Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign megathread v2 (pg 77 - declares victory in Iowa)

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Depends on who's the nominee.

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If Sanders can win IA and NV, he will win NH. But it's still plausible. Don't underestimate Sanders in NV. He will be pretty strong outside of Clark County.

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I'll vote for the Democratic nominee as long as it isn't Bloomberg

I would prefer Bernie, and my second choice is Warren

I'll vote for Joe if he's the nominee in 2020, but I won't like it at all, and I'd be likely to back a primary challenger against him in 2024, if the chance were to arise

Almost exactly this but change vote to support.

I'm inclined to hold my nose down and support Biden and/or Klobuchar. But I wouldn't for Bloomberg and Clinton for example.

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1216435180220620807

Interesting question Mr. President, what does this all mean? I can't wait to find out!

It means he's gonna kick his ass in november.

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Sanders is the only one who can bring a shockwave through American politics. We need him more than ever. Don't screw it up America. Look at Europe. Warren ain't going nowhere. Look at Europe. Do you want to have more social rights, paid leave, affordable healthcare, education and housing. Than now is the time to act. It's IMO the most moderate option Sanders. His ideas aren't radical, they are normal.

COME ON BERNIE!

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I kind of feel like its gonna be Bernie. Just a hunch in my moderate gut. Ive been wrong multiple times before(Supported Edwards in 2004, Clinton in 2008), but it kind of feels like the stars are aligning for him. Still wont vote for him in the primary, but not as hostile to the idea of a Sanders presidency as I was even a few months ago.

You don't have to vote for him in the primary, i understand. But a Sanders presidency will bring a lot of change. And the balance will be in the cabinet, and especially the R senate and the D house. It won't be easy to implement reforms. Sanders will have a hard time doing it. So a Sanders presidency is even according to the moderate left not a disaster. You could try it out. The Republicans tried Trump as well. He didn't do as much damage, but he turned out not to be a great president. It's time for revenge and our answer and it's Bernie! His ideas aren't radical, they are implemented in Europe and it works just fine. And there will be lots of checks and balances as how it works in a proper democracy.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483390-sanders-responds-to-bloomberg-criticism-with-photo-of-former-mayor-golfing

A Bloomberg - Clinton ticket would be a disaster. Arch enemies in the audience, but always  have been secret friends. Trump is the personification of capitalism. The personification of the illusion of "the American Dream". Bloomberg and the Clintons have helped make Trump's corruption practices possible through their policies, Bloomberg at city level as mayor of NYC, the Clintons as the executors of the disastrous neoliberal third-way demolition policy. Puncture what they tell you. The choice between Clinton and Trump was not one about policy, but one about personality. And so the choice between Bloomberg and Clinton will not be one either. Bloomberg claims that Trump is Bernie's best bro, but you can see who is essentially "best friends" with Trump, while Bernie has been loyal to working people all his life, working hard for them both in front of and behind the scenes.

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https://duedissidence.com/2020/02/18/bloomberg-is-the-stop-sanders-candidate-our-response-must-be-bernie-or-bust/?fbclid=IwAR0PW_z-e7E5F16jlgyQLu_P03sx6_mtoc3nF0feflSavivzpzwPInkxy90

The CNN/Elizabeth Warren smear job against Bernie was my first real reminder of how awful things could become overnight. Such a clearly coordinated hit was a loud wake-up call, but thankfully, that’s all it was, because Bernie not only survived the attack, he came out of it even stronger.

Then came the Iowa Caucuses, which Bernie was poised to win, only to have app malfunctions, communication breakdowns, and reporting discrepancies, totally derail the entire affair. This was either a second coordinated hit against Bernie’s movement, or it was negligence to the point that it may as well have been. Either way, it was obvious that the Democratic Party could not be trusted to administer free and fair elections in such a manner that the public could have confidence in the results. A party that can’t be trusted in this way has no reason to exist. That night it became clear that they were an illegitimate party, and a party I could no longer pledge my support to in this election.