{"id":41319,"date":"2020-02-20T22:43:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T22:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41319"},"modified":"2020-02-20T22:43:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T22:43:49","slug":"takeaway-from-democratic-debate-lets-take-a-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41319","title":{"rendered":"Takeaway from Democratic debate? Let&#8217;s take a look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23Demdebate%20%23Bloomberg%20%23Bernie&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Las-Vegas-Nevada-Democratic-Debate-Transcript.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41320\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Las-Vegas-Nevada-Democratic-Debate-Transcript-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Las-Vegas-Nevada-Democratic-Debate-Transcript-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Las-Vegas-Nevada-Democratic-Debate-Transcript-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Las-Vegas-Nevada-Democratic-Debate-Transcript-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Las-Vegas-Nevada-Democratic-Debate-Transcript-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Las-Vegas-Nevada-Democratic-Debate-Transcript.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am unwilling and unable to declare a definitive &#8220;winner&#8221; in the ninth Democratic Party presidential primary debate.<\/p>\n<p>However, I am pretty sure the hands-down &#8220;loser&#8221; turned out to be the new guy on the stage, the zillionaire who has stood aside during the first four primary\/caucus states.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, Michael Bloomberg took incoming in a volume many of us have never seen quite like this. Right out of the chute the rockets and mortar shells started falling all around the former New York City mayor.<\/p>\n<p>All five of the other Democrats on the joint appearance stage launched attacks on him for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His treatment of women.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The non-disclosure agreements that the women signed after leaving employment in the city he once governed.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0His former endorsement of &#8220;stop and frisk.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0His immense wealth.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The manner in which he governed the nation&#8217;s largest city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For all I know, the other primary foes were ready to blast him for the color of ties he wears.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t pretty to watch.<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, Bloomberg didn&#8217;t handle it well. He bristled openly. He shrugged. He rolled his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, he fired back, mentioning that Bernie Sanders &#8212; the self-described &#8220;democratic socialist&#8221; &#8212; is a &#8220;millionaire who owns three houses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I guess my major takeaway is that the possible real &#8220;winner&#8221; in this exchange was Donald John Trump, the current POTUS against whom these individuals want to run.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, good! Just think that we&#8217;ll have more of these coming up as the Democrats keep on chuggin&#8217; down the road toward their convention, which is likely to produce yet another dramatic saga if no one shows up with enough delegates to secure a nomination the first ballot.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23Demdebate%20%23Bloomberg%20%23Bernie&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am unwilling and unable to declare a definitive &#8220;winner&#8221; in the ninth Democratic Party presidential primary debate. However, I am pretty sure the hands-down &#8220;loser&#8221; turned out to be the new guy on the stage, the zillionaire who has stood aside during the first four primary\/caucus states. Yep, Michael Bloomberg took incoming in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41319\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Takeaway from Democratic debate? 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