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Trump Sues All Americans For Repeating and Remembering What He Says

James, make Trump grating again? No problem, he does it himself!

» Posted By AdLib On June 7, 2016 @ 5:41 pm

Kalima, unfortunately I think the “uneducated” who Trump loves having as his base, might prefer a tumor thinking it’s actually slang for “two rumors”.

But the better educated will recognize Trump as a human brain tumor…or a Trumor?

» Posted By AdLib On June 4, 2016 @ 12:26 am

Kalima, actually, Trump’s dialog kind of writes itself. Now, there is no such thing as too absurd for him to say so I look at parodies more like predictions about what may come next from that lunatic.

I have no doubt that the Clinton research team is digging deep on finding all kinds of things out about Trump that are awful and I’ll bet they save a juicy one to spring as their October Surprise.

It seems more and more plain each day that Trump will indeed self-destruct, his maniacal nature may be red meat to the loons following him but he’s not going to win over the vast majority of undecideds (how stupid can they be to be undecided though) coming off so offensive and unhinged.

Remember in the GOP primaries, late deciders broke decisively against Trump. I think we’ll see the same thing happen in the GE.

» Posted By AdLib On June 3, 2016 @ 4:35 pm

If Superdelegates Weren’t a Fraud, Could they Help the Dems Win the White House?

Hey Assumed, I really get it, it’s been a dream for so many women to finally be able to vote for a woman for President. It is kind of amazing that directly following the nomination and elections of the first African American candidate for President, the Dem Party nominates the first woman candidate.

These are historic times.

I have no doubt that by convention time, Bernie will join Hillary in unifying Dems so if he holds off for a bit as Hillary did in 2008, I think it’s understandable. They have invested so much of themselves in their campaigns, it would seem to be a bit of a process to finally reverse course and concede.

And as Hillary negotiated the position of SoS for herself and DWS as DNC Chairman as part of the price for her concession, Bernie will have his demands as well on the platform, primary process, etc.

All that takes time and as it worked out between Obama and Hillary, I’m confident it will be worked out between Hillary and Bernie.

» Posted By AdLib On June 8, 2016 @ 12:33 am

Assumed Name, I think that the only metric that can or should be used in party primaries to decide who wins the nomination are those laid out by the rules of a party. For the Dem party, it’s not popular vote but delegate count.

Pledged delegates are, by the rules, the only ones that are counted in the primary. Superdelegates are not able to cast their votes until the convention so while it may be indicative for them to say how they plan to vote at the convention, their votes aren’t counted yet by the party…even though the MSM has been adding them in from the start.

So, to cut to the chase, if Hillary does indeed achieve winning a majority of all pledged delegates nationally tonight as MSM outlets are claiming that she will, she has indeed won the nom in the Dem primary.

I am a Bernie supporter but as long as the projections hold up, I congratulate Hillary on her historic win.

With regards to Superdelegates, I made my case above that they do in fact interfere in primaries and are very anti-democratic. They are embedded in the current primary rules by Dem Party elites to give them control above the voters. I do find them worthy of criticism. Just because those anti-democratic rules are in place, like Voter ID laws are in place, I don’t think they should be deemed out of bounds for criticism.

As for Bernie conceding ASAP, I completely understand the desire for this, I felt exactly the same way in 2008 when Obama had attained the majority of pledged delegates and Hillary refused to concede. It was frustrating, I thought her selfish at the time and blocking party unity but after having days to come to grips with it all, she finally did concede. Her actions after that, how strongly she and Bill supported Obama and campaigned for him, wiped away the negative feelings I had towards them.

I’d suggest that allowing Bernie the same kind of time to process things may pay off in the same way.

» Posted By AdLib On June 8, 2016 @ 12:11 am

Hey Aquarius, I think it’s ideal to have the luxury of having to decide between primary candidates. It was like that for me in 2008, I eventually chose Obama but it did require a weighing of the candidates which was a good thing.

As for polls, this far out from an election, polls just give a general sense of feelings at that moment in time but I am confident things will really change between now and then. As Trump subjects the currently undecided voters to more and more horribleness, they will veer into Hillary’s camp. I think the current polls may be seen as Trump’s high water mark. This week’s news and attacks that have gone against him are just the beginning.

I do think though that there are divisions in the Dem Party that need to be addressed. No question that there is an elitist, pro-corporate segment of the party which does control the DNC right now. More members are Progressive though and are at odds with them so it is they who will have to step aside in the end.

