I'm running for president. I am asking you to join me today as part of an unprecedented and historic grassroots campaign that will begin with at least 1 million people from across the country. Say you're in: https://t.co/KOTx0WZqRf pic.twitter.com/T1TLH0rm26
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 19, 2019
ADDED: So I guess the white men are not going to stand down.
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Groan.
Seen on the internet: Make America Old Again.
More comic relief from the Democrat field. Lincolntf
He's going after the conservative vote.
Aging Greedom Fighter...
Run as an Independent, Bernie!
The more, the merrier. Trump can divide and conquer, one by one.
Name one Democrat who can compete with Bernie on treating the federal government like the early-bird special?
MSLSD had a video clip of Hildabeast this morning. She recalled how she fully supported the Big O when he defeated her for the nomination, but Bernie did not do likewise when she cheated ...... er ..... beat him in her run.
Should be fun watching the rest of the Dem field try to get to the left of Bernie.
Is Beto the only white male under 70 who's even on the radar, or am I forgetting someone? Of course, in 2015 the Repubs were the reverse.
Both of my kids, 23ish and 27ish were caught up in Bernie fever - the younger much more enthusiastically. After the capitulation by the Bern to Hillary's and the DNC's shenanigans, they have both said no way that they would support him if he ran again. I wonder how many others feel the same?
My older one has actually inched a toe into the Trump camp. He makes her roll her eyes on many occasions, but she recognizes what he is trying to accomplish and sees much more clearly the crazy in the other camp.
@Humperdink
Hillary said Bernie didn't support her? I seem to recall - but my brain may be in a blender; sometimes it's jello - that he did tell his supporters to support Hillary. And they got a bit pissy with him.
I bet he runs pretty slowly.
So does a old white guy really have a chance against any POC or Female POC?
Let's here for The guy who adores Fidel Castro!
I’m am not witty enough to come up with an amusing turn of phrase, but I will gladly share my popcorn and watch the spectacle with y’all
I'm glad to see the AOC camp fully represented in the Democrat primaries. Bernie will be able to give full voice to the Green New Deal and renounce the evil Amazon jobs that threaten those unwilling to work.
Will the Hildebeest be next? Slimmer and plastic surgery enhanced?
Old man who milks big government tit wants to help you do the same. Won't you join him?
Millionaires and Billionaires... remix.
So does a old white guy really have a chance against any POC or Female POC?
White guy, yes, but also Jewish. How would the Ilhan Omars of Congress deal with his nomination?
"Ralph L said...
Is Beto the only white male under 70 who's even on the radar, or am I forgetting someone? Of course, in 2015 the Repubs were the reverse."
Gay Mayor of South Bend, IN. John Delaney. Biden, Bloomberg, and Sherrod Brown maybe/likely.
Oh boy is this great!"
Of course Bernie is running. Too old to wait and it's time to ca$h in.
1 million people across the country? To which communist country is he referring?
I’m am not witty enough to come up with an amusing turn of phrase
That's never stopped anyone else here.
My dad's last ship was an LSD, a step up from mine warfare, at least in size.
It will be curious if the MSM gives each Dem a short boomlet as they did Repubs.
Is there anyone to the left of Bernie, or does he establish the current limit on Progressiveness? It will be interesting to see if anyone comments on anti-semitism around Bernie.
That should be *24ish and 26ish at the time (2016 run up)...
I very likely would have voted for Bernie over Trump in 2016. That would not be likely to happen in 2020.
Biden, Bloomberg
Old as the hills. John Delaney was Rep. of western Md for 6 years. Never heard of him.
She’s running. Her deep state loyalists would have publicly signaled who their new master is if she wasn’t.
“ rhhardin said...
He's going after the conservative vote.”
Funny because the Donks will make it true. He’ll be Blue Dog Bernie before their primary season is done.
It is Christmas at Althouseland!
First a hot chick with cleavage speaking the truth to power and now this.
Althouse, sometimes you are too kind.
So I guess the white men are not going to stand down.
