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This disdain, you think it serves your cause, yes?The amount of people who will refuse to vote in a general election because Elizabeth Warren endorsed Hillary Clinton will literally be in the dozens.
This disdain, you think it serves your cause, yes?The amount of people who will refuse to vote in a general election because Elizabeth Warren endorsed Hillary Clinton will literally be in the dozens.
I think this is the fundamental difference here - I don't think Sanders is having this massive success story. I just think Sanders is very lucky that folks like Hickenlooper, Biden, Warner, Kaine, Brown, and so on, and so forth decided not to run for the nomination because Hillary decided to run.
If this was the typical Presidential nomination with 8 or 9 candidates, I think Sanders would be getting 10 to 15% of the vote. Great, but right now, he's the only vessel for anti-Clinton sentiment. I'm absolutely sure that you could do a Jay Leno or Jimmy Kimmel style segment finding people at Sanders rallies in Sanders t shirts who disagree with many of his stated policies.
Yes, and they used to burn witches too. Do you really want to compare today's white working class with the white working class of the 30s/40s?Then let me be perfectly clear. The anti-identity politics discussion going on in this thread right now is fucking revolting. Minorities are engaged in identity politics because they are being systematically abused because of those identities. It's not just a fucking party strategy you can turn off to gain a few more percentage points of white voters who would otherwise be scared off by brown faces looking angry just because they're being killed or deported and shit. These are real problems happening to real people in our country, and their voice needs to be heard, not hushed to avoid driving Johnny Dixiecrat further into the arms of Trump. They deserve representation, not marginalization. Not everything needs to be about god damn white people all the fucking time.
And this shit about white people magically being more tolerant of minorities if their economic needs were met? THEY THREW AWAY THE NEW DEAL BECAUSE BLACKS GOT TO SHARE. The most prosperous fucking time the white middle class EVER had was right before the CRA passed, and you seriously expect people to believe this horseshit that the only reason racism is a thing is because of economic inequality?
The mental contortions that people who are claiming to be such avowed leftists are making to support what is essentially a Southern Strategy Lite are just staggering. So you can't bring yourself to vote for a centrist Democrat, but you're cool with letting racial injustice slide as long as we get that extra 1% difference in economic policy that for some reason meets the threshold for true leftism. Talk about fucking identity politics.
Crux of the matter is that no one should ever be pressured into endorsing someone else by others during a primary. Warren will endorse who she wants when she wants.
Yes, and they used to burn witches too. Do you really want to compare today's white working class with the white working class of the 30s/40s?
And that will primarily be a politically motivated decision, not an idealistic one.Crux of the matter is that no one should ever be pressured into endorsing someone else by others during a primary. Warren will endorse who she wants when she wants.
Do you look at yourself? You're just anxious because the idea of a Warren endorsement of Hillary could upset the Bernie side and pull votes away from him, that's all. This arguing about how Warren would be turning her back on the movement she started, etc. is a disguise for your displeasure at losing support. It's because you're still attached to the idea that Bernie Sanders has a chance to actually win, and if Warren endorses Hillary that's when the dream shatters, so you'd rather she keep her mouth shut and let you dream longer.Holy fuck, and the people in this thread were criticizing Sanders fans for not focusing on electability! Do you guys even look at yourselves sometimes?
There is no reason to believe they've changed, lol. Trump has gotten a massive amount of the white working class the Democrats lost in the 60s on economic proposals that will fuck them far harder than any Reagan or Bush tax cuts just because Trump has said he will get rid of the brown people.
CBS/NYTimes (nationwide)
Hillary 48%
Sanders 41%
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Trump snatched Nate's soul, and now coming for his job.
You have no idea what you're talking about. I mean that with all due respect, but it's just true. There are about two or three candidates who would have detracted from Sanders' current share, and none of them are ones you named bar Brown. If Sanders was just an anti-Clinton sentiment, then when Biden dropped out, his votes would have gone to Sanders. They didn't, they went back to Clinton, because they are both establishment Democrats and thus represented a joint "not-Sanders" vote. You have the race entirely the wrong way round - if Hickenlooper, Biden, Warner, and Kaine were in the race, they would be draining from Clinton and Sanders would be leading by a country mile.
I wouldn't pressure her to do otherwise; I'm just pointing out she'd be shooting herself in the foot.
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Really? He's talking about shipping the African Americans back to Africa? Cuz that was a populist solution to the race issue once upon a time (Liberia says 'hi').There is no reason to believe they've changed, lol. Trump has gotten a massive amount of the white working class the Democrats lost in the 60s on economic proposals that will fuck them far harder than any Reagan or Bush tax cuts just because Trump has said he will get rid of the brown people.
