Politics 2020 Field - DNC (2 Viewers)

[MARIS61]

Oh my god, someone changed jobs! It's a conspiracy!

barfo

No, it's election rigging.

 

[MARIS61]

By Gregg Re | Fox News

Biden calls New Hampshire voter a 'lying dog-faced pony solider' when asked about his performance in the Iowa caucus

The former vice president defends his electability during a campaign event in New Hampshire after being questioned about taking fourth place in Iowa.

Presidential contender Joe Biden called a college student in New Hampshire a "lying, dog-faced pony soldier" during a campaign event on Sunday, just two months after he unloaded on an Iowa voter whom he called a "damn liar" and days after he dryly instructed a climate activist to "go vote for someone else."

The campaign trail headscratchers came as Biden, 77, has gone on the offensive following his disappointing fourth-place finish in last week's disastrous Iowa caucuses, well behind rivals Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

The student, Madison, of Mercer University in Georgia, began by asking Biden how he could remain competitive in the race after that performance.

"It's a good question," Biden responded. "Number one: Iowa's a democratic caucus. You ever been to a caucus? No you haven't. You're a lying, dog-faced pony soldier. You said you were; but now you got to be honest. I'm gonna be honest with you. It was a little bit confusing in Iowa."

Biden had used the bizarre phrase in January as well, in response to a question about President Obama's broken promise that individuals would be guaranteed the option to keep their doctors under the Affordable Care Act.

Contrary to Biden's previous suggestions that the line was from a John Wayne movie, TMZ reported that the phrase may have come from the 1952 Tyrone Power film called "Pony Soldier."

Nevertheless, the moment drew mockery from conservatives and other commentators.

"You're a lying, dog-faced pony soldier."
— Joe Biden

"If he can’t handle a simple question from one of his own supporters, how can Joe Biden possibly take on Donald Trump one on one for six months?" asked Donald Trump, Jr., on Twitter.

George Washington University law professor and GOP impeachment witness Jonathan Turley added: "Hmmm, Biden does not appear to be confining his 'go negative' strategy to [Pete] Buttigieg, but seems to think it will work with voters. Calling a voter 'a lying dog-faced pony soldier' must be a new voter suppression strategy by targeting your own voters."

Also in New Hampshire, Biden forcefully echoed failed presidential contender Eric Swalwell in dismissing Second Amendment advocates, claiming personal gun ownership is an ineffective defense against government tyranny. (In an infamous tweet, Swalwell informed a gun-rights proponent that the government "has nukes" and could defeat an uprising in a "short war.")

"Those who say 'the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots' -- a great line, well, guess what: The fact is, if you’re going to take on the government you need an F-15 with Hellfire Missiles," Biden said. "There is no way an AK-47 is going to take care of you, if you're worried about the government coming and knocking down your door."

Biden's defensiveness on the campaign trail has raised questions about his possible electability issues, especially given President Trump's propensity for hammering the Bidens' perceived corruption. This past December in Iowa, Biden slammed a voter who questioned Hunter Biden's business dealings as a "damn liar" who needed to take an "IQ test."

The former vice president then seemingly called the man "fat" after deriding him for his self-professed sedentary lifestyle, although the Biden campaign said there was a misunderstanding.

Biden has stepped up his aggressiveness in recent days, although his attacks have been increasingly directed not just at individual voters, but also other rivals for the White House.

"This guy's not a Barack Obama. Barack Obama had been a United States senator of a really large state," Biden said this weekend, referring to Buttigieg. "This is a very different situation."

Biden spoke with reporters hours after his campaign went up with a new digital ad suggesting the 38-year old candidate -- who's nearly four decades younger than Biden -- didn't have enough experience to be president.

The spot used a clip of then-President Obama calling Biden "the best vice president America's ever had," before going on to compare arguable successes of the Obama administration with mundane mayoral actions by Buttigieg, such as installing "decorative lights under bridges."

Buttigieg's team, in response, argued: “Vice President’s decision to run this ad speaks more to where he currently stands in this race than it does about Pete’s perspective as a mayor and veteran.”

Asked about his campaign’s digital video, Biden explained: “What I’m doing is responding to what Pete’s been saying for the last two months, that all the problems we have today are from the recent past.”

“When you get attacked, you have to respond. I kept my mouth shut for a long time. I haven’t responded at all. But it’s been constant, a constant assertion that the problems we’re facing today are somehow because of our administration. That’s simply not true,” Biden said.

