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Bernie Sanders Announces White House Bid

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-candidates-are-there-now? dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)........is launching a second run for the White House in 2020." breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/19/bernie-sanders-2020-bid

"Reaction to the news was split......with some supporting the 77-year-old and others upset with the move." foxnews.com/politics/trump-campaign-pokes-fun-at-bernie-sanders-2020-announcement-as-reaction-splits-on-candidacy

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:43PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:43PM (#803554)

    I wonder how long until... "HRC announces White House bid"

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  • (Score: 2) by Snow on Tuesday February 19 2019, @06:46PM

    by Snow (1601) on Tuesday February 19 2019, @06:46PM (#803602) Journal

    Now THAT would actually surprise me.

  • (Score: 2, Troll) by julian on Tuesday February 19 2019, @08:27PM (2 children)

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 19 2019, @08:27PM (#803649)

    If I had a crystal ball and could see that she'd win, I'd want her to run again.

    It could actually be cathartic for the country. We'd be able to neutralize the worst segments of the US population. The most die-hard and violently psychotic Trumpists would try armed revolt against the "deep state" and would be killed or jailed; the blue-stripe American flag velcro patch on their Big-5 tacitcal vest unable to convince the police that they're on the same side. A wave of suicidal depression would sweep through Trump country, clearing out the less violent but still ideologically committed followers. And the remaining true believers would be so demoralized and abjectly defeated that they'd give up on politics. They'd barely be able to stomach the humiliation required to roll their mobility scooter into the doctor's office and, hat in hand and ashamed, present their HillaryCare card to receive free treatment for their Oxy addiction.

    After 4 years you'd not be able to find a single person willing to admit they voted for or even supported Trump. Some former supporters would indulge in the casuistry of claiming he was never a *real* Republican to begin with.

    "He was from NYC after all. Did you know he was registered Democrat most of his life?" one former rube would say to another while installing solar panels on the roof of some school in West Virginia.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:25PM (#803686)

      Before all that could happen, we'd need to neutralize these guys: https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/christianity/8-richest-pastors-in-america.aspx?p=2 [beliefnet.com]

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday February 23 2019, @01:56PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday February 23 2019, @01:56PM (#805562) Journal

      We'd be able to neutralize the worst segments of the US population. The most die-hard and violently psychotic Trumpists would try armed revolt against the "deep state" and would be killed or jailed; the blue-stripe American flag velcro patch on their Big-5 tacitcal vest unable to convince the police that they're on the same side.

      I think you're not thinking through how many of them there are, and how ready they are for you to decide they need to be "neutralized." I think you're also not thinking through who the kinds of people are who choose law enforcement or military careers; I'll give you a hint: their primary interests are not baking and intersectional feminism.

      Given the tenor of your post, it seems you live your life in a bubble that does not bring you into contact with such people; you need to get out more. Travel the highways and byways of the US and see how quickly enthusiasm for the world you posit evaporates. Three months before the 2016 election I was on an 8500 mile road trip around the country, from coast-to-coast, from corner-to-corner. There were MAGA signs everywhere, even in the bluest places like outside Madison, WI and Seattle, WA, and not a single one with "Hillary" on it except one in southwestern Colorado that read, "Hillary for prison 2016."

      In other words, nobody voted for Hillary. There were only some people who voted against Trump.

      --
      Washington DC delenda est.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:10PM (#803673)

    I wonder how long until... "HRC announces White House bid"

    Hopefully soon. The last election was stolen from her by russian hackers after all, but now it's her turn.