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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 3, 2020 14:03:42 GMT -8
These assholes just go to proving the claim that man is a political animal. I’ve long resisted the notion. But as the years role by, I can see that it is the guiding light for most…to some extent.
Truth? Justice? Obectivity? Common Sense? Common decency? These matter little to the mind who uses obfuscation and a crown of not-deeply-held philosophy in order to garner money, praise, and praise.
Trump may be an ass, but he’s clearly not motivated primarily by needing the leftist media to love him. This is the God of these Kristol types who apparently bow to no other God.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 3, 2020 14:50:53 GMT -8
I have been waiting for this.
In other words, Michelle Obama. Whoever ends up the Dim nominee will very likely have Michelle forced on him. A woman with no talents and fewer accomplishments.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 4, 2020 9:39:14 GMT -8
I was listening to Mark Steyn doing Rush’s show this morning and learned that Doomberg quit the race. He couldn’t buy enough votes with his money apparently so he is now endorsing Biden.
I totally agree with Rush’s take on this yesterday. Everyone expected Biden to win the South Carolina primary. But now the Democrat Establishment is aligning behind him and re-interpreting his victory. The article (from The LA Times via Apple News) I’m reading states:
The Democrat media is working overtime to blow life into Biden's campaign at the expense of Crazy Bernie.
The article notes “The billionaire spend a whopping $676 million as of Tuesday, or about 1% of his net worth, but won only American Samoa and its five delegates.”
That works out to $135,200,000 per delegate. Ouch.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 4, 2020 9:52:42 GMT -8
Not a lot which was terribly surprising happened last night. It might be mildly surprising that Bernie didn't win Mass. and Maine, but it is not amazing. Biden was clearly going to win in the South, and Bernie was going to win in the West.
Given Bernie's popularity in Iowa and Biden winning Minnesota, I am curious as to how the Midwest will vote.
The biggest problem facing the Dims would appear to be the question of a brokered convention as it is very possible that neither Bernie nor Biden will gain enough delegates to win outright on the first ballot. Fauxcahontis's actions will likely be important in this case.
I would love nothing more than a brokered convention during which the Bernie Braindead get into violent arguments with Biden's Braindead. I had thought Bloomberg would be Braindead enough to keep wasting his money and have a say at the convention, but his hundreds-of-millions did not attract enough Braindead boosters to carry him along.
Can you imagine the promises and threats made and being made? Positions in a future Biden administration and arranging to pay off all campaign debt, for example. And who knows what dirt the DNC holds on each candidate?
It seems everyone has forgotten Joe's Ukrainian problems, which are not going away. Apparently, the Ukrainian government has opened an inquiry into his and Hunter's dealings in Burisma.
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Post by timothylane on Mar 4, 2020 10:06:20 GMT -8
Doomberg didn't quite do as badly as Brad says. He did win some delegates elsewhere, but far fewer than people seem to have predicted. He even came in second in Colorado and Utah, though the Yellow Jester seems to have passed him in California. (Only 52% was counted there as of this morning.) Just like the graphic that had Blonde Squaw With Empty Head getting the same number of delegates as Tulsi Gabbard (one) is just a joke. She actually qualified for delegates in two states (Maine and Taxachusetts).
The main surprise is simple: a remarkably large number of voters decided in the last day or so, and they favored the Yellow Jester by a huge margin. This changed several states from Bolshie Bernie to the Yellow Jester, aided by the Blonde Squaw staying in to keep Bolshie Bernie's votes down. This no doubt is why she's staying in, unlike Doomberg.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 4, 2020 11:40:30 GMT -8
If we could combine some smoke, some flames, some policemen on horseback and I’m all-in on that.
No disrespect to Jews, but I just got done declining a job for a Jewish customer because he was busting my balls on price for something he needed in a rush. I just wasn’t going to take the chance of missing the deadline for his retirement ceremony for this weekend so declined the job via email and recommended he go to Staples. But he still had to call me back and berate me “I thought you said you could get it done in two days?” Well, if he’d been a little nicer and wasn’t squeezing me for every penny. I have to make a living too and I most definitely don't want to pooch someone's retirement ceremony just because someone bullied me into a deadline that was risky, at best. He had "problem client" written all over him and the favors go out the door, particularly when we're talking about such a small job.
