Online image. Where? When? Those facts were not online with the image. Still - Mayors Pete and Mike likely envy that talent Bernie shows to pack a house with people who want what Bernie is discussing. All of US is what the campaign is about; while all of THEM are in Bernie Bashing mode. You can judge a man by the opposition he generates. Bless the two short mayors.
NOTE: Moda Center is in Portland, and the "Bernie 2016" sign together give time and place, as being from last cycle. Whenever, it's a DeadHead sized crowd (likely as enthusiastic too). There's been no reporting of Sanders drawing tinier crowds in 2020, so regard the image as representative. And what's Bloomberg offering? Instead of Feel The Bern, it's Feel His Scorn when Mayor Mike talks in public. As if he's a man giving so much by taking the time to talk down to voters.
Friday, February 28, 2020
Bloomberg - self definition by friendships and how he views criminality.
Two under-appreciated short videos. Here and here, The man has a social side, not all business in accruing sixty billion. The videos need more viewing, so have at it. In the second item, I do not know whether some photo content was photoshopped or not, but proud alliances go before the fall.
This does not seem photoshopped:
Nor this.
Quality New York people, schmoozing. You can make it nationwide.
This does not seem photoshopped:
Nor this.
Quality New York people, schmoozing. You can make it nationwide.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Steve Timmer at left.mn posts again and forcefully against flat-out dumb mining as a major real and political threat to all Minnesotans, all who populate the earth not named Tom Bakk or Walz.
This link. No excerpting. Read it in its entirety. It is truth written to counter bullshit. To counter fourteen years of it.
"'Why would you have a call for the two women to get out when you have two billionaires in the race?' she [Klobuchar] said in a reference to Bloomberg and Steyer. [...] Both Steyer and Bloomberg have the personal fortune to continue well into the contest, although neither has identified a state they say they can win."
Headlining above is from Strib's carrying, "'Why would I get out?': Democrats brush off calls to quit - By SARA BURNETT Associated Press - February 25, 2020 — 12:05am
Career money magnets dis career politicians, and vice versa. Read all about it. Again, this link. Put another way, Bloomberg has the gall to tell those who have run and won some office, to get out of his buck-greased way. What a shit. Yes, he was elected three times as mayor of New York City. Big deal. A New Yorker like Trump. Only shorter, but with as big a chip on his shoulder. Steyer at least makes himself less hate-worthy, by being nondescript. There is no giant cause to dislike Steyer's manners. Real people won't vote for Bloomberg.
Bernie leads going into Super Tuesday. The guess here is Bernie will lead coming out of Super Tuesday. But it's a guess, and we'll have certainty after only a few days. Bloomberg at a guess will not get out even if hammered on Super Tuesday. He can aim to accumulate enough delegates to cause mischief for Bernie and the Democratic Party, with that Party itself being fit by personalities to cause more than enough mischief for Bernie; Clintonista grudges and all.
BOTTOM LINE: What does Bloomberg bring to the table for the 99%? "As much as Mayor Pete" is not much of an answer. Neither presents any cause for regular people to back their elitist personas. Both are smoke and mirror panderers. Both are as status quo as Joe and as AKlo. Let them fight it out.
If forced to back a billionaire or Mayor Pete or AKlo, Steyer seems the least status quo of that bunch.
Biden? Get real. Joe is like handing Trump four more on a silver platter.
Warren is still in the contest and is the second best choice in thinking here, while she also is the best choice among a substantial percentage of progressives. She should stay, as the only sane brokered convention backup choice the damned party has. And as a sensible opportunity for the Party to run a woman and win. Which is faint praise, far less praise than she has earned, over time, praiseworthiness being an area where both Mayor B choices are lacking, based on comparative records.
Career money magnets dis career politicians, and vice versa. Read all about it. Again, this link. Put another way, Bloomberg has the gall to tell those who have run and won some office, to get out of his buck-greased way. What a shit. Yes, he was elected three times as mayor of New York City. Big deal. A New Yorker like Trump. Only shorter, but with as big a chip on his shoulder. Steyer at least makes himself less hate-worthy, by being nondescript. There is no giant cause to dislike Steyer's manners. Real people won't vote for Bloomberg.
Bernie leads going into Super Tuesday. The guess here is Bernie will lead coming out of Super Tuesday. But it's a guess, and we'll have certainty after only a few days. Bloomberg at a guess will not get out even if hammered on Super Tuesday. He can aim to accumulate enough delegates to cause mischief for Bernie and the Democratic Party, with that Party itself being fit by personalities to cause more than enough mischief for Bernie; Clintonista grudges and all.
