The 2020 Election Mega Thread

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  1. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Yes, Choices. We have choices. And, by choices, I mean my own personal choice.

    I recently had hip replacement surgery - in fact last month, I'm still in recovery. And I am thankful that under my insurance plan - which my employer fully pays for- I got to decide when I was ready to have the surgery, and I was able to choose when to do it, where to do it, and with which doctor to do it. I got to research doctors, methods and technology before making my decision to get the surgery, and I planned the timing based on what was best for me, for my health, for my work, and for my family.

    In some countries - And I don't mean just Argentina, but first world countries like England and Canada - if you have osteoarthritis and you depend on the public health care, you get to go on a waiting list, and not only they make many patients wait on average longer than the recommended waiting time, but they will tell you when, where, and with which doctor you will do it. You don't get a choice.

    I think it's a good idea for the government to provide health care for those who are unable to get it any other way. But for everybody? For me?

    No thanks, Bernie.
     
  2. Boandlkramer

    Boandlkramer Member+

    Apr 9, 2009
    Samma Weltmeister!
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    “If want to keep your doctor you can”

    But now it’s a thing.

    I’m a military retiree and over the course of over two decades, I am pretty familiar with an American version of “socialized” care. None of what you are fear mongering is what I have experienced.
     
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  3. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
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    Fear mongering?

    I told you my experience, and that is what you can come up with? Read it again. What I told you is a success story, not "fear mongering".

    It's not just about "keeping your doctor". Your surgeon is not your doctor, he's a specialist who you've never seen before, and you'll probably never see again after recovery, if everything goes well. I am glad that through my insurance plan I was able to interview three different surgeons and research several others before deciding who I felt comfortable with, the doctor who was going to cut me up. I ended up choosing a doctor who got his education in Russia, of all places.

    BTW, my surgery went great! My soccer playing days are probably over, but I'm sure I'll be dancing tango again within another month or so. And, I'm thinking of changing my moniker to "Titanium Man" :D
     
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  4. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    Ethnically, he's Jewish. But I thought it was well known he's actually an atheist.

    I remember seeing polling data on the question of "I would never vote for a...." and atheists scored the worst. Even below Muslims.

    Here's the first link I found, in an atheist online magazine.

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    As you can see, nominating an atheist socialist is...a problem. Thank God Trump will also be over 70 or else Bernie would be a Triple Crown winner.
     
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  5. Boandlkramer

    Boandlkramer Member+

    Apr 9, 2009
    Samma Weltmeister!
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Man I Hope he “shatters that glass ceiling”
     
  6. Sudžuka

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    Jan 27, 2013
    Pete still lying about black supporters


     
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  7. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
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    CA Boca Juniors
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    Sanders: 78 years old.
    Bloomberg: 78 years old.
    Biden: 77 years old.
    Trump: 73 years old.
    Warren: 70 years old.

    Steyer: 62 years old
    Klobuchar: 59 years old

    Buttigieg: 38 years old.

    I think it's safe to say that , if we go by age, the old farts win by a landslide.
     
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  8. jmartin1966

    jmartin1966 Member+

    Jun 13, 2004
    Chicago
    jesus, I'm 53 and I feel old
     
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  9. Boandlkramer

    Boandlkramer Member+

    Apr 9, 2009
    Samma Weltmeister!
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    Yes these people are traveling every day campaigning. Sanders, I think was in TX yesterday. Today I’m eating at Bubba Gump’s across the street from the convention center in Denver waiting to see him. Even after his health scare, he’s been getting after it non-stop
     
  10. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
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    Arsenal FC
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    You are either willingly lying or you just are not man enough to acknowledge what you wrote were wrong. Instead, you can only come up with with some juvenile response.
    Seriously, how old are you? You guys are grown up with the mind of a 15 yr old
     
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  11. Sudžuka

    Sudžuka Moderator
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    Jan 27, 2013
    buahahahahah, keep doubling down.
     
  12. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
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    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
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    FC Dallas
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    Hell, I'm 48 and I feel old.
     
  13. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
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    CA Boca Juniors
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    Just wait a couple of decades, and you can run for president.
     
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  14. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
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    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
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    FC Dallas
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    United States
    I got a bad feeling that we're gonna go from Boomer presidents straight to Millennial presidents without any Gen X presidents in between. Of course, it wasn't for a lack of trying this time around, but folks weren't interested in Julián Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Beto O'Rourke, Tim Ryan, Steve Bullock, Cory Booker, Eric Swalwell, or Andrew Yang.

    So at this point, we're stuck with a bunch of pre-Boomers, Boomers, and two Millennials.
     
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  15. ceezmad

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    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
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  16. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
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    Chicago Red Stars
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  17. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
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    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    Have you meet Bernie Bros before?
     
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  18. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
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    So no more Bossanova for you!!
     
  19. MatthausSammer

    MatthausSammer Moderator
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    Dec 9, 2012
    Canada
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    Borussia Dortmund
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    Yes. There are multiple in this thread. Your point?
     
  20. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
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    Typical of Bernie Bros. They fail to understand how sh** like those are viewed as totally offensive and inappropriate.



     
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  21. The Jitty Slitter

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    Bayern München
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    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    not at all toxic
     
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  22. The Jitty Slitter

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    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
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  23. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    Much like his racial background, Obama straddled the line here, too. To me, he had characteristics of both. Probably more boomer; he definitely is part of the Sincerity Culture and not the Irony Culture. But his White House also had a policy of TVs NOT turned on to the 24 hour news channels unless there was breaking news. That's very Gen X.
     
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  24. Boandlkramer

    Boandlkramer Member+

    Apr 9, 2009
    Samma Weltmeister!
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    FC Bayern München
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    Germany
    While he is right, “bro’s” are the only ones singled out. Check out Sally Albright or Joyanne Ried’s Twitter. Scroll through the comments and get back to me. Why is sanders the only one being asked to apologize for randos online?

    I may get into some barb and retort here but I don’t engage in the same way on Twitter.


    Change of topic.

    About last night...wall to wall.

    I talked to people about the greater goal of removing trump and got very little pushback.

    IMG_0238.jpg
     
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  25. Boandlkramer

    Boandlkramer Member+

    Apr 9, 2009
    Samma Weltmeister!
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    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    The plot thickens

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