Posted on 03/21/2019 8:08:53 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update, Part II (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
By now, we all know that Irish Bob O’Rourke is a fake “rising star” in this year’s Democrat presidential nominating contest. Irish Bob always was little more than a pure media creation, and he is now struggling on the national stage mainly because the same media that created and supported him in his 2018 run against Ted Cruz has now moved on to campaigning for Kamala Harris and The Commie.
But there are two real rising stars in the Democrats’ nominating battle, and their names will probably surprise you: Andrew Yang and Pete Buttigieg.
I talked about Yang and his insane plan to just cut a $1,000 monthly check to all American adults in Tuesday’s Campaign Update, but he’s worthy of further discussion, because he’s exactly the kind of candidate who could suddenly catch fire in this race, especially if he were to perform strongly in the first couple of debates this summer.
His personal story is very compelling, especially to younger Democrat voters: He’s a first-generation American in his family, the son of parents who legally immigrated from Taiwan. He’s young (44), he’s good-looking, he’s intelligent, he’s articulate, he does well on television, and he’s really good at sticking with his talking points and avoiding giving direct answers to question, a talent Democrat voters really, really love.
The fact that he’s a businessman would enable Democrat voters to insincerely brag about not nominating their usual standard-issue politician, and the fact that he’s not an old white guy would definitely appeal to the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez followers who believe old white men are responsible for all of their own failings in life. If he were a woman or a trans-gender, the Democrats would simply call off their primaries and nominate him by acclamation, but as it is, he ticks off an awful lot of the boxes one must tick off in order to attract the votes of the demented Democrat base.
Yang is not showing up in the polls yet, but as I noted on Tuesday, he has been attracting high turnouts for his events and he has already collected enough money from a large enough number of contributors to qualify for the first debate in June.
Bottom line: This is a very smart guy who is worth keeping an eye on.
Pete Buttigieg, the 37 year-old, publicly gay Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is another very smart guy who deserves some attention in this race. Yeah, he’s a white male, but he’s not old, so he gets a pass from the AOC “blame everything on old white guys” crowd, which is a rapidly-growing segment of the Democrat base.
Here is another young, good-looking, intelligent and articulate guy who does extremely well on television. How well does he do on television? He spent 12 minutes this past Sunday morning being peppered with pretty tough questions by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, and never missed a beat. Never once strayed from his preferred talking points, never hesitated to give an evasive non-answer to Wallace’s direct questions. The man has a very high degree of equanimity, which is going to come across your TV screens during the upcoming debates.
On top of all of his other attributes, Buttigieg is also a Rhodes Scholar, a Harvard graduate, and a commissioned Naval Intelligence Officer who spent seven months in 2014 serving his country in Afghanistan. I personally have no use for Harvard graduates, but Democrat voters think it’s all gnarly and stuff. From that perspective, it’s quite a resume’.
Buttigieg has also reportedly raised enough money from enough individual contributors to qualify for the early debates, and has also begun showing up in the polls, turning up with 3% support in this week’s Emerson poll. If he can perform as strongly in those early debates as he did on Sunday with Chris Wallace, this is a guy whose campaign could really catch fire.
To be clear, I don’t agree with either Yang or Buttigieg on anything from a political standpoint. Their policy proposals – packing the supreme court is Buttigieg’s favorite issue right now – are your standard-issue Democrat/socialist lunacy.
But just looking at their respective backgrounds and personal attributes, and doing so from the perspective of the demented Democrat voter base, these two guys seem the most likely to rise in the race as no-chance candidates like Gillibrand, Klobuchar, Booker and Warren inevitably drop out. One or both could really catch a wave and jump into the top tier by the time Iowa and New Hampshire come around next January.
It’s going to be a fun – and frightening – process to watch.
That is all.
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LMAO
Buttigieg...Who is he? Where did he come from. WHAT IS HE?
The first Democratic presidential debate will take place this coming June.
The DNC has set out specific criteria for being included in the debate:
“Each candidate must have at least 1 percent support in three separate polls from a list of reputable state and national polling outfits determined by the committee. Candidates must also meet two fundraising thresholds: donations from at least 65,000 individuals, and 200 unique donors from at least 20 states.”
How will a virtually unknown Democratic wannabe be able to attract 65,000 donors, let alone 200 from 20 different states, between now and June unless he or she makes enough idiotic AOC-like statements on a regular basis to attract a flood of media attention that will propel tens of thousands of fools to grab for their checkbooks and throw their hard-earned dollars down the drain?
It would be the scam of the century, since of course the candidate would be able to keep all the money collected.
Not caring about the Jewish vote isn't surprising among the Demwits, but somebody doesn't care about the muslim vote, either.
“I talked about Yang and his insane plan to just cut a $1,000 monthly check to all American adults...”
This may sound like pure Socialism, but it could actually be a move away from our current socialistic economic policies IF it is revenue neutral. Here’s why: it is not progressive (i.e. everyone gets the same amount), and it is only for citizens (assumably, though Democrats can’t be trusted not to give away the farm to non-citizens and even illegals or otherwise turn everyone into a citizen).
Caveat: I have not read Yangs particular proposal, but I am describing what advocates of Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) usually propose.
Would it cause inflation? Sure. The same way printing money does now. But since the U.S. dollar is the world’s reserve currency it would also be a small but universal tax on all of those other nations that piggyback off our economy and productivity. Productive people would be just as well-off if not better. And it has the potential to streamline and simplify a lot of inefficient government services.
I’m not particularly fond of a GMI, but I could support it if...
1. it is given ONLY to U.S. citizens
2. it is given equally to all (i.e. not means tested)
3. it is revenue neutral (and preferably does away with other existing programs by which the government “helps” the poor)
I would prefer that any GMI be tied to revenues generated by taxes and tariffs on intellectual property because citizens actually surrender some of our natural rights for the benefit of progress in science, technology, and art in order for the government to grant IP rights under laws and treaties. The reason this would be best is that ALL government programs have a way of becoming permanent and infinitely growing. Once you’ve got a $1000 per month, when inflation kicks in it needs to be $2000, and then $3000. Soon everyone wants to be a millionaire (without working for it). Tying it to an index would help prevent this. And the most logical index is one in which rights are being taken without compensation in the first place.
Supervisors of elections will Cheat
If the media has a hand in picking the Dem nominie it will be Stacy Abrams she checks most of the boxes and the media gusses over her.she was on MSNBC the other day and it was a slobber fest plus the Fake News Media don’t like Joe Biden and they barely tolerate Crazy Bernie...
Abrams ought to claim to be part indian, then have a limp.
That would give her even more boxes to check.
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