Nutjob Krystal Ball chimes in

[bluedye33139]

You can't respond or comment on her work, which typically just pushes spoiler candidates.

It's kind of interesting to see her spin her blather.

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/471739-krystal-ball-lays-out-sanderss-path-to-victory-in-2020

[George II]

1. I can't listen to her anymore. I'd rather listen to the Magic 8 Ball:

"Does Krystal Ball know what she's talking about?:

[flamingdem]

37. Nice visual

[NurseJackie]

43. Great gif. (And is that her REAL name?)

It sounds like a tongue-in-cheek pseudonym that a "morning-drive" comedic disk jockey would choose.

[George II]

46. Yes, her parents gave her that first name! I went to grammar school with a poor kid named.....

Michael Michael.

[Merlot]

2. Is everyone who has differing views a "nutjob" "spinning blather?"

Or is that only the females?

[Uncle Joe]

14. Petty insults are an easy go to for people that have no rebuttal to a sound argument.

[oldsoftie]

18. Jeeze I remember when she was running for Congress DU LOVED her.

[bluedye33139]

39. No. Thanks for asking.

[Mike Nelson]

3. Is she still around?

... I think she's using a bad blonde dye - it's causing brain damage. I think she went to CNN... she dyed her hair blonde and started acting like a squirrel. Maybe she will be a red-haired FOX friend... she should be able to fit into the mini-skirt...

[LuvNewcastle]

4. I hope she finds good, honest work one day.

[melman]

5. She's the best

Thanks for posting.

[George II]

24. Of course.....

[melman]

25. Yeah

Imagine someone having a different opinion. It must be unbearable for you.

[George II]

29. Especially since this is DEMOCRATIC Underground, eh? How ironic.

[melman]

31. Oh I get it

People who don't have the same exact views as you aren't Democrats and don't belong here. That's nice.

[George II]

32. No one said anything even close to that, but..........

[melman]

33. So tell me

Just what is behind you obsession with me?

[George II]

34. bwahahahahaha!!!! You, the person who follows me from thread to thread....

...think I have an obsession with YOU?

Glad you took my lead on this and are parroting my words in this post earlier:

.....Finally, just what is behind your obsession with me?......

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=356089

As they say:

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery....”

― Oscar Wilde

Thank you so much for the flattery!!

[TidalWave46]

44. I so wish I had the personality type to be able to flatter myself.

Just the thought of it makes me uncomfortable.

Is it as wonderful as I imagine it to be?

[melman]

45. You're asking the wrong guy

That was something they had asked me in an earlier post. I was repeating it back as a joke.

[trueblue2007]

28. soooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny. the best at what

[George II]

38. Perhaps the best at running a PAC for her own benefit....

It turns out that in 2017-2018 this PAC paid out $823,000 - $321,000 (39%) went to her, and more than 76% went to six employees. Only $110,000 (13%) went to candidates. There were no large independent media buys whatsoever.

This is only through early 2018, barely a year into it's existence:

In May 2017, Ball created the People's House Project, a political action committee (PAC) working on behalf of Democratic causes. However, in May 2018, McClatchy reported:

thus far, nobody has benefited more financially from the group than Ball herself. Of the $445,000 Ball raised for the group, she paid herself more than a third of that—$174,000—in salary, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission. The majority of her salary—$104,000—came in the first three months of this year alone. That's nearly eight times more than the nearly $22,000 the PHP has used to support its dozen endorsed candidates, some of whom have received just a single $1,000 contribution.

According to McClatchy, PACs where the founders of the committee earn vastly more than is given in contributions to individual candidates are referred to as "Scam PACs". Ball responded to McClatchy's reporting, saying that her salary ought to be $180,000 annually, but that because the PAC receives money in fits and starts, she paid herself a large sum in the first months of 2018 as backpay for what she should have earned in 2017. Ball further explained the basis for her payments and the services the PAC provided to progressive House Congressional candidates in an interview on TYT Investigates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystal_Ball

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article210775574.html

https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00639997/?cycle=2018

[bluedye33139]

40. You're welcome. It's always good to see what right-wing billionaires

are pushing in the media.

[betsuni]

6. "The more they openly loathe him, the more ruling class candidates they threw at him ... ."

More and more these anti-Democratic attacks sound like translated propaganda. Enemy of the people, imperialist warmongers, regime-change wars, ruling class oppressors. How soon before "running dogs of capitalism" and such?

[Cha]

10. lol@Ball.. thanks for looking so I don't have to.. here's Ball hyping Gabbard..

Link to tweet

[crazytown]

16. Keep talking up Tulsi's credibility Ms. Ball,

we know you want to :nuts:

[Cha]

17. BS' FP advisor was disingenuously defending TG

yesterday.

