The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread, Part 3

[ON Progressive]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-avenatti-says-2020-democratic-nominee-better-be-a-white-male/

*loosens collar*

Yeah, he has a 0% chance of winning. This makes nobody more likely to vote for him and the majority of the electorate less likely to vote for him in a Democratic primary.

I am aware that what he's saying sounds a lot less bad in context/in full, but since when have voters cared about context?

[ON Progressive]

« Biden has told some that he’s running » and could even announce on January 15.

https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/12/biden-has-told-some-hes-running/

So that is official but he will just officially announce later in January or in early February.

Ugh.

[ON Progressive]

"Means of production". It's like they're not even trying to hide the obvious socialism.

Well, yeah, typically when you describe yourself as a democratic socialist you're not going to shy away from being called socialist...

If they weren't shying away from being called socialists they wouldn't call themselves "democratic" socialists.

Are you being deliberately braindead and obtuse? Democratic socialists call themselves socialists without shying away from it.

If they wanted to shy away from it, they’d call themselves social democrats or something.