From former lobbyist William Gould: "So, imagine that you are a Senator or a House of ...

1of5 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

*There is no place for a good person in a corrupt system.* So why, excately, is it so motherfucking end of the world critical that Sanders be the standard bearer for a corrupt party? Do you people even listen to yourselves?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@1of5 Hey man, there's nothing wrong with talking in reversed fundies. They're actually even more fun that way.

From former lobbyist William Gould: "So, imagine that you are a Senator or a House of ...

Bierbasstard comments on Mar 14, 2020:

So Sanders becomes president. Do you really believe that an executive order banning lobbyists is going to happen? I agree with the premise though how do we get rid of lobbyists, citizens united, job guarantee from either side, life long benefits, term limits, etc...? It has to start by getting ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@Bierbasstard That analogy doesn't fit. My point is that if we were to elect a president who is not corrupt and willing to make reforms to reduce corruption, it would fly in the face of the idea that you have to be corrupt to play the game and get elected. It would make it much easier for other non-corrupt leaders to get elected which will eventually allow reforms to be made to rid the system of this systemic corruption which we have currently. Bernie can't do it alone but having him in the white house would be a tremendous advantage and would move the ball further forward on this issue than with anyone else in there. Like Skado said, it won't happen fast but will have a better chance of happening faster if the most powerful office holder in the land were one of the non-corrupt leaders actually attempting to reform things. It could happen as you mentioned, with local leaders getting into office and then it works it's way up from there but why do it the slower more cumbersome way when there is a presidential contender in the race currently who could be a great asset in this fight if he were to win? It would be like Trump supporters saying- yeah we want a wall but Trump won't be able to do it on his own so we need to slowly and methodically elect local leaders and representatives who support the wall and maybe someday we can get a wall built. I know better. I understand how things work in Maryland. Yeah there is partisan bickering and it's hard to get shit done. Fine. You know what might help that? If we had an anti-corruption role model in the white house who refuses to take corporate bribes setting a good example for the rest of our leaders, showing the people that it is possible to elect leaders who don't play that corrupt game.

I think the US will not be as harmed by Corona as other cultures because we seem to have the most ...

1of5 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Except for the 10's of thousands that'll gather for the all importaint sporting event. And isn't "discuss" a little bossy? Some of us already have doms, you know.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@1of5 I like that it is a five syllable word to describe words consisting of only one syllable.

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1of5 comments on Mar 11, 2020:

That's *exactly* what Russia wants us to believe. Good work comrade!

RoboGraham replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@1of5 I get it. I'm not defending the video, I'm saying that Biden, being often confused, is an easy target for these sorts of tactics which the MAGA people will fully use to their advantage.

From former lobbyist William Gould: "So, imagine that you are a Senator or a House of ...

1of5 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

*There is no place for a good person in a corrupt system.* So why, excately, is it so motherfucking end of the world critical that Sanders be the standard bearer for a corrupt party? Do you people even listen to yourselves?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 14, 2020:

Because if the party is lead by someone with integrity, reforms can be made to reduce the corruption.

From former lobbyist William Gould: "So, imagine that you are a Senator or a House of ...

Bierbasstard comments on Mar 14, 2020:

So Sanders becomes president. Do you really believe that an executive order banning lobbyists is going to happen? I agree with the premise though how do we get rid of lobbyists, citizens united, job guarantee from either side, life long benefits, term limits, etc...? It has to start by getting ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 14, 2020:

The best way to get the ball rolling on getting more people into the government who support those positive reforms is to elect a president who supports them. It will open the flood gates and make people see that it is possible to elect leaders who actually represent them.

Progressives Threaten To “DemExit” Over Biden - YouTube

1of5 comments on Mar 13, 2020:

Barking fucking idiot. Sorry, idiots.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 13, 2020:

Describing yourself?

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david75090 comments on Mar 11, 2020:

The opposite of what you're saying is true. In 2016, Trump got the anti-Hillary vote. Millions didn't trust her. She still got almost 3 million more votes than Your Boy. That won't happen this time. America has seen Trump for 3 years. It will be 4 by election day. They've caught his act. He will...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 13, 2020:

@david75090 Right. Trump is awful for AAs, and everyone else for that matter. Biden is too but to a lesser degree. They support him because of his connection with Obama. That is the tragedy.

I think the US will not be as harmed by Corona as other cultures because we seem to have the most ...

1of5 comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Except for the 10's of thousands that'll gather for the all importaint sporting event. And isn't "discuss" a little bossy? Some of us already have doms, you know.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 13, 2020:

@1of5 You think it's bossy that she said to discuss? What else would we do? Why are you bringing doms into the conversation? Isn't that a bit pervy?

When Trump came into office the US was already a great nation.

RoboGraham comments on Mar 12, 2020:

This is true but the democratic establishment and the corporate media has already made it's decision. There will be at least 4 more years of the Trump regime.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 13, 2020:

@BitFlipper Same here.

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david75090 comments on Mar 11, 2020:

The opposite of what you're saying is true. In 2016, Trump got the anti-Hillary vote. Millions didn't trust her. She still got almost 3 million more votes than Your Boy. That won't happen this time. America has seen Trump for 3 years. It will be 4 by election day. They've caught his act. He will...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 13, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Biden stood with segregationists, Biden wrote the crime bill which devastated black communities, Biden opposes policies which would help black people. He is the worst for them, and all of us, aside from Trump I guess. What a tragedy.

No one owes Joe their vote.

RoboGraham comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Joe has done a great deal to repel my vote and pretty much nothing to earn it.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 12, 2020:

@yvilletom Well I'm honored that you are keeping count.

When Trump came into office the US was already a great nation.

RoboGraham comments on Mar 12, 2020:

This is true but the democratic establishment and the corporate media has already made it's decision. There will be at least 4 more years of the Trump regime.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 12, 2020:

@BitFlipper I mean the moderate candidates who all happened to drop out and endorse Biden at that critical moment. I mean the democratic leaders who decided to close hundreds of polling places near college campuses and in Hispanic areas in California and Texas the night before super Tuesday. I mean the DNC which has decided to alter the rules as the game is being played to keep Tulsi off the debate stage and to make it as Biden friendly as is possible. I mean the Iowa democratic party which decided that errors in the official count cannot be corrected in order to "protect the integrity of the results." I mean the corporate media which never fails to ignore or smear Bernie while failing to cover Biden's critical flaws. They designed it to turn out this way and it will result in another win for the MAGA people.

