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Armstead

(47,803 posts)
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:18 AM Mar 2016

Some person with a Bernie bumper sticker cut me off in traffic today. Call David Brock!

Last edited Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:17 AM - Edit history (1)

It's evidence that all Bernie supporters are all horrible, rude drivers.

It might have even been Bernie behind the wheel....I'm not sure. But let's add that as a possibility. Sounds good.

But in any case it shows what a low character Bernie is. It is indicative of how Bernie's campaign promises are all lies.

Call David Brock and put it out there! "Berniebros are all rude drivers!"....or better yet "I think Bernie Sanders cut me off in traffic today."





Full disclosure. I also have a Bernie sticker on my car.

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Some person with a Bernie bumper sticker cut me off in traffic today. Call David Brock! (Original Post) Armstead Mar 2016 OP
Actually, it only requires math to realize his campaign promises are lies. DanTex Mar 2016 #1
Quick call your Republican accountant Armstead Mar 2016 #4
Paul Krugman is neither a Republican nor an accountant. DanTex Mar 2016 #6
Paul Krugman also failed to do the same analysis he demands of others. jeff47 Mar 2016 #27
Romer and Romer ran through the numbers, and found conclusively that they were garbage. DanTex Mar 2016 #28
By not using models, and using what everyone knows. jeff47 Mar 2016 #29
Romer and Romer used models. And Bernie's numbers were garbage. DanTex Mar 2016 #32
David Brock wrote the most instructive book on Republican corruption that I've ever read. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #2
Good for him. He learned it well. Armstead Mar 2016 #3
You're not familiar with David Brock's story. It's very compelling. Just because he supports Hillary Trust Buster Mar 2016 #5
I know enough of his story Armstead Mar 2016 #8
What do you know about his story ? Trust Buster Mar 2016 #9
He changed sides but not his character Armstead Mar 2016 #10
You just don't know his story. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #11
I know his backstory and I know what he is doing now Armstead Mar 2016 #12
Yes, now he's using it as a playbook. frylock Mar 2016 #13
Nothing even close. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #14
Oh, I'm sure we ain't seen nothin' yet. frylock Mar 2016 #17
Headline from the Brockian Gossip Rag: VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #7
sanders mean and cruel, subjects thousands to stand in longggggg lines for hours questionseverything Mar 2016 #26
Has anyone on this forum read David Brock's BLINDED BY THE RIGHT ? Trust Buster Mar 2016 #15
We're all aware of Brock's "transformation" frylock Mar 2016 #18
Mr. Brock... tonedevil Mar 2016 #19
Yes AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #30
No, that was David Brock trying to smear Bernie Sanders supporters. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #16
And Pooof...he's gone Armstead Mar 2016 #20
David Brock is Keyse Söze's mentor ... Impedimentus Mar 2016 #21
Musta been a Bro! Prolly sexist and racist! And rude to his wife! senz Mar 2016 #22
I refuse to drive until this guy's tone improves! Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #24
A bird probably flew into his car and distracted him! Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #23
It was a Volvo, wasn't it?!?!?!? arcane1 Mar 2016 #25
Was it the Pope? Aerows Mar 2016 #31
Aerows, I am positive that Pope Francis, if he could speak out on such things senz Mar 2016 #34
That was my thought Aerows Mar 2016 #35
I edited as you were replying -- added the obligatory Bernie bumpersticker. senz Mar 2016 #36
Come on , they spilt their Latte TheFarS1de Mar 2016 #33
C'mon -- he just wanted to be sure you saw the sticker Mike__M Mar 2016 #37
The sticker said "Bernie or I'll bust your car up" Armstead Mar 2016 #38

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
6. Paul Krugman is neither a Republican nor an accountant.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:25 AM
Mar 2016

Since my side has the facts, we don't need to pretend that accountants are "economists" in order to sell fraudulent economic projections.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
27. Paul Krugman also failed to do the same analysis he demands of others.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:19 PM
Mar 2016

Krugman has spent a very long time saying that economists need to actually turn back to models for analysis, and not just cite the "very serious people" who keep getting everything wrong by blindly reciting what "everyone knows"

Until it came time to analyze Sanders's proposals.

