Politics Democratic primary

[riderboy]

I was surprised by Mayor Pete too. Numbers must have been bad, particularly the African American vote the Dems are all chasing. Trump has made a lot of progress on liberating the black vote from the Democrat Plantation. Can't have that.

 

[Mordoror]

There is nothing quite so bold as Communists claiming credit for literacy on the island that already had the highest literacy rates in Central America and the most teachers per head of population. For claiming credit for health care on the island that already had the most doctors per head of population in the same area. For claiming to be "for the workers" on the island that had the strongest unions. And so forth.

Being able to read isn't that good when the "approved reading list" can be read in a week.

Not fan of Castro (even less of Batista) but it is a little more complicated than that
Before 53, 75% of Cubans were litterate
But Communist litteracy campaign allowed the missing 24% to catch up (mostly poor peons that didn't had access to school under Batista)
Same for the health coverage. While before 59 physicians were well trained, more than 50% of them were concentrated in La Havana, the rest in the big cities (according this article there was only one rural hospital)
What made the Regime was to stretch the national coverage, allowing a better distribution of healthcare than it used to be

You have a lenghty analysis here : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464859/

So Sanders is not right in absolute, dismissing what did the cuban communist regime for the lower classes (at least in those 2 area) is not correct either.

 

[primer]

Going to soon see if advertising/electioneering bribery will work for Mike. His whole campaign is truly cynical, based on swinging a vote by a few seconds long power point ideas media and basically paying off the delegates to forget he's a republican.
Some would call it brainwashing and perhaps he has selected the correct audience..

 

[NebrHogger]

Butt was paid to cool it - or promised a major player job IF the dems win... I think he scared them.

 

[TheKiwi]

Not fan of Castro (even less of Batista) but it is a little more complicated than that
Before 53, 75% of Cubans were litterate
But Communist litteracy campaign allowed the missing 24% to catch up (mostly poor peons that didn't had access to school under Batista)
Same for the health coverage. While before 59 physicians were well trained, more than 50% of them were concentrated in La Havana, the rest in the big cities (according this article there was only one rural hospital)
What made the Regime was to stretch the national coverage, allowing a better distribution of healthcare than it used to be
...

While correct, that is kind of missing the point. The Communists simply took advantage of an existing trend (much like in Soviet Russia vis education and industrialisation) and claimed credit for it. Which is typical for politicians, it's just that their claims are given more credence by a guilable media and slavering Cuba groupies.

 

[Euroamerican]

dropping like flies, they are!

 

[Chazman]

Amy Klobuchar drops out of presidential race, will endorse Biden

On the campaign trail, Klobuchar painted herself as a pragmatist who would be a more effective leader than the progressive candidates.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[riderboy]

Looks like all hands on deck for Creepy Joe. Problem is, Bernie will win it anyway.

 

[Chazman]

Looks like all hands on deck for Creepy Joe. Problem is, Bernie will win it anyway.

I wonder how much pressure Pete and Amy were under to drop out? The Democratic convention will be interesting.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Pete was doing well, as far as I could tell, up until now.

Klobuchar on the other hand... she seemde to have faded away a few debates ago.

 

[NebrHogger]

Looks like all hands on deck for Creepy Joe. Problem is, Bernie will win it anyway.

Bern will get hosed by the super delegates. My hope with that is Bern supporters getting fed up with the system and not voting at all.

 

[colin traveller]

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[bfc1001]

Looks like all hands on deck for Creepy Joe. Problem is, Bernie will win it anyway.

I hope so . It will be fun to see the Dems try and discredit him because nailed on that's what will happen should Bernie win it .

 

[riderboy]

This is the front runner?? He can't even put a sentence together from the Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self evident....." He has both oars in the water, unfortunately they're on the same side of the boat.

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[FLYNAVY]

My younger siblings & younger members on my crew [ Millennials ] seem to like the free stuff, free healthcare, free college tuition that Bernie is peddling. No wonder the Democrats are scarred enuf to back another old white guy with early stage of dementia present. I sorta like the way things are going over in the USA but Tulsi would be a better choice to throw their support.

 

[Chazman]

This is the front runner?? He can't even put a sentence together from the Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self evident....." He has both oars in the water, unfortunately they're on the same side of the boat.

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I have to admit, Joe sounded temporarily lucid and coherent after winning the South Carolina primary this weekend. Today, he's back to normal.

 

[riderboy]

I have to admit, Joe sounded temporarily lucid and coherent after winning the South Carolina primary this weekend. Today, he's back to normal.

It's a bit concerning. He has trouble finding words, remembering where he is and people's names. He called Chris Wallace of Fox News 'Chuck' this weekend and it seems there's a gaffe a day. 150 million Americans killed by gun violence since 2007.....I know one can't really get a complete picture of his health from news snippets, but what I do see is troublesome, politics and his normal idiocy aside.

 

[primer]

Drain the swamp rich.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

It's a bit concerning. He has trouble finding words, remembering where he is and people's names. He called Chris Wallace of Fox News 'Chuck' this weekend and it seems there's a gaffe a day. 150 million Americans killed by gun violence since 2007.....I know one can't really get a complete picture of his health from news snippets, but what I do see is troublesome, politics and his normal idiocy aside.

Him calling Chris Wallace 'Chuck', that's not really a big deal in my opinion. In context: very long and probably exhausting day, he was probably tired, lots of interviews put back to back; I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on that one.
What is more concerning though is when he places himself at events that didn't occur, with people who weren't there, and sometimes meetings that didn't take place with people who were already dead.
That, that is concerning.

 

[riderboy]

I wonder what might happen if Trump’s DOJ/FBI decided to spy on Bernie Sanders campaign with fake FISA warrants. In any event, it's clear that the Democrats think that rallying around a demented, corrupt serial groper is their only chance for survival. After 32 years Biden finally won his first primary. What's even scarier is that the alternative in Bernie Sanders even worse.