I’m not sure Schumer has enabled anyone. He could probably do a better job publicly opposing things, but I’ll never be able to understand the argument that he can legitimately oppose republicans with any real power. It literally makes no sense. Like this article also points out, Republicans have the votes. It’s really…

It’s true! OPSing .978 in triple A as a 19 year old means less than nothing if he doesn’t pass the good old eye test of some blathering idiot nobody.

I’m sure this will be what Schumer ultimately decides to do. Even if Manchin and Heitkamp stay, they’re probably 50/50 on which way they’ll vote anyway.

The Senate was explicitly created to combat the will of the people. That’s why they weren’t elected by a popular majority. It’s the reason “the tyranny of the majority” is a real phrase that exists. Look at every major blunder of the 20th century and guess who was behind it:

Okay, maybe I didn’t say it right. The more clear thing to say would be that I don’t give a shit what Francis thinks about abortion. His views are clear without even needing to be stated. He’s the pope. Of course he’s anti-choice. I spend minimal time thinking about his stances on many social issues because, again,…

It’s the lowest bar possible. But if they end up the last two candidates in a presidential election, then it’s the only bar he has to pass.

I just moved to New York from Texas over the summer AND YES I CARE VERY MUCH, THANK YOU!

It was even more valid in that case because Hillary wasn’t personally repulsive in the way Bloomberg is. She would have been a perfectly fine president. There’s never going to be a perfect candidate. You have to vote for the person (with a chance to win) who most agrees with you.

On abortion and social issues, absolutely let’s not take him seriously because he’s basing that shit on a 2000 year old novel. On inequality as a moral issue, absolutely yes let’s take him seriously because he’s basing that shit on universal ideals.

Michael Bloomberg is indeed a shit sandwich, but he is filet mignon compared to Trump. He is fucking wagyu prepared by a master artisan compared to Trump. Bloomberg is like giving that shit sandwich to an alchemist and seeing it before your eyes turn into a block of solid fucking gold compared to Trump.

Oh, I will be first in line, happily voting for Bloomberg and crying tears of joy and relief when he wins.

HAHAHA, good luck! That he thinks he might have a chance is hilarious. He’s going to get approximately one half an O’Malley worth of the vote.

He’s a pope who is a genuine Catholic. Of course he’s anti-abortion. That’s one of the most Catholic beliefs there is. Much more important to me is that he’s fiscally Christian/Catholic, so he’s a socialist, unlike psychotic American Christians who pick and choose their adherence to their religion and are somehow even…

During primaries, I care less about in party agreement. I was fine with Bernie making every state vote in 2016 and generally didn’t agree with the arguments about him hurting Hillary’s chances. But during the general elections, we’re voting against people who really do toe the line and vote with their party even if…

They’re the people saying this is all somehow democrats’ fault. I’m sure they genuinely don’t connect the dots back to themselves at all, honestly.

Great!

And get 49 votes?

What should he have fucking done? Given a speech? Fuck load of good that would have done.

You’re much more nuanced than I was in my comment. +1

Oh fuck this.