White people are still more than 75% of the US population, and men are about half of that...so no 35% to 40% of the population is not just going to lie down and roll over. The Left has launched an all out attack on White men lately, and I think it's a huge mistake. You keep calling White men fascist, racist rapists and eventually a bunch of them will become exactly that.
Most one time losers know enough to accept the message of their defeat and ride off into the sunset, retiring to their comfy spot in Congress or retirement. Not our Bernie.
What this race needs is a couple of independents, a rerun by Hillary, a run from Biden, and a primary challenge for Trump from Romney, Weld, or Kasich.
A rat emblazoned popcorn machine will come in quite handy.
Bernie Runs. Larry David Hardest Hit.
So rich government whore Bernie - open up your many homes to the poor. Then, we'll talk.
How many of the Dem candidates believe the commie line
(Kamala? Warren? Gilly?)
and how many are just posturing for the base?
(Booker? Tulsi?)
We found out last election the Blacks don't care for Bernie.
Its gonna be a freak show!
That's a smart move by Bernie. After he looses again, him and his wife will be able to buy another house.
Will the Bernie bumper stickers where Bernie was made to look like an image of Ernie from Sesame Street re-emerge?
Tells you all you need to know about the cartoon-puppet-footie pajama /ice cream socialism mentality delusion.
New York gave us 3 card monte. Vermont gives us a 3 house socialist.
So far the Democrat presidential contenders include three white man, two POC men, a couple of POC women or so, approximately two white women, one Fauxcahontas, and one bug-eyed, bald-headed yellow freak, but no Americans.
Bernie was attractive in 2016 only in comparison to the unspeakable Hillary. He had the not-Hillary space all to himself. Not so this time.
We found out last election the Blacks don't care for Bernie.
Gray Journalism: How the NYT Makes a Story About NYC's Surge in Anti-Semitic Violence Dull
"Here’s a classic example as a seemingly interesting topic — a surge in anti-Semitic crime, including random attacks on Jews on the streets — in New York City is dulled down by hiding the answer to the most obvious question — Who is committing these hate crimes? — until the 16th paragraph."
Yea... run Bernie run... rich old white socialist who never head a job outside government! Run!
Itoohate rich socialists.
Like Charlie's angels:
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272873/justice-democrats-orchestrators-green-new-deal-discover-networks?fbclid=IwAR16bTBmX4_DFbY-503ZqLjgWy-8ZhbHs8eu-wF1l-Trd8WmFKeLkTboChQ#.XGwAem-aJlo.facebook
It will be interesting to see if anyone comments on anti-semitism around Bernie.
"People are sick and tired of hearing about the damn anti-Semitism!"
"So I guess the white men are not going to stand down."
He's Jewish. He's a minority.
Time to resurrect his Rape Fantasy writings from the 1970s. Bernie deserves his MeToo Moment. Then call for his resignation from the Senate for his Misogyny.
Blogger tcrosse said...Bernie was attractive in 2016 only in comparison to the unspeakable Hillary. He had the not-Hillary space all to himself. Not so this time.
Exactly.
Blogger John Althouse Cohen said...
"So I guess the white men are not going to stand down."
He's Jewish. He's a minority.
What you mean is Bernie is White but not White White
"Yea... run Bernie run... rich old white socialist who never head a job outside government! Run!"
IIRC he never had any steady employment of any kind until he was in his mid thirties. I suppose that's why millennials bond with him - he was living in someone's basement before it was cool.
Bernie has this going for him: like all the other Dem candidates, he is a fool; but unlike them, he's no phony.
This piece of shit and his fucking thief wife oughta be strung up from a lamppost. Champagne socialist scumbags of the democrat party.
To retiterate points already made: of course, greedy thief Sanders is going to keep running for president. He and his despicable spouse spent 40 years sponging off one of the poorest states in the nation just for a lifestyle that was middle class compared to DC politicians. But just one presidential cycle and spittle-flecked angry asshole Bernie Sanders is suddenly a star! People are throwing money at him- he's a millionaire now! Another house, a Lakeshore mansion- Yes please! And that's not all- that little matter of your wife embezzling millions from the bankrupted university? Your friends in the democrat party will make that go away. Yes we can! Yes we can!
