Ok, boys, girls, and WORTHLESS NON-TARGET POND SCUM, listen up.
Barring something crazy in the election, Elizabeth Warren will be the next President. She is only two points behind CREEPY Joe Biden, and is now ahead of CENTENARIAN FOSSIL Bernie Sanders. Sander's campaign is in disarray, the man had a heart attack and is losing in key polls to Warren/Biden in early states like NH. Other candidates like SENATOR MILF KAMALA HARRIS and HOMOSEXUAL Pete Buttigieg don't enjoy enough support for the nomination. Once Sanders drops out, Elizabeth Warren will get the LION'S SHARE of his support. Jim Cramer, the MUPPET DRAG QUEEN, recently expressed fears from Wall Street Executives, saying "When you get off the desk and talk to executives, they're more fearful of her winning." In my opinion, Warren is like an actually electable Bernie Sanders, who could enjoy support from the Dem establishment and the American people. With that being said,
Will Trump be able to beat POCAHONTAS in the general election?
Would a president Warren, who has spent years developing detailed plans to reign in Wall Street, dismantle BANKS and DISRUPT BIG TECH through detailed new government regulations?
Will the stock market get ANNIHILATED and GO TO ZERO if/when Warren gets elected?
Will JANET YELLEN text me back?
Solid post. I always thought Tulsi Gabbard was the hottest one.
Speaking as a libertarian---- I'd pick Trump over all of them
At this point, I assume anyone who wants another 4 years of Trump must be woefully ignorant of politics, have no critical thinking skills, and/or a troll.
also, I just wanna point out something real quick for my fellow libertarians who are doomsaying and believing that a bespeckled mean professor from hahvahd is the second coming of stalin.
I remember pretty vividly when Obama was in the limelight, fellow conservatives were running around like the world was coming to an end because of literally anything obama did. there were the birthers, the people who said his policies were socialist, that he might be a terrorist, you name it, it was said (likely on fox). full disclosure, I hated the man's policies and did not vote for him once, but the extremism is not a new thing to the trump hating democrats.
so, for anyone who thinks the world is gonna end, chill the mother fuck out. regulations will come and go, parties will win and lose control, and you effectively have no say in the matter (sure, cast your vote, but don't go all tweetstormydaniels on me on gameday about why it's so important, it's not). I've said it before, I'll say it again, your life won't change that much. yeah your taxes will wiggle one way or the other, your facebook feed will be terrible for the next 12 months (hint: just delete it), about 50% of the country will be pissed off one Wednesday morning in November 2020, and in the end, it won't matter at all.
the more time your worry about politics, the less time you're spending on important stuff like bettering yourself, calling your mother, or something else more productive.
While I appreciate the call for level-headedism, isn't this a pretty privileged take that your life won't be affected by politics? Sure, it won't for most on this website - white, straight, males with college degrees and good jobs. But I think the biggest difference between liberals and conservatives/libertarians today is liberal's appreciation/consideration for the plight of others outside their own purview.
Politics sure have affected people deported to countries they've never seen. Politics affected soldiers killed in endless wars overseas. Politics affected small business owners that closed shop due to healthcare costs. Politics affected families ruined by 30 years of incarceration for marijuana offenses. Politics don't affect you, until they do.
FWIW, I respect you as a person but I have to be impolite in my response, just a fair warning.
no. it's a realistic point of view. I came from lower middle class, immigrant heavy neighborhood with student debt out of a state school none of you would've heard of, so take your privilege argument elsewhere sir. my black grandparents sure were affected by politics, as were their children with cross town busing, jim crow, the draft, and the like, but that's not what I'm talking about.
nowhere in my post did I say that politics has never affected anyone's life. but guess what? we're not in the middle of a draft, we don't have racial tensions like the 1960's south (despite what the media would lead you to believe), and we don't have price controls like nixon implemented in the 1970's with a drunk sailor at the helm of the fed. so please, virtue signal elsewhere, my argument is not invalid because I failed to acknowledge the plight of every marginalized group in history and acknowledge my "privilege." sure I have some, I'm an american, but my point is this. most people's lives will not change, so to get bent out of shape about hypotheticals that will never come to fruition is a waste of time.
better, in my view, to better your situation so you can get out of the slums and get some privilege so that your life is NOT dictated 100% by politicians, like my black ancestors did.
