[…]
Some party strategists and operatives fear that a third-party bid by the Hawaii congresswoman could fracture parts of the electorate and stir chaos in the 2020 contest, ultimately setting the stage for President Trump’s reelection.
[…]
Some Democrats have sharpened their attacks on Gabbard in recent weeks, raising the alarm over what they see as suspicious online efforts to amplify the congresswoman’s criticism of Democratic detractors and rival campaigns.
“I’m not on Twitter getting attacked by real people when Tulsi and I have a spat or a disagreement,” said Bakari Sellers, a top surrogate for Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-Calif.) presidential campaign who is also supporting Kahele’s House bid. “I’m getting attacked by Russian bots. This isn’t rocket science. This is something we’ve seen before.”
There is no evidence of coordination between Gabbard’s campaign and the online bot networks, and experts note that bot activity is typically aimed at sowing discord and divisions among a broad array of groups.
[…]
The concerns about a possible third-party presidential run partly reflect the lingering belief among some Democrats that Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2016 presidential candidate, managed to pull just enough votes away from Clinton in critical states — such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — to hand Trump the election.
The number of votes Stein received in those states was larger than Trump’s margin of victory over Clinton. And some Democrats worry that Gabbard, who has a higher national profile than Stein did, would have a similar effect on the general election if she were to run as a third-party candidate.
Except that Tulsi has no traction with anything but Russian bots. I’ve yet to talk to anyone who even knows who she is, aside from an also-ran.
Seriously, the only thing I have ever liked about her was that she backed Bernie instead of Hillary. We don’t have the same situation this time.
Warren will be the nominee and she is close enough to Bernie, that his folks will vote for her. They are not going to move to Tulsi Gabber (spelling intentional).
Here’s hoping the giant, orange PUNKin’ gets smashed/impeached AND removed from office. Any true, American patriots in office will understand that Trumpsky is a flaming bag of pooh on the WH steps; the longer they back him, the more his pooh is getting all over them. The stench will never come off of them.
it would be fitting retribution when the hero dog comes to the WH to get his medal & let the twit bask in the good soldier’s well-deserved limelight that he snarls, growls and backs a whimpering trump into a corner crying for help. all gloriously recorded on camera for posterity.
The Trump impeachment inquiry continues to fuel the late-night monologues. On Wednesday, hosts focused on omissions from the White House transcript of President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s leader, as described by Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman in 10 hours of testimony.
“The White House intentionally left things out. It’s like the infamous 18-and-a-half-minute gap on Nixon’s Watergate tapes if Nixon had left in all the bad stuff. I mean, for Pete’s sake, how do you edit the transcript and leave in ‘I’d like you to do us a favor, though’?” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“Come on, you don’t have to go all the way to Ukraine to get embarrassing tape of Joe Biden. Turn on a camera — he delivers.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“He said the transcript the White House released was missing crucial details, like Trump asking about recordings of Joe Biden, President Zelensky mentioning the company Hunter Biden worked for, and all the times the president burped into his McFlurry.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“It definitely seemed at the time like the memo of Trump’s call was not, in fact, a complete transcript, because there were multiple ellipses throughout. And those were definitely not pauses, because Donald Trump does not take pauses; he just yammers until he runs out of oxygen and then inhales like he’s about to go pearl diving.” — SETH MEYERS
“It’s Donald Trump. It’s entirely possible he just said ‘dot, dot, dot.’” — JAMES CORDEN
I haven’t made either pumpkin soup or pepitos for at least 10 years.
I was thinking about carving a big rutabaga for Halloween this year, but lassitude won out. yawn
I still don’t understand the devotion to Bernie: Deadbeat dad, didn’t hold a job until he was 40, lied about civil rights, backed NRA, dumped poison in an impoverished Mexican area, disliked by almost everyone in Senate, did everything possible to destroy Hillary and is now pulling all the same stunts for the sake of his own ego and profit.
They must be voting for his words, because it has nothing to do with his actions.
Answer: Bernie was the only one filling the Occupy Movement” area last time. The only one running, that is.
Now, we have Elizabeth Warren.
Bernie did his job and he can go home and take care of his health now.
Bink, maybe I’m thick today – did I say anything about your soup? Pumpkin with poblano strikes me as a thing – and oddly enough, one that sounds appealing. LOL – just went back and reviewed the prior thread – my FL comment referred to the castle doctrine – not your soup.
