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Post by evileeyore on Jan 17, 2020 22:41:27 GMT
While the poll is for funsies, the topic is semi-serious.
For the ignorantly uninitiated, CNN and Warren have branded Bernie Sanders a misogynist and a liar on national tv, and then attempted to turn that around and pretend it was Bernie calling her out as a liar.
Neither of these things are in anyway true.
While I really don't want to see Bernie in the White House, I disagree with a lot of his policies, he has two virtues that have always stood out to me: His consistency and his sense of values.
He has always stated that a women should not only run, but could indeed win the Presidency. Indeed, in 2016 he held back on running while he tried to convince Warren to run and only ran when she declined.
If the Democrats make the mistake of letting her win the nomination*, it's the end for this race. She has such a long and obvious track record of lying, that she cannot run against Trump and hope to win. He'll eat her alive.
* I mean, come on, we all know the Dems only have her there in case Biden strokes out before the primaries, and they've already eliminated two of the three I'd have voted for and are only letting Bernie keep running to appease the extreme socialists in the party (and because he has more money than most of the other candidates combined).
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Post by cyphersmith on Jan 17, 2020 22:49:47 GMT
While the poll is for funsies, the topic is semi-serious. For the ignorantly uninitiated, CNN and Warren have branded Bernie Sanders a misogynist and a liar on national tv, and then attempted to turn that around and pretend it was Bernie calling her out as a liar. Neither of these things are in anyway true. While I really don't want to see Bernie in the White House, I disagree with a lot of his policies, he has two virtues that have always stood out to me: His consistency and his sense of values. He has always stated that a women should not only run, but could indeed win the Presidency. Indeed, in 2016 he held back on running while he tried to convince Warren to run and only ran when she declined. If the Democrats make the mistake of letting her win the nomination*, it's the end for this race. She has such a long and obvious track record of lying, that she cannot run against Trump and hope to win. He'll eat her alive. * I mean, come on, we all know the Dems only have her there in case Biden strokes out before the primaries, and they've already eliminated two of the three I'd have voted for and are only letting Bernie keep running to appease the extreme socialists in the party (and because he has more money than most of the other candidates combined). I would change that last part to only because he out-raises most of the other candidates combined. Aside from the silliness regarding her family's stories regarding their ancestry, which isn't a lie on her part, and the thing about what Bernie said to her about a woman not being able to be elected, what serious lies has she been telling?
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Post by kirinke on Jan 18, 2020 1:26:16 GMT
Her lies certainly couldn't top Trump's 15k plus lies. So if you're weighing the electability of Trump Vs. Warren based on honesty and integrity, Warren wins.
Hell, Nixon would win over Trump.
Mind you, I don't much care for Warren.
We just need a strong enough person who can steam-roll over Trump without looking like a dick in the process.
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Post by evileeyore on Jan 18, 2020 3:20:24 GMT
Aside from the silliness regarding her family's stories regarding their ancestry, which isn't a lie on her part... It becomes a lie when you use those 'silly stories' to advance yourself but do not do the due diligence to ensure you are speaking truthfully. For instance, before I ever applied for anything relating to my native heritage I made sure I tracked down the exact family chain from me to that long, long, long ago native. I didn't rely on 'silly stories' claiming I was 1/64th (which would have been a lie, as I'm not). That's the current lie, yes. That's the one I'm weighing and judging her most severely on here as this is a snake move, biting a long time friend's hand in a stupidly see-through play. A play that will damn the Democrats if Biden doesn't make it onto the ticket instead of her. Until this last brazen lie, I really didn't dislike her. I mean I think her policies are bunk and she's very incompetently trying to play at having a populist movement when she doesn't have any populist support, and I think her only success so far comes from CNN very vigorously stroking her campaign, but I really didn't actively dislike her. I wouldn't vote for her, but I don't het her. Now though? She makes Trump look like he has a positive side in comparison. Okay, here's the most telling and direct (and easiest to source): This is flat out a false statement.
It would be one thing if she said "My kids also went to pubic school", but the way she said was a clear and calculated misdirection. We'll have to see if her promise to serve her full term in the Senate this election was a lie or a promise she keeps only because she loses the primary. I've skipped a host of "clever misdirections", because like the last big one and the one against Sanders, they're all very much "not lies", those clever little misdirected truths that lead the listener to believe a falsehood for your benefit, but leave that wiggle room of "Oh, you just misunderstood" when she get's called on it. This makes her a very dangerous liar.
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Post by evileeyore on Jan 18, 2020 3:24:53 GMT
Her lies certainly couldn't top Trump's 15k plus lies. If this thread were in any shape or form about Trump your Whataboutism would have space to grow wings and fly, but it isn't.
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Post by kirinke on Jan 18, 2020 9:55:36 GMT
Honestly, I don't like Warren either. She just rubs me the wrong way. So there you go. If she does get the nomination, I'll vote for whomever isn't her or Trump. But saying her lying is bad after Trump's waterfall of lies, is rather disingenuous at best.
So be honest with yourself. You don't like Warren because she attacked Bernie and betrayed him (after he supported her), whom you do like. That's the real reason. Which is a good reason to not like someone. IMO.
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Post by Maxperson on Jan 18, 2020 17:02:58 GMT
Her lies certainly couldn't top Trump's 15k plus lies. So if you're weighing the electability of Trump Vs. Warren based on honesty and integrity, Warren wins.
Hell, Nixon would win over Trump.
