20th March 2020, 6:26 PM
There's no getting around it, Sanders is almost certainly going to lose this. That hail mary with the entire establishment backing Biden after the South Carolina win really turned it around for him in a big way. It's almost certainly that and that alone that did it too, because poll after poll is now showing that all the people that voted for Biden prefer Sander's policies. That is extremely confusing to people like you and me who know more about the two, but there it is. As near as I can tell, they must think that Sander's policies are the party's policies and the only purpose behind picking a candidate is who is going to be the face of those policies. They're in for a rude awakening.
Meanwhile, two more things are happening. Firstly, Sanders posted a point by point proposal for what needs to happen to help us during this pandemic, while Biden is, frankly, hiding. Trump, for his part, seems to be doing all the things on that proposal, with undeserved bonuses added for big businesses. That's disgusting- but frankly the imporatant thing right now are the benefits to the working class. Right now, my family is in major trouble and it's only getting worse. We NEED this, right now, and so that's why I am furious at the democratic leadership for actually opposing the whitehouse's plan. Look, the impossible happened, the republicans have gone socialist. However, right now the democrats are RIGHT of the republicans on this issue. They're the regressive ones right now, they're the ones in the way of what needs to happen. It's revolting, but Trump is the broken clock right now, and this is one of the rare times he's right. Is he actually doing it because he's compassionate? HA! Of course not, this is desperation pure and simple, but as I've always said, it's the policies that matter.
And right now, Trump is winning on policy. Here's the thing. If the democrats keep standing in the way of proposals (ripped straight from Sanders) that are actually going to help people right now, Biden won't just lose, it'll be a landslide. They're setting themselves up to lose the election.
Meanwhile, two more things are happening. Firstly, Sanders posted a point by point proposal for what needs to happen to help us during this pandemic, while Biden is, frankly, hiding. Trump, for his part, seems to be doing all the things on that proposal, with undeserved bonuses added for big businesses. That's disgusting- but frankly the imporatant thing right now are the benefits to the working class. Right now, my family is in major trouble and it's only getting worse. We NEED this, right now, and so that's why I am furious at the democratic leadership for actually opposing the whitehouse's plan. Look, the impossible happened, the republicans have gone socialist. However, right now the democrats are RIGHT of the republicans on this issue. They're the regressive ones right now, they're the ones in the way of what needs to happen. It's revolting, but Trump is the broken clock right now, and this is one of the rare times he's right. Is he actually doing it because he's compassionate? HA! Of course not, this is desperation pure and simple, but as I've always said, it's the policies that matter.
And right now, Trump is winning on policy. Here's the thing. If the democrats keep standing in the way of proposals (ripped straight from Sanders) that are actually going to help people right now, Biden won't just lose, it'll be a landslide. They're setting themselves up to lose the election.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)