Don’t fall for the “Saint Bernie” act. AOC interned for Teddy Kennedy, he passed 115 bills into law… Bernie Sanders has only 7 bills under his name. 4 were for naming post offices.
I keep ranting, at least in my own mind, about dictators, totalitarianism, Big Brother, lack of privacy, data bases, and dystopian stuff. Well, here it is in real time. Now. Missouri…man…keeps a spreadsheet tracking women’s periods! With the purpose to end abortions & the last women’s clinic in the state. and, never mentioning the men who ejaculate in those women to make them pregnant, of course. What about HIPAA? How does Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service have access to those protected medical records? He shouldn’t. But then he selects for one factor, in this case women’s periods. This is the VERY thing I fear. The very crap I fear. And on another level it’s disgusting that men think they have the right to control, interfere with women’s bodies.
trump is now an obese Floridian, and rippers are telling insulting New York jokes.
I’m thrusting back :
People have been leaving New York’s high taxes behind since 1945. That’s why the city has a population of minus 30 M!LL!ON.
There are no taxes in Marla’s Ego, but the IRS will get him next year.
Marla’s Ego – where old game show hosts go to die.
You can disparage New York, but I never heard of a show that claimed to be a hit in Fort Wayne.
Marla’s Ego – where old gangsters go for embalming.
Remember the Musical Kismet ? The touring company just opened in Wichita. It was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church touring company.
New York has been wonderful because it’s shown us the South Pacific, La Mancha and Oklahoma. Whereas, Oklahoma just shows us Oklahoma.
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beware the boo-gie men bots! ghosts from elections past still haunting and taunting
scares from the hill:
[…]
Some party strategists and operatives fear that a third-party bid by the Hawaii congresswoman could fracture parts of the electorate and stir chaos in the 2020 contest, ultimately setting the stage for President Trump’s reelection.
[…]
Some Democrats have sharpened their attacks on Gabbard in recent weeks, raising the alarm over what they see as suspicious online efforts to amplify the congresswoman’s criticism of Democratic detractors and rival campaigns.
“I’m not on Twitter getting attacked by real people when Tulsi and I have a spat or a disagreement,” said Bakari Sellers, a top surrogate for Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-Calif.) presidential campaign who is also supporting Kahele’s House bid. “I’m getting attacked by Russian bots. This isn’t rocket science. This is something we’ve seen before.”
There is no evidence of coordination between Gabbard’s campaign and the online bot networks, and experts note that bot activity is typically aimed at sowing discord and divisions among a broad array of groups.
[…]
The concerns about a possible third-party presidential run partly reflect the lingering belief among some Democrats that Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2016 presidential candidate, managed to pull just enough votes away from Clinton in critical states — such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — to hand Trump the election.
The number of votes Stein received in those states was larger than Trump’s margin of victory over Clinton. And some Democrats worry that Gabbard, who has a higher national profile than Stein did, would have a similar effect on the general election if she were to run as a third-party candidate.
[continues]
BOO BACK!!!!!
Google is fun this morning with a haunted house.
The cartoon at the top is down right depressing
Except that Tulsi has no traction with anything but Russian bots. I’ve yet to talk to anyone who even knows who she is, aside from an also-ran.
Seriously, the only thing I have ever liked about her was that she backed Bernie instead of Hillary. We don’t have the same situation this time.
Warren will be the nominee and she is close enough to Bernie, that his folks will vote for her. They are not going to move to Tulsi Gabber (spelling intentional).
Here’s hoping the giant, orange PUNKin’ gets smashed/impeached AND removed from office. Any true, American patriots in office will understand that Trumpsky is a flaming bag of pooh on the WH steps; the longer they back him, the more his pooh is getting all over them. The stench will never come off of them.
it would be fitting retribution when the hero dog comes to the WH to get his medal & let the twit bask in the good soldier’s well-deserved limelight that he snarls, growls and backs a whimpering trump into a corner crying for help. all gloriously recorded on camera for posterity.
NYTimes best of late night:
The Trump impeachment inquiry continues to fuel the late-night monologues. On Wednesday, hosts focused on omissions from the White House transcript of President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s leader, as described by Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman in 10 hours of testimony.
