President Bernie Sanders It really could happen.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

President Bernie Sanders
It really could happen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/opinion/bernie-sanders-2020.html

There have been two polls of Iowa Democrats released in the past week. Bernie Sanders led one of them. Joe Biden led the other — but that poll’s sample appeared to be light on several groups of voters (like millennials) who often support Sanders, as Nate Cohn of The Times pointed out.

All of which points to the same conclusion: Sanders has a real shot of winning the Democratic nomination. Only a couple of months after he suffered a mild heart attack, that counts as a surprise. On the new episode of “The Argument,” Ross Douthat, Michelle Goldberg and I talk about the reasons for Sanders’s strong position, as well as about his strengths and weaknesses.

[EveHammond13]

1. I think he is more vulnerable to GOP attacks than other candidates

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Holy shit!

First time I've ever heard this. A very distant cousin (and one I don't know) was one of those hostages. Also, there was no "rush to war" on Jimmy Carter's part.

[melman]

8. Ronald Radosh

adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute (right-wing think tank)





note that the book they try to pass off as "a History of the Democratic Party" is actually called...


Divided They Fell: The Demise of the Democratic Party 1964-1996





Nice source.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Good luck with the GOP FUD machine and the entirety of Bernie's record

It’ll make Biden’s IWR vote look attractive in comparison.

In a general election, the attack ads would write themselves:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/bernie-sanders-radical-past-would-haunt-him-in-a-general-election.amp

[melman]

11. So let's amplify right-wing smears because other right wingers are going to smear

Okay.



I personally wouldn't want to support someone Ronald Radosh could like. I realize opinions on that sort of thing can vary.

[BeyondGeography]

13. Michelle Goldberg is at the link

She makes the same point. Bernie’s SWP years would be spun into political gold by the Republicans.

[melman]

14. And I'm supposed to take Michelle Goldberg seriously because...

why exactly?

[George II]

23. Michelle Goldberg has the same credentials as David Leonhardt, you take him seriously.

[melman]

27. What the hell?

I don't even know who that is.

[George II]

28. And yet you're commenting about her, eh? If you "don't even know who that is", why diss her?

[melman]

29. Cute

Why do you say I take this David Leonhardt seriously? Where does that even come from?

[George II]

30. He wrote the article linked in the OP, which you're seemingly attracted to since you're posting here

And Michelle Goldberg is ALSO a columnist for the NY Times.

[melman]

31. Okay

Still makes no sense. I have to take every op-ed writer seriously because I (supposedly) like this one? No. No I don't.

[Thekaspervote]

17. The political gold you speak of is fact..regardless of who is or isn't saying it

[George II]

22. Rightwing smear? Hardly.

[fallout87]

34. They all have baggage

The Woman in your signature used to be a republican.

[redqueen]

10. Wow.

WOW

[Zolorp]

16. Yep, the one candidate most desired by the GOP.

[Thekaspervote]

18. +1000

[booley]

33. I think it's just the opposite

Trump can't' attack Sanders on trade
He can't attack Sanders on War and Iraq
He cant attack Sanders on Wall Street

Trump can't even really attack Sanders on the Socialism thing because Sanders would just go "Damn right. What are you going to do about it"

sanders, however, can attack trump on all the false progressive promises he made and never kept.

[Lordquinton]

37. It's time we stop picking our candidates based on what republicans want

It hasn't proven a winning stratagey.

[myohmy2]

42. Bernie...

...can even attack trump with the tens of thousands of trumpian-lies trump's made...

...Bernie will quickly and decisively crush trump with TRUTH...

...and Bernie's strong and fearless enough to it in SPADES...

...Bernie's not afraid of a trump...

...as a matter of fact, Bernie welcomes and relishes the upcoming brawl...

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread Hassin Bin Sober.

[BooScout]

4. Bwahahahahaha...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*SNORT*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

oh god, I just pee'd my pants.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Thank god for modern garments.

[sheshe2]

36. Bwahahahahaha.

[NurseJackie]

7. Haaaaaa!

[DavidDvorkin]

12. Quite possibly, in some alternate universe

But not in this one.

[Thekaspervote]

15. As Joe said..."he will invite sanders for coffee at the WH."

[highplainsdem]

21. +1,000,000. More importantly, I hope to see Barack and Michelle Obama back at the WH

fairly often, after Biden's elected.

[totodeinhere]

19. I'm supporting him, but I like Elizabeth Warren too and I think either would make an

excellent president. And I respect Joe Biden and his long service to our country. I will of course vote for any of them in the GE.

[myohmy2]

20. President Bernie Sanders will happen...

...right now, the Bernie-Bashers are trying to crucify Bernie, that's okay...this will pass...

...because the American people understand and know that Bernie's the real-deal...what America wants and needs from a new President, Bernie's prepared to deliver in spades...

...let the Bernie-Bashers play their silly games and have their silly fun...because every breathing American knows that trump says more offensive things in the first three tweets of everyday than Bernie's said in a lifetime...

...but when the time comes for some serious trump-bashing and ass-kicking, Bernie will be there, handing trump his own ass in a handbasket...

...guaranteed...

[MrsCoffee]

24. When pigs fly.

Fixed that for you.

[NYMinute]

26. Ouch !!

[ChubbyStar]

40. There is a great joke about pigs flying and the number 5

Shit, I can't remember it now...but when I do I'll let you know!

[booley]

35. The pettyness is exasperating though

Attack after attack on Sanders

All going after his character.

Its Rovian. And I had thought better of some.

[ehrnst]

39. But Karl is a fanboy of Bernie...

Karl Rove: Sanders could win presidency in 2020

His dark money Superpac took credit for Bernie's performance in Nevada in 2016 - not refighting anything, just reporting historical statements:

“American Crossroads and Bernie Sanders helped Nevada caucus-goers see right through Hillary Clinton’s manufactured zeal on immigration reform after spewing virulent Trump-like rhetoric—and that one-two punch shaved Clinton’s 50-point lead a year ago to a slim, single digit win,” Steven Law, Crossroads CEO and president, said in a statement.

Rovian would be something very, very different than what you are saying, at least where Sanders is concerned.

[NurseJackie]

41. Nobody is "bashing" Bernie...

... and this isn't a game. We're dead serious. The criticisms and vetting of BS are fair and legit. Y'all are going to have to learn how to deal with it.

[NYMinute]

25. He has a 100% chance of becoming president

of the Vermont retired politicians club.

[ms liberty]

32. Some people would lose their freakin minds

That part would be funny.

[TreasonousBastard]

43. I seem to remember the hilarity a few years ago when some said the present occupant could become...

the occupant .

And look what happened...