 

[jonnyboy]

Oh my god, someone changed jobs! It's a conspiracy!

barfo

Wow. You really don’t see the conflict here?

 

[Hoopguru]

They are all hired political mercenaries, its required to become a cable news political commentator.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

By Gregg Re | Fox News

Biden calls New Hampshire voter a 'lying dog-faced pony solider' when asked about his performance in the Iowa caucus

The former vice president defends his electability during a campaign event in New Hampshire after being questioned about taking fourth place in Iowa.

Presidential contender Joe Biden called a college student in New Hampshire a "lying, dog-faced pony soldier" during a campaign event on Sunday, just two months after he unloaded on an Iowa voter whom he called a "damn liar" and days after he dryly instructed a climate activist to "go vote for someone else."

The campaign trail headscratchers came as Biden, 77, has gone on the offensive following his disappointing fourth-place finish in last week's disastrous Iowa caucuses, well behind rivals Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

The student, Madison, of Mercer University in Georgia, began by asking Biden how he could remain competitive in the race after that performance.

"It's a good question," Biden responded. "Number one: Iowa's a democratic caucus. You ever been to a caucus? No you haven't. You're a lying, dog-faced pony soldier. You said you were; but now you got to be honest. I'm gonna be honest with you. It was a little bit confusing in Iowa."

Biden had used the bizarre phrase in January as well, in response to a question about President Obama's broken promise that individuals would be guaranteed the option to keep their doctors under the Affordable Care Act.

Contrary to Biden's previous suggestions that the line was from a John Wayne movie, TMZ reported that the phrase may have come from the 1952 Tyrone Power film called "Pony Soldier."

Nevertheless, the moment drew mockery from conservatives and other commentators.

"You're a lying, dog-faced pony soldier."
— Joe Biden

"If he can’t handle a simple question from one of his own supporters, how can Joe Biden possibly take on Donald Trump one on one for six months?" asked Donald Trump, Jr., on Twitter.

George Washington University law professor and GOP impeachment witness Jonathan Turley added: "Hmmm, Biden does not appear to be confining his 'go negative' strategy to [Pete] Buttigieg, but seems to think it will work with voters. Calling a voter 'a lying dog-faced pony soldier' must be a new voter suppression strategy by targeting your own voters."

Also in New Hampshire, Biden forcefully echoed failed presidential contender Eric Swalwell in dismissing Second Amendment advocates, claiming personal gun ownership is an ineffective defense against government tyranny. (In an infamous tweet, Swalwell informed a gun-rights proponent that the government "has nukes" and could defeat an uprising in a "short war.")

"Those who say 'the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots' -- a great line, well, guess what: The fact is, if you’re going to take on the government you need an F-15 with Hellfire Missiles," Biden said. "There is no way an AK-47 is going to take care of you, if you're worried about the government coming and knocking down your door."

Biden's defensiveness on the campaign trail has raised questions about his possible electability issues, especially given President Trump's propensity for hammering the Bidens' perceived corruption. This past December in Iowa, Biden slammed a voter who questioned Hunter Biden's business dealings as a "damn liar" who needed to take an "IQ test."

The former vice president then seemingly called the man "fat" after deriding him for his self-professed sedentary lifestyle, although the Biden campaign said there was a misunderstanding.

Biden has stepped up his aggressiveness in recent days, although his attacks have been increasingly directed not just at individual voters, but also other rivals for the White House.

"This guy's not a Barack Obama. Barack Obama had been a United States senator of a really large state," Biden said this weekend, referring to Buttigieg. "This is a very different situation."

Biden spoke with reporters hours after his campaign went up with a new digital ad suggesting the 38-year old candidate -- who's nearly four decades younger than Biden -- didn't have enough experience to be president.

The spot used a clip of then-President Obama calling Biden "the best vice president America's ever had," before going on to compare arguable successes of the Obama administration with mundane mayoral actions by Buttigieg, such as installing "decorative lights under bridges."

Buttigieg's team, in response, argued: “Vice President’s decision to run this ad speaks more to where he currently stands in this race than it does about Pete’s perspective as a mayor and veteran.”

Asked about his campaign’s digital video, Biden explained: “What I’m doing is responding to what Pete’s been saying for the last two months, that all the problems we have today are from the recent past.”

“When you get attacked, you have to respond. I kept my mouth shut for a long time. I haven’t responded at all. But it’s been constant, a constant assertion that the problems we’re facing today are somehow because of our administration. That’s simply not true,” Biden said.