Mind you, I don't much care for Warren.
We just need a strong enough person who can steam-roll over Trump without looking like a dick in the process.
Trump doesn't even remotely have 15k plus lies. A lie is a deliberate deception, and the vast majority of Trump's inaccuracies are do to his speaking style. He speaks in absolutes and an absolute will almost always(would have been inaccurate had I said always ) be inaccurate. So when he says something it "It has never happened before.", he means, "It has rarely happened." The left likes to mislead you deliberately(THEY LIE TO YOU) and call those lies, because it sounds good in their minds to say he has lied 15,000 times. The reality, though, is that those lies about him lying that much just drive independents towards Trump. Note: I'm not saying Trump isn't a liar. He is and he lies fairly often. It's just nowhere near the 15,000 lie lie you are being told by the left.
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Post by evileeyore on Jan 18, 2020 17:05:43 GMT
But saying her lying is bad after Trump's waterfall of lies, is rather disingenuous at best. Wait, so because "Trump is the baddest of the bad" no one else's badness can be discussed? That's a thin excuse for your Whatabouting... I always am. Eh... It has added to my reasons to never vote for her. She's is attacking a long time friend, or at the very least, she's attacking someone whom has always treated her as a friend, has called her a friend on tv, and has acted in the manner consistent of a friend. I wouldn't care if it was Gabbard or Yang, or Bernie pulling this shit. I'd call them out just as fast. I do think Bernie's a genuinely decent guy. Shitty policies, can't vote for him based on his policies*, but that's not why the Sanders call out thread. See, as I mentioned, she's the Democrat's fall back, CNN's #1 pick, and because of this, she needs to be tarred for her every fault going in so a better candidate can win the Dem primary when Biden completely falls apart. * I mean... if it were literally Trump and Sanders and no third party... and it was vote for one or the other, then I'd hmmm. Tough call. Like Obama's second run (where I voted for Obama), Trump has done well for America so far.
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Post by kirinke on Jan 19, 2020 0:29:01 GMT
Both Warren and Sanders are wing-nuts. Yes all the things they are proposing are nice, but in reality, they're pie in the sky promises. Even if they managed to pass it, they'd have to massively raise taxes on everyone in order to make it work, not just the wealthy and corporations. Most people do see through that.
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Post by evileeyore on Jan 19, 2020 1:04:54 GMT
Even if they managed to pass it, they'd have to massively raise taxes... That's actually false... see, this is why so many of us ignore you. You don't pay attention to what is actually happening. Bernie's plans don't require massive tax hikes. His funding is right there in his plan in black and white, it's just no one wants to believe it when he says "defund the military". They think he means "cut back a little", like Clinton or Obama era cuts. Warren's plans actually include 'massive' (as she puts it) tax hikes on the rich and wealthy corporations. However, the rich will just do as they always do and move their wealth into the areas that are least taxed, as always raising no where near what she hopes. So, yeah, her funding would fail, and she'd just hike our already sky-high debit higher. And probably raise taxes on the middle class.
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Post by kirinke on Jan 19, 2020 1:17:40 GMT
Hmmm. With Bernie, I'll admit I'm wrong on that one. I didn't look too closely. Still, even if you do defund or cut back on military spending, you'd have to raise taxes to fund the programs they're proposing. Those kinds of programs don't come cheap.
Lol. We're not disagreeing with each other. We're just reaching the same conclusions from different paths.
As far as health care is concerned, the best way to reign in the insurance prices is to actually tackle the root of the problem. Which is health care itself. The cost of health care and prescription drugs are outrageous. If you regulate how much doctors and hospitals can charge people, then health insurance would become more affordable or unnecessary for routine care. Nobody wants to tackle that drunk elephant though.
Another way to tackle college, is to actually put it under the public schooling system. At least as far as going for an associates degree anyway.
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Post by evileeyore on Jan 19, 2020 5:34:42 GMT
Hmmm. With Bernie, I'll admit I'm wrong on that one. I didn't look too closely. Still, even if you do defund or cut back on military spending, you'd have to raise taxes to fund the programs they're proposing. Those kinds of programs don't come cheap. Perhaps you do not understand what the words "defund the military" mean. But yeah, a part of his plan is "raise taxes on the rich and businesses". So in a nutshell his plan is "decimate the military, drive away businesses, and create capital flight". Genius!
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Post by kirinke on Jan 19, 2020 14:34:22 GMT
Neither one of of their funding plans is really well thought out as I said before. There is also the fact that you'd have to sell congress on the defund the military thing. I doubt seriously anyone would get both republicans and democrats to sign off on that ridiculous proposal.
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Post by Maxperson on Jan 19, 2020 14:37:02 GMT
Neither one of of their funding plans is really well thought out. And neither one can beat Trump. Buttigieg can't win, because this country isn't ready to vote gay. The billionaires can't buy it. Only Biden has name recognition and moderation enough to win..............and the Democrats are destroying him. If the actions of the left weren't resulting in another Trump win, this would be funny.
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Post by kirinke on Jan 19, 2020 14:40:07 GMT
Actually, Biden is doing pretty well. This game is always about who survives in the end. Right now Bernie and Warren are at each other's throats. Warren will probably emerge from the fight victorious to face off against Biden. Between Warren and Biden, Biden has the most name recognition (and he hasn't come across as a snake) and will probably get the nomination. Buttigieg isn't even really a factor in this right now.
At least that's my prediction.
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