For those who get upset over illegal immigrants being detained in "cages", okay fair enough.

RoboGraham comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Good point. I'd say that progressive democrats really do intend to do something about it. Corporate democrats are basically the same as republicans.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 12, 2020:

@SpikeTalon There are many who earn the progressive title by embracing political correctness, feminism, and that sort of bullshit but aren't progressive economically. That's a lot of what we have in California.

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RobinGray comments on Mar 11, 2020:

You’re not even American. Stay out of it!

RoboGraham replies on Mar 12, 2020:

@RobinGray He's made a friend out of me. The decisions made in Washington effects the entire world. That means that foreigners get to be part of the conversation. He happens to be better informed than most of us. He was right about the Mueller Investigation, he's right about Biden. I notice you had no substantive response to his reply. So you decided take a shot at his friend making abilities. Weird. Well, your wrong about that too. @David1955 is a friend of mine.

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1of5 comments on Mar 11, 2020:

That's *exactly* what Russia wants us to believe. Good work comrade!

RoboGraham replies on Mar 11, 2020:

@1of5 Each thing on that list is something you think I'm wrong about. So that's a list of shit you think you know too.

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1of5 comments on Mar 11, 2020:

That's *exactly* what Russia wants us to believe. Good work comrade!

RoboGraham replies on Mar 11, 2020:

@1of5 Sorry, must have been CNN which lead you to believe that the Russians are the ones ones pulling the strings. I posted a video of a confused Biden speaking poorly which gave Trump and the right a golden opportunity to make him look a fool. That's going to be happening a lot as we move forward. He will be doing a great deal of speaking during the general. The more he speaks the more he blunders and the DNC won't be able to protect him as he goes up against Trump.

Screw it.

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 11, 2020:

Vote!! Check out after November third, you heard?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 11, 2020:

Ya heard? With Perd.

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1of5 comments on Mar 11, 2020:

That's *exactly* what Russia wants us to believe. Good work comrade!

RoboGraham replies on Mar 11, 2020:

That's exactly what the establishment wants you to believe. Good going MSNBC lackey.

Proud Granny today, my youngest is getting ready to cast her 1st vote and she called me to ask my ...

skado comments on Mar 10, 2020:

I’m not aware of any rule or convention that says VPs are chosen from other candidates. Sounds like a lost opportunity to choose between two candidates who have very little of substance in common.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@Lorajay I'm suggesting that she should have thrown the weight of her support behind the progressive candidate who had a chance at winning. Just as all the moderate candidates did for Biden. Now, there is no way that progressive policies will play any role in American politics for the foreseeable future.

Proud Granny today, my youngest is getting ready to cast her 1st vote and she called me to ask my ...

skado comments on Mar 10, 2020:

I’m not aware of any rule or convention that says VPs are chosen from other candidates. Sounds like a lost opportunity to choose between two candidates who have very little of substance in common.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@Lorajay If Warren is a progressive, why has she abandoned the progressive cause and left the only other progressive candidate to go it alone?

“There are few substantial differences between the two ruling political parties in the United ...

Storm1752 comments on Mar 8, 2020:

As an earlier replier said, it's utter nonsense to say there's no difference between the Dems and Pubs. C'mon! Name some issues--let alone a whole page worth of them--they have positions in common. Oh sure, if you say 'balancing the budget,' they're both for it, of course, but HOW they'd do it ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Absafuckenlutely.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Biden's problems in identifying who someone is or what day an event is on or which office he is running for are not related to stuttering. He is in the early stages of dementia or has mild dementia already. I know a thing or two about it as my late wife suffered and died from it. I recognize some ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@kensmile4u You've tried to correct a misconception but you haven't made anything like a compelling case. You are attempting to persuade us that his mental stumbles are due to a stutter. You haven't been successful because it isn't a stutter. Have some empathy for the old man. Don't bring up his past struggles with stuttering at a time when he is clearly suffering from serious cognitive decline. You talk a big game about evidence based reasoning. The article you posted provides no evidence that Biden's issue is a stutter, it just lists famous people who have dealt with that problem. You said that your son has "problems with using the wrong words as well the annunciation of certain words that phonetically challenged him." Does that make you a stutter expert? How does your son having difficulties with his speech make you " confident in Biden's cognitve ablity. "? There is a reason that Biden's campaign is keeping him out of the spot light. There is a reason why his speaking events are short. There is a reason that the DNC changed the debate rules. All of it is to have Biden speak in public as little as possible because the more he speaks, the more obvious it becomes.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Biden's problems in identifying who someone is or what day an event is on or which office he is running for are not related to stuttering. He is in the early stages of dementia or has mild dementia already. I know a thing or two about it as my late wife suffered and died from it. I recognize some ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin 🤜🤛

“There are few substantial differences between the two ruling political parties in the United ...

Storm1752 comments on Mar 8, 2020:

As an earlier replier said, it's utter nonsense to say there's no difference between the Dems and Pubs. C'mon! Name some issues--let alone a whole page worth of them--they have positions in common. Oh sure, if you say 'balancing the budget,' they're both for it, of course, but HOW they'd do it ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@Storm1752 We were tricked, lied to, and out maneuvered not just by republicans but by establishment democrats who have basically the same agenda and serve the same corporate overlords.

“There are few substantial differences between the two ruling political parties in the United ...

Storm1752 comments on Mar 8, 2020:

As an earlier replier said, it's utter nonsense to say there's no difference between the Dems and Pubs. C'mon! Name some issues--let alone a whole page worth of them--they have positions in common. Oh sure, if you say 'balancing the budget,' they're both for it, of course, but HOW they'd do it ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@skado For me, it's time to abandon the democratic party. I will no longer give them my support, my effort, and my vote. They blew it.