The polls have Joe ahead followed by Bernie then Kamala. The bettors have Kamala in first, Beto second, with Joe and Bernie tied for third. What do the bettors think they know?
Bernie is a government whore.
Pure and simple.
Get your bumper stickers early.
So I guess the white men are not going to stand down.
Why should we? If you can beat us, then beat us. If you can't beat us, then don't whine about how we should stand down because it's "your turn."
So, anyway, a guy who joined a commune and then was thrown out for not doing his share of the work (per the book We Are As Gods -- be sure to use the Althouse Amazon portal to order it) is today a leading candidate from the Democrat Party (of which he is not a member) for President of the United States.
Says something about that party.
And that's not all- that little matter of your wife embezzling millions from the bankrupted university?
@Michael Fitzgerald, point of information. Sanders' wife didn't bankrupt her university by embezzling funds. She overextended the institution, leading to its bankruptcy, and part of the fallout was the discovery that she committed a felony by deliberately overstating the value of assets pledged as collateral for the loans she took out in the name of the university to accomplish its (over)expansion. Also, IIRC, she pledged assets as collateral that were not the university's assets to pledge.
Run, Bernie, Run!
This makes me very happy. Here's why.
Roughly speaking, there are 3 factions to the Dem Party. The hard left faction is composed of wackos, socialists, militants, Antifa, college professors, protestors, activists. Think of Ocasio-Cortes.
The middle faction is mostly nice sweet, clueless, but comfortable white people living across the land. Think of my Mother in Law, who still pines for JFK.
Then, there's the money-ed faction. These are limousine liberals, who live in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and Pacific Heights in San Francisco. They spout the leftwing rhetoric, and pay most of the campaign bills, but, if you come after THEIR money, well, they get nervous.
Bernie is wacko enough to actually come after the limousine liberal money. A wealth tax, a capital gains tax, something of that sort.
These folks don't identify with Bernie at all -- save for a few really, really rich, clueless Hollywood types, who are mostly uninfluential.
The moneyed-faction has very little loyalty. They will sit it out or run from Bernie in droves. But Bernie will totally nail the aging Hippie vote!
Run, Bernie, Run!
The media and the big donors will try to drive out all the female candidates not named Kamala Harris, and will try to keep in the race all the white males. That is how the Democratic elite will choose the candidate- they will divide all the non-Harris voters among the maximum number of candidates.
To give an example of how this works- just look at the 2008 Democratic primary. The media had in their hands the material to end John Edwards' candidacy long before the Iowa Caucuses, but chose to sit on the information because Edwards and Clinton were dividing the same kinds of primary voters. In other words, the media and the donors had chosen Obama right from the start. Had Edwards not been present in Iowa, Clinton easily wins that caucus and wins New Hampshire far more decisively than she did. Obama winning Iowa and holding close in NH is what gave him the momentum necessary to win the nomination.
The media will work to do the same for Harris.
@Yancey Ward,
The media and the big donors will try to drive out all the female candidates not named Kamala Harris, and will try to keep in the race all the white males.
Hmm. This means we must cease and desist from all negative comment directed towards Senator Pocahontas from the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This is a tall task.
BAG,
Who recently has been giving Warren the hardest time? It is the Left-leaning media- that's who. I suspect Warren will get a lot of negative press, and the same goes for Klobuchar. People like Gillibrand will probably just not get any coverage at all.
Another candidate that will get reamed by the media will be Booker- they won't want to have Harris competing with Booker for black voters in South Carolina, or anywhere else.
On the flip side, though, you are likely to get a lot of good, positive coverage of Sanders, Biden, Beta, Bloomberg (if he runs), and Sherrod Brown.
One million people- sounds a lot like Dr. Evil's "one MILLION dollars" to me. That's maybe .3% of the population. Not exactly a groundswell, but then I'm not a successful politician, so what do I know?