Then Krugman cited very serious people who were blindly reciting what "everyone knows".

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
28. Romer and Romer ran through the numbers, and found conclusively that they were garbage.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:22 PM
Mar 2016

But anyone remotely familiar with macroeconomic modeling could tell simply from the 5.3% 10-year growth number that it was a fantasy -- that's higher than any 10-year period since WW2, and now we're facing more demographic headwinds.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
29. By not using models, and using what everyone knows.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:25 PM
Mar 2016
But anyone remotely familiar with macroeconomic modeling could tell simply from the 5.3% 10-year growth number that it was a fantasy

"Everyone knows".

What would likely happen is some other factor would retard growth after a while. But you have to have a model to identify what that factor is. If you actually follow what Krugman preaches, you can't just say "it can't happen". You have to show how it can't happen.

Krugman, as well as Romer and Romer, failed to do so.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
32. Romer and Romer used models. And Bernie's numbers were garbage.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:34 PM
Mar 2016

The intuition of Krugman and everyone else outside the Bernie bubble who saw 5.3% and laughed at it was validated by the detailed analysis of Romer and Romer.

But, truth be told, when you see something as preposterous as what Bernie was trying to peddle, it's not hard to figure out that the numbers aren't going to add up.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
5. You're not familiar with David Brock's story. It's very compelling. Just because he supports Hillary
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:24 AM
Mar 2016
 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
8. I know enough of his story
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:26 AM
Mar 2016

It's too bad he decided to continue using his dark powers to continue lowering the election process into the mud

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
7. Headline from the Brockian Gossip Rag:
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:26 AM
Mar 2016

"SANDERS RUDELY CUTS OFF WIFE IN FUEL-INEFFICIENT CAR".

Christ, I'd rather read the National Enquirer than his insult to journalism.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
16. No, that was David Brock trying to smear Bernie Sanders supporters.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:43 PM
Mar 2016

He's everywhere and nowhere.

David Brock is Keyser Söze.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
22. Musta been a Bro! Prolly sexist and racist! And rude to his wife!
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:54 PM
Mar 2016

I don't like the "tone" of this guy's driving!

Damn Bros.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
34. Aerows, I am positive that Pope Francis, if he could speak out on such things
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:57 PM
Mar 2016

would be an enthusiastic backer of Bernie Sanders. They are so eye-to-eye on poverty, materialism, income inequality, global hegemony, the value of ALL human beings. I am sure the Pope, when he reads the news, is hoping -- maybe even praying -- for Bernie Sanders to win the presidency of the most powerful country in the world.

I just know it.

But thanks for the image of the popemobile zooming past Armstead, white robes a-flying in the breeze, cutting him off with a quick hail mary and going on his jolly way.

Oh, and with a Bernie bumper sticker of course.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
35. That was my thought
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:59 PM
Mar 2016

and that was the image that popped right into my mind. I don't think he really has a popemobile like other popes - I thought he drove some sort of older economy car (thus the remark )



I can see those robes whipping in the wind as he cuts of Armstead!

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
36. I edited as you were replying -- added the obligatory Bernie bumpersticker.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:07 PM
Mar 2016

Actually, he does have a popemobile; it's funny looking, tall and white, an odd shaped vehicle. (Oh, I see you found a photo of it!)

But I do like the thought of Francis driving his own older car. Before becoming Pope, he stayed in a humble apartment, drove around in an economy car, did his own grocery shopping, etc.

I'm not Catholic but I really do like this guy. It seems fortuitous that he and Bernie showed up at this time in our perilous history.

Mike__M

(1,052 posts)
37. C'mon -- he just wanted to be sure you saw the sticker
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:23 PM
Mar 2016

I'd do that too, if my car was fast enough to get in front of anyone.
What I need is a reverse-printed bumper sticker to put on my front bumper.

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