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RoboGraham comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I know what a stutter sounds like. It's not a matter of stuttering. It's a matter of confusion and lapses in memory. It's not that he is struggling to get words out, the words are coming out clearly but they are incorrect. Like when he said he was running for Senate, or when he called himself an ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@kensmile4u Appearence is everything when running for president. It doesn't really matter what he meant in the context, he came off looking dumb and a little bit racist which is particularly damaging considering his past of standing with segregationists. We need a candidate who doesn't stumble when speaking. It makes it too easy for the right wing to take his words out of context and create negative news cycles.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Biden's problems in identifying who someone is or what day an event is on or which office he is running for are not related to stuttering. He is in the early stages of dementia or has mild dementia already. I know a thing or two about it as my late wife suffered and died from it. I recognize some ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@kensmile4u I suppose you could label anything you don't want to hear as a"talking point" but that won't change the reality behind it. It will only disengage you from what has happened. I agree, Trump supporters tend not to think critically and come to logical conclusions based on valid evidence. Fortunately, I'm the opposite of a Trump supporter. When a leader votes to allow a war of aggression, the liability for what transpires lyes on his shoulders. You know who wansnt fooled by those false claims? Bernie Sanders. Perhaps Joe didn't condone all the evil that we caused in Iraq, but he sure as hell voted to let the cat out of the bag. At the very least, that shows poor judgement. I find it exhausting conversing with moderates who don't understand that a candidate like Biden will be crushed by Trump. Trump will hammer him on his vote for Iraq, his willingness to cut social security, his inability to speak clearly, his support of trade policies that hurt workers, his acceptance of bribes from large corporations. Biden is a very similar candidate to Hillary. Hillary lost. Why in the world would we try that same failed strategy again? Trump is now an incumbent and is stronger than ever thanks to the impeachment farce. And thanks to his cognitive decline, Biden won't be able to hold his own on the debate stage with Trump. To beat a faux populist, we need to run a real populist who has been fighting for the working class for decades. Sanders is our only chance and the establishment is throwing everything they have at us to prevent a Sanders win. They prefer to lose with Joe than to win with Bernie because they know that Trump will protect their bottom line while Bernie will actually try to make real change happen. I think it is so much more damaging to the cause to allow a terrible candidate with a lot of issues to get the nomination then lose. The corporate media refuses to report on Bidens record fully. Which is probably why you are so uninformed about it. So we have to expose these issues because, if we don't, Trump will.

"Bernie has already won.

seattlepanda comments on Mar 9, 2020:

If the D's put up Krusty the Klown, I'll vote for him...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

If the D's put up Trump, would you vote for him?

"Bernie has already won.

RoboGraham comments on Mar 9, 2020:

It's a nice way to think about it and he certainly has done a lot of good no matter how it turns out. But if they nominate Biden, he will have lost to a corrupt system

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@Athena It's a tragisty.

"Bernie has already won.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

Sorry, but I don't believe in moral victories, whether it's in sports or politics. You either win or lose...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

If you ain't first you're last.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Biden's problems in identifying who someone is or what day an event is on or which office he is running for are not related to stuttering. He is in the early stages of dementia or has mild dementia already. I know a thing or two about it as my late wife suffered and died from it. I recognize some ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@kensmile4u There have been a few moderates who have accused me behaving like a republican for pointing out valid criticisms of democratic candidates. But the purpose of the primary season is to scrutinize each contender and point out all the flaws so we can ascertain which will be most likely to win and which will be the best leader. How do we do that if we don't point out the problems with candidate's records, funding, policy, and the things that they have said publicly? I'm not sure what the tactics are that you are referring to. I'm criticizing him on his terrible record, his cognitive decline, and his willingness to take bribes from big donors. When republicans criticism him, they probably say similar things because these are very valid concerns. Don't you think it would be better for people like me to bring this stuff up now so that we are able to make informed decisions about who we nominate so we don't nominate a problematic candidate like Joe who the republicans will be able to easily defeat because of these flaws that he has? Is there anything incorrect in what I said? I notice that your tactic isn't to argue the substance of the criticisms that I made but rather to simply say that going after Joe on his poor record and other flaws makes me similar to republicans. That is not an effective strategy. If your goal is to get me and others like me to accept and vote for Biden, saying that we are similar to the Trump wing of the republican party is going to have the opposite effect.

I have noticed quite a few negative comments regarding the cognitive skills of one Democratic ...

RoboGraham comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I know what a stutter sounds like. It's not a matter of stuttering. It's a matter of confusion and lapses in memory. It's not that he is struggling to get words out, the words are coming out clearly but they are incorrect. Like when he said he was running for Senate, or when he called himself an ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 10, 2020:

@kensmile4u Yeah I don't pay for their subscription either. You can hear it from joe himself here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0UhvPuYS3A

“There are few substantial differences between the two ruling political parties in the United ...

Storm1752 comments on Mar 8, 2020:

As an earlier replier said, it's utter nonsense to say there's no difference between the Dems and Pubs. C'mon! Name some issues--let alone a whole page worth of them--they have positions in common. Oh sure, if you say 'balancing the budget,' they're both for it, of course, but HOW they'd do it ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

@Storm1752 Here's how I see it. You're right that it's the republicans who keep pushing these terrible policies upon us. But the democrats seem to be rolling over and allowing them to do so and even getting on board quite a lot. The establishment democrats I mean, there are plenty of dems who aren't like this but they aren't the ones in control of the party. I think much changed during the Reagan revolution. That is when the neoliberals began their take over. And in the 90's, Clinton realized which way the wind was blowing. He understood that, to win as a dem, you got to go conservative. So we got the crime bill, deregulated banking, and NAFTA. The republicans got us into Iraq but how many dems voted for it? I know Joe did and if I'm not mistaken, the vast majority of the dems agreed to get into that illegal war. Obama continued that legacy by getting us into Syria and lybia and using drones to rain death from above. Also, didn't Vietnam begin under Kennedy? I know he began sending in military advisors but perhaps it was Johnson who actually got the war going. Either way, both were democrats. The drug war began under Nixon but it certainly continues right up to this day. And it was ramped up by the crime bill put in place by the Clinton administration. Now we have mass incarceration. Sure it's mostly democrats who are in favor of legalization and using treatment rather than putting addicts in cages but it's also many democrats who have been very much perpetuating that stupid war on our own citizens. I do believe that democrats are generally more in favor of progressive tax policies. But the neoliberal dems get their bribes from the same corporations that the republicans get theirs from. Why did Obama make the Bush tax cuts permanent? I don't see the establishment dems as being all that much more friendly to the working man than the reps are. They don't bite the hand that feeds. I only see Sanders and Warren making serious efforts to raise taxes on the wealthy. The idea that taxing job creators will increase unemployment is so pervasive that even most dems don't advocate for it in any serious way. If democrats don't do voter suppression, why did hundreds of polling places in hispanic areas and near college campuses close abruptly right before super tuesday.Why don't they hold their elections on the weekend so people have time to go vote? They are very much against voter suppression during the general because they know they need high turnout to win. But during the primary, they know they have to suppress the vote for the establishment to win, which it always does. The democratic party is no longer the party of the working class. There are differences and they are still way better than the republicans but their priority now is to the ...

