Otto Lidenbrock
Otto Lidenbrock's JournalA noun, a verb and Joe Biden
I think Rudy Giuliani has been holding a grudge all these years 
A Question I have for Bernie Sanders
Bernie talks a lot about voter excitement. Getting young people into the political process. Valid points.
But I want to ask him when he was a young person why did he not cast a vote until it was for himself?
Bernie turned 21 in 1961. He first ran for office in 1972. Between those dates the Civil Rights movement was on the ballot in 1964. John Kennedy started the process, then Lyndon Johnson made it the promise of his presidency. Barry Goldwater wanted to do away with it.
Why did he not vote in '64?
Excitement is magical for a party in the campaign, but if you need to be 'excited' by a candidate just to vote when the stakes are that high and it's no ordinary election, you must be in a state of privilege.
Morning Consult Post Debate Poll: Biden 32%, Sanders 20%, Warren 18%, Harris 6%
https://twitter.com/MorningConsult/status/1173672090911813632That seems a higher than normal sample size.
What do other candidates think about the Freedom Dividend (UBI)?
It's Andrew Yang's signature policy that he loves plugging on stage but I've not heard a moderator bring it to others.
I noticed when Yang revealed his surprise right at the start for 10 families around America getting a year's worth of UBI from his campaign the audience cheered while his fellow candidates seemed a little shocked/lost for words for a second or two.
What does Joe Biden think of handing over $1000 a month to everyone? Bernie Sanders? Kamala Harris? What does Yang do if someone says "I'll raise it to $2000 a month"?
77/100 stories about Biden that got the most social media attention in last 3 weeks were negative
Unlike a certain someone he's not thrown the toys out of the pram screaming "fake news" and "enemy of the people".
The big picture: While stories about Biden may be generating more interactions on social media than his 2020 rivals, it's largely because he's getting ripped apart in those pieces.
Social media has never been kind to moderation, and Biden is getting a lot of incoming from both sides of the political spectrum.
Why it matters: As Biden maintains his perch atop the 2020 field in the polls, both the right and the left have incentives to chip away at his position with intense scrutiny and attacks.
Yes, but: Biden is not helping his cause with his recurring erroneous statements.
We reported in August that Biden was getting pummeled online for his gaffes. The gaffes have continued, as has the negative coverage around him.
The latest: In the last 3 weeks, the biggest Biden storylines (measured by interactions on articles on Facebook and Twitter) have been:
Plunging in a Monmouth poll to land in a virtual tie with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. (It was a small sample, and later polls with larger samples showed Biden was still in the lead.)
The Washington Post report that 'almost every detail' of a war story Biden tells was false.
Vice, citing a campaign video: "Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare."
Saying in New Hampshire: "I love this place. Look, what's not to like about Vermont."
His wife Jill saying that voters might "have to swallow a little bit" by voting for Biden.
Saying in New Hampshire: "I want to be clear, I'm not going nuts."
Saying in Iowa that MLK and RFK were assassinated in the 1970s.
https://twitter.com/axios/status/1170662820024868865
Andrew Yang is youtube's favorite candidate
Just for the record regarding that Biden thread just removed. Yang is very popular in online circles, as are Gabbard and Sanders. Youtube like twitter skews very liberal or very conservative. Very little in between.
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