilized in response to the immigration crisis.

It’s like that episode of Seinfeld where they don’t think Jerry’s dermatologist gf actually save live until they’re reminded of skin cancer. It’s a funny concept.

[microbet]

Cool. You sister should be thanked for her service seriously. My brother is a lawyer and he’s an asshole.

(Well, he’s not exactly an asshole, but he’s not exactly not an asshole either.)

[Crunchyblack]

The idea that Warren and Bernie are interchangeable on policy is a common hot take that doesn’t get nearly enough push back

[microbet]

Meh…I think they are pretty darn close. Liz is a Bernie Bro going way back. I’m just not sure about FP.

Warren and Bernie’s awkward truce faces its biggest test yet

I’m talking about the video, but it’s not YouTube and doesn’t want to embed.

[anon38180840]

@6ix

@microbet

@catfacemeowmers

Also the same thing can be said about gun manufacturers.

Same thing could be said about lawyers. :p

@catfacemeowmers

I don’t think anybody has ever said lawyers make them feel safe

My sister is an immigration attorney and slept in the airport when they first pulled the traval ban shenanigans.

Your sister is a hero. Lawyers like her have been so instrumental in protecting at-risk people as much as humanly possible from this administration.

[RiskyFlush]

How does he look next to Trump iyo?

[RiskyFlush]

I don’t think that’s why he’s asking for donations. Fundraising isn’t always about securing your own seat. Even a minor monetary investment drastically changes a person’s emotional investment in a cause. I used to run a local arts group that required a $10 annual membership fee. The money was insignificant for covering overhead, but it had a huge impact on turnover and productivity for active members.

[MrWookie]

Uh, great? Unless you like racism and authoritarianism.

[microbet]

Schiff’s seat is a lock for the Democrats. I don’t know that it’s absolutely safe, but it’s pretty safe. I don’t think he’s tremendously beloved here in LA, but his national stature is a pretty huge advantage for a representative. (There are 18 reps who have parts of LA county in their district)

[RiskyFlush]

this election is about policy, several candidates are interchangeable with one another, but I don’t think it’s entirely about policy. It’s also about sales and charisma. I believe Bernie, but I don’t really feel him, ya know?

Sorry for the confusion. I was referring to this part of your post, not about racism, authoritarianism. Just a matchup of their ability to work a crowd and the voting public.

[skydiver8]

really? I have posted posts with like 8 pete tweets all in the same post? where? I’m talking about one’s like the one above, in which i was specifically tagged to troll me. #2658, to be exact.

[boredsocial]

Yeah not every candidate got to start with Bernie’s email list. I can’t fault Warren for using her leftover Senate funds. Particularly since I’ve now looked at where those funds came from and it’s basically universities and liberal groups with a smattering of other rich people. She got essentially nothing from any corporate lobbyists at all, which isn’t a surprise since they fucking hate her.

She’s as clean as Bernie. She’s as clean as anyone could hope to be. She’s MUCH cleaner than Obama was. Do I think she’s going to be a huge higher education reformer? Probably not. For the same reason that I think that it’s not a coincidence that the candidates taking big corporate donor money are doing stuff like attacking M4A and not talking about wealth taxes (full disclosure I don’t actually think a wealth tax will work).

[skydiver8]

well, that wasn’t the first, just the latest, but if i MUST scroll back to find others to de…you know what, never mind. You obviously just scrolled past the previous ones, too. I was tagged in that one to specifically rub it in my face, obviously.

I’d be willing to bet if you counted up the Pete stuff that I, one poster, has posted, vs, the Bernie stuff that many have posted, I’d still be the minority. I understand that I’m not as radical and angry as I’m “supposed to be” and that a candidate who speaks to people like me might not be the favorite here. Does that mean I don’t have a place here at all?