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TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Biden's problems in identifying who someone is or what day an event is on or which office he is running for are not related to stuttering. He is in the early stages of dementia or has mild dementia already. I know a thing or two about it as my late wife suffered and died from it. I recognize some ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

@kensmile4u Yes we are speculating about something that is outside of our expertise. However, regardless of his mental state, there are other issues with Joe which make it very difficult to vote for him. His support of the Iraq disaster, his connection to big oil companies, his having sided with segregationists, the fact that he is funded by 60 billionaires, his willingness to cut social security, he wrote the crime bill, his not supporting a single payer healthcare system... A vote for Joe is a vote for status quo.

I have noticed quite a few negative comments regarding the cognitive skills of one Democratic ...

RoboGraham comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I know what a stutter sounds like. It's not a matter of stuttering. It's a matter of confusion and lapses in memory. It's not that he is struggling to get words out, the words are coming out clearly but they are incorrect. Like when he said he was running for Senate, or when he called himself an ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

@kensmile4u https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/politics/joe-biden-poor-kids.html

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RoboGraham comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I know what a stutter sounds like. It's not a matter of stuttering. It's a matter of confusion and lapses in memory. It's not that he is struggling to get words out, the words are coming out clearly but they are incorrect. Like when he said he was running for Senate, or when he called himself an ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

@kensmile4u When he says things like "poor kids can be as smart as white kids", it leads me to believe that he isn't so sharp anymore.

I have noticed quite a few negative comments regarding the cognitive skills of one Democratic ...

RoboGraham comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I know what a stutter sounds like. It's not a matter of stuttering. It's a matter of confusion and lapses in memory. It's not that he is struggling to get words out, the words are coming out clearly but they are incorrect. Like when he said he was running for Senate, or when he called himself an ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

@kensmile4u No but I have a stutter myself. I hear it all the time. I know what it sounds like.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Biden's problems in identifying who someone is or what day an event is on or which office he is running for are not related to stuttering. He is in the early stages of dementia or has mild dementia already. I know a thing or two about it as my late wife suffered and died from it. I recognize some ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin True. And yeah, he won't. So the only thing I can do with the tiny little bit of influence I have with my vote is to give it to someone who deserves it.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Biden's problems in identifying who someone is or what day an event is on or which office he is running for are not related to stuttering. He is in the early stages of dementia or has mild dementia already. I know a thing or two about it as my late wife suffered and died from it. I recognize some ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

@Lorajay I'll vote for someone else to help the democratic establishment realize that if they want people to vote for their candidate, they need to nominate a lucid candidate who actually represents the people.

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VictoriaNotes comments on Mar 8, 2020:

There's no doubt he's gaffe-prone, but the video you posted on your Youtube channel had been edited, apparently by the Trump campaign. Here's what he said: *“Excuse me. We can only re-elect Donald Trump **if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It’s gotta be a positive ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

@bingst Right. I jumped the gun on this one.

“There are few substantial differences between the two ruling political parties in the United ...

Storm1752 comments on Mar 8, 2020:

As an earlier replier said, it's utter nonsense to say there's no difference between the Dems and Pubs. C'mon! Name some issues--let alone a whole page worth of them--they have positions in common. Oh sure, if you say 'balancing the budget,' they're both for it, of course, but HOW they'd do it ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 9, 2020:

There are an abundance of similarities. Both are in favor of constant foreign wars and feeding the military industrial complex with ever increasing military budgets. Both operate on a system of taking bribes from wealthy donors. Both are in favor of continuing the drug war. Both put the profits of corporations over people and the environment. Both want the government to be able to spy on it's citizens. Both are in favor of policies that lead to mass incarceration. Both embrace a neoliberal trickle down economic philosophy. Both prefer a private for profit heathcare system over single payer. Both are in favor of persecuting whistle blowers who expose government corruption. Both are in favor of sanctioning foreign countries whose governments have leftist ideologies. Both use voter suppression to stay in power. This doesn't necessarily apply to all of them. I'm comparing the democratic establishment to the republican establishment here.

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St-Sinner comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Revolution? I have been looking for it but it is not happening. But the theory is fine.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 8, 2020:

Well the other option is accepting tyranny so I guess we're heading down that road.

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VictoriaNotes comments on Mar 8, 2020:

There's no doubt he's gaffe-prone, but the video you posted on your Youtube channel had been edited, apparently by the Trump campaign. Here's what he said: *“Excuse me. We can only re-elect Donald Trump **if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It’s gotta be a positive ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 8, 2020:

Well if that is the case, my apologies. Still the guy sounds confused, because he is confused. He said we can not win this reelection. Umm, Joe, you aren't running for reelection, Trump is the incumbent. As presidential contender, every word spoken is scrutinized. If he speaks in such a way that makes it so super easy to make him sound ridiculous, just by cutting out the end of the sentence, he will be a liability. The Republicans will be broadcasting videos like this nonstop and people will believe it because it is believable that he would say something like this. It fooled me and is all over the place on Twitter.

A few of his successes..

yvilletom comments on Mar 7, 2020:

But to do what he and we want, Bernie needs social democrats in Congress. Savior presidents don’t exist_

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Her behavior of late has confirmed a suspicion of her that I've had for a little while now. That she is a self serving fauxgressive who puts her own success and aggrandizement way ahead of the cause and the goal of actually creating positive progressive reforms to help people. I highly doubt she will give her support to Bernie and I suspect that her big donors who kept her campaign afloat through super tuesday did so only split the progressive vote and spoil for Bernie. Warren's willingness to accept their money and stay in the race shows me that she is either complicit with that strategy or incredibly naive.