Dems have opposed pretty much every cut to he new deal. Except welfare reform. I don't get the fact that they've not given any thing on the economic front. They also greatly expanded health care (that was undermined by the courts, help lead to lower energy prices, reduced a lot of the burden of student loans (loan forgiveness among other things).
This reads like a mix white paranoia, misunderstandings about minorities views on social issues, and general concern trolling.
Hispaniss and Asians are liberal on pretty much every social issue in this country. Gay marriage, abortion, welfare spending, racism etc.
The views of Hispanic registered voters are similar to those of white and black registered voterssome 49% of blacks and 53% of whites think abortion should be legal, while some 44% of blacks and 41% of whites think abortion should be illegal.
Looking at all Americans, regardless of their voter registration status, whites (54%) are more likely than blacks (47%) and Hispanics (44%) to think abortion should be legal. Among all Hispanics, 51% think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases, including 20% who think abortion should never be allowed.
On the issue of abortion, Hispanics overall have long been more likely to say it should be illegal in all or most cases. Over the last decade, this view has not changed much among all Hispanics, with between 51% and 57% saying abortion should be illegal in all or most cases (Pew Research Center, 2014c).16
This difference between Latino registered voters and all Latinos may reflect different views among U.S.-born and foreign-born Latinos, as most Latino registered voters were born in the U.S. Foreign-born Latinos oppose abortion by a margin of nearly 2-to-1: 60% say it should be illegal in all or most cases, while just 35% say it should be legal. By contrast, 51% of U.S.-born Latinos think abortion should be legal, while 43% think it should be illegal.
A survey of adults ages 18 to 35 released Friday by the Public Religion Research Institute found 54 percent of Latino millennials said abortion should be illegal in most or all cases. However, only 27 percent thought abortion was a critical issue compared to 55 percent who said access to health care is more important.
As is the case with other demographic groups, African Americans have become more supportive of same-sex marriage over the last decade. However, overall views are mixed: 51% of blacks oppose gays and lesbians marrying legally, while 41% are in favor. Majorities of whites (59%) and Hispanics (56%) now favor same-sex marriage. The racial differences in these opinions largely persist even when taking into account other factors, such as age, religious affiliation and attendance at religious services.
The unifying platforms of god, guns, gays and taxes don't seem like something I'd define as "identity politics." They unify in being anti-progress.
There's a lot of evidence to suggest that people on the god, guns and gays platform aren't really that enthused about the no taxes platform, though.
If I have to pound the economic message in order to get us to a place where I can stop black people from getting shot because they looked funny at a cop, or I can appoint a new SCOTUS judge to restore VRA; I'll freaking do it.
Yes, and Sanders gets a decent portion of those back - hence why he beats Trump by bigger margins than Clinton. No, they're not perfect, but one step at a time - first they buy into your economics, then, if that works, they might start believing you on other issues. Nobody's selling this as "every single poor white person will vote Sanders" - but a reasonable amount will to get progress going.
Sanders is losing anyway. I know this, it's just so very unlikely he wins. I don't care about Warren endorsing Clinton from Sanders' perspective, it would turn an initially tight loss into a wipe-out but the pressure has already been applied, so that's no loss. Genuinely, in the long run I care about establishing a powerful progressive movement within the Democratic party, and Warren is the strongest torch-bearer for that movement. I care *much* more about that.
You guys need to stop bringing this up. Not only is the polling this far out completely worthless, nobody really knows Bernie outside of the early primary states.
Let me tell you, and I know anecdotes aren't good arguments, but nobody in California is paying attention to the democrat primary. Just the other day someone asked me "wait, who is it again that's running against Hillary?"
Bernie is a generic D placeholder in national polls for the general election voters.
If you want to argue Bernie would attract those voters over Trump, you have to use philosophical or political arguments, not empirical ones because no reliable empirical data exists.
I guarantee you, if I conducted a national poll and put a fake name but a D next to it, it would beat Trump by the same Sanders vote or around it.
So first, I dispute this. Sanders is at 84% national recognition now (Clinton 96%). Secondly, even if you were right about this, which you're not, that tells you that Clinton polls *worse* than a generic (D). Don't you need to seriously reconsider how viable she is at that point?
Swing voters and undecideds are not usually moderates. You want an accurate example of swing voter? HUELEN. There is a fuck ton of information out there, easily enough to make a preference for one party or the other. Therefore most of the people who can't decide, can't decide because they have a crazy as fuck mish mash of god knows what priorities. Surprisingly (or perhaps not), many of these people like Sanders. He dominates Clinton among independents. Yes, you need these people - that's why you need Sanders.
National Recognition means "yeah, I've heard that name."
