MSNBC Host Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' complained in a tweet last night that the Democratic contenders onstage last night for Pt. 2 of the second Democratic debate spent more time attacking President Barack Obama's policies than they spent attacking President Donald Trump.
Though Scarborough also inadvertently admitted something important: The Democratic Party of today isn't the same party from 2016. Instead, even candidates who once believed themselves to be part of the mainstream have embraced policies that are much further to the left, largely thanks to the influence of "the Squad" and their fellow progressives, who have been gaining influence in Washington since the mid-terms.
Scarborough is probably also referring to the fact that Biden and Harris, the two front runners who participated in Wednesday night's debate, were lightning rods for criticism. Bill de Blasio and others got into a huge debate with Biden over health-care reform, even prompting Biden to declare these criticisms of Obamacare "malarky".
Biden was also attacked over the 800,000 deportations that occurred during the Obama Administration, which seemed to support the Trump Administration's argument that Trump's supposedly "draconian" border policies are merely a continuation of the Obama years.
While the "you're playing into Republicans' hands!" argument is certainly compelling to some, they should probably tell Scarborough not to say the quiet part out loud.
#1: NeoconsNailed To: Horse (#0)
Being stupid and myopic, they never connected the dots or took a good hard look in the mirror, so they'd better just take their lumps. They are really, REALLY stupid.
NeoconsNailed posted on 2019-08-01 14:54:59 Reply Private Reply
#2: Lod To: NeoconsNailed (#1)
Lod posted on 2019-08-01 16:57:56 Reply Private Reply
#3: Cynicom To: Lod (#2)
A betting man would bet the Dems at the convention will pull a female Obama or Clinton out of the hat to run for President.
Cynicom posted on 2019-08-01 18:26:05 Reply Private Reply
#4: NeoconsNailed To: Lod (#2)
NeoconsNailed posted on 2019-08-01 18:35:40 Reply Private Reply
#5: randge To: Cynicom (#3)
I've been seeing a gaping hole in that wall for some time now, and it will be filled when they draft one of the above (can't bring myself to type the names) for the nomination.
I've seen worse personally, but not outside of an emergency room.
randge posted on 2019-08-01 19:32:28 Reply Private Reply
#6: Lod To: Cynicom, NN, 4 (#3)
Andrew Yang, 44
Andrew Yang is the founder of Venture for America. In 2012, the Obama administration selected him as a Champion of Change.
In 2015, he was selected as Presidential Ambassador of Global Entrepreneurship.
He filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in 2020 on November 6, 2017.
The entrepreneur and former tech executive is focusing his campaign on an ambitious universal income plan.
Lod posted on 2019-08-01 20:06:09 Reply Private Reply
#7: Lod To: randge (#5)
Or a crypt.
Lod posted on 2019-08-01 20:07:14 Reply Private Reply
#8: randge To: Lod (#7)
If I'd watched the whole thing they would have carried me out feet first.
As it is they lost almost half their audience after the first fiasco.
randge posted on 2019-08-01 20:28:03 Reply Private Reply
#9: Lod To: randge (#8)
Lod posted on 2019-08-01 20:50:17 Reply Private Reply
#10: BTP Holdings To: Lod (#6)
Someone must produce in order for there to be income.
As far as universal goes, here is the definition from Merriam-Webster.
www.merriam- webster.com/dictionary/universal
BTP Holdings posted on 2019-08-01 22:11:41 Reply Private Reply