So....................Biden gets defensive, treats someone rudely and possibly (possibly) lies and now Joe Biden is bad. Donald “Rent Boy” Trump is defensive, rude and lies 24/7 and Donald “Rent Boy” Trump is good? Got it. Your (and the Right’s) hypocrisy is absolutely breathtaking.......you really do take this caricature thing too far sometimes. Maybe you’d actually have some credibility if you knew when and where the line between reality and fantasy began and ended.....??? Just sayin’........

 

[crandc]

Where the DNC went wrong is forcing people to vote for Trump.

Most voters have beliefs they will not compromise on. I do. They will vote to support those beliefs regardless of who the candidates are. Even if they vote for a crook.

Why, because all of the candidates are corrupt to some degree.

The DNC's platform is moving further away from the center middle ground where people are whiling to compromise on issues. The radical left movement is turning Trump into the lesser evil.

If the DNC wants to win, they should compromise by moving slightly to the right to steal R voters. Not moving further away from them.

That seems to be a truism no one defines. On what issue? Because if you look at actual positions, not caricatures, they are very popular.

A majority supports comprehensive immigration reform. Every time is seems to happen, the right scuttles it. Congress was willing to give Trump money for his vanity wall that Mexico was going to totally pay for he guaranteed it in exchange for path to citizenship for Dreamers and extending temporary protective status, at the last minute he backed out when white supremacists screamed.
A majority supports common sense gun regulation like background checks, banning assault weapons, and keeping guns from people with domestic violence convictions; Republicans in Senate refuse to consider the bills.
A majority supports increasing minimum wage and more equitable taxation.
A majority supports greater access to health care, although disagreeing over how to get there. The Trump administration has several lawsuits before the courts trying to take away health care from millions.
A majority believes global warming should be addressed; the Republican position is that it's a hoax.
A majority wanted to hear from witnesses at impeachment "trial", the Republicans said no.
A majority even if uneasy with abortion wants it legal, and reproductive choice is not just abortion. It is education, birth control, and healthy pregnancy. A huge issue for black women who die in childbirth at twice the rate of white women of same income and education. The position of the Republican party is outlaw all abortion and birth control, and no sex education. Also cutting food aid for pregnant women and infants.

So what Republican positions should be embraced?

Tulsi Gabbard said my equal rights were being "shoved down her throat". My life experience was discrimination shoved down my throat. I will never vote for a candidate who considers my civil rights something they choke on.

 

[barfo]

Wow. You really don’t see the conflict here?

No. It's a conspiracy theorist's view of the world. In reality, people are allowed to change jobs and work for a different employer. Especially low-level people like this.

Would you be unable to properly perform your duties if you got hired by some other organization in the same general field, due to your loyalties to your current employer?

barfo

 

[Hoopguru]

No. It's a conspiracy theorist's view of the world. In reality, people are allowed to change jobs and work for a different employer. Especially low-level people like this.

Would you be unable to properly perform your duties if you got hired by some other organization in the same general field, due to your loyalties to your current employer?

barfo

If it was so concerning, they would certain employees sign Conflict of Interest agreements. Even then, most don't hold up in court fro a lower level position.

 

[jonnyboy]

No. It's a conspiracy theorist's view of the world. In reality, people are allowed to change jobs and work for a different employer. Especially low-level people like this.

Would you be unable to properly perform your duties if you got hired by some other organization in the same general field, due to your loyalties to your current employer?

barfo

You’re pasting it over with generalizations. We’re not talking about your average employment situation in the private sector. She was given a position in “voter protection” in an active election when she clearly has loyalties to a candidate in the current race. If it wasn’t sketchy, she wouldn’t have scrubbed her employment history from public view. Its just more blatant DNC garbage favored meddling, like the shit they just pulled in Iowa. They flipped over the card table in the middle of a game and gave a half-assed “whoops” as an explanation, then proceeded to choose who they wanted as the winner (the same guy who employed the woman in question).

 

[jonnyboy]

If it was so concerning, they would certain employees sign Conflict of Interest agreements. Even then, most don't hold up in court fro a lower level position.

Voter Protection Director for the state’s Democratic Party isn’t a “low level position”.

The only thing she’ll be protecting is the DNCs preferred candidate from the votes against them.

 

[jonnyboy]

That seems to be a truism no one defines. On what issue? Because if you look at actual positions, not caricatures, they are very popular.