A few of his successes..

yvilletom comments on Mar 7, 2020:

But to do what he and we want, Bernie needs social democrats in Congress. Savior presidents don’t exist_

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Like a false flag attack, sure, could be. I think it's mainly a creation of the corporate media. They have very little to attack the candidate himself with so they criticize him via going after his supporters. If you have any group numbering in the millions, there are going to be some bad apples who do bad stuff. They latch on to a few cases and paint a narrative that all of us are like that. It's similar to how they make people afraid of immigrants. They sensationalize all examples of immigrates committing crimes and put forward this idea that they are dangerous. It's a good sign really. It means they have nothing else to go on. And it is very easy to counter that stupid argument. Just say- there are thousands dying each year from lack of healthcare, half a million homeless, endless wars, gigantic deficit, a generation drowning in student debt, a looming climate crisis, mass incarceration, exploding wealth inequality, suicide epidemic, opioid epidemic, and all the media is focusing on are mean tweets and aggressive comments. How absurd.

A few of his successes..

yvilletom comments on Mar 7, 2020:

But to do what he and we want, Bernie needs social democrats in Congress. Savior presidents don’t exist_

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Totally. The Russia stuff was all about scapegoating and avoiding the need to ask why they lost and make changes to improve. The shitting thing is that I believed it at first. Thank goodness for independent media on the interwebs.

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

1of5 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Biden won states he didn't even campaign in. If that's not huge/amazing/startling I dunno what is. Wish I were happy about it. He's also still in the lead. He's not supposed to be, remember?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@1of5 Well hopefully we will all pull through and together enjoy the paradise of having an impartial rational leader make all the big decisions so we don't need to argue about politics anymore.

A few of his successes..

yvilletom comments on Mar 7, 2020:

But to do what he and we want, Bernie needs social democrats in Congress. Savior presidents don’t exist_

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin I don't even believe that it was a waste of time or a failure of it's intended purpose which was to act as a distraction. It was a way for Pelosi and the establishment democrats to appear as though they were vigorously opposing Trump while actually cooperating with him to screw the people over further. As impeachment was happening, House dems gave Trump his space force, increased his military budget by billions more than the already gigantic bloated number it was before, extended the patriot act to allow his administration broad spying powers on the American people, and signed off on his new NAFTA. It's insane that they would impeach him because of accusations that he abused his powers and simultaneously increase his power by giving him a new branch of military. They're intention is not to resist him, they are pretty much the same as him. It was abundantly clear to any idiot paying attention that there was no way in hell impeachment was going to get through the Senate. It was nothing more than political theater to distract us as we were getting bent over by the democrats that we voted into office in 18.

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

1of5 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Biden won states he didn't even campaign in. If that's not huge/amazing/startling I dunno what is. Wish I were happy about it. He's also still in the lead. He's not supposed to be, remember?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@1of5 Well it will be much more rational than our current overlords are so if you deserve to survive the purge, you will.

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

1of5 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Biden won states he didn't even campaign in. If that's not huge/amazing/startling I dunno what is. Wish I were happy about it. He's also still in the lead. He's not supposed to be, remember?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@1of5 Yeah that's the down side. And the computer will probably crown itself digital dictator king for eternity.

Do you fear a possible coronavirus pandemic?

Geoffrey51 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

No. I am more concerned with the moral panic set up by media sources and the resulting insanity and unrealistic activity that impressionable people engage in. Watch out for armed robberies of toilet paper sometime soon in USA.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

Dang, you'd have to be having some hell of a #2 emergency to resort to obtaining toilette paper at gun point.

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

1of5 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Biden won states he didn't even campaign in. If that's not huge/amazing/startling I dunno what is. Wish I were happy about it. He's also still in the lead. He's not supposed to be, remember?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@1of5 We build a supercomputer capable of keeping track of all citizen's thoughts and deeds and we teach it advanced algorithms and it applies certain sets of criteria determined by the issues of the day and runs the numbers to choose a few people who are best ale to lead for the upcoming years. We then have an election so people can choose from the suggestions made by the super advanced computing machine.

Do you fear a possible coronavirus pandemic?

1of5 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

No, actually, I'm not worried about it. For me at least. I'm not at any more risk of it doing me serious harm than the flu is. I take the same precautions I do every winter against the flu (except no vaccine). 1st case in the US was where I lived up till 2 weeks ago - not a huge town. It has a ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@1of5 Cool

Is it time for America to repeal its double jeopardy law?

RoboGraham comments on Mar 7, 2020:

I think that if the justice system fails to prove my guilt, that's it, I'm innocent. If they want a second chance, Fuck Off. By the way, it's not a law, it's an essential part of a constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights put in place by the founding fathers.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@273kelvin I'm envious. It looks like we are set to reelect Trump and continue with our national regression for the foreseeable future.

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

1of5 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Biden won states he didn't even campaign in. If that's not huge/amazing/startling I dunno what is. Wish I were happy about it. He's also still in the lead. He's not supposed to be, remember?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@1of5 I think political parties suck and should be dumped.

Is it time for America to repeal its double jeopardy law?

RoboGraham comments on Mar 7, 2020:

I think that if the justice system fails to prove my guilt, that's it, I'm innocent. If they want a second chance, Fuck Off. By the way, it's not a law, it's an essential part of a constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights put in place by the founding fathers.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@273kelvin Well sure if you can trust the judicial system that's totally different. It isn't possible to trust them. This is one of the reasons why I am opposed to capital punishment as well.

Do you fear a possible coronavirus pandemic?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

This virus will mainly kill off the elderly and the working poor, both of which are groups that the ruling class sees as expendable. The working poor can easily replaced by more of the same, so no need for the government to help them with a financial bailout to cover medical costs and paid sick ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Yeah, he is a grumpy old fart. He is also intelligent and somewhat reasonable.

Is it time for America to repeal its double jeopardy law?

RoboGraham comments on Mar 7, 2020:

I think that if the justice system fails to prove my guilt, that's it, I'm innocent. If they want a second chance, Fuck Off. By the way, it's not a law, it's an essential part of a constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights put in place by the founding fathers.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@273kelvin I don't doubt that if a crime was committed which harmed me or people I care about about and the perpetrator got away with it, I'd be pissed and would probably demand a new trial if some new evidence were to come to light later. In that situation though, I am emotionally invested and my opinion ought to be recused and meaningless. If the state has the ability to tie up a persons life with a constant never ending series of trials, it will be abused and used to fuck over people who the state has reason to go after. Look at what they are doing to Assange and he didn't break any laws. The constitution is not perfect. That's why it's been amended so many times. But it is the closest thing to sacred that we have here so people get up in arms when there is talk of undoing parts of it.