So it’s amazing to see Bloomberg, the Jew, spending so much and getting so little. It certainly doesn’t play into the stereotype that I experienced today. But stereotypes are often broken (although they almost never are for Asians who are looking for printing…they are far worse than any Jew I’ve ever run into, and this is generally understood by those in the industry to be just the way it is).
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 4, 2020 11:48:55 GMT -8
This Site has an updated delegate count. Apparently Doomberg won 52 which brings the price-per-delegate down to a near bargain at $13,000,000 each.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 4, 2020 11:57:16 GMT -8
Mark Steyn was speculating that Crazy Bernie's praise for Castro really hurt him.
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 4, 2020 12:01:19 GMT -8
"Heh, I want something extra for less!" is a quite common refrain from many. I think the appropriate reply is something along the line, "People in hell want ice water. Neither they nor you are going to get what you want from me."
My old boss's philosophy in such dealings was "The worst they can say is no." To which I replied, "Not true. They can say fuck you and never do business with you again."
I have nothing against a little haggling, but some people don't have the self-awareness or politeness to know when they have gone over the line.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 4, 2020 14:23:04 GMT -8
Me neither, and I make deals all of the time. But this guy had some passive-aggressive shtick to him. He’s in the military (which I learned upon an email exchange). He also wanted a military discount. Fine. I would have done all that but the problem was the time frame. And this guy being sort of a passive-aggressive ass, he bought himself no latitude.
My brother thinks it wasn’t about him being Jewish but about him being a commander of some type (which he is). Maybe, but his own father-in-law was a nuclear sub commander and you’ve never met a nicer guy. Doesn’t mean he doesn’t kick ass when he needs to. Maybe that’s one reason he rose to the level he did and this guy didn’t quite.
On the topic of Jews, I was listening to a little Michael Medved and he noted a large group of rabbis sent Crazy Bernie some kind of letter letting them know they were displeased with him. Way to go sane rabbis. We need more men of moral quality such as this.
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Post by timothylane on Mar 4, 2020 18:49:31 GMT -8
It seems that the current vote totals show that Bolshie Bernie and the Yellow Jester were 1st and 2nd in all 14 states, with the latter winning 10-4. The Blonde Squaw and Doomberg were 3rd and 4th in all 14, with the latter leading 9-5. Interestingly, the Blonde Squaw led Doomberg in the states beginning with "M" or "V" and trailed in the rest.
Thus, the only candidates to come in 1st or 2nd in any state were Bolshie Bernie (18 states), the Yellow Jester (16 states), and Battygeek (2 states). There are reports that Bolshie Bernie and the Blonde Squaw are talking about possibly uniting their efforts. If the bulk of her vote would have gone to him, he would probably have split the Super Tuesday states about evenly. But we don't know how much he would really have gained or gain in the future, and of course she stayed in hoping to get somewhere at least in her home state or her native state (Oklahoma, where she came in 4th).
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 5, 2020 9:02:18 GMT -8
Hey, at least Butt-gig is out. The thought expressed on Rush’s show was that the Democrats want to save him for a rainy day and not tarnish him by the man-kisser going further in this dead-end (for him) contest.
But I really think it’s the last we’ve seen of Butt-gig on the national stage. Whether Crazy Bernie wilts and Joe Biden surges, I don’t know. But it’s distinct possibility. Senile might be preferable to crazy to a lot of voters.
Remember the nasty moderators asking Reagan questions about his age? Will anyone ask Biden, “Do you know what state you are in today?”
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Post by timothylane on Mar 5, 2020 10:38:38 GMT -8
Blonde Squaw With Empty Head has also left. Finishing third or fourth everywhere isn't enough to go on.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 5, 2020 11:16:03 GMT -8
Lie-awatha remains one of my favorite names for her. But it's hard to beat Fauxcahontas. Other's dredged from the web worth noting are: Taxes With Abandon Hiataxa Occupy TeaPee Princess Lunarbat Dances with Ward Churchill Partcohontas Sack of Jawea
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Post by artraveler on Mar 5, 2020 11:23:23 GMT -8
What all the also-rans are admitting is that the business model of running for office is no linger working. For Burnie and Biden it still produces profits and we can expect the drama to continue most likely until the convention.
