General Politics Discussion (VI) [ARCHIVED] • Page 1236

wow, very shocked, pointless Dem funnel org uses its rules to give its dem-connected leaders power to contradict its membership, very surprised

 

Damn, Bernie's campaign definitely doesn't organize at all lmao. Oh wait it does it just doesnt do it with Party apparatuses

 

They're so canceled now.

 

Bernie's team is going to knock on more doors than Warren's team, that I'm sure of

 

I agree all three of them have issues, but Warren is the worst of the bunch imo. She supports the sanctions against Venezuela and refused to sign onto the Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Resolution. And she attacked Trump from the right on North Korea. Not to mention she frequently repeats the foreign policy establishment talking points. Plus the fact that her main talking point on foreign policy this race has been her Green New Military plan tells me she doesn't get it. As does her lack of an answer to a simple question like this:

I'm not claiming Tulsi is perfect on foreign policy, she certainly is not, but the voice she has brought to this race is important and it's crazy to me people were happy she missed the last debate. Whoever wins the presidency will be in control of the most powerful military in the history of the world and the candidates spent about 7 minutes talking about foreign policy the other night lol.

 

wtf how did I get on this list? I don't share my real phone number with basically anyone, I have a Google Voice number I give to campaigns/online shit ...

 

In January she said she opposed the sanctions against Venezuela, but correct me if I am wrong and she changed that position. The other things you mentioned are valid criticisms, but I fail to see how Tulsi is better. She has consistently supported bombing the Middle East to defeat terrorists. She said we need to “root out evil where ever it is” to defeat “radical Islamic extremism.” That's a neocon quote in a nutshell. She voted for the military budget in 2018 just as people criticize Warren for doing the same in 2017. She has voted for a bill that would make it essentially impossible for the US to accept Syrian refugees. She was one of the only members of the house to vote against a bill condemning Assad for war crimes.

Comparing their records, I see Gabbard as having more concerning votes than Warren does.

 

I got texts from a pro Trump group for a while, it stopped after I sent back a strongly worded text about how I don’t like him, I’m nowhere near conservative, and to succinctly fuck off. It stopped after that.

 

I can kind of agree with the idea that Tulsi's anti-war posture, even though its not really her beliefs, could have value in a primary just to spread that idea, but...I'm not crying that she's not in the debates

 

Pretty sure this violates TCPA unless there was some box you checked somewhere accidentally

 

I really am curious how I got on any list for Beto ... I didn't donate to his senate campaign, I'm not signed up for his emails. I think I follow his campaign manager on Twitter or have him in my politics list, but that's it. That phone number might be in the official democratic party database for the voter file, but I didn't think so, and even then not sure why Beto's team would have it from that.

 

I'm registered as independent and change to Dem at the voting booth. I don't want the state to be able to look up my party affiliation too easily heh.

 

Yeah get registered if you're in a closed primary state, and tell your friends.

I'd love to be registered Indy but we're closed primary here, no way am I giving up a shot to vote in primaries around here.

 

Wrong number possible?

 

Ugh, I gotta change back to Dem

 

I have news for you and trust me on this.




You're lucky you can do that tho, most states have a deadline of changing it months before the primary

 

Lol, hey, call me paranoid, but with how authoritarian conservatives are becoming and having a mindless Trump-supporting governor, I don't want it to be something easily looked up :p. All you need is a name and birthdate to look up any registered voter in my state.

But yeah, definitely lucky and glad that's an option here

 

*whispers* all your political donations are already public record

 

I didn’t want too but I am

 

Fair enough. But you never know what gun nut might try and look up in today's political climate. People love their guns in my state.

I realize it's an irrational fear, I'm a pretty paranoid person lol

 

Warren and WFP were made for each other, they haven't been the same party they started out as for a long time. They've also made substantial changes in leadership since Bernie was their candidate. Why would any party that claims to be the most progressive make folks pay to vote? They're still much better than the machine and people should still vote on their line (if they don't have another more progressive option), regardless.

 

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I found out I apparently registered independent in college when I tried to vote for Cynthia Nixon and couldn't but I'm dem now