Who do you think won the debate and why?

  • JDPoZ
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    57 days ago

    I don’t know who “won” but I hate watching Allred - the guy who is supposed to be a Democratic alternative to Ted Cruz - repeatedly adopt right-wing framing on every issue, which just stands to let Republicans further ratchet everything to the right and normalizes the objectively brutal policies of the Rs.

    This guy has my vote, but man neoliberal DNC stooges are always just giving Rs a win, depressing turnout and alienating anyone who wants to vote against the candidates who want to lock up kids in cages.

    • @JohnmannescaOP
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      37 days ago

      He’s been positioning himself as a moderate, so there we already knew there’d be compromises but I agree it’s pathetic to see these folks turn a blind eye to certain things.

      • JDPoZ
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        7 days ago

        “Can we have healthcare?”

        “Sorry, best I can do is crappy mandated privatized health insurance that doesn’t really cover anything that we will also fine you for not having if you fail to pay thousands for it every year… and we’ll try to compromise with Rs who want to further sweep away any of the crumbs you have cobbled together… also missile contracts to feed the military industrial complex.”

        • @JohnmannescaOP
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          27 days ago

          Yeah Healthcaredotgov was one of the most ambitious of our millenia and they act like it’s too much to be critical of it and ask for change; at least with expansion there could be more people covered better, like those suffering from chronic conditions such as myself (chronic pancreatitis).