“The White House intentionally left things out. It’s like the infamous 18-and-a-half-minute gap on Nixon’s Watergate tapes if Nixon had left in all the bad stuff. I mean, for Pete’s sake, how do you edit the transcript and leave in ‘I’d like you to do us a favor, though’?” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“Come on, you don’t have to go all the way to Ukraine to get embarrassing tape of Joe Biden. Turn on a camera — he delivers.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“He said the transcript the White House released was missing crucial details, like Trump asking about recordings of Joe Biden, President Zelensky mentioning the company Hunter Biden worked for, and all the times the president burped into his McFlurry.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“It definitely seemed at the time like the memo of Trump’s call was not, in fact, a complete transcript, because there were multiple ellipses throughout. And those were definitely not pauses, because Donald Trump does not take pauses; he just yammers until he runs out of oxygen and then inhales like he’s about to go pearl diving.” — SETH MEYERS
“It’s Donald Trump. It’s entirely possible he just said ‘dot, dot, dot.’” — JAMES CORDEN
🙂
TeeVee Alert: Pelosi on Colbert tonight.
Pogo,
You don’t need to believe in my soup for it to exist.
Congrats to the Washington Nationals and their fans on the World Series win!
We haven’t had trick or treaters come down our driveway for years. But every year I buy a bag of one of my favorite candies just in case…. 🙂
I haven’t made either pumpkin soup or pepitos for at least 10 years.
I was thinking about carving a big rutabaga for Halloween this year, but lassitude won out. yawn
We don’t get Trick or Treaters either it’s a quarter miles from the parking lot to our house
I still don’t understand the devotion to Bernie: Deadbeat dad, didn’t hold a job until he was 40, lied about civil rights, backed NRA, dumped poison in an impoverished Mexican area, disliked by almost everyone in Senate, did everything possible to destroy Hillary and is now pulling all the same stunts for the sake of his own ego and profit.
They must be voting for his words, because it has nothing to do with his actions.
Mr Cracker and I are both exhausted and we did not have any problems in our evacuation. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be a refugee
KGC glad you guys are safe again BTW Empathy is a marvelous thing!
Answer: Bernie was the only one filling the Occupy Movement” area last time. The only one running, that is.
Now, we have Elizabeth Warren.
Bernie did his job and he can go home and take care of his health now.
It’s Warren, all the way.
Nov 1st in Oklahoma…you can carry a gun without a permit.
…legally.
Bink, maybe I’m thick today – did I say anything about your soup? Pumpkin with poblano strikes me as a thing – and oddly enough, one that sounds appealing. LOL – just went back and reviewed the prior thread – my FL comment referred to the castle doctrine – not your soup.
Warren is great economically but would be more useful staying in the Senate or serving as Secretary of the Treasury. That is her area of expertise.
Don’t fall for the “Saint Bernie” act. AOC interned for Teddy Kennedy, he passed 115 bills into law… Bernie Sanders has only 7 bills under his name. 4 were for naming post offices.
lol thx, pogo. i left one pumpkin out for the vandals.
Waiting for:
Et tu, Rudé ?
”Warren is great economically… That is her area of expertise.”
She’s also pretty good at campaigning, if you hadn’t noticed.
I’m not even sure about pumpkins in FL. Strikes me like watermelon in Maine.
I keep ranting, at least in my own mind, about dictators, totalitarianism, Big Brother, lack of privacy, data bases, and dystopian stuff. Well, here it is in real time. Now. Missouri…man…keeps a spreadsheet tracking women’s periods! With the purpose to end abortions & the last women’s clinic in the state. and, never mentioning the men who ejaculate in those women to make them pregnant, of course. What about HIPAA? How does Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service have access to those protected medical records? He shouldn’t. But then he selects for one factor, in this case women’s periods. This is the VERY thing I fear. The very crap I fear. And on another level it’s disgusting that men think they have the right to control, interfere with women’s bodies.
Good!
Tracking periods for Jezeus, trump v Megan Kelly : “blood coming out of . . . everywhere. It’s disgusting”
WTF is wrong with republicans ?
trump is now an obese Floridian, and rippers are telling insulting New York jokes.
I’m thrusting back :
People have been leaving New York’s high taxes behind since 1945. That’s why the city has a population of minus 30 M!LL!ON.
There are no taxes in Marla’s Ego, but the IRS will get him next year.
Marla’s Ego – where old game show hosts go to die.
You can disparage New York, but I never heard of a show that claimed to be a hit in Fort Wayne.
Marla’s Ego – where old gangsters go for embalming.
Remember the Musical Kismet ? The touring company just opened in Wichita. It was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church touring company.
New York has been wonderful because it’s shown us the South Pacific, La Mancha and Oklahoma. Whereas, Oklahoma just shows us Oklahoma.
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