Link to tweet

[crazytown]

20. It's like Dennis Kucinich

on the way to Fox, defended by loonies every step of the way.

[Cha]

23. lol.. speaking of Kucinich I saw something the

other day where he praised psycho trump's inauguration speech.

Full disclosure.. I never liked him.

[George II]

30. That's a great analogy, thanks!

[betsuni]

19. She thinks Bernie's base is working class, same as Biden's.

Says she is often asked whether the establishment would "let" Bernie win. NO, they will do absolutely everything to block him, although they are "discredited and impotent." They will smear and tear him down (Oh dear, poor Bernie! ), but this will only elevate him and bring him more support from the young, the working class, and independents who are DISGUSTED with the establishment. If the establishment does "wake up and panic" it will be good because their "obvious vitriol" will be better than what they are doing now, which is ignoring him.

So the establishment is all powerful and rig everything and stop candidates with their superpowerful smears at the same time they are ignoring Bernie and doing a press blackout (where did the smears and tear-downs go?) and oh, by the way, they are discredited and impotent and can't do anything to stop Bernie and his working class movement.

Okay.

[Cha]

21. Poor little hater.

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That's all I got from her vicious diatribe Against the Democratic Party.. she's a terrible so called advocate.

Mahalo, betsuni

[ritapria]

22. The Polling indicates Bernie and Joe poll stronger with working class voters while

Mayor Pete and Elizabeth do better with affluent , mostly white voters with college degrees I've studied hundreds of poll during this cycle and they all indicate this trend ………...

[BootinUp]

36. She's more into earning paychecks than

Helping save the country and democracy... apparently

[Cha]

47. Apparently!

[Meub]

7. Ball blocked me on Twitter

She can't take the heat.

[Cha]

11. Badge of honor.. I should tweet at her.. so she'll block me, tool

Link to tweet

[billpolonsky]

8. The Intercept has a great podcast.

It's hard hitting, critiques The Democratic Party and often mentions Bernie Sanders so I guess by those standards it's in the same nutjob category

Here is a link to the latest. Enjoy!

[link:https://theintercept.com/2019/11/21/who-won-last-nights-democratic-debate/|

[link:https://theintercept.com/|

[bluedye33139]

41. They are different

The Hill is an ideological mouthpiece for a right-wing billionaire. The intercept is a hodgepodge of various progressive viewpoints.

I spend a great deal of time at the Hill because I like robust discussion and disagreement.

The editorial staff and so-called reporters are freaks, but the readership and the commentariat are quite interesting.

[Cha]

9. Krystal Ball.. this didn't age well..

Link to tweet

[George II]

12. OUCH! Bazinga!

[Cha]

15. & Snap!

Brraaawawaaa.. I just kicked the original thread for this.

[Me.]

26. I Wish She'd Look In Hers

Then she'd see the truth and go away

Aloha Hoa

[Cha]

27. Ball is a terrible so called advocate..

Aloha Hoa, Me

[LenaBaby61]

13. Nutjob Krystal Ball chimes in.

Like Maher, I've run hot and cold with her for years. However, she crossed the Rubicon with me when she said that Hillary was close to being more dangerous than treasonous, fat orange ass. She also said that Hillary smeared Gabbard. The other night when Chris asked her IF Assad was a murderer, Gabbard didn't say SHIT. Plus, the dumb ass never speaks of ruskie collusion. Yeah, fuck her.

Krystal Ball was not the only progressive who felt the Democratic Party pushed a little too hard on Russia conspiracy theories following the dud that was the Mueller report, which showed that Trump did not collude with the Kremlin. In fact, Michael Moore even told Democrats to literally “shut the f*** up” after the whole fiasco blew up in their faces.

“A frail old man, unable to remember things, stumbling, refusing to answer basic questions,” Moore tweeted in July. “I said it in 2017 and Mueller confirmed it today — All you pundits and moderates and lame Dems who told the public to put their faith in the esteemed Robert Mueller — just [shut the f*** up] from now on.”

In a later tweet, Michael Moore even said that Trump has all the reason to celebrate in the wake of Mueller’s testimony, and it could very well assure him re-election in 2020.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-msnbc-host-krystal-ball-network-has-done-real-paul-bois

Addle-brained Krystal & Michael can go kick rocks with their stupid asses.

Have they NOT been listening about ru$kie interference to COME in 2020? Guess they'll both still be blaming Hillary Clinton if fat ass wins with the help of the ru$kies again in 2020 🙄

[bluedye33139]

42. She vocally supports every non-winning candidate she can

Her essential messages that the Democratic party is evil.

[johnnyplankton]

35. Nutjob?

I don't think so. Most of what she says is completely plausible...