A majority supports comprehensive immigration reform. Every time is seems to happen, the right scuttles it. Congress was willing to give Trump money for his vanity wall that Mexico was going to totally pay for he guaranteed it in exchange for path to citizenship for Dreamers and extending temporary protective status, at the last minute he backed out when white supremacists screamed.
A majority supports common sense gun regulation like background checks, banning assault weapons, and keeping guns from people with domestic violence convictions; Republicans in Senate refuse to consider the bills.
A majority supports increasing minimum wage and more equitable taxation.
A majority supports greater access to health care, although disagreeing over how to get there. The Trump administration has several lawsuits before the courts trying to take away health care from millions.
A majority believes global warming should be addressed; the Republican position is that it's a hoax.
A majority wanted to hear from witnesses at impeachment "trial", the Republicans said no.
A majority even if uneasy with abortion wants it legal, and reproductive choice is not just abortion. It is education, birth control, and healthy pregnancy. A huge issue for black women who die in childbirth at twice the rate of white women of same income and education. The position of the Republican party is outlaw all abortion and birth control, and no sex education. Also cutting food aid for pregnant women and infants.

So what Republican positions should be embraced?

Tulsi Gabbard said my equal rights were being "shoved down her throat". My life experience was discrimination shoved down my throat. I will never vote for a candidate who considers my civil rights something they choke on.

You simply made up too many things here to even make your post worth picking apart.

 

[crandc]

Convenient way to ignore facts is to call them fake. I defy anyone to find anything I said that was made up.

 

[barfo]

You’re pasting it over with generalizations. We’re not talking about your average employment situation in the private sector. She was given a position in “voter protection” in an active election when she clearly has loyalties to a candidate in the current race.

You don't know what, if any, loyalties she has.

If it wasn’t sketchy, she wouldn’t have scrubbed her employment history from public view. Its just more blatant DNC garbage favored meddling, like the shit they just pulled in Iowa. They flipped over the card table in the middle of a game and gave a half-assed “whoops” as an explanation, then proceeded to choose who they wanted as the winner (the same guy who employed the woman in question).

Horseshit. You are confusing the DNC with the Iowa Democratic Party.

barfo

 

[barfo]

Voter Protection Director for the state’s Democratic Party isn’t a “low level position”.

Organizer for 3 counties in Nevada (total population: 25,000 people) is sure as shit a low level position.

But yeah, the fact that she did that for 4 whole months certainly disqualifies her from any other position related to politics.

Probably eats babies when she's not stealing votes from Bernie.

barfo

 

[jonnyboy]

Organizer for 3 counties in Nevada (total population: 25,000 people) is sure as shit a low level position.

But yeah, the fact that she did that for 4 whole months certainly disqualifies her from any other position related to politics.

Probably eats babies when she's not stealing votes from Bernie.

barfo

Probably. I guarantee Pete does.

 

[jonnyboy]

Horseshit. You are confusing the DNC with the Iowa Democratic Party.

barfo

Oh right, it was the last election the DNC rigged on their own, my bad.

They did Iowa with a little help from their local friends this time.

How dare I conflate the two.

 

[barfo]

Probably. I guarantee Pete does.

As a general rule, Buttigieg staffers taste baby flesh for the first time when they are introduced to Pete.
So the question is whether she had an opportunity to have that ceremony before quitting - not sure of Pete's travel schedule vis-à-vis NV.

barfo

 

[calvin natt]

It’d be real great if this &*%# would shut the hell up

 

[Minstrel]

It’d be real great if this &*%# would shut the hell up

She's only remaining in the race in order to cultivate being a contributor on FOX News.

 

[MARIS61]

Wow. You really don’t see the conflict here?

barfo pretends to not see a lot of things.

 

[MARIS61]

It’d be real great if this &*%# would shut the hell up

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

 

[MARIS61]

She's only remaining in the race in order to cultivate being a contributor on FOX News.

All the Dem candidates have been invited to speak on FOX.

Tulsi is the only one of them who is not a flaming coward.

 

[MARIS61]

All Dems are far left, some are just farther far left than others.

They simply have no rational, moderate candidate and therefore no chance in hell of winning the Presidency.

Washington Post editorial board declares Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar aren't 'centrists'
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News

The conversation driving the Democratic primary has been about the ongoing battle between the progressive and the moderate wings of the Democratic Party, but the Washington Post editorial board declared that the so-called "centrist" frontrunners, like former Vice President Joe Biden and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, aren't actually how they've been described.

In an editorial published on Saturday, the Washington Post determined that it has been an "unchecked assumption" that the ideological war between the "left" and "center" among the candidates, a narrative the paper deemed was "false."