For Hillary to win, let alone be re-elected, she can’t act or be seen as part of that pro-status-quo segment of the Dem Party or her support will be paper thin.

With what has been happening in this country, as the Trump and Bernie phenomenons have shown, there’s a lot of people out there who have had it with the status quo, economic injustice and Wall Street/Corporations dominating workers and our democracy.

If Hillary continues following the path Bernie has blazed, she can accomplish a lot and build strong support in the public. If she follows Bill’s path though to triangulate with Republicans, she’ll have a hard time rallying support from a majority of the public that opposes nearly all Republican agendas.

» Posted By AdLib On June 3, 2016 @ 1:48 pm

Hey Kes, thanks so much!!!

It does seem that both Hillary and Bernie have been laying down the rhetoric about each other and while I expect him to stay in it to leverage Progressive change to the DNC platform and primary process, I don’t have a doubt that he will end up endorsing and whole heartedly supporting Hillary at the convention.

As I’ve mentioned, we saw this same type of situation in 2008 only it was Hillary then who was staying in even though the math said she couldn’t win, she kept attacking Obama until the end then…they worked out a deal and all we remember now is that they were allies in the GE.

What you say is right on the money, the Dem Party began leaving Dems when Bill Clinton was elected and he triangulated the party into being a Repub moderate party. Obama has been moving the Dems more center left and that’s created a stronger appetite by Dems to return to its Progressive/Liberal nature.

By embracing that movement (perhaps best done through her VP pick), Hillary could bring Dems together and make the party more attractive to Progressives who are indies.

It just seems so obvious, you need a majority of voters to win an election, why not appeal to a majority of voters which all polls show are Progressive on nearly all issues?

» Posted By AdLib On June 3, 2016 @ 1:33 pm

Haruko, agree on both caucuses and Superdelegates needing to go.

Since parties are independent organizations, it makes sense that there are no federal rules on how they choose their candidates.

But as I mentioned above, if the Dems truly want to build a majority coalition, they should have a process that attracts a majority of voters to participate and ends up nominating a candidate chosen by that majority.

That means opening up all those closed primaries to allow indies to vote and help select a more widely supported candidate.

Left to their own devices, I think the GOP, after Trump’s yuuge loss in Nov, will go in the opposite direction and try to find ways to give the GOP Elite more control in anointing their candidates.

» Posted By AdLib On June 3, 2016 @ 1:19 pm

James, you’re absolutely right, these are private organizations that can choose candidates however they wish.

But it is no coincidence that both parties have been losing membership over the years. Indie voters used to be a minority and now they’re a plurality over the two parties.

The problem is that they are political parties trying to win elections and their membership alone is insufficient. So the smart path would seem to be to try and attract and retain these indies as supporting their candidates (and retain their existing members) by letting them help fairly choose a candidate.

It’s a should rather than must, it won’t stem the bleeding for a party to remain somewhat or become more undemocratic, it will only drive more people out of the party. But they sure do have the right to choose candidates however they want.

With new leadership and compromise on their policies on Superdelegates and closing primaries to indies, the Dems could go into 2020 with much more support than they have this year.

And the GOP? With Trump taking over their party, I think they have completely disqualified themselves from ever being seen as having the integrity needed to lead. They won’t stand up to Trump and cower behind, “I’m a Republican so I’ll vote Republican” or “Hillary would be worse”.

The truth is, being unprincipled cowards is worse but Repubs just don’t get that yet.

» Posted By AdLib On June 3, 2016 @ 1:14 pm

Kes, you really nailed it here for me!

There are times that require decisive and substantial action. The decades for incremental action have passed. People are falling into poverty and careening towards Social Insecurity as they age.

Things have gotten really bad and a triangulating Dem Party would become part of the problem.

There are always those who say people with ambitious goals are naive but gay marriage is now legal nationally, pot is legal in many states, a black man is President, a woman could become President, there are quantum leaps all the time in history, big steps that a society/government/country takes.

As difficult as life is and is worsening for so many, I do think this is one of those times…which is why it’s possible for a radical like Trump to become the GOP nom and why such a hands down winner of a nom like Hillary is having so much difficulty getting the nom…Americans want real change and progress, not incremental and very modest policies.

» Posted By AdLib On May 27, 2016 @ 8:45 pm

KT, as I mentioned in my reply to PPO, I completely understand your feelings about Bernie.

