Swalwell Out; Steyer In; Democrats Swap One Hopeless Doofus For Another

DB Daily Update ^ | David Blackmon

[EyesOfTX]

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends)

[Editor’s Note: The Campaign Update will be silent from July 11 through July 23 because Dave needs some down time.]

The world mourns the loss of a leftist hero. – Americans all over…well…somewhere were saddened on Monday when Democrat presidential non-contender Eric Swalwell, who famously promised on Twitter to nuke recalcitrant citizens who refused to surrender their guns to his planned army of jack-booted thugs, announced he was ending his campaign. Swalwell had run a valiant, disciplined and focused campaign, one that saw him rise all the way up to next-to-last place in the polls, reaching as high as .00000001% in the polls before the first debates two weeks ago.

Sadly, this turned to to be the point of Peak Swalwell.

After what critics unfairly labeled as a “laughable,” “cartoonish,” and “is this guy really serious?” debate performance saw his poll standing fall to .000000000001% in the polls taken afterwards, Swalwell reassessed his chances. Realizing that not even appearing on the same stage with the likes of Kirsten Gillibrand and John Hickenlooper had helped his standing with potential voters, Swalwell decided to throw in the towel. The decision point apparently came when he saw that his popularity had fallen even below that of the despicable and buffoonish Bill DeBlasio.

So back to congress he will go, where he can once again take up the gauntlet as CNN’s second-favorite liar about the Mueller Report, right behind his fellow California congressman, Adam Schiff.

“We have to be honest about our own candidacy’s viability,” Swalwell told reporters at a press conference Monday. “Today ends our presidential campaign, but it is the beginning of an opportunity in Congress with a new perspective shaped by the lives that have touched me and my campaign over the past few months.”

Neither of the two residents of Dubuque, Iowa whose lives apparently touched Swalwell were available for comment. Both were apparently too busy cooking up a new batch of meth.

But never fear, for Tom Steyer is here! – Yes, friends, just when things look their darkest, a new self-serving light appears on the horizon. Self-styled “environmental” activist Tom Steyer – hey, did you know he amassed his fortune investing in coal? – plans to jump into the race today.

Oh, joy!

You may remember Steyer. He’s the guy who famously spent tens of millions of his own money in 2017-2018 on a series of TV ads promoting the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He is so personally repugnant on television that the ads actually caused the President to go up in the polls.

Oh, so he’s just like Eric Swalwell, but with a lot of money? Yes, that guy.

Steyer is a one-trick pony, a pony whose one trick is exactly the same as Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, another sort-of-candidate who is polling at .000000001% in the presidential horse race. So Steyer apparently plans to swoop into the race, scoop up Swalwell’s .000000001% support and fight it out with Inslee over how to destroy the U.S. economy to fight the bogeyman “Climate Change.” The “winner” would presumably then have .00000002% support and be on a bullet to overtake DeBlasio for next-to-last place.

After that, he would obviously target Gillibrand and her .00000003% support, and be off to the races.

No telling how many millions Steyer is willing to part with in order to achieve his goals, but a fool and his money are soon parted, and Steyer has billions to part with. So, it’s probably a lot.

If they didn’t actually exist (which I’m assuming they actually do, though I have no real proof), the greatest fiction writers in world history could never come close to making these Democrats up.

That is all.

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[GoldenPup]

“Hopeless Doofus”. Great description of yet another Dem. asshole.

[Flick Lives]

Swalwell Out; Steyer In; Democrats Swap One Hopeless Doofus For Another

Clown car conservation of matter

[JPG]

Neither of the two residents of Dubuque, Iowa whose lives apparently touched Swalwell were available for comment. Both were apparently too busy cooking up a new batch of meth.

LOL

[nathanbedford]

What makes Steyer run?

Apart from ego and lust for power, that is.

What does he have to offer? Let us assume that he is realistic and understands that he will not prevail and capture the nomination, what then does he seek? A cabinet position? The vice presidency? A platform from which to run in 2024?

Why would any of these candidates offer him such plums and when might they be induced to do so?

Steyer has money and lots of it to offer the candidates. More, perhaps more important, he reportedly has an infrastructure which has expanded into most of the states. He might be thinking that he can cut a deal now or a little later as the race shakes out and buy himself a place in the new government. He should not wait too long because money is flowing into the coffers of Harris and Warren who will presumably build their own infrastructure as they can fund them.

His two issues appear to be environmentalism (climate change death) and impeachment. He probably is living on borrowed time with the impeachment issue because I think the Attorney General or the Inspector General will beat Nadler and that gang to the punch in exposing the Russia hoax.

[kabar]

Steyer is pushing (read demanding) that Trump be impeached. He has spent millions in propaganda to achieve that objective. IMO his threat of entering the race is just that, a threat. He is unhappy with the Dems for not moving on impeachment as well as not making climate change the central issue of their campaign. Look for the Dems to cave to Steyer.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Does Steyer get Swalwell’s participation trophy?

[a fool in paradise]

It’s about messaging, not the messenger. They are co-anchors delivering the party planks

[1Old Pro]

As long as 0% Gillibrand is still in, they have a chance.

[ConservaTeen]

So one clown left and another joined...yawn ..so I still have the same amount of candidates that I won’t vote for? Trump, this Deplorable is going for you...