***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[rexanglorum]

Bernie should just run as VP then.

An even better move would be Keith Ellison, he's black, he's Muslim and he's one of the few Congressmen who formally endorsed Bernie.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Your theory only works if Bernie gives Clinton the same help that Hillary and Bill gave Obama in 2008.

If and when Hillary gets the nomination, we will finally know if Bernie's revolution was about helping people or helping himself

If Bernie Sanders and his supporters play the "the are both just as bad, No Bernie no vote" or their is actually an exodus of "anti-establishment" voters to the Trump side, then the progressive movement stops dead in it's tracks.

Because it would confirm a lot people's biggest fear about this campaign. That conservatives value white supremacy, while white progressives still have white privileged

But I have faith that won't be the case.

There is no need to wonder, white progressive do have privileges that minorities do not have. The question is how will that influence voting patterns.

Whites of all political stripes can weather a Trump presidency. That is all the more reason for the DNC to purge the DLC elements and embrace genuine populism. If Hillary Clinton wins the nomination, she cannot win the general with minority and LGBT and feminist issues alone, she has to appeal to a certain number of white working class straight guys in order to win.

If you tell white men to check their privilege but you let the middle class continue its decline, you will just further radicalize huge majorities of white voters. Because white people already enjoy better protection under the law and cultural dominance, they associate privilege with having financial security. So when you say that a working class or poor white guy is privileged, he now sees liberals as both opposed to his material interests and as being dishonest.

It's time to decouple social justice from laissez-faire capitalism. That is if Sec. Clinton is actually interested in breaking down ALL the barriers.

I'm not telling white men to check their privileged.

I'm saying that if white men turn on other liberal and minority jobs for not going along with their preferred choice, then they furthering push away minority groups.

The DNC needs to transform after this election, I agree. But it is kinda funny to me that minority groups are now being told to consider the feelings of the white man, in fear they might become radicalized.

You speaking about decoupling social justice from capitalism. But like I said before, Bernie biggest issue is that he doesn't tie the fates of minority groups and his base/America/white people together, even economically.

Until progressives mixed social justice with social democracy, they're pitch to minority communities will always fall short

 

[RustyShackleford]

Bernie should just run as VP then.

Don't think it's likely but imagine the #'s these 2 would do on the same ticket in a general :x :x

If Trillary gets the nod, she gonna wait till the convention to announce her pick.

Everybody gonna be on edge.....Is is Warren?....Is it Sanders?............O'Malley maybe?

Nahhhhh, the light gonna go off Chris Jericho style, a countdown clock will appear over the stage, and when it hits double zero, the world will know one thing......

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Chafee byke!

 

[MVP]

Can Obeezy be her VP?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Nah, Biden can though

 

[rexanglorum]

Can Obeezy be her VP?

Now that's thinking outside the box. I wish that Obama would have nominated himself to the SCOTUS and be de facto on the 2016 ticket.

 

[rolaholic]

The thought of Keith Ellison as VP

 

[RustyShackleford]

The thught of Keith Ellison as VP

Early conservative across the country gonna be like....

 

[rexanglorum]

The more I think of it the better a choice he becomes:

- He's young so he could run for President in 2020, 2024 or beyond.

- Hillary could dispel the narrative that the "Clinton machine," is insular and vindictive.

- He'd grab most of the Bernie supporters in the general.

- He would balance the ticket in terms of race and gender.

- His being Muslim would troll the hell out of Trump and his people.

 

[MVP]

The thought of Keith Ellison as VP

A woman and a black Muslim VP?

Live look in at the right if that happens...

 

[Chopper]

The thought of Keith Ellison as VP

Minneapolis in the House (literally and figuratively) 

 

[rexanglorum]

The most hated women in Conservative circles, runs with a black Muslim, co-signed by a Jewish socialist for the purpose of making Obama a Supreme Court Justice, this is beyond real America's worst nightmares.

 

[rolaholic]

Seriously though

I can only imagine the pushback from Drumpf supporters and an even bigger ****storm of an election

 

[cl-1b]

Socialist's want to share everything but the blame [emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[sfc415]

Why do you use apostrophes for plural nouns? That's one of the first things you learn not to do when you get to elementary school

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

The more I think of it the better a choice he becomes:

- He's young so he could run for President in 2020, 2024 or beyond.

- Hillary could dispel the narrative that the "Clinton machine," is insular and vindictive.

- He'd grab most of the Bernie supporters in the general.

- He would balance the ticket in terms of race and gender.

- His being Muslim would troll the hell out of Trump and his people.

Plot twist of the century. Heads in Middle America would literally explode.

I'm here for it.

 

[dathbgboy]

The most hated women in Conservative circles, runs with a black Muslim, co-signed by a Jewish socialist for the purpose of making Obama a Supreme Court Justice, this is beyond real America's worst nightmares.

Suicide rate for white males would skyrocket 8 years of that, hell, even 4 years of that would definitely bring about radical change I think.

You'll hear "They're taking my beloved Amurica away!!!" across the land.

 

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[SC kid]

^^^^ why do people think that?

 

[cash money 1999]

27% Hispanics voted for trump? Amazing..

my pops voted fot trump and he can barely speak English

My neighborhood is 95 percent Cuban and they all trump mobb .

 

[IATT]

Such sound logic

 

[IATT]

^^^^ why do people think that?

Article is worth a read:

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/16/oba...on_is_as_big_a_gop_nightmare_as_donald_trump/

 

[blco02]

http://www.delawareonline.com/story...omments-haunt-him-two-decades-later/81865194/

 

[nom de guerre]

http://www.delawareonline.com/story...omments-haunt-him-two-decades-later/81865194/

I came across this right after the seat opened and laughed. Bush got his Justice confirmed. It was all grandstanding by Biden unlike republicans who have fabricated this notion that the President can't replace a justice in his last year. If they were smart they would nominate this guy cause if Hillary wins she could choose someone way more liberal than Garland.

 

[cl-1b]

Man another lefty justice is all we need. The commies will debut the next step of their infamous agenda very shortly