US Election 2020

[rietrot]

That isn't really public accountability though. They can dismiss those questions. The only questions that they cannot instantly dismiss are the ones posed to them by a legal supoena, where they will face direct consequences for not answering.

Actually it is very telling what people think is accountability.

Answering some questions. Vs people voting.

 

[rietrot]

I have two questions:

1. Why does it bother you so much when people like myself say that Trump is a narcissist?
2. Do you think that Trump has any of those features that are listed in the DSM diagnostic criteria for NPD?

It seems like you're deflecting from his behaviour by arguing over who can assess it.

He doesn't even fit the basic definition of narcissist.

There's really no point of going through the checklist.

It's just your TDS.

 

[SoldierMan]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder#Signs_And_Symptoms:



In my opinion, Trump has clearly demonstrated the first eight of those nine features. I cannot say whether he has demonstrated the ninth feature.

Can only a psychologist or psychiatrist judge this? For example, when Trump calls himself a genius - can only a psychologist or psychiatrist judge that to be grandiosity? Or when Trump mocks disabled people and demeans his rivals - can only a psychologist or psychiatrist judge that to be bullying, demeaning and belittling others?

Lumeer? Just in case you missed it. Courtesy of BBSA.

 

[lumeer]

He doesn't even fit the basic definition of narcissist.

There's really no point of going through the checklist.

It's just your TDS.

What's the basic definition of a narcissist?

 

[Pegasus]

What's the basic definition of a narcissist?

What is Echolalia?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Super Tuesday States - my prediction of the winners

California (biggest number of delegates): Bernie
Texas (second in no. of delegates): Bernie
Utah: Bernie
Maine: Bernie
Colorado: Bernie
Vermont: Bernie
Massachusetts: marginally Bernie (Warren could obviously win here now that Mayor Pete has exited)

Tennessee: Biden
North Carolina: Biden (lots of early voting has taken place though here. Bernie might just sneak it)
Virginia: Biden
Arkansas: Biden (Bloomberg could win here though, apparently no-one has really campaigned here but Bloomberg has been flooding the airwaves. Very sparse polling as well).
Alabama: Biden

I can't determine:

Oklahoma
Minnesota

 

[Speedster]

Super Tuesday States - my prediction of the winners

California (biggest number of delegates): Bernie
Texas (second in no. of delegates): Bernie
Utah: Bernie
Maine: Bernie
Colorado: Bernie
Vermont: Bernie
Massachusetts: marginally Bernie (Warren could obviously win here now that Mayor Pete has exited)

Tennessee: Biden
North Carolina: Biden (lots of early voting has taken place though here. Bernie might just sneak it)
Virginia: Biden
Arkansas: Biden (Bloomberg could win here though, apparently no-one has really campaigned here but Bloomberg has been flooding the airwaves. Very sparse polling as well).
Alabama: Biden

I can't determine:

Oklahoma
Minnesota

No Bloomberg?

 

[Pegasus]

Some experts are saying that Quid pro Joe is losing his mind.

Must be true.

Joe Biden isn’t ‘gaffe-prone’, he’s losing his mind - The Spectator World

The way to undermine Biden would be to introduce a new narrative that actually reflects his present condition: it’s not a ‘gaffe’, it’s a ‘cognition error’

spectator.us

 

[Pegasus]

It seems Bernie is near death.
It must be true because the Huffpost says so and Bernie won't release his medical records.

Bernie Sanders Walks Back Promise To Release 'Comprehensive' Medical Records

The Democratic presidential hopeful said he's in "good health" after having a heart attack in October.

www.huffpost.com

I hope Bloomberg is ok.

 

[clickingbuttons]

Bernies views on "democratic socialism" are laughable at best.

If he wins RIP America :-/

 

[Ancalagon]

It seems Bernie is near death.
It must be true because the Huffpost says so and Bernie won't release his medical records.

Bernie Sanders Walks Back Promise To Release 'Comprehensive' Medical Records

The Democratic presidential hopeful said he's in "good health" after having a heart attack in October.

www.huffpost.com

I hope Bloomberg is ok.

If these are true, the Dems will be handing this one to Trump on a silver platter.

Bloomberg just doesn't seem to be charismatic enough.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

No Bloomberg?

The guy has no real charisma, he really isn't a politician, but I guess he could win Arkansas. I just think the moderate vote is coalescing around Biden after his victory in SC.

 

[Temujin]

Lumeer? Just in case you missed it. Courtesy of BBSA.

The TDS is real

 

[Pegasus]

If these are true, the Dems will be handing this one to Trump on a silver platter.

Bloomberg just doesn't seem to be charismatic enough.

The dems still have 8 months to embrace the socialism tag and embrace it.

Trump saw it coming long ago when he made them own "the Squad" and their views.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Hm...might change my NC prediction:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1234511586598977536

As I said, NC has a lot of early voting and thus Biden's boost from SC might be tempered.

 

[SoldierMan]

Hm...might change my NC prediction:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1234511586598977536

As I said, NC has a lot of early voting and thus Biden's boost from SC might be tempered.

Old poll? Buttigieg and Steyer have dropped out.

Edit: See it's the 2nd, so not sure why those two are on there.

 

[BBSA]

Hm...might change my NC prediction:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1234511586598977536

As I said, NC has a lot of early voting and thus Biden's boost from SC might be tempered.

Were is Buttigieg support going, mostly to Biden?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Were is Buttigieg support going, mostly to Biden?

Would think so.

 

[cerebus]

Would think so.

Not exactly

Trump Says Buttigieg’s Exit Is Start of “Dems Taking Bernie out of Play.” Polls Tell a Different Story.

Trump said all of Buttigieg’s votes would automatically go to Biden, but polls show the former mayor’s supporters are pretty split on a second choice.

slate.com

While the idea that Buttigieg’s exit from the race will directly benefit Biden seems like conventional wisdom, polls tell a more complicated story. A recent Morning Consult poll showed that Buttigieg’s supporters are pretty divided and their top second choice is none other than Sen. Bernie Sanders. Twenty-one percent of Buttigieg’s supporters described the senator from Vermont as their second choice. Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren are tied for a close second place with 19 percent, and Michael Bloomberg isn’t far behind with 17 percent.


According to FiveThirtyEight, though, Buttigieg’s decision to drop out hurts Sanders because it decreases his chances of winning a majority of pledged delegates, and there is now a greater chance that no candidate will get a majority. Sanders’ chances of getting more delegates than the other candidates decreased while Biden’s chances increased slightly.

 

[jack_spratt]

I don't think that Bernie Sanders went to Russia for his honeymoon. It seems that it was actually a work trip that had been planned long in advance, and it just happened to have taken place soon after he got married. He took is new wife with him and jokingly called it a honeymoon.

Manchurian candidate.