Running for office is a business just like any other. That is why so many people have jumped in since 2012 17 republicans and 24/25 democrats. Collectively that makes 42 people who say they are capable of managing the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. Of these only one has been elected and has the job, one who didn't need the money or the power.
The other 41 people did not risk anything except embarrassment. They hired staff and spent millions on advertising their brand and failed to get elected, but they did not fail financially. All of them, even the cretin Beto walked away with millions in their pockets. Running for office is just another way of getting rich. The donor class will take tax exemptions and kickbacks making the transfer of wealth relatively painless while the so-called small donors foot the bill.
Bloomberg when he announced had a net worth of 52 billion and now his net worth is 63 billion. The almost 1 billion he spent over the last few months is just a rounding error. The same is true for the rest of the field, all are richer for the effort than when they started. In 2024 we may see as many as 50 candidates running to be president. Perhaps all unsuccessful candidates should be forced into bankruptcy when they give up? Or maybe summary execution?
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Post by kungfuzu on Mar 5, 2020 11:37:31 GMT -8
The honest candidate's campaign motto, "either way, I win and you lose."
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Post by timothylane on Mar 5, 2020 11:51:02 GMT -8
Lieawatha and Fauxcahontas are probably the favorites. Of course, I have my own, Blonde Squaw With Empty Head. The latter part reflects some of her 2012 comments, which reveal her deficient intelligence. There's also Chief Slinging Bull, and I suppose someone might have come up with something like Crazy Mare. Another is Gray Beaver, which she might find especially insulting.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 5, 2020 12:00:10 GMT -8
That’s a very interesting idea, Artler. I would love to read some statistics on this. Does a guy like Butt-gig run not only because of his ego butt because of his bank account? Honestly, I don’t know. I’ve love to see some hard figures on this. How much of the donations can they keep, for instance? In other cases, such as Bloomberg, he’s taking a big hit running for the presidency ($676 million). That’s a lot to spend to basically scratch the itch of Trump-hate, although he had to figure if Trump could just waltz into a weak field and win, he could do it too. This article says that trump spend about $66 million of his own money, plus other expenses (such as his private jet). And “At the same time, the billionaire was able to draw about $280 million from small donors giving $200 or less.” I don’t know if Bloomberg got that kind of grassroots financial support. What was funny is that during Jeopardy! last night there was a Bloomberg ad. These are obviously scheduled and/or paid for ahead-of-time, so pulling them may be more difficult than you’d think. But it still was a cringe-worthy moment watching this feigned-optimism commercial when he had already called it quits. I would truly be interested in how much cash Butt-gig walked away with, if he walked away with any. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Mar 5, 2020 12:03:53 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Mar 5, 2020 12:23:42 GMT -8
Actually, it used to be legal to convert leftover donations to personal use after a campaign was over, but I think that ended many years ago. That doesn't mean it never happens, of course. And there certainly are ways to use campaign cash for personal use if it can reasonably be called a campaign expense. Meanwhile, the politicians are still drawing their full salaries.
Someone suggested that Tulsi Gabbard was doing something like this. With little campaign infrastructure, she only needs enough donations to campaign on someone else's dime while collecting her House salary. She certainly has known for a considerable time that she was going nowhere. But who knows, if she stays in she might get another delegate (or more) from Guam. Maybe even from her home state of Hawaii, though the party hierarchy doesn't like her. And she already has more delegates than Camelface Harris, Cory Bugger, Julian Castro, Tom Steyer, John Delaney, Mike Gravel, Jay Inslee, Steve Bollocks, Fork-tongued Devil Gillibrand, Deval Patrick, Marianne Williamson, Yang the Nauseous, and I don't recall who else -- added together.
Doomberg accepted no donations from anyone, unlike Trump, Yang, and Steyer.
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