As I come back down to earth after audibly laughing at your description of Bernie, I actually don't see her taking steps to truly crush wall street. I do believe that she will certainly try to put in more institutions and regulations in order to contain it, but I don't think she is opposed to growth and the continued development of corporations on the same scale that Bernie is. I'm not her biggest fan, but I don't see it being as disasterous as many people believe. The initial effect on the market will be clear if she really becomes the frontrunner, but I would hope that she would surround herself with intelligent people and actually try to make things work. There will be more regulation, but if said regulation will "destroy" the financial services space as many people think it will is TBD. She could do a good job or a bad job. It is too hard to tell at this point and we really will never know unless she is the one in the oval office. I just don't know. I hope for the best but try not ignore the worst. I'd rather have Biden. To me, anything is better than that fuckin bitch traitor Donald.
Nightman Cometh
I respectfully disagree. I'm not a big MAGA guy because frankly, he doesn't follow free-market, pro-growth principles (e.g. Tariffs, badmouthing specific companies, etc.). That being said, the only way to get rid of the Don is by running someone that won't alienate the middle the other direction.
Warren is running as an anti-growth, Democratic Socialist. It's not even debatable if you are objectively looking at her policies from a non-partisan economic lens.
Biden obviously doesn't excite many people, but he's far less likely to push moderates or even Union Dems towards voting for Trump than Warren. She is running far left of BO at this point and that isn't going to change.
I didn't inherit significant wealth or grow up anything more than lower middle class. But, I'll be damned if I get behind the idea that people with means should get taxed on their wealth. Double taxation would be despicable overreach by government and taxing paper balance sheets of individuals whose wealth fluctuates wildly (see Adam Neumann) is patently stupid. Not to mention the immense personal sacrifice of many to not only build their wealth (typically a secondary result of another focus), but also planning that goes into passing that wealth to their families and more importantly, non-profits that rely upon such donations to prosper.
That is a good point. My opinion above was more tied to a sense that the principles that she is currently running on and the demographic that she is trying to appeal to might be different from how she actually acts in office. I know that is a very debatable opinion, but it is just that--an opinion. I have not followed deeply enough to debate on this, and if I dig in, I am confident I will start to lean further away from her. I do admit that I am a voter who is horrendously sick of Trump, and that disdain can cloud my judgement when looking at other candidates.
That said, I do agree that if she gets the nomination, I think big Donny has a much better chance of winning than if he were to go up against Uncle Joe. I think Biden is the best bet at this point, and while yes, he does not excite people, many of my relatives from swing states such as Pennsylvania, Western MA, and Ohio tend to be more supportive of him than anyone else. I am unsure why, but my relatives who supported Trump (they're mainly former steel workers, who even though steel hasn't been a major part of their lives for 20+ years, can't get over it and were the exact demographic Trump was targetting) have stated that their support has eroded, enough to go with Biden but not enough to go with Warren. I guess Biden is a "real American politician", or he's a white guy (definitely a factor to them), or he has experience, idk, but they like him I really think that Warren won't be enough to rid us of the Donald. It's Biden or bust in my opinion. The fact that the democratic party doesn't recognize this is beyond my comprehension.
Total agree. It's unfathomable that the DNC doesn't realize this and doesn't seem to be giving Biden the support he needs. My guess is that it's partly due to how embarrassed the DNC was after it clearly favored and pushed support to HRC and she lost to Trump.
Regardless of whether or not someone agrees with Warren's policies, they should understand that her positions are a drastic change (as she has been talking about them - RCP has good write ups on all of the candidates views) from the present, which is a VERY difficult concept to run on. Even though her slogans aren't markedly different than Obama's in 2008, her rhetoric and policies are further to the left (e.g. eliminating student loans, Medicare for all, etc.) and she isn't nearly as likable as a person as Barack.
As someone that busted his ass and sacrificed a lot to pay off his student loans (not complaining, I willingly took them on), I find it appalling that so many in my generation (Millennials) lack personal accountability.