Do you fear a possible coronavirus pandemic?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

This virus will mainly kill off the elderly and the working poor, both of which are groups that the ruling class sees as expendable. The working poor can easily replaced by more of the same, so no need for the government to help them with a financial bailout to cover medical costs and paid sick ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin He can be a bit rude and I disagree with him on somethings but I think that his comments are worthwhile. If I were the type to block people, he wouldn't be on the list. Far from it

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

JeffMesser comments on Mar 7, 2020:

well, around here there's a big fight in the democratic party going on. not sure what it's like where everyone else is at. I tend to side with the younger group who also seem to be more vocal. But they didnt show up at the polls and that makes me think they're not mature enough yet to "take over".

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

For many of them, they showed up to find that their polling place had spontaneously been shut down.

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

1of5 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Biden won states he didn't even campaign in. If that's not huge/amazing/startling I dunno what is. Wish I were happy about it. He's also still in the lead. He's not supposed to be, remember?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

Well actually, for the vast majority of the time since this process began, he has been the front runner, leading by far.

Media Malfunction as Sanders Notes Positive Aspects of Latin American Socialism | FAIR

Krish55 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Yup, censorship by intimidation.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@Bobby9 If you are intimidated by Antifa, you are a wimp.

Do you fear a possible coronavirus pandemic?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

This virus will mainly kill off the elderly and the working poor, both of which are groups that the ruling class sees as expendable. The working poor can easily replaced by more of the same, so no need for the government to help them with a financial bailout to cover medical costs and paid sick ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@Bobby9 How so? I don't see any untruths in his reply.

Do you fear a possible coronavirus pandemic?

Bierbasstard comments on Mar 7, 2020:

In a situation like this, if significant areas become quarantined then the government should be able to bail out small businesses, including employee payroll, like they did with the big banks, auto industry, and wealth insurance, etc...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

I don't see this government doing much of anything to help regular people.

I just heard Sanders say the race is now down to 2 people. Him and Biden. Did Gabbards drop out?

RoboGraham comments on Mar 7, 2020:

The race has come down to two contenders. Gabbard is still in but has just 1 delegate and no chance of victory. I hope she does make it onto the debate stage but I'm certain that the DNC will once again change the rules as the game is being played and up the number of delegates needed to qualify....

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@William_Mary Good for her, she deserves more. Ain't no way they are going to let her on that stage so Bernie is going to have to cut it out with this nice guy routine, calling Joe his good friend, and he will have to take the gloves off and point out Joe's atrocious record, his lies, and his cognitive decline.

Is it time for America to repeal its double jeopardy law?

Rob1948 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Are you crazy? Allowing a second shot at trial after acquittal would encourage prosecutors to abuse the system and vindictively go after individuals no matter what. The law as it stands is an attempt to stop political prosecutions and a means of encouraging prosecutors to not abuse the system. ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

Right, even if you are totally innocent and they haven't a chance at getting a guilty verdict, they could ruin your life by constantly putting you on trial.

Do you fear a possible coronavirus pandemic?

1of5 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

No, actually, I'm not worried about it. For me at least. I'm not at any more risk of it doing me serious harm than the flu is. I take the same precautions I do every winter against the flu (except no vaccine). 1st case in the US was where I lived up till 2 weeks ago - not a huge town. It has a ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

You know, when you neglect to get vaccinated, that's probably no big deal for you but it does mean that there is an increased chance that you will contract the virus. Even if it's very mild or even so insignificant that you don't even notice the symptoms, you still carry it. And by carrying it, you increase the odds that some vulnerable person ends up getting it. For them, it is a big deal. You're probably thinking that the vulnerable people should get the vaccination, and they do. Thing is, even with the vaccination, if a vulnerable person is exposed enough, their immune system can be overrun. You may not care, but just be aware, when you don't get vaccinated, you not only put yourself at risk, you put others at risk.

Brilliant New $5.34 Ladder Defeats Not-So-Brilliant $2.5 Billion Trump Fever Dream

PondartIncbendog comments on Mar 7, 2020:

The problem with the wall is,,,,,,,some in this country think the Mexicans are stupid. That's why the wall will never work.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@OwlInASack Right, ascertaining a persons position on the wall is a good way of determining their moral character and reasoning skills.

A few of his successes..

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I didn't know any of this... But still better than trump

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty Glad to hear it. Sanders is a far better candidate and actual has a chance at winning.

A few of his successes..

yvilletom comments on Mar 7, 2020:

But to do what he and we want, Bernie needs social democrats in Congress. Savior presidents don’t exist_

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty Regardless, he won that battle. He was impeached but it's nothing but symbolism. He remains in office and his favorability rating increased because of it. Sure he should have been removed and the republicans in the Senate are despicable for choosing party over country but that is what happened and now people see it as a win for Trump. He is able to brag that the corrupt democrats attempted a coup against him but he beat them. The typical voter is not going to look into the nuances as we do. They see it as a victory for Trump and that's why his approval numbers are higher now than ever before. Thanks to the ill advised impeachment gamble, Trump is a strong incumbent president and he will be very difficult to defeat. Unless the economy crashes between now and November, Trump is in great shape for reelection.

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

AnonySchmoose comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Interesting. I wonder if this means Bernie still might have a chance?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@AnonySchmoose Unfortunately, it probably won't happen. The DNC is not going to allow a veteran woman of color make their chosen candidate look a fool on national TV.

The nightmare continues... [imgur.com]

Bierbasstard comments on Mar 7, 2020:

I was interested in seeing what Pete would have done. He seemed to have more of a balanced agenda between Bernie and the neocon democrats. It's a shame that he and Klobuchar butted heads so much. I think they would have been good running mates. Either way, it isn't going to matter much which...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

The way to win back the Senate is to nominate a candidate who will create high turnout in the general.

The nightmare continues... [imgur.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 6, 2020:

. . . not even silly, random, or fun. :P

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@FearlessFly Ad hominem attack? How so? It's basically an animated political cartoon.

Cannot help but notice, now that California has mostly been counted, that Biden's ...

AnonySchmoose comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Interesting. I wonder if this means Bernie still might have a chance?