BOTTOM LINE: What does Bloomberg bring to the table for the 99%? "As much as Mayor Pete" is not much of an answer. Neither presents any cause for regular people to back their elitist personas. Both are smoke and mirror panderers. Both are as status quo as Joe and as AKlo. Let them fight it out.
If forced to back a billionaire or Mayor Pete or AKlo, Steyer seems the least status quo of that bunch.
Biden? Get real. Joe is like handing Trump four more on a silver platter.
Warren is still in the contest and is the second best choice in thinking here, while she also is the best choice among a substantial percentage of progressives. She should stay, as the only sane brokered convention backup choice the damned party has. And as a sensible opportunity for the Party to run a woman and win. Which is faint praise, far less praise than she has earned, over time, praiseworthiness being an area where both Mayor B choices are lacking, based on comparative records.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
When you discount Chicken Little rhetoric (of which there is plenty), what do knowledgeable people have to say about Single Payer potential in America?
It would save people money. Coverage would be better. More would be covered. See, WaPo, The Lancet, MSN.COM, Yale News, NewsWeek, PLOS, and iflsckence.com.
Truth vs MSNBC, the GOP, the White House, and Mitch saying "Your taxes will go up, scorn, scorn, scorn"? With the web full of conflicting rhetoric, figure what to trust. Also, however, because the future is hard to predict, exercise judgment in what to think and believe. Keep an open mind.
Truth vs MSNBC, the GOP, the White House, and Mitch saying "Your taxes will go up, scorn, scorn, scorn"? With the web full of conflicting rhetoric, figure what to trust. Also, however, because the future is hard to predict, exercise judgment in what to think and believe. Keep an open mind.
Super Tuesday for some, "Money Says - Now's Bloomberg's Chance."
That is what the badging means, isn't it? No matter what color your peacock, Mike's money is green and Chris Matthews is not color blind.
Bernie says AIPAC is biased; AIPAC gets in a snit; Breitbart publishes; so where is truth?
AIPAC will convene March 1-3, 2020, in DC as its latest annual lobbying get-together, to play naked politics without admitting it to be that.
Breitbart, here. Giving quotes, Sanders tweeted:
People living together is not a bad goal, and balance is needed to assure such an outcome.
AIPAC response, per Breitbart:
Let's parse that - outrageous, odious, shameful of Bernie to be in any way critical of what Bernie calls a "platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights," and which AIPAC in desceribing itself calls a,"mainstream, bipartisan American political event." So, where is truth about AIPAC's scrupulous participation in bipartisanship?
While opinions can differ, it sure looks and smells to me going into the AIPAC confab next month like a "platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights." You have to say, Mike Pence is Mike Pence, and having him as featured speaker is not shunning bias. What's it look and smell like to you? In an election year?
Breitbart, here. Giving quotes, Sanders tweeted:
The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the Palestinian people. I remain concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights. For that reason I will not attend their conference.
As president, I will support the right of both Israelis and Palestinians and do everything possible to bring peace and security to the region.
People living together is not a bad goal, and balance is needed to assure such an outcome.
AIPAC response, per Breitbart:
Senator Sanders has never attended our conference and that is evident from his outrageous comment. In fact, many of his own Senate and House Democratic colleagues and leaders speak from our platform to the over 18,000 Americans from widely diverse backgrounds — Democrats, Republicans, Jews, Christians, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, progressives, Veterans, students, members of the LGBTQ+ community — who participate in the conference to proclaim their support for the U.S.-Israel relationship.
By engaging in such an odious attack on this mainstream, bipartisan American political event, Senator Sanders is insulting his very own colleagues and the millions of Americans who stand with Israel. Truly shameful.
Let's parse that - outrageous, odious, shameful of Bernie to be in any way critical of what Bernie calls a "platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights," and which AIPAC in desceribing itself calls a,"mainstream, bipartisan American political event." So, where is truth about AIPAC's scrupulous participation in bipartisanship?
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| Scruples? Bipartisan? Image source: https://event.aipac.org/policyconference |
While opinions can differ, it sure looks and smells to me going into the AIPAC confab next month like a "platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights." You have to say, Mike Pence is Mike Pence, and having him as featured speaker is not shunning bias. What's it look and smell like to you? In an election year?
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