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A pallor has descended on Democrats since Bernie has been crushing it in the primaries. They may be forced to nominate Bernie but they will NEVER let him celebrate. Fuck 'em. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 B E R N I E 2 0 2 0 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

@Ganiscol Are you "objectively" certain that anyone can guarantee that? No. Bernie beats Trump by 8 in the latest head to head polls. You can't predict the future, but what I can tell you is Bernie has one of the best well run campaigns and a massive organizational structure, which you are seeing the fruit of because he keeps winning. The democratic elite keep trying to move the yardstick to prove he is unelectable. I don't think anyone is going to get a landslide against Trump. That's just not realistic in this economy and with how strong of a candidate he has and how much support he has on the right.

Katie Couric claimed 3/4 of Democrats want an Alternative to Bernie.. where did she pull this Statistic from? Her ass...

Patrick Cuddy they’re out of touch self centered fucks

Why don't you respect the point of view of Democrats who find Bernie's (and Waren's) policies not acceptable? A true democrat abides with the majority vote and does not keep blaming the Dem Party or 'Corporate Democrats'. Any criticism of Bernie sends his supporters into a frenzy that resembles the Trump supporters. Let the primaries play out and the person with the strongest support will win. Then, support whomever wins.

its benefits all instead of the elites

Most folk except the very very bottom will be poorer

AmplifiedSilence. Isn’t the original post referring to the tax rate on the rich during Eisenhower? He was a republican.

if you want to have fun shock a Republican by telling them factually the tax rate was around 90% for several decades in the era those 'Make America Great Again' hats are referring to lol

@@ytubeanon well I'm not a republican, offcial tax rates are often meaningless effective tax rates were substantial lower. Also because of this distortion, we have many many exceptions that liberals seem to hate. Anytime you try and distort the economy it will come back to bite you somewhere, there is no avoiding this.

Yep. I like to think that deep down he does actually still believe in Sanders - I just wonder how large that paycheck must have been to make him turn on Sanders. It must have been hundreds of millions if not a billion after all the guy already almost is a billionaire himself, isn't he? Wasn't his networth something like 500 million in 2015?

He’s bought out. Simple.

monokhem Good rebuttal bud, a lot of good comments made there.

Bill is bought. F%# him

I think Bill is just nervous about Bernie's chances, and doesn't want to see Trump get re-elected. I've seen conservatives and libertarians all over that loathe Trump say they would probably vote for him if Sanders is the nominee, and that's a big reason why Bill is probably not all in. You also have to take into account how much the word socialism scares Republicans and will drive out the masses while liberal voters may sit on their ass and not vote. In saying all that, go Bernie!

That guy is on point. If I'm forced to choose between Trump and Bernie, I'm choosing neither.

Yea I'm not voting for Bernie either.

Then you are idiots if you think it's a wash between the 2

@@theBagheera22 you Bernie Bros are making it impossible to vote for Bernie. I hate Trump, but the Trumpers are even worse imo….just like you Bernie Bros actually make me dislike Bernie more than I already did before he ran. You jerks are turning off a lot of voters...which you will need in November.

@@scottaudetat3090 I agree 100% . Bernie's precocious, entitled, elitist followers make an already horrible candidate even worse. You can't even get centrist and moderates like myself on board, so how the fuck do you think you can beat Trump? You gonna give them a brow beating on social media? 😂 #NeverBernie

Nina Turner is a good person, but will not unite the party, and after Bernie's heart attack, putting her that close to becoming President will be too hard to accept for many people. Stacy Abrams or Michelle Obama would be better choices. Oprah would be a good political theorist choice.

Vikash Bhalla fucking bloomberg is a disaster.

Bernie Bros=Trumpers, so the backers of each are both two evils for sure.

@@scottaudetat3090 idiot

@@ryancappo no fuckin oprah, no Obama's, no more networked candidates. No more Clintons Bushes, or Kennedys!

The media would lose too much revenue and now the media is all about the $$$

Barbara LeMere I believe that also.

@@JP-de6yz My ex wife was like that (the worst). I stopped talking to her after the separation, she did the worst things for a time then : peace for me.

@@JP-de6yz i disagree. I think people use that as an excuse. I think people are just obsessed with him. I think most of the panel are right.