It does not mean "Yeah, I know what his policies are and his history is and pretty much exactly who he appears to be as a person and politician."
To the bold: no, because every well-known Democrat not named Bill Clinton would poll that way.
You should be looking to build a progressive movement outside the Democratic Party.
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No, it's more than that. That's 86% who felt informed enough to say very favourable/favourable/unfavourable/very unfavourable. I just disagree on your second point, because Sanders is now more well-known than perhaps any active Democratic politician not named Clinton/Obama/Biden/Warren, and he is not polling that way.
...what happened to the gay rights movement, exactly?
You should be looking to build a progressive movement outside the Democratic Party.
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...what happened to the gay rights movement, exactly? Or feminism? Or the environmental movement?
How is gay rights in a grave?
How does that even make sense?
EDIT: Ditto Feminism and the environmental movement.
Cruz talks about the first couple 100 terrorists introduced to their 72 virgins. "By the way, no one promised those virgins were women."
Chelsea Clinton made her way around New Hampshire today in attempt to convince voters that they should support her mother, Hillary Clinton, as the next president.
Bernie Sanders, Clinton's chief rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, is practically tied with Clinton in voter polls. He now leads Clinton by a slim margin in Iowa for the first time.
Until now, Chelsea Clinton has shied away from directly naming Sanders in her speeches. She took a shot at the Vermont senator when asked by a young voter how to best galvanize young Americans, who are excited about Sanders' candidacy.
The youngest Clinton was on the defensive. I never thought that I would be arguing about the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare in the Democratic primary, Clinton said at an event in Manchester. Senator Sanders wants to dismantle Obamacare, dismantle the CHIP program, dismantle Medicare and private insurance.
No, it's more than that. That's 86% who felt informed enough to say very favourable/favourable/unfavourable/very unfavourable. I just disagree on your second point, because Sanders is now more well-known than perhaps any active Democratic politician not named Clinton/Obama/Biden/Warren, and he is not polling that way.
Look at the dates. The point is that the Democratic Party co-opted the energy of those movements and delayed them as long as they could. Dems flipped on gay rights only when it was politically advantageous to do so. They didn't lead the charge, they co-opted the energy for electoral gains while holding back the movements themselves....what happened to the gay rights movement, exactly? Or feminism? Or the environmental movement?
Look at the dates. The point is that the Democratic Party co-opted the energy of those movements and delayed them as long as they could. Dems flipped on gay rights only when it was politically advantageous to do so. They didn't lead the charge, they co-opted the energy for electoral gains while holding back the movements themselves.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chelsea-clinton-takes-bernie-sanders/story?id=36245706
Even Chelsea is getting into the action, interesting tactic by the Clinton campaign.
Look at the dates. The point is that the Democratic Party co-opted the energy of those movements and delayed them as long as they could. Dems flipped on gay rights only when it was politically advantageous to do so. They didn't lead the charge, they co-opted the energy for electoral gains while holding back the movements themselves.
Right. And it was 'led' by the Democratic Party...Gay rights died even though it's the most successful left wing movements in the past few decades.
ETA - Racism was exploited to overturn the New Deal yes. But it wasn't racism , in the sense of "we hate black people", like you're putting forward. They created a mythical black person who was abusing the system and used that. It was exploiting a fear of Others taking from them. It's that ability to suggest unfairness that's the key. And yes racism makes people far more willing to accept that idea.
This is going to backfire terribly.
Damn, what a horrible day for Clinton Camp. The debate is going to be insane.
The success had nothing to do with the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party didn't actively fight for those causes, mass movements did. Starting in the '70s the gay community started working to 'normalize' gay culture which led to more people realizing that many of their friends, families, and neighbors were gay. That removed the threat of the 'other'. Gay activists did that, not the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party pushed 'don't ask, don't tell' and, if they were feeling frisky, 'civil unions'.so being co-opted and ultimately successful is the graveyard, I see
The success had nothing to do with the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party didn't actively fight for those causes, mass movements did. Starting in the '70s the gay community started working to 'normalize' gay culture which led to more people realizing that many of their friends, families, and neighbors were gay. That removed the threat of the 'other'. Gay activists did that, not the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party pushed 'don't ask, don't tell' and, if they were feeling frisky, 'civil unions'.
So, Breyer, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan became SC Justices to be the votes that helped make gay marriage legal nationwide by magic?
Maybe I'll attend an event to give her a piece of my mind.http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chelsea-clinton-takes-bernie-sanders/story?id=36245706
Even Chelsea is getting into the action, interesting tactic by the Clinton campaign.
Do you think the supreme court is responsible for civil rights era progress?So, Breyer, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan became SC Justices to be the votes that helped make gay marriage legal nationwide by magic?