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Ifreann wrote:

Bienenhalde wrote:Sanders is far to the left of Obama. They are not comparable at all.

That's their secret, Cap, Republicans call everything they don't like socialism

Zurkerx wrote:Sanders continues to lead but Buttigieg is second. Sanders is benefiting from Warren's fall while Buttigieg is benefiting from Biden's fall. The breakdown:

Sanders 28%
Buttigieg 21%
Biden 11%
Warren 9%
Gabbard 6%
Klobuchar 5%
Steyer 3%
Yang 3%

Likely Sanders will win but his margin of victory might be smaller.

Ifreann wrote:

Bienenhalde wrote:Sanders is far to the left of Obama. They are not comparable at all.

That's their secret, Cap, Republicans call everything they don't like socialism

Cisairse wrote:

Ifreann wrote:That's their secret, Cap, Republicans call everything they don't like socialism

I, for one, cannot wait for Tucker Carlson to start calling Sanders a Muslim (even though he isn't christian in the first place) who was born in Ukraine.

Ifreann wrote:

Cisairse wrote:
I, for one, cannot wait for Tucker Carlson to start calling Sanders a Muslim (even though he isn't christian in the first place) who was born in Ukraine.

Sanders is a well known Ukrainian Muslim name.

United States of Devonta wrote:

Zurkerx wrote:Sanders continues to lead but Buttigieg is second. Sanders is benefiting from Warren's fall while Buttigieg is benefiting from Biden's fall. The breakdown:

Sanders 28%
Buttigieg 21%
Biden 11%
Warren 9%
Gabbard 6%
Klobuchar 5%
Steyer 3%
Yang 3%

Likely Sanders will win but his margin of victory might be smaller.

Biden is hitting Mayor Pete hard now trying to get back support. But I do worry about NH. Bernie needs to campaign hard the next couple of days.

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:

Ifreann wrote:That's their secret, Cap, Republicans call everything they don't like socialism

I wish that all those theories saying that Obama is a socialist were actually true...sadly, he's just a neoliberal war criminal.

USS Monitor wrote:

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:

I wish that all those theories saying that Obama is a socialist were actually true...sadly, he's just a neoliberal war criminal.

At this point calling someone a "neoliberal war criminal" is about as meaningful as the GOP calling them a socialist.

I've never met anybody that self-identified as a "neoliberal" unless they were doing it as a self-deprecating joke. It's not an ideology that people subscribe to as much as it's a handy slur for left-leaning people to insult other left-leaning people when they don't screech loud enough about the establishment being evil and 2016 primaries being rigged.

Ifreann wrote:

Bienenhalde wrote:Sanders is far to the left of Obama. They are not comparable at all.

That's their secret, Cap, Republicans call everything they don't like socialism

Bienenhalde wrote:

Ifreann wrote:That's their secret, Cap, Republicans call everything they don't like socialism

Yeah, but only people who are already hardcore Republicans anyway actually fall for that nonsense.

Bienenhalde wrote:

Ifreann wrote:That's their secret, Cap, Republicans call everything they don't like socialism

Yeah, but only people who are already hardcore Republicans anyway actually fall for that nonsense.

Tarsonis wrote:

Bienenhalde wrote:Yeah, but only people who are already hardcore Republicans anyway actually fall for that nonsense.

You sound like a socialist

Cisairse wrote:

Tarsonis wrote:
You sound like a socialist

Did you just say "socialist"? Aha, I knew you were a socialist.

Galloism wrote:

Alien Space Bats wrote:Or are you talking about progressivity in the technical sense, wherein we charge a higher rate as wealth levels increase? Because that kind of tax is extremely dangerous, from an economic POV.

Ok, so please consider me ignorant on economics (unironically, it's the only class I ever got a C in), but why is this the case?

Gormwood wrote:

Bienenhalde wrote:Yeah, but only people who are already hardcore Republicans anyway actually fall for that nonsense.

There are farmers screwed by the trade war and miners getting jack shit saying they'd vote for Trump again anyways. The entire boomer base is hardcore by default.

San Lumen wrote:

Gormwood wrote:There are farmers screwed by the trade war and miners getting jack shit saying they'd vote for Trump again anyways. The entire boomer base is hardcore by default.

Farmers it seems will vote Republican no matter what. You could nominate my dog in some rural districts and he or she would be elected simply because there is an R next to their name

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:

San Lumen wrote:
Farmers it seems will vote Republican no matter what. You could nominate my dog in some rural districts and he or she would be elected simply because there is an R next to their name

You could make Karl Marx a Republican and Richard Spencer a Democrat and they would still vote for Marx. Teleporting those folks before the party switch would be an amazing headspin for them tbh.

San Lumen wrote:

Gormwood wrote:There are farmers screwed by the trade war and miners getting jack shit saying they'd vote for Trump again anyways. The entire boomer base is hardcore by default.

Farmers it seems will vote Republican no matter what. You could nominate my dog in some rural districts and he or she would be elected simply because there is an R next to their name

San Lumen wrote:

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:You could make Karl Marx a Republican and Richard Spencer a Democrat and they would still vote for Marx. Teleporting those folks before the party switch would be an amazing headspin for them tbh.

Very true as much as I dont want it to be. In rural Nevada a deceased brothel owner got elected in 2018 despite voters being informed he was deceased at polling stations in accordance with state law.

Cisairse wrote:

San Lumen wrote:
Farmers it seems will vote Republican no matter what. You could nominate my dog in some rural districts and he or she would be elected simply because there is an R next to their name

Republicans will literally elect a dead pimp over a Democrat.

San Lumen wrote:

Cisairse wrote:
Republicans will literally elect a dead pimp over a Democrat.

It is truly unbelievable to me that people can be that partisan they would vote for a deceased person

Tarsonis wrote:

San Lumen wrote:
It is truly unbelievable to me that people can be that partisan they would vote for a deceased person

So you can't fathom the way you yourself think? Because you're exactly that partisan.

San Lumen wrote:

Cisairse wrote:
Republicans will literally elect a dead pimp over a Democrat.

It is truly unbelievable to me that people can be that partisan they would vote for a deceased person

Cisairse wrote:

San Lumen wrote:
It is truly unbelievable to me that people can be that partisan they would vote for a deceased person

And he won with a pretty wide margin, too.

Gormwood wrote:

Bienenhalde wrote:Yeah, but only people who are already hardcore Republicans anyway actually fall for that nonsense.

There are farmers screwed by the trade war and miners getting jack shit saying they'd vote for Trump again anyways. The entire boomer base is hardcore by default.