In 2008, when it was Hillary staying in the primary, hammering Obama mercilessly despite the tiny odds that she could win (and claiming she would use Superdelegates to do so), I was very angry at her and felt she was damaging Obama’s chances to win.

This time around, in a very close primary (where both are virtually tied in national polls), Bernie is in the same position Hillary was and has her supporters upset at him for not just quitting (before Hillary has even officially won) and throwing his support behind her.

She didn’t do that and never apologized for that…and she didn’t have to. Instead, after working out a deal with Obama at the convention, she and Bill became powerful campaigners for Obama and the negative feelings towards her for staying in the race so long evaporated.

That’s what I believe will happen this time around too and the end result will be a stronger and more unified and inclusive Dem Party…which is far better for Hillary.

I don’t agree with the charges of ego and selfishness aimed at Bernie for not quitting before he’s actually lost. Hillary did the same thing in 2008 most likely for the same reasons, to have more leverage in negotiations at the convention on the platform, changing the primary process and advancing the issues most desired.

We shall see what happens but I am pretty confident that by the time the convention is over, those feeling very strongly against Bernie will have good reasons to feel very differently about him and his supporters.

» Posted By AdLib On May 27, 2016 @ 7:04 pm

Cheers, PPO! Very appreciated!

I completely understand your feelings on this but I look at it differently.

There is a legitimate split in the Democratic Party right now and the reasons behind that need to be addressed or we could indeed see a President Trump in our future.

If Bernie simply said, “I give up, I can’t win, Hillary will be our nominee, I ask all my followers to get behind her,” I don’t think that would result in bringing the party together.

A big chunk of Bernie’s voters don’t identify themselves as members of the Dem Party, even though many vote Dem consistently. They don’t have an allegiance to the Democratic Party, they are supporting Bernie for many reasons that they don’t see applying to Hillary.

So just having Bernie concede and urge them to support Hillary wouldn’t bring many over.

This does need to be a process if Dems and Hillary want these Bernie supporters to help push her and control of the Senate to the Dems.

And I think an important part of this process should and I hope will be a welcoming of Bernie and his supporters into the party Hillary will control and respect for what they see as important.

A smart leader knows when to crack the whip and when to compromise. Cracking the whip on Bernie and his supporters would be self-destructive for Hillary and the DNC. There is already a lot of resentment at a process controlled by DWS, Hillary’s former co-chair of her presidential campaign. Even if there was a way to prove that she didn’t game the primary for Hillary, the appearance of favoritism is inescapable.

So if Bernie and his supporters keep hearing that they aren’t even legit Democrats, that Bernie shouldn’t have even been allowed to run as a Democrat, that his supporters are all “Bernie Bros”, naive and/or anarchists and that Bernie’s staying in the race just as Hillary did in 2008 is a terrible thing and destructive to her chances as the nominee (she never apologized for staying in until June against Obama and hammering him throughout)…what is to be gained but alienating the very voters Hillary and the Dems need to win in November.

My thought is that the proposition that Bernie is being destructive by staying in the race until he is legitimately beaten, is just the opposite of what will help Hillary and the Dems.

By staying in and keeping all of his voters energized, Bernie represents a real boon to Hillary’s chances in November once the DNC Convention is held and his and his supporters issues are considered and adopted in part.

Hillary and the Dems need Bernie’s millions of voters. The long game is what’s important here. Hillary was unconcerned about damaging Obama in 2008 when she stayed in to the bitter end and though I was expressing the same sentiments as you against her back then, maybe it wasn’t a bad thing in the long run.

Once the convention was held, Obama and Hillary negotiated a deal between them and their supporters and Hillary’s and Bill’s full hearted support for Obama washed away my resentments towards her while her supporters saw her as a primary part of the campaign, sworn in later as Secretary of State with unique power to hire many of her people in the department (and she got Obama to agree to DWS becoming the Chairwoman of the DNC).

A negotiation is what’s needed here and it can’t happen until the convention.

As someone who was in your shoes but on the opposite side of the fence in 2008, I totally relate to your frustration about Bernie still competing against Hillary right now when the odds and math are so much against him winning.

But after seeing what transpired in 2008, I do see it as inevitable that Hillary and Bernie will come together at the convention, negotiate a deal that helps bring his supporters on board and validates her supporters and the Dems will go into the GE pretty well united against the monstrous prospect of a President Trump.

» Posted By AdLib On May 27, 2016 @ 6:49 pm

Hey Nirek, thanks so much!

