2020 Election Thread (formerly: 2020 Presidential Candidates Thread) (Part 1)

If Clinton proposed ponies for every child under 6, Sanders would promise universal unicorns

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Kauffmann is a Democratic strategist. He is a former adviser to Hillary Clinton.

That explains why he’s using talking points straight out of her “looking back at 2016” book tour. Christ am I sick of that line. Universal healthcare is not a fucking unicorn!

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"our candidate should’ve won because she had detailed plans to get specific bills through congress"

no, no, so much no, that’s not why people vote for candidates, or what they want from a president

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A gentle reminder for the pundits - electable means that you win elections.

That is all.

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Lots more in thread:

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Once again: a party that nominates a man like this deserves to lose.

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Krugman says Bernie calls himself a socialist, but (while I obviously haven’t heard every word he’s spoken) I’ve only heard him calling himself a democratic socialist.

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https://twitter.com/roguesultaan/status/1228108191994482688?s=21

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In a better world, Castro would still be in the race and Biden and Bloomberg gone.

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In the best race he and Elizabeth would be running neck and neck.

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Thread:

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From a thing last year where people were discussing “realistic Batman” (which rapidly acquired the label of “Murder-Batman” when people started thinking about the implications of vigilantism):

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