Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
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I watched the Democratic debate last night and I think the winner was probably Trump. At times it just degenerated into a shouting match with the candidates ripping each other apart- NBC did a terrible job of moderating it.
For me Elizabeth Warren was the clear winner - first time I'd seen her with the gloves really off, she put Bloomberg on the backfoot from the start. Given the chance she'd walk all over Trump, she stays laser focused and doesn't get fazed by personal insults which Trump is bound to resort to. I still like Bernie Sanders, but sometimes he comes over as Mr Angry. Why Americans get so obsessed over his 'socialist' agenda is beyond me - it's only the same system that a lot of European countries use without any issues - but they seem to think it borders on Communism. Bloomberg took most of the flack as the billionaire new kid on the block. As billionaires go I don't mind him, did a good job as Mayor of NYC and puts his money where his mouth is donating considerable amounts to climate change and gun reform, all of which are on record. But he didn't have a great night - his past comments caught up with him and he came over as arrogant, smug and out of touch, this probably skewered his campaign. Think he would be better off picking one of his opponents and backing them with his resources. But the Democrats need to realize that nobody is perfect and they've all got baggage, they need to stop keep taking the moral high ground - Trump didn't and nobody seemed to bat an eyelid. Whoever the Democrats choose voters have to get behind that person and stop finding piddling reasons not to vote for them - they did that last time and that worked out really well.
For me Elizabeth Warren was the clear winner - first time I'd seen her with the gloves really off, she put Bloomberg on the backfoot from the start. Given the chance she'd walk all over Trump, she stays laser focused and doesn't get fazed by personal insults which Trump is bound to resort to. I still like Bernie Sanders, but sometimes he comes over as Mr Angry. Why Americans get so obsessed over his 'socialist' agenda is beyond me - it's only the same system that a lot of European countries use without any issues - but they seem to think it borders on Communism. Bloomberg took most of the flack as the billionaire new kid on the block. As billionaires go I don't mind him, did a good job as Mayor of NYC and puts his money where his mouth is donating considerable amounts to climate change and gun reform, all of which are on record. But he didn't have a great night - his past comments caught up with him and he came over as arrogant, smug and out of touch, this probably skewered his campaign. Think he would be better off picking one of his opponents and backing them with his resources. But the Democrats need to realize that nobody is perfect and they've all got baggage, they need to stop keep taking the moral high ground - Trump didn't and nobody seemed to bat an eyelid. Whoever the Democrats choose voters have to get behind that person and stop finding piddling reasons not to vote for them - they did that last time and that worked out really well.
