tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post1023990000277035156..comments2024-03-27T01:27:21.576-08:00Comments on The Immoral Minority: WTF?Gryphenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356503547155430235noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-46988860997483260252016-05-16T01:14:41.818-08:002016-05-16T01:14:41.818-08:00I read an article yesterday where they interviewed...I read an article yesterday where they interviewed some people who said they have attended several rallies. I just can't imagine doing something like that. Why aren't they busy in life? <br /><br />It's like a cult following. Sometimes I think Bernie is really into these rallies of adoration. Like it's an addiction he doesn't want to end. <br /><br />I was once a supporter, but Bernie makes me very uneasy; he says the same things & doesn't discuss HOW he plans to accomplish his goals. He, and his staff, when talking to (or talking over) the media, speak bitterly about Hillary or the Democrats. I don't see how he can sway Democratic delegates while berating the Democratic party, and blaming them for every bump in the road. <br /><br />I blame him, as I blame Trump for the disturbing behavior of the supporters. The vile things these people say about Hillary is tertible. They have latched onto the RW's myths, misinformation & outright lies. The RW has had over 20 years of this bullshit. You know what they say about saying something often enough ...., especially over a long course of time. <br /><br />Currently, there are 3 candidates running for president. Only one has detailed & credible written plans publicly available - Hillary. Giggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665660371726126010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-10647451236980059722016-05-15T19:44:28.316-08:002016-05-15T19:44:28.316-08:00I'm more than content to watch this play out, ...I'm more than content to watch this play out, 5:13. Your pathologically uninformed, increasingly hysterical whining from June 7 through the convention will be deliiiiiicious. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-10581388276075589262016-05-15T17:19:07.595-08:002016-05-15T17:19:07.595-08:00Reminds me of the good old days, going braless, sm...Reminds me of the good old days, going braless, smoking a bong of mary jane and who can forget Woodstock? Either that or this is a meeting of shy arsonists without a plan and no rhythm at all. Anita Winecoolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-22315330870481850912016-05-15T17:13:22.973-08:002016-05-15T17:13:22.973-08:003:22 is a perfect example of how the more frustrat...3:22 is a perfect example of how the more frustrated Clinton supporters get that she hasn't been able to put Sanders away before the convention, the more ridiculous they get.<br /><br />It's a lonnnng way to July 25th. Lots of time for lots of state polls to show who's the stronger against Trump. Your night-night thought can be my laughing face in Philly. Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-19501581135389668812016-05-15T16:56:43.908-08:002016-05-15T16:56:43.908-08:00Missing it again, aren't you, 9:52. Supportin...Missing it again, aren't you, 9:52. Supporting a sane, experienced, talented, intelligent candidate and either donating to her campaign (time or $) and saying, I will vote for her. I like her platform and she appears to have a plan to get those things that I support done, is in now way claiming her to be a "saviour" my guess is Hillary will get some of her agenda done, and some not, depending in large part on the Congress we give her. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-88163578351568577762016-05-15T16:53:23.854-08:002016-05-15T16:53:23.854-08:00I resemble that remark. However, I wasn't eve...I resemble that remark. However, I wasn't even voting age. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-43892520993865136492016-05-15T16:52:18.760-08:002016-05-15T16:52:18.760-08:00five adults and some kids playing ring-around-the-...five adults and some kids playing ring-around-the-rosie in the park - how cute. But definitely not news or blogworthy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-20817032178778491052016-05-15T15:22:14.127-08:002016-05-15T15:22:14.127-08:00It's May 15. Have we seen any evidence whatsoe...It's May 15. Have we seen any evidence whatsoever that the vast majority of superdelegates think Sanders is the stronger candidate? No? Could it be because these seasoned political hands understand a lot better than Sanders neophytes that the crap thrown at him in a national election -- all the stuff Clinton has refrained from hitting him with -- will make him sink like a stone?<br /><br />But no, you're right. They'll understand once Jeff Weaver has a chance to explain, really explain, things to them. You hold on tight to that hope, 1:15. Don't let it go. Let it be the pleasant thought that tucks in your consciousness as you drift off each night.<br /><br />Then, when it doesn't happen, let my laughing face be your night-night thought. <br /><br />Dumbass. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-63616624641860020712016-05-15T14:01:56.931-08:002016-05-15T14:01:56.931-08:00Sanders is such a zombie that Clinton had to scram...Sanders is such a zombie that Clinton had to scramble to put together last-minute rallies on Sunday and Monday in Kentucky. Same thing she had to in Wisconsin when her internals showed Sanders kicking her ass. Zombie. Bwahahaha. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-48165422077310325622016-05-15T13:29:59.500-08:002016-05-15T13:29:59.500-08:00Disclaimer: I've lived here 38 years and, tru...Disclaimer: I've lived here 38 years and, trust me, "Keep Portland Weird" is how it's done. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-62381170152566666162016-05-15T13:25:38.916-08:002016-05-15T13:25:38.916-08:00Hey, 10:16 AM, compare GOP sex scandals to Dems...Hey, 10:16 AM, compare GOP sex scandals to Dems' count. We're waiting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-38010082526790797942016-05-15T13:15:36.587-08:002016-05-15T13:15:36.587-08:00Shorter 12:28 - "I'm going to call you st...Shorter 12:28 - "I'm going to call you stupid 5 different ways, then expect you to answer a question, the answer to which I don't think you or other readers are smart enough to recognize doesn't mean anything." <br /><br />If 12:28 is as knowledgeable as I think they are, they know that superdelegates could vote for a candidate other than the one with the most pledged delegates if they believe one is stronger in the current election landscape. It's the reason they were invented. Just because they haven't done it before doesn't preclude them from doing it this time or in the future. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-15931299520593705772016-05-15T13:14:03.137-08:002016-05-15T13:14:03.137-08:00
Donald Trump and the Twilight of White America
R...<br />Donald Trump and the Twilight of White America<br /><br />Racial resentment and economic anxiety are not separate forces. For many Trump supporters, they are inextricably linked.<br /><br />...This moment in American history was inevitable, and it was never going to be a tranquil transition. In 2004, the influential political scientist Samuel Huntington published Who Are We?, his manifesto on the tumultuous future of the American identity. The growth of black and Hispanic minorities, he predicted, would provoke a backlash among whites:<br /><br /> The various forces challenging the core American culture and creed could generate a move by native white Americans to revive the discarded and discredited racial and ethnic concepts of American identity and to create an America that would exclude, expel, or suppress people of other racial, ethnic, and cultural groups. Historical and contemporary experience suggest that this is a highly probable reaction from a once dominant ethnic-racial group that feels threatened by the rise of other groups. It could produce a racially intolerant country with high levels of intergroup conflict.<br /><br />Trump’s platform is a remarkable manifestation of this 12-year-old prophecy. But Even Huntington could not have foreseen that this demographic moment would coincide with an economic crisis (which would be improbably overseen by America’s first black president). History has drawn these conflicts into a crucible, and the economic anxieties and racial anxieties of today are nearly inextricable.<br /><br />Some of Trump’s policy statements, on issues like the minimum wage and taxes, are like wisps of smoke—coming into existence, curling into strange shapes, and disappearing within moments. But his bedrock promises all relate to the white American middle’s central fears, including Hispanic immigration and global trade. In his first 100 days, he says, he would act to close the country. He would send additional security to the south and seal the Mexican border. He would begin the design and construction of the Mexican Wall. He would initiate plans to round up more than 10 million undocumented immigrants to send them overseas. He would potentially ban Muslim immigrants from entering the county.<br /><br />It is not enough to say that Trump is a purely racial phenomenon. Nor is it complete to argue that he is the perfectly predictable result of economic upheaval. Rather, in the last half-century, several events have pushed conservative white American middle-class men to conflate their majoritarian, economic, and cultural decline. Economic anxiety and racial resentment are not entirely separate things, but rather like buttresses in an arch, supporting each other in the creation of something larger—Donald Trump.<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/donald-trump-and-the-twilight-of-white-america/482655/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-25682834464441928992016-05-15T13:12:13.232-08:002016-05-15T13:12:13.232-08:00Does Donald Trump Really Have a 30% Chance of Winn...Does Donald Trump Really Have a 30% Chance of Winning?<br /><br />http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/05/trump-30-chance-winningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-89006533236484365162016-05-15T12:42:06.888-08:002016-05-15T12:42:06.888-08:00It's because I understand the process that I r...It's because I understand the process that I recognize why these state polls are important. We vote state by state (electoral college) OH, PA, MA, NH - battleground states all with polls that show Sanders beating Trump better than Clinton.<br /><br />You go into a convention with the polls you have not the polls you wish you had. With neither candidate entering the convention with 2,383, the Supers will decide the nominee. If state polls continue to show Sanders beating Trump by a wider margin than Clinton, the Supers will move to Sanders. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-23092235020046127932016-05-15T12:28:31.503-08:002016-05-15T12:28:31.503-08:0011:37, I'll leave your shallow understanding o...11:37, I'll leave your shallow understanding of the general election polling process and the effects of name recognition on same alone for now. You don't understand how voters' familiarity with a candidate's record affects those numbers. That's okay; you're far from the only abysmally informed Sanders supporter. <br /><br />Instead, I'll ask you to answer this question: since the current system of Democratic superdels was instituted, how many times have they overridden the plurality of pledged delegates and given the nomination to the candidate who is behind in pledged delegates? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-19752351086373430832016-05-15T12:23:28.768-08:002016-05-15T12:23:28.768-08:00Come on. Of course she made a point that was easy ...Come on. Of course she made a point that was easy to understand: She's a long-time reader who's disappointed by the anti-Sanders/anti-Sanders supporter posts. <br /><br />People who poined out and mocked her errors instead of answering her message are guilty of ad hominem, general mean-spirited-ness and bully behavior. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-66654462280723269922016-05-15T12:01:22.159-08:002016-05-15T12:01:22.159-08:00Bernie Sanders, the Zombie Candidate