@YH,
It's gonna take some serious re-wiring of our deplorable, sexist minds, but we're gonna have to lay off Senator Paleface, er, Senator Warren, and start trumpeting Sens. Klobuchar (tough spelling and pronunciation) and Gillibrand.
I already kinda sorta like Tulsi Gabbard, or, more precisely, find her to be the least confused of the female Democrat candidates, so I think I will start by supporting her.
Change is hard. But, as you rightly point out, it is our duty.
Harris can pass, and her father was Jamaican. She can't assume she has the black (esp. female) vote locked up in the primaries. Not after their half-Kenyan letdown.
Would I support a 70-year old man for President?
Depends. . . . .
Bay Area Guy discloses: I already kinda sorta like Tulsi Gabbard, or, more precisely, find her to be the least confused of the female Democrat candidates, so I think I will start by supporting her.
I like Tulsi, too, though I don't agree with all her policies. She has a lot of sense for a Dem. But I was hoping she would wait until 2024. There's no way I would vote against Trump in 2020.
Bernie was attractive in 2016 only in comparison to the unspeakable Hillary. He had the not-Hillary space all to himself. Not so this time.
There is a likable quality to Bernie, despite his politics. Tulsi Gabbard has that same effect on me. They both seem genuine. I would never vote for either of them, but I would enjoy sitting down and talking to them.
@Mockturtle,
To clarify, I'm talking about support in the primary. I figger Trump won't have a serious primary challenge, so we can cross over to vote for one of Kamala's opponents in the Dem primary.
I'm in for Trump in 2020, too.
To clarify, I'm talking about support in the primary. I figger Trump won't have a serious primary challenge, so we can cross over to vote for one of Kamala's opponents in the Dem primary.
We can't cross over in primaries here in AZ. In WA we used to be able to until someone caught on to the Dems'scheme, when either Jesse Jackson or Pat Robertson 'won' the GOP primary one year.
There is a lot of enthusiasm for him. Today my facebook feed was full of far-left friends announcing that they were contributing money to his campaign. I haven't seen that with the other Democratic candidates that have announced that they're running.
I can't seem to find the chapter at Burlington College.
I know people who supported Bernie but voted for Trump because they hated Hillary. It will be interesting to see how they will vote if Bernie gets the nod next year.
As Trump says, Bernie is yesterdays news. His time has past.
First, we got lots of young, women and people of color who have the same policy views. We don't need some Jewish guy from white-bread Vermont.
Second, He's 77 y/o. He'd be 79 in Jan 2021. That's just plain crazy! We don't need 80 something year-olds as president or (I'm looking at you - Breyer and Ginsburg) as SCOTUS judges. Old people need to understand that you need to get off the stage and give the young (under 80) a chance.
Its hilarious that Boomers who didn't trust anyone under 30 -when they were young -are now desperately trying to hold onto power and the media spotlight in their 70s.
I'm rooting for Cory Booker. He's got "crazy eyes" - and since the Democrats have gone crazy - he's a good fit.
Big Mike@10:43 Thank you for clarifying that for me and all the readers here. Point stands, Sanders and his wife are liars, cheats, and thieves, and backed 100% by Democrat party corruption. But then some dipshitty think he'd be fun to have a beer with... maybe. I'd throw the beer in his stupid red face and smash the bottle over his fucking head, and that'd be fun.
Oh goodie
Now we have
A fake democrat (bernie)
A fake indian (liz)
A fake African American (kamala)
A fake Gladiator (corey/spartacus)
And a fake (creepy Joe)
Gonna be interesting
John Henry
I forgot the fake Mexican (Beto)
John Henry
The No Agenda boys read a passage from kamala's father's book "memories of my father" (or something like that)
In the book he claims that his great-great-grandmother, miss Crissy (i thin) owned slaves and founded brownstown jamaica.
I'm on a cruise this week and can't check.
If true the similarities between obama and kamala keep adding up, don't they?
Non black mother
Black immigrant father
Raised outside us
Descended from slaveowner
Both best known by first name
Quasi exotic first name ending in "a"
John Henry
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