The piece laid out prominent policy proposals of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. such as Medicare-for-all and free college, but pointed to Buttigieg's proposals "to make college free for pretty much everyone -- just not for the wealthiest families" and how his health care plan would "eventually drive private insurance companies out of business." It went on to say out Biden may not back the Green New Deal but "wants to spend a whopping $1.7 trillion to enable the country to eliminate net carbon emissions by 2050."

The Post also invokes legalizing marijuana and the $650 billion federal spending proposals Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. and hefty tax hike proposal from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

"Then there are the policy moves that practically all Democrats agree on: giving legal safe harbor to the young immigrants known as 'dreamers'; reviving and expanding President Barack Obama's climate regulations; reengaging with Iran; raising the minimum wage; keeping abortion legal; cracking down on guns. In fact, every major Democratic candidate is running on an agenda to the left of Mr. Obama’s," the Post editorial board wrote.

It continued, "Campaigning in Iowa, Mr. Buttigieg expressed sympathy for Mr. Sanders’s 'goals.' But, he added, Mr. Sanders 'makes it feel like you're either for a revolution or you’ve got to be for the status quo, and there’s nothing in between.' The Democratic race does not present such a choice, and observers should stop advancing the myth that it does."

Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor applauded the Post for "admitting" that the Democrats don't have moderates running for president.

"It's amazing that The Washington Post is willing to admit that the Democrats are left, lefter and leftist," Gainor told Fox News. The problem is, you can't find this correct view hardly anywhere else in the press... Journalists have been calling the top Democrats, 'moderate' or 'centrist' as a way of pretending the party hasn't made a huge left turn."

 

[MARIS61]

Racist Pete strikes again!

Progressive journalists say they were 'harassed' by Buttigieg campaign staff at rally: We've never dealt with this at Trump events
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News

A pair of progressive journalists alleged that they were repeatedly harassed by staffers for the Buttigieg campaign at an event in New Hampshire, including an attempt to physically take away their preapproved press credentials.

Status Coup co-founder/reporter Jordan Chariton and video journalist Jamal Jones attended the campaign event on Sunday in Nashua, New Hampshire, where former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg was set to appear. Ahead of the event, Chariton and Jones were interviewing attendees in line outside, but Chariton said he noticed they were being followed by Buttigieg field staffer Julia Fiedler, who went on to "eavesdrop" on interviews, which went on for roughly a half an hour.

Chariton told Fiedler, "You know, you're not being subtle," to which she responded, "I know."

Live-tweeting the alleged harassment as it was happening, Chariton shared a clip showing Fiedler walking alongside the journalist while he was interviewing an attendee.

Fiedler did not respond to Fox News' request for comment.

Chariton, a supporter for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he and Jones entered Elm Street Middle School, the venue for the rally, and picked up their press credentials at check-in and waited with other members of the media until the campaign allowed them to enter the gymnasium. Moments later, after interviewing more attendees, they were approached by another Buttigieg staffer and were asked if they had press credentials or if they "snuck in."

"So clearly, they're monitoring us here. It's crazy, absolutely crazy," Chariton said to the camera.

Things escalated when Jones went to go grab his camera gear and was approached by a different campaign staffer who snatched his press credentials that was clipped to his jacket and told him, "I'm sorry, I don't think you're supposed to have press credentials." He later expressed he felt like he was being "attacked."

“I felt I was singled out," Jones told Fox News. "I’m not sure whether it was because of the company I work for or the color of my skin, but I was definitely singled out because they didn’t do that to anyone else there that I saw.”

Both the Buttigieg staffer and Jones approached Chariton, where an intense exchange ensued.

"[A staffer] was following me outside, I have credentials, I can show it to you, and now you've had two people come up to me, harassing me here," Chariton told the unidentified Buttigieg aide. "Is this what you do to the press?"

"No," she responded, who quickly attempted to block the camera lens with her hand and later told Chariton that she had heard that they were "disrupting people in line."

"Disrupting what?" Chariton said.

"I'm under the impression that you were disrupting people in line," the staffer reiterated.

"Disrupting by interview them? That's disruption?" the progressive journalist shot back.

"No," she said. "We were told by people that they were disrupted by you."

She then walked away with Jones' press credentials without attempting to grab Chariton's. Moments later, a staffer, who Chariton described had a more senior status on the campaign, approached them to calm the situation.

"I'm not trying to kick you out," Cambria Hayashino, the "Iowa Advance Lead" of the Buttigieg campaign according to her LinkedIn page, told Chariton.

"Did you know that one of your people came up to my cameraman without saying a word and ripped his credential right off him?" Chariton asked.