It’s already...Bernie Sanders, the Zombie Candidate<br /><br />It’s already over, and now he’s just causing havoc. I’ve seen firsthand how much damage this kind of candidacy can do.<br /><br />...Sanders has already changed the political conversation in 2016. Whether wage inequality, middle-class pain, or the distorting role of money in politics, he has made a mark. But if the last wheezes of Sanders’ 2016 efforts echo those of Jerry Brown’s campaign in 1992—i.e., attacking a Clinton personally instead of advocating core issues with a positive agenda—the issues that Sanders cares about will suffer.<br /><br />What’s the alternative for Sanders? If he is serious about creating lasting political change—and I believe he is—he should start a national movement to drive money out of politics. Sanders could harness his enormous grass-roots fundraising network and the cash it has stockpiled—and can replenish repeatedly—to elect candidates from the White House to the Congress to the state and local levels who are committed to repealing Citizens United.<br /><br />He could target Senate Republicans in states like New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, inspiring voters there to “feel the Bern” and defeat the incumbents. He could hold those new senators accountable and enlist them in his quest to rid big money from the political system.<br /><br />He could help Hillary Clinton win big and sweep in a Democratic majority in the Senate. He could become a powerful committee chairman. He could return to the next Senate as one of its most influential players.<br /><br />And for an Independent socialist from Vermont who started this campaign as an asterisk, that’s a political revolution in itself.<br /><br />http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/2016-primary-campaign-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-2004-lessons-kerry-dean-edwards-gephardt-213884<br /><br />Why Trump Won’t Get Sanders’ Supporters<br /><br />He’s making a populist play for ‘Bernie Bros’ in the Midwest, but the ideological differences are too great.<br /><br />...But Trump needs far more than a faction of protest votes. The 2016 race starts with more blue states than red states. The general election polls prove that, as of today, there are more #NeverTrump Republicans than #BernieOrBust Democrats. Trump must outright capture Bernie’s revolution to compensate for the damage he’s inflicted on Republican Party unity and swipe the Rust Belt from the Democrats. To pull that off, he’s going to have to sound a lot more revolutionary than he actually is. <br /><br />http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/2016-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-supporters-bernie-bros-213881Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-6414928942292387932016-05-15T11:59:26.692-08:002016-05-15T11:59:26.692-08:00Bernie has lost control of his campaign for a long...Bernie has lost control of his campaign for a long time.<br />He needs to shut it down. The R's have taken over b/c they figure he will be easier to beat than Hillary.<br />He needs to drop out so this crap will stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-57689444407236326052016-05-15T11:56:32.885-08:002016-05-15T11:56:32.885-08:00Aw, 11:34 - why don't you spend time trying to...Aw, 11:34 - why don't you spend time trying to teach BS supporters how caucuses work? That would be a better use of your time and energy. They have no idea, based on what we saw in NV yesterday. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-73574533475952160242016-05-15T11:55:25.687-08:002016-05-15T11:55:25.687-08:00Nate Silver Gives Hillary Clinton A 75% Chance Of ...Nate Silver Gives Hillary Clinton A 75% Chance Of Being Elected President <br /><br />http://www.politicususa.com/2016/05/15/nate-silver-hillary-clinton-75-chance-elected-president.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-17395664493844408932016-05-15T11:47:48.731-08:002016-05-15T11:47:48.731-08:00None of the BS clowns in NV even understood what a...None of the BS clowns in NV even understood what a caucus is. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-68020623354505422632016-05-15T11:46:30.772-08:002016-05-15T11:46:30.772-08:00It's both difficult and foolish to take any po...It's both difficult and foolish to take any polls seriously this far away from the actual election. It's also difficult to believe the results, considering that the Trump campaign desperately wants to run against Sanders (and has not thrown any feces his way, like it has with Hillary). And it's foolish when we know for a fact that Republican voters have voted for Sanders in open primaries, for the same reason. As one old politician said many years ago "Polls (poles) are for dogs". He was right!Maplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-38067129759615417682016-05-15T11:43:24.494-08:002016-05-15T11:43:24.494-08:00So precious. Knows less than zero about how nomine...So precious. Knows less than zero about how nominees are selected or the electoral college works. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-58976427294792972062016-05-15T11:42:08.656-08:002016-05-15T11:42:08.656-08:00*
@11:24
I'll save you the trouble of scrollin...*<br />@11:24<br />I'll save you the trouble of scrolling to the top and repeat what is there:<br />"So is this the "Cult of Bernie" now?<br />Getting harder and harder to take these people seriously."<br />Considering past posts maligning anyone who supports Bernie and Gryph using words like "cult" and "these people",one could safely surmise what he meant. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com