If the press could treat trump like the wayward child he is......but the press is not parental nor should it be....this lying manipulative vengeful p.o.s. needs a strong psychiatric hand to curb this incompetent so-called president..but that undoubtedly would require hospitalization in a psychiatric ward! Only people with limited outlook accept trump’s maniacal behavior......and it dioes seem there are more and mire voters who aren’t questioning trump’s childishness! Trump does not respond as an adult and we have all seen this repeatedly! Never thought an immature tyrant would ever be considered a U.S. president. Trump’s lack of education is glaring and those who support him like Moscow Mitch and forked tongued Graham are, indeed, monsters and true enemies of democracy. How did we is ever get to a point where these narrow visioned pols dictate their mega SELFSERVING impositions.........McConnell dictated that senators must obey him and acquit an obvious perpetrator who so glaringly abused his presidential powers! Not the American Way! This is more like a political henchman carrying out a nefarious mandate and threatening his gang that they must acquit or else as McConnell must have threatened! We have an uneducated, incompetent who is lacking in so many areas as to render him the WORST PRESIDENT EVER! The republicans who support trump are definitely TOXIC! Replace them all! Party over country is despicable and short sighted but that is exactly what he he fiendish Moscow Mitch imposed on all but THE HONORABLE MITT ROMNEY,! The rest are terrified sheep! They should all be replaced in the next election.....but will they be voted out?

It's the reveal of how corporate the media is and how the system comes together to stand for the ultra rich over the American people. Couric is another media hack on the take from the health care industry. Sanders is a centrist in relation to most of the civilized countries of the world, of which we are not one yet.

Sanders would be a moderate in most European countries since most of his policies are already in place there.

@Ricardo Carreiro you don't need the establishment to read and study history. you don't need the establishment to talk to people who have immigrated from truly socialist countries. Scandinavia is not socialist. You know what the real socialist countries are you just don't want to talk about them. That's the establishment at work.

@@winesap2 Yikes. Some pretty strong assertions there. And would like to know more about that whole Couric/Health Care Industry thing. Never heard it before. Nevertheless..... You have a right to have your opinion, of course. On the other hand, we are looking at American policies and government here....not the rest of the world. Hillary was the real centrist, in my opinion. If nothing else, she would be open to compromise given enough pressure. Bernie et al have left themselves no wiggle room. Obviously the point is now moot. Thanks for your input.

You should move there.

Marian Mauel Yes. The democrats still haven’t learned that many many people who wanted Bernie in 2016 ended up voting for Trump instead of Hillary. Bernie stands for big impactful change, and that’s what's needed here. I’m not from the US, I surely would be a democrat if I was, but DAMN they really mess this up each and every time. 🤦🏻

And what they dont understand is it's not that they didnt vote for Hillary because it wasnt bernie. It's that they are desperate for change and unfortunatley got conned by that trump monster

It's usually rich people who already have it good that are against Bernie.

It's not about hating bernie, it's about beating the moron. If bernie isn't the one then America will decide.

Marian Mauel VOTE Blue!!

I do want to see the media do this. Ignore what he does or tweets for a week. Obama wasn't in the news everyday.

@@ryancappo Obama wasn't an insane lunatic. News goes where the fire is. It's an inescapable trap.

@@ryancappo The prob is Obama s action didn't earn him much press just like how he created a mess in Libya and press just ignores it. Even Hollywood and libs didn't care about how Obama acted. They took a most number of Films regarding Iraq but they refuse to take movies about Syria and Libya. That's the prob. Even Obama signed Executive order when Congress was in republican control and he said he didn't need them, but nobody in the press cried how he just attacked Congress. Trump sells the news , Obama doesn't.

@@abelincon8472 6

@@carltonwomble9038 6 means?

Maher is worth $100 million: wealthygorilla.com/bill-maher-net-worth/ Katie Couric $75 million: www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/katie-couric-net-worth/ Bret Stephens (see bed bug meme) $45 million: celebstrendingnow.com/bret-stephens-net-worth/ Bloomberg $56 billion, Trump $3 billion.

Huh? Van Jones literally went full on Bernie, and Pramila is a Bernie surrogate.

I love when Bill has a progressive on his show (and it happens so rarely). They always kick ass.

@@joshuaholmes6857 I dont think she defended bernie as well as she could have, basically called out that guys rubbish. Get your arse on there AOC

@@theBagheera22 Yeah, a tad underwhelmed by her responses here. We need Nina Turner or AOC to come on and skulldrug these corrupt establishment peeps.

HAha she’s a fucking clown.

