Mr.TaterSalad

I think we take Michael Brandsegg-Nygard or the BPA wing tonight. I'm not in love with MBN and would rather Iginla or Yzerman's nephew Eiserman.

Just as much as Brian Kemp replacing Warnock with a Republican hurts Democrats, so too does a top of the ticket that sinks down ballot races. Biden himself was not a net positive for down ballot candidates in 2020 as evidenced by the beating Democrats took down ballot. In 2016 Clinton actually, potentially, cost Democrats the Senate with her underperformance in two battleground states that had Senate races that yea, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Katie McGinty and Russ Finegold in 2016 were likely hurt by an underperforming top of the ticket.

Raphael Warnock is neither white nor a Governor.

I listened to the Pod Save America debate recap last night. Now, these are individuals who worked for the Obama White House. Who worked for and with Joe Biden. These are as loyal a group of people to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party as you can get. These are not Twitter hacks or online trolls or passive political followers. Even they were saying the idea of having a brokered convention and do we continue on with Joe Biden or not needs to be discussed. You have to feel like if people like these four hosts and former staffers are talking about it this publicly than people within the party including strategists, talking heads, fundraisers, and electeds are talking about it. The conversation about replacing Joe Biden on the ticket, after last night, needs to be had. You can bury your head in the sand and pretend it doesn't need to be had, but it does. Personally, I think we should have had a competitive primary process from the get go, with Joe Biden having clearly stated he would not run again. Voters have been telling us in data point after data point that they want someone else besides Biden this time around. He's been trailing in just about every battleground state poll for months now, only occasionally up in Michigan or Wisconsin. The biggest concern expressed by people across the board has been Biden's age and fitness to hold up to the rigors of the Presidency and do the job. Last night only exacerbated the concerns people have. Joe Biden did about as bad a job as you could in trying to assuage people's fears that he is too old or not up for the task. No amount of spin can discount that. To act as if Joe Biden is the only one that can beat Trump is really a silly argument too. There are many candidates, within the ranks of the Democratic Party, who if given the opportunity and fundraising to compete on a national stage against Donald Trump could do so. There are many formidable candidates that are younger and more energetic who could have taken on trump and ushered in a new generation of Democratic Party politics. And no, Bernie and Warren aren't who I am talking about. I think any one of Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Shapiro, and Raphael Warnock, to name a few, are all options who I think could replace Biden, beat Trump, and bring in a new era of Democratic politics. Frankly, I do think the party needs to look at replacing Joe Biden at the convention after last night's disastrously bad performance and Joe Biden himself needs to be thanked and then convinced to step aside.

No doubt about it tonight. The energetic Joe Biden we saw at the State of the Union is not the one who showed up tonight. Not at all. He's playing into every sad stereotype about himself being too old and study tonight.

Yeah, no spin, no way around it. It sounds old and congested. He's also stumbling all over on his answers. This is not good at all.

Biden is doing terrible thus far.

If Biden has one gaffe or stumble the media will eat him alive and be talking about how he's too old to handle the job. Trump can have incoherent word salad almost all night and they'll talk about how tough he looked up there. Biden needs to be as mistake free as he can be do to the bothsideism coverage in the media.

Where was this reported at?

Didn't Langdon say in his press conference that he wanted more shooters and floor spacing on this team? Holland seems athletic and can keep up with NBA guys and has the athleticism to fit into the modern game. But if he can't shoot, how can he help us space the floor if every time he gets the ball in his hands he can't score with his shot? Is he going to have to drive to the basket with the ball to score?

Holland cannot shoot correct? So we have a roster full of guards that can't shoot?

Walman AND a pick traded? Is Ken Holland secretly running things again?

Our first trade of the offseason.

No surprise that McDavid won the Conn Smythe.

Florida has hardly gotten a shot on net this period, but damn what an exciting period of hockey it has been. If you don't like this, then you don't like hockey.

I really think Edmonton is going to pull this off tonight. What an incredible series this has been. Some of the games haven't been the most exciting to watch as they've been one-sided affairs. But to see Edmonton battle back game by game is itself exciting as hell.

If I went on a date with someone who supported Trump I'd ask them if I mocked a customer in this restaurant who had a disability during the course of our meal together would you go on a second date with me? If the answer is no, then why the **** would you elect a person President who does that.

Does he discuss Kane at all? Is he presuming Kane is gone or just letting him walk?

Florida is giving away the Stanley Cup. Their defense looks terrible, Bobrovsky hasn't looked strong in net the last two games, and their powerplay is non-existent. Edmonton is going to win the Cup now it seems, they've got all the momentum.

I would presume all Social Security payments and Medicare benefits would immediately cease to exist if they succeeded from the union.

Jason Isbell and Zach Bryan killing it tonight at Ford Field. Hardly anyone seemed to know who Isbell and the 400 Unit were sans a dude behind me. Jason is a ****ing killer gutair player though and you don't truly appreciate his skill until you see and hear him live and in person. 20240620_204049.mp4

Can someone with more hoops knowledge then me give me the good and bad on Chris Quinn. He seems like a highly regarded and up and coming assistant coach they would fit where we're going. He comes from a successful franchise in Miami and has seemingly had a decent hand in their player development down there. Is the Erik Spoelstra coaching tree good, middling, Bill Belichick-level unimpressive?

Who are the four factions inside the organization that can't get on the same page? Team Gores, Team Tellem, Team Langdon, ??? I feel like anyone not on Langdon's page or anyone who stands in the way of Langdon making the moves he wants should be broomed out with the previous administration and front office.

A Congressperson is supposed to do the right thing, even if the public they represent hasn't caught up to what the ring thing to do is just yet. Sanders voted no on DOMA as did 65 other House and 14 Senate Democrats at the time. So clearly they had the courage to stand up and do the right thing when others wouldn't. Public opinion doesn't mean much to me when it comes to civil rights issues. There was a time when public opinion said blacks and women didn't deserve the right to vote or hold certain jobs. If a leader took a stand on civil rights but lost the next election because of it, I think I'd prefer that person over someone who did the wrong thing but kept their job.

I'm not interested in your same condescending argument against Bernie Sanders that you make all the time. Bernie Sanders went out and campaigned for both Hillary and Biden dozens of times after he lost both primaries. He did TV ads, digital ads, social media ads with both candidates encouraging his supporters to vote for them. You ignore all of that though. Imagine having an entire career in politics and then having to work at the end of your career to undo everything you supported throughout your career. Biden being progressive-ish now doesn't excuse or undo all the real world pain and suffering he did at the begging and middle parts of his career. It doesn't excuse Bill Clinton for supporting these policies either. It doesn't excuse all of the LGBTQ people who were denied the right to marry who they loved in the 15 years that DOMA was around. It doesn't excuse not allowing LGBTQ people to serve openly for their country. It doesn't excuse all of the mothers and fathers who were forced into extreme poverty when their benefits were taken away. It doesn't excuse all the people who lost their lives because of a war based on false pretenses and fabricated intelligence reports. It doesn't excuse all the economic pain caused by banking deregulation and bad, one-sided trade agreements. The amount of damage Bill Clinton's era of deregulation and center-right social policies did was immense and far more destructive than anything Sanders did.