Before our coverage today on The BradCast of Saturday’s Democratic Presidential Debate in Iowa, a quick word about the Friday night terror attacks in Paris, courtesy of anti-war activist and author David Swanson, whose response we share at the top of the show. His piece, “Non-French War Deaths Matter”, is posted here.
Then, yes, though the DNC apparently didn’t want you to know about it, the three Democratic candidates for the 2016 Presidential candidate gathered in Des Moines on Saturday night to hold their second debate of the season. The CBS debate was held less than 24 hours after the bloodshed in Paris and, thus, had more of a foreign policy focus than it otherwise would have, before turning to domestic affairs.
We cover all of the above today. I’m joined for analysis by our reigning post-debate coverage champ, Heather Digby Parton of Salon and Digby’s Hullabaloo blog, as well as Fred Karger, former longtime GOP political consultant and 2012 GOP Presidential candidate (and, in fact, the first openly gay Presidential candidate from either major party).
As usual, we try to make sense of it all with analysis and fact-checking that, hopefully, serves to help create a smarter and better informed electorate…
did you HEAR the war hawks at the Dem debate? for a minute I thought you might criticize that (using Swanson doesnt count) Brad… YOU are a hooker! I watched the “debate”. Which of the 3 stooges would bomb, and steal our freedoms faster etc…. ONLY Rand Paul hit this (the horror!) “WE FUND ISIS”. Watch the last goop debate… btw – he is losing his ass for it. Principles BEFORE politics!
I noticed when you asked Fred Karger isn’t the public less tolerant of politicians being in the pockets of Wall Street vampires nowadays, he didn’t say yes or no. Instead, he seemed unable to process the basic concepts in the question. “Look at the support she’s getting, it’s mostly from Democrat financial types.” Hey, money is speech, so bribery is public support, right? Q.E.D.
“Then, yes, though the DNC apparently didn’t want you to know about it, the three Democratic candidates for the 2016 Presidential candidate gathered in Des Moines on Saturday night to hold their second debate of the season.” ~ BF
….yessiree, all you deep thinkers, wanna know what another Clinton administration would look like??….take a hard fucking look at the DNC RIGHT NOW, there’s your goddamn crystal ball….the national Democratic Party establishment has been one long ugly trainwreck since 2008….Howard Dean mobilized MILLIONS for an historic Democratic landslide, only to be fired (immediately!!!!!!!!) because Rahm and the Clintons hated his progressive guts….thanks a bunch, ASSHOLES, you grabbed the party reins and have generously given us UNRELENTING ELECTORAL DISASTERS at EVERY state and federal level ever since….but…but…but…we want a WOMAN leader!!!….yeah, fuck you, grow up….Margaret Thatcher was a woman, and Ronnie used to pull HER dick….Debbie Wasserman Emanuel is a woman….a woman who should’ve had her ass FIRED years ago for driving the DNC into the hog trough, with shitty Blue Dog candidates, fearmongering the party base (“Disaster!” “We’re doomed” “Boehner!!” “Send $$$ PLEASE”) and basically being a schoolyard bully to the ONLY Democrats left who are actually motivated and committed – LIBERALS….so FUCK YOU!!!, DWS, you donor-bundled hack, every time you sneeze there’s a confetti cannon of Wall St. money in large denominations flying out of your anus….we can see it!….you and the Clintons have back-alleyed and backstabbed the Democratic debates for your own twisted subterfuges, while the assclown Republican “debates” are stealing the national spotlight and attention….nice work, you jerks….THERE’S your HRC administration in a nutshell….fragrant, ain’t it?…
I for one will challenge their BS with my B.S., and his bravehearted campaign to kick the moneychangers out of the temple for chrissake….at 74 he’s BY FAR the youngest of the candidates for President, with both feet planted firmly in the 21st century, god love him….all the rest of the candidates, including Hillary, are just arguing over the past, aren’t you sick to fuck of that yet???….Bernie is fighting for the future….open your eyes…
I flatly refuse to vote for Clinton if she steals the nomination and that will be the ONLY way she gets it is to steal it.
I will write Bernie’s name in.
In reality he is winning by a landslide but you wouldn’t know that listening to the Corporate Media.
Be funny when he wins by about 30% what more proof would one need at that point to know they are flat out lying about every poll.