Or pramila herself

Yeah, Stacy Abrams is waaay too cozy with the Democratic establishment. Got nothing against her but I just don’t trust her.

Yeah, I'm not a hard no, but with Nina Turner or Ro Khanna, why go there ?

@@randyjax09 Not to mention that she flat out refuses to accept the reality of her losing the governor's race in GA.

Bloomberg bought off Abrams in January anyway. If Bloomberg is forced on us, don't be surprised if she's his VP or in some top position so he can market himself as not actually racist (along with Jason Johnson who is shilling for him non-stop on MSNBC). townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/01/08/abrams-to-host-bloomberg-after-candidate-makes-5-million-donation-to-abrams-org-n2559191?1413

I don’t think the tape measure was invented back then , don’t contradict me because I have a grade 9 red state education.

John , I caught that also.

Madison was a genius. Big difference.

It's not a big deal. I understood the point Bill was trying to make. Also, I have a weird interest in knowing how tall famous people are. I always knew Lincoln was our tallest president, whereas Madison was the shortest. Napoleon wasn't as short as people thought he was. There was some issue in converting the way the French measured then to now. He was about 5'6". And Alexander the Great was only about 5'0". He was really tiny.

Yes

What happens to the thousands of jobs in private insurance. Countries with single payer also have private insurance.

@Fit Tall Gay Blond billionaires are the 1 percent so it is not extreme. This entire system is fucked up. Millions is not enough????

Two bad choices? Does this mean it didn't make a difference to you whether it would be Clinton or Trump?

It should had been Clinton we wouldn't be in this mass, Trump has always been a LIAR and know body saw that comeing

I bet you love that other imbecile, Mazie Hirono, as well.

that's every political leader ever, politicians lie because the masses are too dumb to understand their long term plans which may require sacrifices in the short term, and you are a perfect example of herd mentality

@@danielvundakleeten3992 you are absolutely wrong. All politicians do NOT lie all the time and you are a dotard, sir. If I had herd mentality, I'd be a Trump supporter :)

It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome. I know, it's terrible. Your country is prospering, but you feel like a loser, cause you are.

The 0.001% that pretend they hate Trump so that dems nominate a republican who they wouldn't vote for over Trump

Fuck that guy and all Corporatist Democrats

Millionaire shilling for Billionaires

Next thing you know, all of them are going to go into histrionics and hysteria about the guillotine coming back.

@Sudhir Kakar your logic is far more stupid since you don't understand what Sanders agenda really is not his track record. 🤫

He will just make us poorer. That's all

Americans (most of them at least) have been completely brainwashed by their corporate owned politicians and media. If only they'd take a look across the border to every other developed country in the world, they'd realize their current system is radical, not the system Bernie is fighting for.

How's he going to pass any of that though the Senate?

@@michealmcneal2259 exactly.

@@thomaswschaller So the alternative is settling on a moderate like Buttigieg who has zero policies beyond the current ones and won't try to get anything passed? If that is true then American politics is terminally ill.

Thats the point Bret was trying to make, how do we know he's not going to 'nationalize Goldman Sachs'?? I mean he seems tooooo far left for comfort. He would do well to tamper his messages at least occasionally

Because everyone you see on TV has 10-100 million dollars+

They are worried that it will cost their media companies money. They are worried that the news will be 'boring' again with a competent executive branch who is solely focused on getting stuff done.

Because the media is controlled by 6 conglomerates and 15 billionaires. Bernie wants to tax those billionaires and has even suggested breaking up their media monopoly. The DNC don't like Bernie because he registers as an Independent to avoid having to funnel corrupt money through lobbying and would not work to appease their exclusive corporate elite circles. President Bernie would be the first in decades to authentically and exclusively work for the people, not these insufferable leaching opportunistic hacks.

@Sebastian isn't it the opposite? they are afraid he will deliver?

@Sebastian The Amendment King. Also I wonder how he was able to pressure Disney and Amazon to raise their minimum wage? Can't get anything done so it must be magic.

Bloomberg is an oligarch spreading propaganda to the general public in order to bypass Bernie who has built a grassroots movement of passionate supporters, supporters who rightly not going to vote for said oligarch in the general. For Bill to not understand this, to brush aside 'stop and frisk', and think it's 'ok' to buy the nomination, well, that kinda makes him at best amoral...

hahaha

Charlemagne the god is a neoliberal hack so that wouldn't have made this any better

That was funny as hell when he corrected Bill about black voters not voting for Hillary! "But in 2008 they had Barrack Obama" Killed Bills obvious flawed argument!