"I did not know that," Hayashino responded. "I apologize for that."

She repeatedly apologized to Jones as Chariton explained what had happened to them.

"I've gone to Trump events and never had to deal with this," Chariton said.

"I understand and that should not have happened and I understand that it's really frustrating," Hayashino said. "I apologize on behalf of our team. ... I wanted to come here and tell you that you are allowed to stay here, we just ask you to follow the rules that everyone else follows -- not that I've seen you breaking them."

"Listen, for a campaign that has whatever issues with black people, to come up to my black cameraman and rip his thing off," Chariton told her.

Hayashino did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.

Chariton told Fox News he managed to get press credentials by using another journalist's invitation. He claimed Status Coup was removed from the campaign's email list back in December after it reported on an alleged cover-up involving cops at the South Bend Police Department that were caught live-streaming an arrest of a black man while imitating Klansmen from the 2012 film "Django Unchained."

The Status Coup reporter expressed he believed there is a "pattern of paranoia" from the Buttigieg campaign, pointing to a debate watch party he attended in South Bend in December, where he said taking photos and videos and conducting interviews were strictly prohibited as it was a "safe space" for attendees.

He had not heard from the campaign since the altercation took place, even after reaching out to Buttigieg Press Secretary Chris Meagher.

"Multiple lines were crossed and 24 hours later, the mayor nor his press secretary has apologized. Whether the mayor’s campaign likes my outlet or not — political operatives have no right to place their hands on journalists trying to do their jobs," Chariton told Fox News.

The Buttigieg campaign did not immediately respond to numerous requests by Fox News for comment.

 

[barfo]

barfo pretends to not see a lot of things.

I see your paranoia and conspiracy theories, I just choose not to partake until/unless you show me evidence.

barfo

 

[crandc]

I see your paranoia and conspiracy theories, I just choose not to partake until/unless you show me evidence.

barfo

Don't hold your breath.

 

[MARIS61]

I see your paranoia and conspiracy theories, I just choose not to partake until/unless you show me evidence.

barfo

Shown and seen.

You just keep pretending.

 

[MARIS61]

Krystal Ball: Democratic establishment would rather have four more years of Trump than see Bernie elected
By Charles Creitz | Fox News

Washington looks on in disbelief as Biden unravels

'The Populist's Guide to 2020' author Krystal Ball breaks down the ongoing civil war within the Democratic Party.

The Washington establishment's main goal in every election is to retain their access to the levers of power and not let otherwise unaffiliated candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., take that access away, according to Krystal Ball.

The Hill.TV commentator told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that Sanders makes the Democratic establishment apprehensive because they understand he will not be inviting to them if he wins in November.

"These are all people whose power comes from their access to the establishment world -- consultants whose grift is based on a certain deal flow from the DNC, et cetera -- and they know what you said about they prefer Trump to Bernie -- that’s exactly right because they know under a Sanders administration, all of that access and all of that deal flow, all of that is gone and it truly is over for them," she said.

Ball and host Tucker Carlson agreed that President Trump is the Republican iteration of that phenomenon. In 2016, several GOP candidates, like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich were seen as taking up the more establishment lane in opposition to Trump.

"They would rather have Bernie lose and have another crack at it after Donald Trump['s second term] than allow him to win and that’s where we are," Ball said. "The problem for them is that while Hillary Clinton and all the rest say nobody likes Bernie Sanders, the truth is -- just like Donald Trump -- the base really likes Bernie Sanders."

Ball said Sanders is seen as the "most popular senator in the country" which she attributed to the tense situation on the political left.

Appearing to compare Joe Biden's candidacy to that of Kasich and Bush, Ball said that the former vice president has "the right resume" and ties to the popular Barack Obama, "so he must be the guy."

"In the meanwhile, they said the same things [about Sanders that] they said about the rise of Donald Trump: 'Ignore that he [Biden] has no enthusiasm or crowds, pay no attention to that,' -- just look at the fact of his poll numbers and he's resilient and what's happening online and what’s happening out there in America," she continued.

"To this day, if you look at the polls objectively, [Sanders] is the front runner to win the Democratic nomination and they still have not wrapped their heads around it or the fact that he has a genuine enthusiasm and movement behind him which ... could be a good matchup against President Trump."

 

[Road Ratt]

 

[Minstrel]

All the Dem candidates have been invited to speak on FOX.

Tulsi is the only one of them who is not a flaming coward.

Bless your heart, you try so hard, even if you're generally very wrong.