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Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:12 pm
by Bob78164
Beto is out. --Bob
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:40 pm
by BackInTex
Bob78164 wrote:Beto is out. --Bob
To the relief of many on both sided, but probably more on the Democrat side. What an embarrassment.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:04 am
by flockofseagulls104
Bob78164 wrote:Beto is out. --Bob
Beto's big mistake: He never got Jon Ossoff's endorsement.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:48 am
by tlynn78
BackInTex wrote:Bob78164 wrote:Beto is out. --Bob
To the relief of many on both sided, but probably more on the Democrat side. What an embarrassment.
Oh, I don't know, BiT, some Dems found him quite impressive.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:30 am
by BackInTex
tlynn78 wrote:BackInTex wrote:Bob78164 wrote:Beto is out. --Bob
To the relief of many on both sided, but probably more on the Democrat side. What an embarrassment.
Oh, I don't know, BiT, some Dems found him quite impressive.
I know some who pledged (or at least considered) to donate to him. Says a lot about them.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:52 am
by flockofseagulls104
tlynn78 wrote:BackInTex wrote:Bob78164 wrote:Beto is out. --Bob
To the relief of many on both sided, but probably more on the Democrat side. What an embarrassment.
Oh, I don't know, BiT, some Dems found him quite impressive.
Not to worry, there are many dumb, shallow and potential socialist dictators left in the dem field.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:02 pm
by tlynn78
flockofseagulls104 wrote:tlynn78 wrote:BackInTex wrote:
To the relief of many on both sided, but probably more on the Democrat side. What an embarrassment.
Oh, I don't know, BiT, some Dems found him quite impressive.
Not to worry, there are many dumb, shallow and potential socialist dictators left in the dem field.
True dat.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:07 pm
by flockofseagulls104
Mark Sanford has decided to stop running for president, as if anyone knew he was.
He can now go back to south america to see if he can find another bimbo.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:19 pm
by jarnon
flockofseagulls104 wrote:Mark Sanford has decided to stop running for president, as if anyone knew he was.
He can now go back to south america to see if he can find another bimbo.
Voters aren’t looking for a candidate who’s more right-wing and less moral than Trump.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:29 pm
by Bob Juch
jarnon wrote:flockofseagulls104 wrote:Mark Sanford has decided to stop running for president, as if anyone knew he was.
He can now go back to south america to see if he can find another bimbo.
Voters aren’t looking for a candidate who’s more right-wing and less moral than Trump.
Well, this goes in my box now.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 2:00 pm
by earendel
jarnon wrote:flockofseagulls104 wrote:Mark Sanford has decided to stop running for president, as if anyone knew he was.
He can now go back to south america to see if he can find another bimbo.
Voters aren’t looking for a candidate who’s more right-wing and less moral than Trump.
If they are, then perhaps Don Blankenship will be their choice. He's the coal company executive that Donald Trump once said was "too extreme". Blankenship intends to run as a third-party candidate (no idea what party would have him). He was convicted in the deaths of 29 coal miners in West Virginia and spent a year in jail.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:12 am
by silverscreenselect
Perhaps because he was worried we would run out of news to post on this thread too quickly, former Mass. governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic nomination, joining last week's new entrant Michael Bloomberg. To borrow an analogy from Bob's other Toaster thread, this is the functional equivalent of the Mudville Nine joining the National League in mid-September.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deval-patr ... ent-today/
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:28 pm
by Bob78164
Wayne Messam, Mayor of Miramar, Florida, has ended his candidacy. --Bob
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:46 pm
by silverscreenselect
Bob78164 wrote:Wayne Messam, Mayor of Miramar, Florida, has ended his candidacy. --Bob
He couldn't have made the announcement at a time less likely to get anybody's attention, which is probably the hallmark of his entire campaign. His three supporters will be very disappointed.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:12 pm
by jarnon
Joe Sestak has ended his presidential run. If you don't live around here, you probably didn't know he had one.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:57 pm
by Ritterskoop
I was indeed surprised to see he had dropped out, because indeed, I did not know he was in the field. Nor who he was or is.
But this is my favorite part of the process: Everyone gets to say what they feel needs saying, and eventually, gracefully get out the way.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:35 am
by silverscreenselect
Ritterskoop wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:57 pm
and eventually, gracefully get out the way.
And sometimes not so gracefully.
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:37 am
by silverscreenselect
We can now add Montana Governor Steve Bullock to the list:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-e ... e-n1093921
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:38 pm
by Ritterskoop
Is Bullock one of the ones who has a shot at a Senate seat? I'm thinking probably not in Montana, which feels like it would be solid Republican.
My favorite podcast is almost done with weekly episodes on The West Wing, and the episodes near the end aired in 2006; the hosts are mocking TV broadcasters for explaining on air that blue=Dem and red=Rep, but that really only took hold during the 2000 Presidential election, so it was not yet common parlance. Plus, exposition. I'd rather have broadcasters do it than a regular cast member (when Josh explains things to Donna so we in the audience will understand them, we call that a DonnaTella).
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:04 am
by Bob78164
Ritterskoop wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:38 pm
Is Bullock one of the ones who has a shot at a Senate seat? I'm thinking probably not in Montana, which feels like it would be solid Republican.
My favorite podcast is almost done with weekly episodes on
The West Wing, and the episodes near the end aired in 2006; the hosts are mocking TV broadcasters for explaining on air that blue=Dem and red=Rep, but that really only took hold during the 2000 Presidential election, so it was not yet common parlance. Plus, exposition. I'd rather have broadcasters do it than a regular cast member (when Josh explains things to Donna so we in the audience will understand them, we call that a DonnaTella).
Governor Bullock has said he does not intend to run for the Senate. But as Governor Bullock and Senator Jon Tester both have demonstrated, it is possible for Democrats to win state-wide races in Montana. —Bob
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:48 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:03 pm
by Bob Juch
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:36 pm
by flockofseagulls104
Well, we lost Kamala. Still plenty of lunatic socialist assclowns to choose from. The question is which lunatic socialist assclown will the dems settle on? Or will a new lunatic socialist assclown throw his or her hat in the ring?
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Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:50 am
by silverscreenselect
I guess that now that we're actually in 2020, politicians won't be shy about appearing on this thread. Julian Castro has suspended his campaign.
I wonder if he'll take on John Cornyn for the Senate seat.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2020/01 ... tial-race/
Re: Fire Up the Toaster - 2020 Political Edition
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:50 pm
by jarnon