Yeah, you could tell how they left out Bloomberg's comments that actually was problematic and think people are idiots. These establishment liberal are just as bad some of the idiots on the Trump side. Remember how they clutch their pearls when Trump said grab them by psssy? Bloomberg has over 50 sexual harresment cases against him. No mention of that though. They are fine with Bloomberg's racissm.

Right?? Makes me support him even more

@@ghostwolf1435 Absolutely. He's been consistent all his life. His ideas are good. Socialism is NOT a dirty word.

His policies arent even full socialist! Medicare for all is so fucking reasonable!!!

If Bernie's going to be president he'll have to learn to live with criticism, and so will you. Grow up. You're the type of person who gave the White House to Mango Unchained because the DNC hurt your feelings. Berniebots own some of the damage he's done to this country because they were arrogant and they refused to cast their vote for Hillary. I hope you people have learned your lesson because if you haven't, another four years of the Child Rapist-in-Chief is likely to destroy this country.

EVERY candidate faces criticism. Somehow Bernie supporters think when he receives any it's a conspiracy against him, much like Trump supporters.

The American public is centre left policy wise. The legalized bribing of corporations shift both parties to the right. Lol at thinking Bernie will choose a moderate vp.

Seriously, he logically has to choose Mrs. Gabbard - young, female, woman of colour, minority background, energetic, well-spoken yet honest (as far as I can tell at least), strong support among Independents and republican leaning, military veteran, Congresswoman - the list goes on and on - if you want to win, this is the person to choose. If there has to emerge a female candidate from this democratic field of hopefuls, truely deserving of presidential honours, its' her and nobody else!

Alexander Blattler gabbard tanked all her goodwill with her presidential campaign, the dnc had it in for her but she definitely didnt help herself w some recent choices Bernie will probably pick warren, barbara lee or tammy baldwin He’d never pick an abrams, thatd be suprising considering her politics are unknown but she seems to be an establishment darling Bernies litmus’s according to him are a strong progressive and a woman

@@KenIbeanusi Lee and Baldwin are finally some decent suggestions that I would find believable. Though I really do not understand your logic why he would choose Warren of all people rather than Gabbard. How can Gabbard "tank her good will", but Warren would still be viable? That seriously doesn't make any sense. If some one has "tanked [all their] good will" it's Warren and I like to think that, as far as progressives go, Warren has, at least for the time being, grasped the status of a persona non-grata. I still think that Gabbard is probably a better candidate because of her run for presidency and out-reach across the isle and her strong stance in regards to foreign affairs, as well as her military service experience. Though as I mentioned your other choices besides Warren would seem plausible as well; perhaps Lee more so than Baldwin.

That's so not true. It's anyone but trump for most democrats. But independents and centrist well that's bernies problem to solve.

he has a point - Europe is far from free market with quite a bit of regulation but less income inequality - the American argument that govt/state oversight and spending is socialism (but only on certain issues) is fake

Haha, that's good. I'm not sure he understands Bernie at all... Bernie has his message: The 1% will pay their fair share in taxes... M4A... student debt relief... Green New Deal... why on earth should he get lost in the weeds on "for instances" about Capitalism? Stephens along with Chris Matthews, among others... really think he's a communist.

Loser 2016, Loser 2020, Dead 2024

That sounds like a Republican problem Bret don't try to turn us into a moderate Republican party even though we are half way there. Many Trump supporters would and still vote for Bernie as the middle class and poor lives have not got better.

Love me some concern trolling from right-wingers like Bret

@@GlennC789 I agree with Bret Stephens exactly. If the Dam nominee is Mayor Pete, Klobuchar, Biden or Bloomberg, I have saved up the $2800 and will donate to their campaign. If the Dam party forces me to pick between Sanders (or Warren) and Trump, I will spend that $2800 to go on vacation during election week and simply not vote. Sanders is way far too left for me, and is unelectable in the battleground states. For example, the Dem nominee simply can't win Pennsylvania (or Ohio) if their nominee has proposed banning fracking of natural gas, which both Sanders and Warren have done. A Sanders nomination is a Trump win. Period.