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

Now that Warren has finally gotten out of it, Bernie definitely has a chance. Bernie against Biden head to head on the debate stage will swing things back in our favor. And if the DNC doesn't once again change the rules while the game is being played, Tulsi will also be on the debate stage and she will rip Biden apart on his abysmal foreign policy record.

A few of his successes..

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I didn't know any of this... But still better than trump

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

That's an extremely low bar and it really doesn't matter if he is better than Trump because he hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell at beating Trump.

A few of his successes..

yvilletom comments on Mar 7, 2020:

But to do what he and we want, Bernie needs social democrats in Congress. Savior presidents don’t exist_

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

Sure but Joe Biden won't get Congress to accomplish any of those things either. Biden himself doesn't even support most of those progressive reforms we so badly need and he will do what he does best, lead like a borderline republican. That's if he can win, which is extremely unlikely. He is the second iteration of Clinton except his mind is clearly not so sharp anymore and Trump is now the incumbent who defeated the dems on impeachment so he is more popular now than ever. Biden vs Trump will be a disastrous defeat. At least Bernie has a good chance of winning and removing that regressive president currently leading our country downhill fast.

A few of his successes..

glennlab comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Biden is not my first or even my second choice, and I am actively working for him to not get the nomination, but if he gets it, I will work just as hard to see that he replaces the orange pustule.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@yvilletom There are large numbers of people in my generation who will not vote for Joe Biden. And as far as Gen Z is concerned, if you don't support the green new deal, forget about it, they won't bother.

If Joe Biden is the democratic nominee, what will you do on November 3rd?

skado comments on Mar 4, 2020:

I’ll vote third party if I find a candidate I like. I voted for Stein in 2016. I won’t vote for a candidate that doesn’t represent me.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@skado Couldn't agree more.

A few of his successes..

glennlab comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Biden is not my first or even my second choice, and I am actively working for him to not get the nomination, but if he gets it, I will work just as hard to see that he replaces the orange pustule.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@glennlab I don't think any of us are pursuing a perfect defeat but if the democrats nominate Biden, they'll get close. I'd say it's more of a rational strategy. My vote is more valuable if given to a third party than it is surrendered to a neoliberal establishment democrat who cannot get the job done and remove Trump.

This caught my attention. What are your thoughts?

St-Sinner comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Oh, there you go... just "convenient half-truths." There are a lot of **"inconvenient truths"** that she is not talking about: 1. 50 year dictatorship 2. Failed communism 3. Lack of individual freedom 4. No freedom of speech - no one can criticize the government especially the Castros 5. ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@St-Sinner And despite all of those economic and political issues that you mentioned, they still managed to house their homeless, feed their hungry, and educate their entire populace. All while under harsh economic embargo from the world super power. Give credit where credit is due.

A few of his successes..

glennlab comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Biden is not my first or even my second choice, and I am actively working for him to not get the nomination, but if he gets it, I will work just as hard to see that he replaces the orange pustule.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@glennlab There is nothing I'd like to see more than the removal of Trump. I commend you on your efforts and your ability to fight no matter what the circumstances are. To me, I know that it isn't possible for Joe to beat Donald so I'm not willing to betray my integrity and morality by voting for such a terrible candidate knowing full well that it won't result in Trump's defeat. This is why it is critical that Sanders win the nomination.

A few of his successes..

glennlab comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Biden is not my first or even my second choice, and I am actively working for him to not get the nomination, but if he gets it, I will work just as hard to see that he replaces the orange pustule.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

That is admirable but I think your work will be in vain. Biden will suppress turnout. How do you convince people to vote for a guy who stood with segregationists, wrote the crime bill which caused mass incarceration, voted for the Iraq disaster, was forced to drop out in shame in 88 due to plagiarism and lying his ass off, does not support Med4All, is funded by billionaires, and is clearly suffering from cognitive decline?

Elizabeth Warren drops out of the 2020 presidential race - I wish she would have dropped out before ...

RoboGraham comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Joe Biden has been opposed to her main political achievements so if she throws her lot in with him, it will confirm what we have suspected for quite a while now, that she is a self serving fauxgressive who does not care one lick about the people.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@Athena Sure thing. That's the best meme I've seen in a long while

Elizabeth Warren drops out of the 2020 presidential race - I wish she would have dropped out before ...

RoboGraham comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Joe Biden has been opposed to her main political achievements so if she throws her lot in with him, it will confirm what we have suspected for quite a while now, that she is a self serving fauxgressive who does not care one lick about the people.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@Athena

"If you are somehow still wondering why Black, Brown, poor and young people - the Bernie Folx - ...

bobwjr comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Nope know Biden and so does the black community including south Carolina who voted for him . Don't know where you are getting your info but not from Delaware and the people who know him. But the republicans are actively trolling him to confuse the public

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@bobwjr Posting valid criticisms of candidates does not make people trolls. It's important to get this stuff out into the open so people can make informed decisions during the primary. The best way to beat the orange asshole is to nominate our best possible candidate. Ther way we figure it who is best is by critiqueing each candidate with much scrutiny.

"If you are somehow still wondering why Black, Brown, poor and young people - the Bernie Folx - ...

bobwjr comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Nope know Biden and so does the black community including south Carolina who voted for him . Don't know where you are getting your info but not from Delaware and the people who know him. But the republicans are actively trolling him to confuse the public

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@bobwjr Right, if we don't bring this stuff up now and reject Biden, Trump will hammer him with it. Joe has way too much in his past and on his record that Trump can take advantage of.

"If you are somehow still wondering why Black, Brown, poor and young people - the Bernie Folx - ...

bobwjr comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Nope know Biden and so does the black community including south Carolina who voted for him . Don't know where you are getting your info but not from Delaware and the people who know him. But the republicans are actively trolling him to confuse the public

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty Biden said- “I do not buy the concept, popular in the ’60s, which said, ‘We have suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far ahead in the race for everything our society offers. In order to even the score, we must now give the black man a head start, or even hold the white man back, to even the race.'” He is not a person who believes that equity ought to given to the oppressed. He stood with outright racist segregationists to prevent busing. I'd wager that his opposition to the board of education being in charge of it was really just a way to fight it without appearing to do so.

Elizabeth Warren drops out of the 2020 presidential race - I wish she would have dropped out before ...

