22nd August 2020, 12:50 PM
Personally I found his speech vapid and lacking substance like most "centrist" speeches, but he nailed the mood of the times pretty well. Now, lock him in a closet so he doesn't blow it from here to election day. The only one who can make Trump win at this point is Joe himself.
It was pretty maddening seeing them invite so many disgusting republicans to speak at that thing. I know why they did it, standard "reach across the isle" strategy. Pointless and disingenuous, but hey I do get it, I just hated it. No progressives save the one Bernie invited to speak for the standard nomination thing that happens every convention, but at least a few important things were said. Anyway, as I said before I'm fully focused on toppling incombent neoliberals in favor of replacing them with progressives, and so far that strategy's working. Primary away folks! Heck even Pelosi got in on the action primary supporting a challenger um... Kennedy?! Damn it all, I hate dynasties in US politics. Oh speaking of, don't think I didn't notice a preview of the candidate the dems are going to heavily promote 4 years from now. It looks like Michelle Obama's goign to get her turn. I'll give her this, she'll be a LOT more charismatic than Biden, but if her politics are the same as Obama (and they seem to be) then we're dealing with another centrist for whatever Progressive we try to promote around then. It won't be Bernie, his time's up.
It was pretty maddening seeing them invite so many disgusting republicans to speak at that thing. I know why they did it, standard "reach across the isle" strategy. Pointless and disingenuous, but hey I do get it, I just hated it. No progressives save the one Bernie invited to speak for the standard nomination thing that happens every convention, but at least a few important things were said. Anyway, as I said before I'm fully focused on toppling incombent neoliberals in favor of replacing them with progressives, and so far that strategy's working. Primary away folks! Heck even Pelosi got in on the action primary supporting a challenger um... Kennedy?! Damn it all, I hate dynasties in US politics. Oh speaking of, don't think I didn't notice a preview of the candidate the dems are going to heavily promote 4 years from now. It looks like Michelle Obama's goign to get her turn. I'll give her this, she'll be a LOT more charismatic than Biden, but if her politics are the same as Obama (and they seem to be) then we're dealing with another centrist for whatever Progressive we try to promote around then. It won't be Bernie, his time's up.
"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)