"Populism is acting in the interests of the common populace instead of the elite class who usually control things."

Sounds good, but that's incompatible with Capitalism, and we're a Capitalist country.

YOU SHOULD HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT BY NOW.

#44 | Posted by snoofy

Wow you'd make a great fox news anchor.

Since when did capitalism mean businesses should be able to bribe the government to do whatever they want at the expense of the populace?

He' still in that freaky dream sequence where rwing populists and lwing populists are the same thing, so all one has to do is run as a populist.

We are supposed to not only ignore that those two things are not the same, but that Bernie has now lost twice... running as a populist.

Of course, he once again refuses to address the salient point made; that after the primary is over, demonizing the more progressive candidate, or anyone running against Trump, is counter-productive to what's best for the country.

#45 | Posted by Corky

You're still that freaky dream where there aren't any voters who are sick of both parties and just want someone to fight back against the elites for them.

*obama COULDNT do that

Moving on, not living in the past, not dwelling on mistakes. Focusing on building a brighter future.
Nearly anything can be repackaged in a populist fashion.

What's populist about blaming immigrants for society's problems without any basis in fact?
Plenty, if done right.
It was Andrea, a mattress's rallying cry for the past four years, if not longer.

#38 | Posted by snoofy

Prosecuting criminal bankers isn't "living in the past" it's protecting the working class from future banker crimes, but obama could do that because he was too busy selling out for campaign cash.

And it IS populist to tell the working class that it's not fair that they should have to compete with underpaid illegal labor, which favors big businesses, and that populism got trump elected.

"What's populist about letting bankers ruin the economy without punishment?"

Dow 30,000 is great marketing material.

#35 | Posted by snoofy

Not to the half of americans who aren't in the stock market. They hear DOW 30000 and they get angry that their lives are excluded from the prosperity and are willing to vote for anyone who seems like they'll re balance the scales in their favor.

Question makes no sense.
Populism isn't a policy.
It's a marketing ploy.

#34 | Posted by snoofy

Horsecrap. Populism is acting in the interests of the common populace instead of the elite class who usually control things. It's a radical concept to those who've pathetically accepted that selling out is normal.

What's populist about staying in the mideast after we killed bin laden?

He could have brought the troops home and made dems look like the anti war alternative. Instead he gave that mantle to trump.

Do you even know what populism is?

Trump ran as a populist.
That's why you thought he would be good.

Obama ran as a populist too.
That's why you thought he would be good too.

Notice anything?

#28 | Posted by snoofy

I knew trump would be horrible because he's a liar. But he won because he ran as a populist, and worked hard to make his voters think he IS a populist.

Just like obama ran as a populist and won, except then obama said SIKE! to his voters and let the bankers and insurance companies do whatever they want.

What's populist about letting bankers ruin the economy without punishment?

You're talking about yourself.
It sure doesn't seem like you are happy with your vote for Trump, so, what exactly is it you think you're complaining about?

#27 | Posted by snoofy

I didn't vote for trump.

I'm talking about obama->trump voters. You should google them.

The left can either start pursuing populism or they can just let repubs continue to win and slowly ruin the country. That campaign cash must really be delicious since they're apparently willing to ruin the future in order to get it.

Also the same guy who squandered a once-in-a-century chance to fix our healthcare system by enshrining his useless corporate middleman insurance industry donors at the center of it. What's populist about that?

Obama ran like a populist, then betrayed his voters and governed as a sellout. Which is why trump got elected.

"REAL populism, something the left refuses to adopt"

Obama???

#24 | Posted by snoofy

Yeah. Remember the guy who was elected right after the bankers had destroyed the economy who let them all waltz away with barely a slap on the wrist? The guy who made many voters think that dems won't fight against the corrupt elites any more than repubs will so why not just vote for a true outsider like trump?

saying racist and sexist and all that over and over doesn't win elections. NEXT.

#10 | Posted by AuntieSocial

No, to win elections you have to say racist and sexist statements over and over. Then morons like you will pledge your undying love and support.

Perhaps you can whine voters into coming around to your point of view....

#20 | Posted by Corky

Why not? That's been your strategy since 2016, whining that liberals need to just sellout like your preferred candidates do.

he added. Harris "doesn't take things lying down."

said Willy Brown. NEVER!

#37 | Posted by AuntieSocial

You need to explain the willie brown jokes to those of us who dont go to klan meetings.

An angry black cop and mr. forgetful... you have a steep mountain to climb my friends...

woooooooooooooooo!

#6 | Posted by AuntieSocial

Have either of them gotten hundreds of thousands of innocent people killed through negligence, arrogance, and incompetence?

With trump, all roads lead to russia.

Maybe I can be an anti-tourism consultant for the city of San Diego.

#48 | Posted by madbomber

Yeah working hard to harm your local economy sounds is what we all expect of your type.

Everything about trump is a lie, including the things he tells you to fear.

When you let the russians run your social media, you live on forever.

Trump is trying to avoid voter fraud. That seems like a good idea.

#41 | Posted by phesterOBoyle

Yeah, and while he's pissing on our head he's just trying to keep you hydrated. There's no amount of fascism you wont eagerly accept from your cult leader.

no ID to vote and mail in voting is a recipe for voter fraud!

#12 | Posted by Maverick

Sure it is. The world's most famous liar said so.

And you believe him.

People like Corky are right. The only thing that matters right now is defeating Trumpism and getting evil Trumpy out of the White House.

Then we obviously have a lot of work to do to clean up his messes and sterilze the White House and purge him from the system and THEN maybe we can get things done. But none of it matters if trump holds the White House.

The cure to the Trumpy Virus and pretty much everything is removing that cancer from the White House folks. It's pretty obvious.

#17 | Posted by donnerboy

WRONG. Trumpism was around before trump was elected. Trumpism started decades ago and slowly built steam, limbaugh spread it in the 90s and then fox news brought it into the mainstream. Defeating trump will IN NO WAY stop trumpism. You're just as deluded as biden if you beleive that. THis Qanon moron proves it. Get ready for president matt gaetz if you think trumpism will die with trump.

The way to defeat trumpism - FAKE populism - is with REAL populism, something the left refuses to adopt, which is why the left has been losing for so long, and why trump got elected in the first place.

OK, forget about the past.

But there's no arguing that sitting out or voting third party THIS election is a vote for Trump. After all we've seen, failing to ensure your vote counts towards removing this inept, incredibly regressive administration means voting for Biden-Harris.

Anything else is a doubly stupid in light of all we know, and puts one in Trump's column.

#409 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Everyone knows that. YOu either vote for biden or trump wins.

My point is the bankers love that. No matter what they win. They either get trump's let-bankers-rape-everything policies, or obama/biden's "let's not be hard on the bankers" policies, and now if biden dies, they get another status quo big money "democrat" in the backup position.

Come on man.

Your whole spiel with this election thing is just passive-aggressive learned helplessness.

#410 | Posted by snoofy

We're not talking about the election.
We're talking about whether the government can change things. He says it can't. A stupid position.

You know if Republicans are so deeply into sadomasochism in based on who all they nominated they clearly are why don't they just hire me to come over to their house with some whips and handcuffs rather than get children involved in the whole thing? And yes children are made to suffer when stupid people are elected.

#12 | Posted by Tor

That's not their goal. Their goal is to make the people they feel inferior to suffer. If that means they need to harm their own lives to make their enemies suffer, they're fine with that. Owning the libs is all that matters, even if they need to join the cult of a con man and burn down their own house or infect their parents with covid.