It does seem so obvious that this year, had the Dems welcomed Independents into their primaries, they could have hugely overwhelmed the Repubs across the board since the GOP is retreating into their “white power” core.

If the DNC let Indies vote in primaries, they and Dems would be invested in the ultimate nominee in the GE. And the candidate would be the one who appealed to the majority of Dems and Indies.

It’s so backwards to limit the choice of nominee (both by excluding indie voters and the DNC acting on behalf of the establishment nominee). The broader and bigger the voting base that elects the nominee, the more support they’ll have in the GE.

But this is about retaining control and power. Very narrow minded and self-centered.

Why are you typing left handed? Are you alright?

» Posted By AdLib On May 27, 2016 @ 6:16 pm

Kes, really appreciate your son’s insight!

I have to say, I think many people, young and old, are now seeing our archaic and corrupt party systems as unattractive.

Sue mentioned below that she has changed her party affiliation to Independent because she has had enough of the Dem party. Many of the Republicans who handed the nom to Trump are rebelling against the GOP.

Personally, I’m on the same page as your son and his friends. This system is de facto corrupt and not about creating a fair playing field or about inclusiveness.

DWS and the DNC stacked the primary to hand the nom to Hillary, the Superdelegates have been used, as I mentioned above, to help assure that their establishment retains power…is that really a club that’s generating enthusiasm about itself or chasing so many away?

And in their bubble, they’re oblivious. There is a degree of condescension that both parties exhibit towards their supporters. Almost a disregard for how offensive or dishonest their pandering and anti-democratic ploys appear to their members.

I do think that at least in this moment, many who formerly were party faithful are now questioning why they should follow behind their party.

This is complex because while many now see the DNC as a vehicle for party elites to dictate election results to Dems, Dems still like their candidates and aren’t running away in meaningful numbers to vote Green Party or GOP.

Most all of the Dems who are dissatisfied with the manipulation of their party are still supporting Dem candidates strongly or at least, to prevent Repub control.

The convention will be fascinating because I think the facade is being pulled off the Dem Establishment and neither Bernie nor his supporters, if Hillary wins the nomination as is most likely, will just roll over and say, “It’s unity time! We’re just the Get-Along Gang now!”

For the sake of the Democratic Party, it needs to be dragged out of the clutches of the narrow minded, conservative, power-hungry elite. If Bernie could succeed in making this happen, helping to reform the primary process to be more open (especially to independents) and fair, the Democratic Party could really flourish.

The Dem Elite are worried, more about their grip on power but also about the threat that Bernie and his supporters represent to enthusiastic support behind Hillary. They need Bernie and his supporters, who have been so often denigrated by them. They will need to compromise to get that support…and I think they will, even if many of them think it’s just a short term thing and they can grab back the power after the election.

Things change. The party system has become so corrupt and narrow that both parties have been losing registered voters for many years to Independent standing.

Donald Trump’s nomination and the gaming of the primary for Hillary’s benefit is presenting to voters on both sides that their party’s establishment is primarily concerned with their own power.

This is a moment where there is both crisis and opportunity. The GOP looks to be buried in crisis, they are throwing away any semblence of unity and principle to get in bed with a know-nothing, lying fascist.

The Democratic Party has damaged itself and divided Democrats because it could not be a fair and inclusive administrator of the democratic process. But at least for the Dems, it’s not too late. The convention could be very messy but if what comes out of it is a party that welcomes in Independents to its primary process and puts in place a structure to prevent the gaming of elections to help their fellow elite win, they could come out stronger than ever and ascendant while the GOP lies smoldering on the trash heap of history.

» Posted By AdLib On May 27, 2016 @ 6:10 pm

Kalima, I understand the manipulative reasons for it but I too find it incredibly stupid for the DNC to exclude independents from voting in all states. They could be growing the party and ending up with a candidate that Dems AND Indies support and are vested in. Repubs would never have a chance as their party keeps shrinking.

But instead, in choosing power and control over growing the party, DWS and the rest of the establishment running the DNC, have engineered a mini-civil war in the Dem Party and are forcing through the weakest GE candidate into the nomination.

I don’t think that they’re doing this because they want the first woman President or anything as idealized as that, this is all about one thing, power. They are the establishment, they have the power now and they want to keep it at all costs. Hence, the single-mindedness to get Hillary nominated, whatever it takes.

