Gyroscopic Investing

WiseOne wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:02 pm Pugchief, you're assuming the DNC is rational...

I read an article somewhere citing a precedent for choosing a candidate who came in late. Plus, if ever there was a time to do something like that it would be now. The pandemic is the mother of all disruptions to the election process. Everyone has forgotten about Biden, and he's lost so much political momentum it's hard to imagine him starting up again in a vacuum. Also, if the DNC pulls a big switch now, they can make people forget not only about Biden but also about the impeachment & Ukraine fiascos. Even though the impeachment probably didn't have any effect on the US response to coronavirus, it is really bad optics that as the virus was spreading in China and starting to invade the US, the Democrats were (Nero-like) fiddling away at impeachment. Surely the DNC is aware of all this.

My guess is that the DNC prevailed on Bernie Sanders on withdraw, specifically to open the way for Cuomo.

WiseOne wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:21 pm Semantics, Vinny. "Suspend" can mean temporary, like when McCain suspended his campaign to go be a senator again in the fall of 2008. In this case, "suspend" is in the same sense as Elizabeth Warren who also "suspended" her campaign. Bottom line is, Biden is the only one left standing and I'm pretty sure the DNC had a hand in this outcome.

Simonjester wrote:
Bernie needs a new vacation house... i wonder what the DNC payoff will be this time..

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:16 pm

Simonjester wrote:
Bernie needs a new vacation house... i wonder what the DNC payoff will be this time..

The "socialist" millionaire who owns three homes!!!!

He's just another in a long line of do what I say, not what I do.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:25 pm

WiseOne wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:21 pm Semantics, Vinny. "Suspend" can mean temporary, like when McCain suspended his campaign to go be a senator again in the fall of 2008. In this case, "suspend" is in the same sense as Elizabeth Warren who also "suspended" her campaign. Bottom line is, Biden is the only one left standing and I'm pretty sure the DNC had a hand in this outcome.

Bernie specifically stated that he was going to remain on the ballot to continue to collect votes. Did Warren also specifically mention ballot votes in her suspension? And, wouldn't you think that if the DNC had a hand in the outcome then part of the deal would have been removing his name from the ballots?

Vinny

WiseOne wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:47 am
And we already know it's MUCH worse than that now - I see reports of multiple knifings and shootings every day all around my neighborhood in the Citizen app. They were nothing like this frequency last year. I'm just glad that these events are taking place in the "low-SES" areas outside my neighborhood proper, that are separated pretty effectively by geography. But I'm now much less inclined to go wandering into them as I used to.

WiseOne wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:34 am Wow talk about a mixed message. Dropped out of the race but still on the ballot? That will be roughly the same effect as people writing in "Mickey Mouse".

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:07 pm

WiseOne wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:34 am Wow talk about a mixed message. Dropped out of the race but still on the ballot? That will be roughly the same effect as people writing in "Mickey Mouse".

He may honestly want to change the country, but the man's got an ego.
At least Bloomberg is continuing to put is funds into the Democratic cause. Whether one is with the Dems or not, staying on the ballot is a tacky move.
Delete that Citizen app; it's the worst.