1. I made my predictions first thing this morning about what was going to happen and what ought to happen, and I got myself thinking this was going to be the greatest debate of all time... except that Tom Steyer will be there. That's so dull. I'm looking for a savage fight!
2. I'm just going to write in a numbered list. It's too boring to write time stamps in classic live-blogging style. And I'm not even sure I'm going to live blog. But I feel inspired, and they're starting early tonight — 7:00 my time. We'll see what happens.
3. My son John is live-blogging here. He mentions that the show is on CBS. My cable company is feuding with CBS these days, so I had to figure out a different source. We're watching on BET. Caught the end of the NAACP Image Awards.
4. How can a Democratic Socialist do better with the economy than Trump? — the first question, to Sanders. He takes a swipe at Bloomberg, so Bloomberg gets to speak. He lashes out and says Russia is helping Sanders get elected. Sanders is touched off, starts raving, and accidentally hits the microphone twice.
5. Warren accuses Bernie's team of "trashing" her. She did the work, and they didn't, and then they attacked. I predicted a secret alliance between Warren and Sanders. Doesn't look like that.
6. Biden attacks Bernie for the 9 deaths at the South Carolina church... because he voted against the Brady Bill 5 times. A vicious attack.
7. "I'm hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight" (Bernie).
8. "That single garment of destimy" — a Klobuchar garble. I forget what she was talking about. I was thinking about her garments, which are the dreariest color imaginable (dark brownish purple).
9. "I have been training for this job since I stepped on the pile — that was still smoldering — of 9/11" — Bloomberg.
10. Warren accuses Bloomberg of saying something he says he never said: "Kill it" (to a pregnant woman). Big reaction from the audience.
11. The moderators have totally lost control. The candidates are all talking at once, and the topic is: math. Yeesh!
12. After the break, there are 3 more moderators. I hope there's a little more order. The topic now is gun control. They have to vie for who's most controlling.
13. I got bored. There's a lot of recitation of proposals, not so much attacking each other. I'm not going to try to provide you with notes on that. This is the problem with live-blogging. If you start, then people expect you to keep going....
February 25, 2020
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«Oldest ‹Older 601 – 616 of 616Paul Mirengoff, a solid NeverTrumper, had about the same opinion of the debate that I did.
Yancey Ward said...
Bloomberg needs Biden out of the race if he, Bloomberg, wants to stop Sanders- it really is that simple at this point. If Biden stays in til April, Sanders can't be stopped. Even worse for Bloomberg is this- it doesn't look like Buttuvwxyz will drop out before April either
Mayor Pete just cancelled his fundraising trip to Florida.
I'm pretty sure it's not because he's raised so much money he doesn't need to raise any more.
He said after NV he was tapped, and needed more money, fast.
He's not getting that money.
I expect him to drop after Super Tuesday.
I expect that Amy and Joe are hitting the end of their cash, too. No cash == no ads == no campaign
Biden says stupid stuff, but his delivery is so meandering and confused that you lose interest in what he's saying and the word clouds just pass on by. It's not til later that you realize he just committed another gaffe. Anyway, you know he's really going to tell off that Korean dictator and that Chinese honcho, whatever his name is, when he gets to be President.
The question they never ask is "how many prescriptions do you take as the result of youthful indiscretions?"
There is no wrong answer...
One more week of this madness until 8 more months of it, GO President TRUMP
"William said...
For a nominal fee, I'm prepared to elaborate on my remarks as to how Bloomberg is the Democratic candidate best qualified to be President."
Get in touch with Limited Blogger for a knowledgeable rundown on the fee schedule. It's based on piece work but apparently it's OK to be repetitive on a single blog's comment train.
Like I said Pee Pee, too bad about your life.
Thoughts and prayers.
First!
Damn!...
I find this interesting:
Florida Democrats Sue to Keep Bernie Off Primary Ballot
At this point, it is all but certain that Sanders is going to have the most votes and the most pledged delegates going into the convention.
It's the experience theory. What happened in past primaries is a predictor of what will happen in this one. I'm still taking the under, but let's see what happens on Tuesday...
daskol said...
Blogger J. Farmer said...
Hmmm. The fairy Nazi just chimed in to lament that Bloomberg couldn't whiten his city very effectively.
No, I chimed in to lament that Bloomberg was not mayor on 9/11
Bloomberg was elected right after 9/11 and was and always will be, justifiably, associated with leading NYC in a credibly strong and decisive way during a very traumatic time. That’s a very defensible statement.
I don't think it's harmful to reiterate that Bloomberg is borrowing a little valor here. I don't remember him running through the streets covered in WTC dust breathing in vaporized terrorists and breathing out pulverized firemen. That was Giuliani. Indeed, I think many New Yorkers would have preferred that Giuliani stay in office, but at the time it was not understood that you could buy your way to run for a third term. Bloomberg did so in 2009 and then had to pay over $100mm to eke out a scant victory over D-Nobody Bill Thompson. If Rudy Giuliani had been allowed to run for a third term in 2001 he would have won 90-10.
Bloomberg did some okay, chiefly by following Giuliani's lead, but he was no Giuliani. Bloomberg preferred to deal with bike lanes and so-called traffic calming measures and big gulps, rather than, say, shoveling snow or protecting city infrastructure from Superstorm Sandy. Did OK, miles better than Red Wilhelm, not the best mayor ever.
Maybe this Evan Luthra guy should run for president.
Sanders won.
At this point, it is all but certain that Sanders is going to have the most votes and the most pledged delegates going into the convention.
Disagree. While predicting a brokered, riot-tastic Dem convention is bias on my part, mostly because I've stocked up on too much popcorn, I just can't wrap my head around the DNC letting Sanders walk with the nomination. They have changed so many rules on the fly over the years that I think they'll do anything they can, and probably a few things they can't, to prevent it from happening.
How anyone could watch that clown show last night and still call themselves a Democrat this morning is beyond my comprehension.
Sanders will have no trouble winning the Presidency. - Inga
There are no words to describe this level of idiocy.
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