Here’s Hillary, with all the baggage and negatives already weighing down her candidacy, now being knocked down again by the State Department’s report on how she ignored all the rules on emails. She is clearly damaged goods that is only becoming more damaged and is supremely lucky that the Repubs have nominated a monster because that’s the only hope she would have to win in a GE.

Meanwhile, as you say, Bernie has no baggage of any weight. Unlike Hillary, one doesn’t worry day to day that something damaging could come out and hand the WH to the Repubs. Dems have had a choice between a candidate who has decades of baggage and is seen as untrustworthy and unlikable by a majority of voters and one who has no baggage of note and is seen as trustworthy and likable by a majority of voters.

Too many Dems seem though to have been influenced by the Superdelegates scam, the “First Woman President” meme or just voted for Hillary because they knew her and didn’t really know Bernie. If they were told, “If Hillary wins the nomination, Trump could become President,” would it have made them change their vote? Or if the affirmative was offered, “If Bernie is the nominee, he would lead Trump by double digits in the polls and be likely to bring Dems the WH,” would that have mattered?

I don’t know. Those messages have been out there, either ignored or unheard.

In the end, unless Hillary has a legit scandal come out between now and the convention or the GE, she will likely beat Trump because of the two most disliked nominees perhaps in American history, Trump is worse.

But it sure looks like Paul Ryan is positioning himself to run in 2020 and I hate to say it but the way things look now, I think he would have a slam dunk win against a Hillary re-election. Hillary sure looks like a one-termer, she has such weak favorables now, they’ll only go down once problems arise during her Presidency (as happens to all Presidents).

So let’s all vote for someone who could lose the Presidency to a lunatic this year or if not, is likely to hand the Presidency to the GOP in 4 years?

Instead of a popular candidate who has the popularity to support him in a win this year and a re-election in 4 years?

As we’ve seen in most institutions, what comes first far too often is protecting the power of the institution over doing the right thing.

Some institutions eventually correct their course but usually only after scandals and protests that grow from how they have hurt people along the way. I hope Bernie’s candidacy, at a minimum, leads to a reformation of the Dem Party because if not, it’s on track to follow the GOP into extinction.

And may I say how humbled and appreciative I am by your re-reading my previous posts on Hillary and the Dems? It is affirming to see that leopards don’t change their spots and what was true and predictable yesterday, is true and recognizable today.

» Posted By AdLib On May 26, 2016 @ 12:51 pm

It may be less to Bernie’s advantage but I actually agree with the rule change Devine helped put in place. Proportionate awarding of delegates is more democratic and reflective of the voters in a state than winner take all, which is more about handing the nom quicker to the candidate most favored from the outset (the establishment pick, that is).

To be clear, the Superdelegates were instituted in the 1984 primaries, 4 years before Tad Devine and Dukakis were involved (the Dem establishment’s glorious Mondale nomination was sailing into an iceberg that year).

Absolutely agree that DWS has been a disaster for Dems (her chairwomanship of the DNC, as Hillary’s co-chair of her 2008 campaign, seems to be part of the deal along with Hillary being SoS that Obama agreed to in his deal with Hillary to support him in 2008). She has destroyed the 50 State strategy that helped elect Obama, has exposed her corporate ownership in lobbying for payday lenders against the American people and has created the divide in the Dem party by showing favoritism for Hillary and disrespect towards Bernie through her use of the DNC.

She is more to blame for the Dem divisions than Hillary or Bernie. Had a more principled person been running the DNC and not used it to obviously tilt the primary towards Hillary, if Bernie supporters saw the DNC being honest and fair handed, I don’t think there would be this much hostility.

I sure hope DWS gets beaten in her primary by the Progressive candidate running against her. That would be sweet!

» Posted By AdLib On May 26, 2016 @ 11:53 am

Trump Relies on Americans’ “Appetite For Distraction”…But They’re Becoming Fed Up

Thanks Sue!

I think the only way it could become a “Nader Election” is if Hillary, DWS and the Dem Party didn’t reach out to and share the platform and campaign with Bernie and the Progressive wing.

With the decision on sharing the members on the DNC platform committee with Bernie, I do think that when the primary is over, Dems will come together.

Many will still not like Hillary but here too, as we get closer to November, I think the prospect of Trump winning the WH will push them to vote Dem.

» Posted By AdLib On May 26, 2016 @ 1:15 pm

gyp46, I am hopeful that as the GE gets into full swing, the reality of what a nutjob Trump is and how insane it would be to have him as Commander in Chief will really and finally sink in on those toying with the idea of supporting him.

