Progressives (Liberals)

But, as was pointed out, it's not as if Trump has a clean slate when it comes to misstatements and lies.

Do you know that Hunter Biden is guilty of anything other than poor judgment?

Do we even know he was guilty of poor judgement?

Is Hunter never supposed to work because someone may hire him for his name more than his qualifications?

No doubt he didn't get the job on his resume alone, but if there wasn't any shady doings or any special access granted, then good for Hunter!

And let's be honest...in the general election, there is NOTHING that Trump could say about Hunter Biden that wouldn't be countered with WORSE things from his own children (or inlaws).

I think he released a statement to that effect — but you're right, it's ridiculous to pretend that corporate boards never recruit celebrities or people with prominent names, people who know nothing about the activities conducted by the corporation itself.

and it is simply a given that whomever the candidate might be, the slime war would re ramped up and spread across right wing media and pushed into mainstream media who always bite. It's 100% predictable.

Sometimes knowing 'nothing' about the business the corporation is engaged in is actually valued on a corporate board. Several seats on many corporations boards are given to business people with no background in that particular business.

It serves a good 'check' on conducting business in general. Often those who are directly involved in a particular industry are less able to think how things may work outside that industry.

Often just a general knowledge of business, management, operations, etc or knowledge gained from other industries is worth quite a bit. Things like how Six Sigma used in manufacturing at Toyota has now made it's way into the business world (in modified forms of course).

Sheryl Sandberg (from Facebook) is on the corporate boards for Disney and Starbucks for example.

You mean like Nikki Haley?

I generally find blatham to be pretty knowledgeable, and unlike some people, genuinely interested in learning new things. There's a LOT you don't know, and a LOT I don't know — one of the good things about discussing current events with informed people is finding out what we don't know. It's more constructive than parading around like know-it-alls and making solemn pronouncements about what will surely happen based solely on what we want to happen.

Exactly — at least I thought so until Finn informed me that Haley knows "all about" the aerospace industry.

Our first Republican woman president in 2024.

Come on now. That's just silly. All he ever does is post views of people that he believes are probably intellectuals and say that he thinks what they think, as if that will somehow fool people into thinking that he is an intellectual too.

He doesn't know very much about anything at all. He's good at name-calling, and that's about it.

Trump doesn't have to win any of the challenges that Biden throws back at him, even if they're both guilty of the same thing....all he has to do, and he will, is create enough doubt to sway voters who are in the margins. Biden will be stumbling for words, looking guilty, weak and senile.

How uncharitable of you.

I know. But I'm not sure that Sanders would come off any better. To you and me, sure, but I think he'd scare the crap out of Middle America. Biden's people have to devise a plan, prepare him, pump him full of beta-blockers, and hope that he captures the sympathy vote. Maybe they could get a comic up there first to warm up the crowd.

I see no reason to be charitable towards someone as despicable as he is.

National Organization for Women urges Warren not to endorse Sanders

https://www.newsweek.com/warren-urged-national-organization-women-not-endorse-sanders-1490872

So an organization for women is telling women how to vote. That's nice.

I don't think she will.
I hope she doesn't.

If she endorses Biden soon, this campaign will be over by mid-March.

“Urges”. Read slower.

Urging with Progressives is telling.

I agree. I was listening to Bernie this afternoon laying out the next leg of the campaign pointing out the differences in his and Biden's record, only about 20% of his list would be things that Trump would touch on. All Trump has to use on top of that 20% with Bernie is 'socialist' and 'Venezuela'.