Who?
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
32 points (86.4% liked)
politics
18863 readers
3855 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Exactly
Doug Burgum, man. Legendary Outlaw.
Guy in 2nd to last place in Iowa. Ahead of the guy at 0%, but behind the guy at 2%.
Who?
I’ve never heard of the guy and didn’t even know he was running.
I thought for a split second I read Doug Berman, benevolent NPR overlord of shows like wait wait don’t tell me and was very confused.
This person I did not know at all.
I think he was producer on cartalk too. I'd vote for Bill Kurtis though.
No, that was Doug "The subway fugitive, not a slave to fashion, bongo-boy" Berman. A totally different person.
Is he any relation to Doug "pumpkin lips" Berman? 😁
No, I think that's the brother of Doug "Cute-Cute-Cute" Berman.
I'm sure his supporter is devastated.
Fucking who?
There needs to be many more of these. I know, I know, people are holding out hope for the Iowa caucus, but it's really pointless.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/iowa/
It's a race to see "who gets to lose to Trump by 40 points."
Trump 54%
DeSantis 18%
Haley 12%
Ramaswamy 6%
Christie 3%
Scott 2%
Burgum 1%
Hutchinson 0%
Anyone in single digits needs to drop out. Or put it another way, you could combine the support for all the other candidates behind a single person and they would still lose to Trump by 8 points.
"The RNC’s clubhouse debate requirements are nationalizing the primary process and taking the power of democracy away from the engaged, thoughtful citizens of Iowa and New Hampshire,"
Bold strategy you had there cotton.
You may know Doug Bergum from the store.
Narrator: They didn't.
No one even knows who tf this schmuck is.
This is like when you see the announcement of some celebrity's death, and you didn't even know they were still alive.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
North Dakota Gov.
Doug Burgum announced Monday that he's dropping out of the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
"The RNC’s clubhouse debate requirements are nationalizing the primary process and taking the power of democracy away from the engaged, thoughtful citizens of Iowa and New Hampshire," Burgum said in a statement bashing the rules that kept him out of the most recent debate.
The original article contains 64 words, the summary contains 64 words. Saved 0%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
I rarely give the gop credit but if they’re taking power away from Iowa and New Hampshire they at least get props for that. Terrible places those
You mean all those millions he burned flooding NH and Iowa with TV ads and giving $20 gift cards in return for a $1 donation didn't pay off?
giving $20 gift cards in return for a $1 donation didn’t pay off?
That seems...vaguely illegal? I can't say how, though. But it seems wrong to be able to pay people to donate to a political campaign. Like it's trying to get around campaign finance laws.
Spending $19 to get $1 doesn't immediately seem to make sense, but one of the debate threshholds was to have a specific number of unique donations.
Who is he and what did he look like before his face melted?
He never had a chance.
Face of genetic white Republican douche.