Quote (Black XistenZ @ Mar 6 2020 04:05pm)
No offense, but that's a contradiction considering your absurd $700b++ military budget.
I don't think we need every dollar of the defense budget we have to maintain our commitments. Plus, a big part of supporting allies after Trump will just require taking our boots off their necks, and supporting them. On the list of priorities with South Korea, "unfair" trade deals and the cost of our military presence are basically non-issues.
You can't attack South Korea one day over a trade deal, suspend military operations that increase their readiness the next, and on the third day expect them to stand with us completely against North Korea. We need a coherent government response to these problems, not helter-skelter from a guy who can't even read a briefing book.
Quote (Goomshill @ Mar 6 2020 04:14pm)
DNC announced its changing its next debate criterion from "has any pledged delegates" to "has at least 20% of the pledged delegates" so it can exclude Tulsi and keep Biden/Sanders
now, nevermind how it would be less corrosive to democracy if they gave up their pretense of an ostensibly neutral threshold when they're obviously micromanaging it arbitrarily-
what I wonder is, why does Tulsi stay with the democrats at all, anyway?
if they're not going to play fair and hurl more abuse on her than any republican save trump or mcconnell, why stay affiliated? Why not just run for president as an Independent if that's what she wants
threatening to split the vote would have been legitimate leverage to use against the DNC to keep them playing fair, but it seems like she'll just let them piss on her and call it rain
I'm sure she'll peel off all the Democrats who watch Tucker and Hannity.
Quote (ThatAlex @ Mar 6 2020 04:57pm)
538 is one of the best but I'm skeptical.