Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), a 2020 presidential hopeful and veteran who focused his centrist campaign on military issues, will formally end his campaign on Friday.
I guess he prefers Biden to Sanders or Warren since he is warning us not to âveer to far leftâ.
I wonder why his campaign never took off? May be he can go talk to John Delaney to get help figuring that out.
Itâs going to be news to a lot of people that he had a presidential bid.
Moulton is concern trolling here and, frankly, thatâs pretty much all he ever did which is pretty much what defines âcentrismâ these days.
Glad he finally dropped out before he damaged himself any further. Despite some terrible judgement in challenging Pelosi and then running for President, he is not a bad guy and he is a good fit for his district which is less liberal than the average MA congressional district. He is going to need the time to reconnect with his constituents in order to head off a primary.
Dang! Just as he was picking up some Moulton-Mentum! Seth-Mania was just about to sweep the nation!
And those of us that knew didnât give a twit. Kinda feel bad for his supporter, though.
Well, Delaney has been running since May of 2017 or soâŚI donât think your problem is that you got in too late.
He cited Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, another moderate who also struggled to make the debate stage, as evidence that the primary was pulling candidates further and further left.
For a reason
Itâs what we want
We have no use for âCentristâ Republican lite bullshit.
We are liberal and wear it proudly
What heâs really complaining about is that Biden entering the race killed his fundraising. So now he doesnât have a pile of âcentristâ money to transfer to his congressional campaign or to funding other reps in a way that would help him build a power bloc.
Oh and, I know this is a lost battle, but could we ever stop using âcentristâ to mean âModerate Republican from the 70sâ?
What is âveering to far leftâ? Anything that chips away at White Christian Male dominance? This guy should have run as a Republican, Democratic voters are tired of this âtoo leftâ BS.
Republicans in MA never get out of state government these days - zero Repugs in the federal delegation. Heâs the closest thing we have to a blue dog democrat here.
Moulton isnât reading the room very well.
If you think getting late in the race was a handicap, wait until you get primaried out of your seat.
Please let the field be winnowed rapidly from here on.
Looking at you, Delaney, Steyer, Booker, Klobuchar, de Blasio, Bullock, Gabbard, Gillibrand (especially Gillibrand), Messam (???), Ryan, Sestak, Williamson, and Yang.
When oh when will this âtoo far leftâ meme die, given that, one, NO ONE within the Democratic party or fold is truly âfar leftââincluding Sandersâtwo, each of the Dems or Dem-aligned pols he cited were more popular than Trump and have been for years, and three, voters overwhelmingly prefer the policies they advocate over the ones Trump supports.
Itâs a white elephant, a phantom, and bogeyman that Dems keep scaring themselves with and the media keeps promoting as if itâs true, because, after all, if it werenât true then why would everyone keep promoting itâas if bullshit ideas die of their own bullshit.
Itâs like how Social Security is always going broke (it isnât, never has, never will, quite literally cannot, if you disagree youâre an ignorant moron), the debt and deficit are killing us (youâre economically ignorant if you believe either), and we canât afford a Green New Deal (we actually canât afford to not have one and can definitely afford it, and ditto on youâre a moron if you disagree).
Why does stupidity always thrive when reality makes so much more sense?
âŚand another one bites the dust, AH!
Or he just canât help blaming the room.
Stupid People are easy to control, and exploit for financial gain.
Trump: âI love stupid voters.â
Stupidity is expensive for some but profitable for others.
Exactly, when they start talking of nationalizing the oil and coal industry, airlines, railroads and steel mills, and taking fat cats to the âparedonâ or guillotine then we can start using the term âsocialismâ.