Primary does not equal General. When it comes time to oppose Trump, there will be plenty of excitement.
And... what turnout? It's a freaking caucus. Isn't that just a set list of invited delegates?
If Iowa is not an anomaly and turnout continues at this pace during the primary, then we're in trouble in November.
Primary does not equal General. When it comes time to oppose Trump, there will be plenty of excitement.
Unfortunately, there this large group of my guy or will wreck your guys chances of winning people out there. You know who you are.I'm going to plant hope that there's an unknown number of "anyone but Trump" Democrats/independents that aren't showing up for caucuses and will in November. They don't care who is the democrat choice and will pull the lever for anyone but Trump. But at this point I have no idea. I wasn't expecting the Bernie surge. But I'm still not sure if I fully believe it.
Except it did, in 2008, 2016, and 2018. In all three cases, primary turnout was a predictor of general election turnout. Maybe this time will be different. I certainly hope so.
No, the actual definition of the word Socialism would relate to Government taking over and directly owning / controlling all business in a nation. People would still own private property, but there would be no private business. Republicans have bastardized the term so badly... that modern use of it relates to even having a government at all. Then the morons go further still and just call everyone Communists.
Bernie Sanders and company have taking to calling for "Democratic-Socialism" which is more or less what you describe. But the meaning of the word is shattered.
It has also many successes. If you judged Capitalism the same, you'd find out it had its' failures and successes as well.
Find me a capitalist corollary to the Great Leap Forward.
Sure, something like that in its pure form,
Socialism vs. Communism: How Are They Different?
Find out the difference between communism and socialism, two related but distinct political theories and systems.www.thoughtco.com
however when your rightwingers point to Scandinavia and Europe and claim Socialism ... its really not. Socialized healthcare and a public sector for the people and a capatalistic economic policy to fund it. Quite brilliantly taking the best from "both sides".
What would you call British colonialism if not an expansion of capitalism? East India company ring a bell?
What part of slavery can you separate from capitalism?
What specifically are you referring to?
Capitalism is the free exchange of goods. Slavery is in essence a forceful seizure. That's pretty easily separated. Communism, by far, has more in common with slavery than capitalism.
What specifically are you referring to?
Capitalism is the free exchange of goods. Slavery is in essence a forceful seizure. That's pretty easily separated.
Primary does not equal General. When it comes time to oppose Trump, there will be plenty of excitement.
And... what turnout? It's a freaking caucus. Isn't that just a set list of invited delegates?
Capitalism is the free exchange of goods. Slavery is in essence a forceful seizure. That's pretty easily separated. Communism, by far, has more in common with slavery than capitalism.
Your willful ignorance was expected.
Gerard Niemira, a veteran of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, is the head of Shadow. He previously served as chief technology officer and chief operating officer of Acronym, according to his LinkedIn page. In 2019, David Plouffe, one of the chief architects of President Barack Obama’s wins, joined the board of advisers for Acronym.
Acronym spokesman Kyle Tharp put out a statement distancing the group from Shadow, saying that Acronym is merely an investor in the for-profit company.
During the 2016 presidential election, Niemira served as the Senior Product Manager and the Director of Product for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Shadow has also been retained for digital services by Buttigieg’s campaign, which paid the company $42,500 for software-related services last July, and by Joe Biden’s campaign, which paid Shadow $1,225 for text messaging services, last July as well.
Shadow was launched by former staffers to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, including Niemira, Krista Davis, Ahna Rao, and James Hickey, according to professional biographies listed on LinkedIn. Shadow did not respond to a request for comment.
You won't answer the question? Good heavens it wasn't even a challenge, just a request for clarification.
I guess Huffpost is a conservative rag that's unreliable now....
Shadow, a Democratic tech firm, created the app that was supposed to deliver quicker caucus results.
A second source that confirms the HuffPo information
then Lee Fang has more detail....
New Details Show How Deeply Iowa Caucus App Developer Was Embedded in Democratic Establishment
Nothing to see here though... after all it was just a technical glitch that just happened to occur in the first contest in the primary of arguably the most important election in at least 50 years.
If nothing else this snafu just shows us that glitchy perhaps insecure software doesn't really have place in our elections now perhaps not ever....
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I will say this, the DNC is determined to not let Sanders win. They would rather have another 4 years of Trump.
I will say this, the DNC is determined to not let Sanders win. They would rather have another 4 years of Trump.
Conspiracy theory? I wonder who else would enjoy such a thing.
You would think after 2016 such narratives would be obvious for what they are but I guess not.
I would go farther in Sanders defense: What Perknose advocates are practical platitudes for winning in a country where true Democracy is dead and will stay dead until the real meaning of Socialism is understood to mean taking back control of the country to address the needs of average people. How like an elitist Socialist Jew to lead in a cause like that how how willing we all are to crucify him before suggests on earth as in heaven. We walk the land of the spidery dead whose webs could our vision and plug up our ears. For the dead there is only awakening via spiritual revolution. In this land of the blind, let the one eyed man be king. Socialism is the opposite of narcissism.You are basing your arguments off Baby Boomer politics. Millenials are now the biggest voting block in America. They don't hate the word "socialist" like the Boomers do, instead they hate the word establishment. As I stated in another thread, I think its highly unlikely that Trump beats any candidate, but the idea that Sanders can't win is ridiculous. There is no denying the country is going through a significant, populist wave right now, and the Dems won't fare as well if they continue to fight it.
Additionally, I think it is short sighted of the Dems to focus exclusively on removing Trump from office. If we just return to business as usual, and fail to address the issues that have been plaguing the working class for the last several decades and continue to build, we very well could end up with Trump 2.0 in the near future, and its possible that this one will come with a functional brain.