Robecology comments on Mar 5, 2020:

She's more like Bernie than Joe; so i suspect she'll either return to the Senate, or hold out for a possible VP position if Bernie's nominated. I got this quadrant analysis from "Political Compass" - Find out your own leanings there. https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2020

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@CS60 Right. I mean how in the world do we look at people like Mayor Pete, Biden,and O'Rourke who fall in the right wing authoritarian square as moderate? Another reason why I cannot vote for Biden. The window has shifted so far right that the "far left" scary communist candidate is really only slightly left. I fall much closer to the bottom left corner than any of them. Trump and McConnell must be off the chart in the top right corner. Politics in the country is nuts.

Elizabeth Warren drops out of the 2020 presidential race - I wish she would have dropped out before ...

RoboGraham comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Joe Biden has been opposed to her main political achievements so if she throws her lot in with him, it will confirm what we have suspected for quite a while now, that she is a self serving fauxgressive who does not care one lick about the people.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@Athena The kids need to hear words from the record player and learn to properly handle balls when they touch my blonde hairy legs. Poor kids can be as smart as white kid if they hear enough words. I'm the guy who got arrested with Mandela and that's no malarkey.

Bernie FDR comparison. [facebook.com]

Novelty comments on Mar 5, 2020:

When I compared Sanders to FDR some people here lost their shit. It's hard for people to understand in an ultra right wing (fascist) backward society where anything not a Republican or Christian (two different things that are having butt sex with each other) is Communist.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@t1nick Same here except I often can't resist getting into it with him. I should make it a policy to ignore him no matter what he says.

Bernie FDR comparison. [facebook.com]

Novelty comments on Mar 5, 2020:

When I compared Sanders to FDR some people here lost their shit. It's hard for people to understand in an ultra right wing (fascist) backward society where anything not a Republican or Christian (two different things that are having butt sex with each other) is Communist.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

@Novelty Conversing with that irksome know-it-all is detrimental to a person's mental health.

Bernie FDR comparison. [facebook.com]

Novelty comments on Mar 5, 2020:

When I compared Sanders to FDR some people here lost their shit. It's hard for people to understand in an ultra right wing (fascist) backward society where anything not a Republican or Christian (two different things that are having butt sex with each other) is Communist.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

@t1nick You've had the misfortune of encountering him too I see. 😂

Bernie FDR comparison. [facebook.com]

Novelty comments on Mar 5, 2020:

When I compared Sanders to FDR some people here lost their shit. It's hard for people to understand in an ultra right wing (fascist) backward society where anything not a Republican or Christian (two different things that are having butt sex with each other) is Communist.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

@t1nick For sure but it's not just the right. The person I was talking to is a democrat and claims to be a progressive. It is a dubious claim to be sure. He often posts right wing propaganda to show that Bernie is a communist.

Bernie vs.

1of5 comments on Mar 5, 2020:

I'll vote for Biden over Bernie, since I already can't vote for whom I want. I'd prefere Bernie, but there are serious concerns about how well he'd do in the general. It basically comes down to flipping votes instead of generating new ones. There are conservative leaning folks who will vote for ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

If you think the republicans screaming about socialism will be more damaging than them screaming about how Biden is going senile and can't put sentences together, you're crazy. They accuse all democrats of socialism. They will crucify Biden with accusations that he is losing his mind, that he and his son are corrupt, that he stood with segregationists, that he tells fantastical lies about getting arrested with Mandela, that he voted for Iraq, that he wrote the crime bill which harmed the black community so much, that he was shamed into dropping out in 88 because of plagiarism.... and all the while, Biden will not have the mental capacity to fight back effectively. It'll be a bloodbath on the debate stage.

"If you are somehow still wondering why Black, Brown, poor and young people - the Bernie Folx - ...

bobwjr comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Nope know Biden and so does the black community including south Carolina who voted for him . Don't know where you are getting your info but not from Delaware and the people who know him. But the republicans are actively trolling him to confuse the public

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

Biden was strongly opposed to busing to desegregate schools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkGQZAnmzr8

Bernie vs.

RoboGraham comments on Mar 5, 2020:

I think you are totally correct. Here's why I almost definitely won't vote for Biden. Even if most of us Berners show up for Biden, as we did for Hillary, he still won't win because he does not inspire the high turnout needed to overcome the lopsided representation of the electoral college. So ...

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

@Lorajay That will be a terrible tragedy. My vote will not stop it from happening. If the democrats run Biden they will lose. My vote for Biden will only encourage them to try that same failed strategy of running a terrible centrist again the next time. If they see that we are not willing to get in line and vote for whoever they choose for us, they might start to realize that they need to cooperate with us if they want to win.

Elizabeth Warren drops out of the 2020 presidential race - I wish she would have dropped out before ...

Robecology comments on Mar 5, 2020:

She's more like Bernie than Joe; so i suspect she'll either return to the Senate, or hold out for a possible VP position if Bernie's nominated. I got this quadrant analysis from "Political Compass" - Find out your own leanings there. https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2020

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

It is disturbing that most of these leaders fall in the opposite quadrant as I do.

Dear Bernie supporters, if Bernie does not get the nomination please please please put all your ...

RoboGraham comments on Mar 4, 2020:

The only way to win the Senate is to run a popular nominee who will inspire high turnout.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

@1of5 Tough shit on both sides but it seems to always be the progressives who are expected to vote for a candidate they didn't want. It's never the other way around and no wonder, with the establishment putting their thumbs on the scales to get their people nominated, it will continue to be this way. I don't actually think there are many people who excited to vote for Biden. He is coasting on name recognition and familiarity. People just want Trump gone and see him as the safe choice. I think the blue no matter who people will vote for Bernie but not the other way around. With Joe, there is little enthusiasm anyway. I don't see voting as an obligation. It is a Civic duty but people can abstain if they choose to. I agree that anyone who doesn't bother to perform that Civic duty and then complains ought to be told to shut up. However, when you live in a two party system and both parties refuse to give decent options, I can sympathize. I say vote third party, write in, vote no confidence, whatever participate, make your voice heard. I image you have very little respect for Trump voters, same here.

1st off, I will vote for whoever gets then Democratic nomination! Secondly, please do the math ...

RoboGraham comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Youngsters are much more likely to turn out in the general.

RoboGraham replies on Mar 5, 2020:

@Lorajay I won't vote for a corrupt corporatist warmonger again is what I mean.