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16 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I’ve already decided that I will refuse to vote for Bloomberg. I’ll waste my vote on Hawkins or La Riva instead in the general election. The only exception to me being “Bernie or bust” at this point is Warren or Klobuchar for the sole prospect of having our first woman president. Maybe, and a big one at that, I could support Buttigieg since he’d be the first gay president. Plus, he’s at least somewhat close to my viewpoints (compared to the other “moderates”).

 

What about Biden? No vote to him as well? 

 

I don't think Bloomberg will win enough delegates on his own. His best chance is in a brokered convention. And if DNC selects Bloomberg ahead of Bernie, I do suspect that Bernie might go ahead and contest as an Independent. So, you might not have to waste your vote on Hawkins or La Riva but can instead waste it on Bernie. 

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17 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yep :yes The GOP is a political party. The Democrats are everyone not that. It’s been an issue in the past, and it’s going to be an issue this year. 30-40% of the party wants Bernie, 30-40% wants a moderate, and 20% wants something in the middle, there’s going 30% that refuse to endorse the other sides candidate, especially after this long and painful primary.

 

I’ve already decided that I will refuse to vote for Bloomberg. I’ll waste my vote on Hawkins or La Riva instead in the general election. The only exception to me being “Bernie or bust” at this point is Warren or Klobuchar for the sole prospect of having our first woman president. Maybe, and a big one at that, I could support Buttigieg since he’d be the first gay president. Plus, he’s at least somewhat close to my viewpoints (compared to the other “moderates”).

 

Oh dear really? So, when push comes to shove, you prefer another term of the orange man slowly destroying your country than having Bloomberg? I do not like Bloomberg either, but he is some lightyears better than the imbecile you currently have in office.

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3 hours ago, Dolby said:

 

What about Biden? No vote to him as well? 

 

I don't think Bloomberg will win enough delegates on his own. His best chance is in a brokered convention. And if DNC selects Bloomberg ahead of Bernie, I do suspect that Bernie might go ahead and contest as an Independent. So, you might not have to waste your vote on Hawkins or La Riva but can instead waste it on Bernie. 

Biden’s like a dinosaur from the past. He’s a conservative masquerading as a democrat.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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1 hour ago, LowerSaxony said:

 

Oh dear really? So, when push comes to shove, you prefer another term of the orange man slowly destroying your country than having Bloomberg? I do not like Bloomberg either, but he is some lightyears better than the imbecile you currently have in office.

Oh I agree. However, Bloomberg isn’t changing the status quo of US politics. To me, four more years of Trump or four years Bloomberg, will yield similar results. In every test I’ve done Bloomberg’s been the last democratic candidate before Trump (in terms of who aligns with me). Plus, if Trump is relected, I see the chances of having a progressive as president even higher. We might also finally get a vote on Californian Independence then, which is something I’m in a favor of.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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3 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Biden’s like a dinosaur from the past. He’s a conservative masquerading as a democrat.

 

I love how every liberal makes conservatism look like a disease :lol: That's why liberal democracy is struggling big time right now. Dismissing non-liberals as some crazy idiots ain't gonna get you anywhere.

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1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

One of the weirdest, but also scariest threads I’ve seen in a while.

 

 

Annoying, unnecessary and overreacting but not weird for me. It's the priority political mission of the local governors to contain the spread and preventing virus coming into their ruling area. The governors from less developed or rural area tend to take those simple and crude actions. Human right is something fancy only heard about and political mission accomplished is the only goal for them. 

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4 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

I love how every liberal makes conservatism look like a disease :lol: That's why liberal democracy is struggling big time right now. Dismissing non-liberals as some crazy idiots ain't gonna get you anywhere.

 

I feel like you're using liberal as liberally as the conservatives in the US use socialist or communist...

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