How the Democrats win in a Landslide

[_Jersey Girl]

Tom Steyer is out.
Mayor Pete is getting out.

And the beat goes on...

Amy Klobuchar out.

Boomberg out.

Warren out.

[_Jersey Girl]

Are you sure you are seeing cognitive decline or could it be just his stuttering?

I saw him in a 20 min interview yesterday and he seemed pretty lucid to me.

Me too. I do think his stuttering gets in the way at times but I want to know if EA has been seeing something more alarming recently that I haven't.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

... EA has been seeing something more alarming recently that I haven't.

- Doc

[_honorentheos]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video ... _fisa.html

HANNITY: There are a lot of issues that I see. I know that people are acting perhaps as though it doesn’t exist. I -- there -- Joe Biden is beyond a gaffe machine. I would argue that the toughest job in the world is your job, to be the president of the United States of America, leading the world.

You need strength. You need stamina. You need focus. You need the ability to react in real-time. What do you make of these numerous gaffes of Joe Biden?

Trump: Well, look, I don’t want to be too critical. I just -- you know, I’ve never seen anything like it to be honest. And I’m sure that the Democrats are saying the same thing. But they’d rather have him than Bernie. And Bernie just doesn’t make too many gaffes but Bernie’s got his own difficulties.

But the way they push him – you know, look, the media is all on their side. When I say all – all, but a little bit including yourselves and some of the folks on FOX, some of the folks around. You have some great people. You have Rush who’s doing, I hear really well. I hear he’s doing much better.

And Mark Levin, and -- you know, I mean we have a lot of support. You’d be amazed. We have a lot of support, the great Lou Dobbs. So many people we have as supporters outside of just, you know, our Fox News, which, you know, I have my own -- I have my own little difficulties with, if you want to know the truth.

They put people on that I think are inappropriate and say very, very false things and people don’t challenge them. I think they’re trying to be very politically correct, or fair and balanced, right, is the term -- fair and balanced. But I think they hurt themselves, if you want to know the truth.

About sums it up.

[_Gunnar]

Wow, Biden took Texas from Bernie who was leading in polls prior to Super Tuesday.

I was shocked that "Beto" lent his support to Biden rather than to Bernie. I thought O'Rourke was a bit more progressive than that. I'm sure that O'Rourke's endorsement of Biden was just enough to tip the balance against Bernie in Texas.

[_honorentheos]

Wow, Biden took Texas from Bernie who was leading in polls prior to Super Tuesday.

I was shocked that "Beto" lent his support to Biden rather than to Bernie. I thought O'Rourke was a bit more progressive than that. I'm sure that O'Rourke's endorsement of Biden was just enough to tip the balance against Bernie in Texas.

I'll say here what I said in the other thread. It doesn't matter that Bernie says he's going to be a good kind of socialist. One doesn't take control of major institutions such as healthcare without being an authoritarian to some extent because to be successful socializing institutions requires enforcement against opposition. A movement rather than a campaign that makes grinding anyone who doesn't agree with them under their heel isn't promoting a kinder, gentler socialism. It's just socialism.

I agree we need to improve the way society works for the majority of people. I thought Warren's approach was the most compatible with democratic ideals and grounded in genuine attempts to understand problems in order to take them on effectively with respect for the institutions of liberal Western democracy. I thought Klobuchar was the best candidate overall for her pragmatic sleeves rolled up, whistle while you work ability to get things done. I thought Buttigieg seemed decent as a candidate who understood government in a rare, impressive way. I could get behind Booker, Harris, Gillibrand, Yang, or any number of the candidates. Gabbard is the one I found the most problematic. And I'll end up voting for Sanders if he wins. But I don't think he's advocating for good ideas, was an incredibly ineffective rep and Senator, and has the real potential to be dangerous to democracy and individual liberty.

[_EAllusion]

Me too. I do think his stuttering gets in the way at times but I want to know if EAllusion has been seeing something more alarming recently that I haven't.

I don't have one single video that is a smoking gun, but rather an accumulation of memory lapses, inability to follow through an argument within a series of sentences, word-finding problems, etc. It's very stark when you compare him to 8 years ago. It's an open secret that he's losin' it. If you do a search for Biden and dementia, you'll find numerous examples of this, but any one video could just be a cherry-picked one-off. It's the accumulative effect that is concerning.

The media is going to cover this at some point, and because Trump gets ridiculously biased coverage in his favor that whitewashes his own mental problems, the effect is going to be giving voters a choice between someone who appears to have dementia and Donald Trump.

[_EAllusion]

... EAllusion has been seeing something more alarming recently that I haven't.

- Doc

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESIjWzpUYAAuATa.jpg

[_Some Schmo]

And I'll end up voting for Sanders if he wins. But I don't think he's advocating for good ideas, was an incredibly ineffective rep and Senator, and has the real potential to be dangerous to democracy and individual liberty.

Would you articulate how exactly Bernie is a threat to democracy and individual liberty? What exactly do you fear here?

Personally, I believe people have more freedom when they have their basic needs met. That's just me.

[_Gunnar]

It will be interesting to see who the eventual nominee picks as a running mate. Will it be one of the nominee's former fellow candidates, or someone who has not yet run for the Presidency?