@@1cranky321 Ok boomer

@@huugosorsselsson4122 Your purity will keep you warm when Sanders loses to Trump.

bill has never been a lefty

Well, so far, he was never confident a leftie would win, so he said "he supported them" because he knew they would never win. Now, Bernie has better odds to win, so he is afraid of losing his $$$.

ricaard …………………….. Socialism only means regulated capitalism available for everyone . Equality of opportunity .

@@JoeyFiveandDimes no, socialism means worker's control of production. and there's nothing wrong with that.

Shway ………………….. No, you're wrong . That's communism - the dictatorship of the proletariat . Democratic Socialism is individual freedom, self determination, democracy in the workplace . Dr. Richard Wolfe explains this well . I do agree that there is nothing wrong with workers 'choosing' to control production, and share in profits and the mechanics of business decisions, as most worker co-ops do .

So you are saying he is talking shit like always?

If media companies had self-discipline Bret "bed bugs" Stephens wouldn't be writing for the NYT

They do the same to Sanders' supporters, attack Sanders and his supporters and keep repeating lies and when his supporters react to their attacks and lies, say they're being toxic, mean, hateful, etc. They're either unable to see the hypocrisy or it's deliberate, trying to manufacture Bernie into Stalin 2.0 and his supporters, as Chuck Todd on MSNBC said, as being Nazi brown shirts so he loses and they don't have to pay more in taxes.

Fuck Trumptards

The point is Trump changes his policies from the campaign, and they don't care about what they voted for

They booked her before the NH primary, and I'm sure they want to have every candidate on.

@@ryancappo im all for the coverage but it was just how the interview was conducted and the narrative seemed very dismissive of bernie.

@Dianne Lo weathy are shallow rich people that hide their L's along with all their finances in offshore accounts to elude paying taxes so we cant have nice things like infrastructure or affordable healthcare

You left out an o

John O sigh! I wish...

what a silly partisan comment

@regulator619 uhhh the members of the squad have also been found to have committed campaign finance violations and funneling money to their family ect ect so they're no less corrupt

@regulator619 here is the campaign finance violation www.cnn.com/2019/06/07/politics/ilhan-omar-campaign-finance/index.html and AOC was funneling money to her boyfriend nypost.com/2019/03/05/ocasio-cortez-aide-accused-of-funneling-1m-into-private-accounts/ there are more examples too

But did they really lose?

"Inability" backed by the notion of the irrelevance of the written word. Their Dear Leader proudly doesn't read; they all slavishly watch teevee ( esp. FAUX ) and presume they know enough to see and judge things. Then they go to their church where their preacher reads the Good Book for them and tells them what it all means ( i.e., tells them what they want to hear, what they are paying him to say ). Yep: PROUDLY illiterate. None of that book-learnin' elitism for them!

The Goldfish memory thing is actually an urban myth, their memories are at least six months, after that point they gave up the study so it could be much more.

AH AH AH OH OH OH YOU SO FUNNY AND CUNNING LOL 🤣🤣🤣

Your urban elitist tone pleases me. Tell me more.

Gail Kaplin 2 Doctoral Degrees, Gail. Ps .... MAGA 2020 ! ; D

You know, if you earn it over 50 years of hard work - yeah.

Lol, that's a #reach

@@johntao6822 Congress is hard work? Lol bernie never said millionaires but only before 50 years. He will just make us all poorer

@@Dan16673 If you it affects you, you must have a very a high mark of what you consider poor.

@@questworldmatrix yeah medium household income less 35k net would do damage to almost everyone. You commies never learn

Cem Aydin exactly. He is so fucking privileged. They wonder why Donald trump won.

@J C Typical liberal answer

Tom Atkinson He picks Tulsi; I’m definitely writing in Mickey Mouse!

The media is earning only with the maddest dog on the block.

Used to be you smacked a naughty dog with a newspaper or rubbed his nose in the poo.

@@MrAudienceMember2662015 - Trump's the kind of dog that would shit in the middle of the living room carpet and then point at the cat.

The problem with this approach is Donald Trump has real power that can affect millions right now and for years even decades to come unlike a bad dog. I think the approach needs to focus on key issues and drill it home. You’ve seen it work with the child separation policy and the tax bill. Build a clear narrative that he’s a despicable liar and piece of shit until he’s out of office

Exactly!

Then don't vote democraps.

She already sold out to Trump no 2

Mr October Great! Trash her as well! Anyone who isn’t in the cult!

@AmplifiedSilence It's racist to make fun of a white woman pretending to be Cherokee? Your white privilege is showing.