This is a pattern that is often noted in presidential elections, in the Fall, many voters finally turn to imagining the candidates as President. If that happens as it seems to have happened in the past, I think we’ll see Trump’s numbers take an increasing dive.

Right now, for the angry but not insane voters, flirting with supporting Trump makes them feel like they’re expressing their resentment to society.

But when they have to start seriously imagining what this horrible, juvenile, erratic asshole would do to the country and the world if he really became President, I think many will vote for who they see as the lesser of two evils, Hillary.

» Posted By AdLib On May 26, 2016 @ 1:06 pm

James, excuse the late reply but thank you so much!

» Posted By AdLib On May 26, 2016 @ 12:59 pm

Kalima, I think most Americans, and for that matter, most of the world, see Trump for the con man he is but I think a segment of Americans haven’t been sure what to think (or as we call the more clueless in our country, “independent voters”).

But I think more and more of them are seeing the light. I mean, when the leaders of you closest allies nations are already “enemies” of a Presidential candidate, aren’t things clear? Who but the xenophobic Trump drones would want a man as President who is already reviled by most of our allies?

And you’ve put your finger on what will really tank Trump. His fragile ego, his compulsion to go mental whenever he is personally attacked will make him look like a lunatic day after day. And we know that the personal attacks will be launched at him daily by the Dems because they know it will lead to his self-destruction.

It will be a very ugly campaign this Summer but the ugliness will consume Trump and lead to his trouncing. And the GOP’s which after their folding and getting behind Trump, will be their just desserts.

» Posted By AdLib On May 17, 2016 @ 6:38 am

gyp46, I do think it is becoming clearer to those who haven’t really recognized Trump for who he is and as time goes by, it will become clearer and clearer.

Trump will become synonymous with “liar”, “fraud” and “nasty”. He will become the most despised candidate ever to run for the Presidency from a major party and all the Repub pols falling in line to get behind him will look back to recognize they’ve helped to destroy their own party for years to come.

» Posted By AdLib On May 16, 2016 @ 1:33 pm

ICYMI, here’s a gift to America from 2 Lithuanian artists:

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» Posted By AdLib On May 16, 2016 @ 1:16 pm

Trump Picks Darkseid, Destroyer of Worlds, As VP – GOP Support Stays Solid

Kalima, I don’t think most Trump supporters are even thinking about the issues, it’s all about emotion to them, they are supporting him because it’s their way of saying, “Screw you!” To the establishment.

The messed up thing is that it’s because of these same hate voters that Repubs control Congress and have blocked government doing much to make their lives better.

People who make decisions based on emotion instead of reason are flat out stupid in their decisions. In this case, to respond to the idiots they put in control of Congress, they want to elect a lunatic.

America will actually be in better shape after this election than it is now. This is the high watermark for RW insanity and now that the loons will finally get to have their pick for Repub nom and lose enormously, their clout will be hugely diminished.

And with a Dem President and Senate, we’ll have a moderate to left leaning Supreme Court that can reverse Citizens United and so many other horrible decisions that have damaged this country.

We just have to make it through this very ugly GE that’s beginning…but we will.

» Posted By AdLib On May 14, 2016 @ 8:29 am

Hey Sue!

Well, you wouldn’t be alone if Trump gives you nightmares.

It is astounding to me how all of these Repub politicians can just shrug off all their hysteria against Trump being their nominee then March lockstep behind him with no conscience over who they are empowering. Yes, I know how extreme party loyalty has become to that bunch but to demonstrate a total lack of will and principles, to support someone they know is unfit intellectually and emotionally to hav the most powerful office in the country, just makes them look like what great Nazis they would have made.

And that’s scarier than blood dripping fangs to me!

» Posted By AdLib On May 14, 2016 @ 4:48 am

Kes, I’m confused. This isn’t video from a GOP primary debate?

Trump is as real in a WWE ring as he is in a Presidential campaign and yet the yokels (and GOP followers) buy into the act hook, line and sinker. It’s sad, what it says about way too many Americans, saps and the blindly faithful to the GOP.

Fortunately, it is a minority of voters.

» Posted By AdLib On May 13, 2016 @ 2:19 am

Yes gyp46, that’s at the heart of my satire. Repubs have zero principles, they honestly declared how unfit Trump was to be president but now that he seems sure to get the nomination, they throw away all their alleged “principles” and are vowing to support a man they know should not be President.

Repubs are party-first and forget everything else. They have no principles, they’d vote for the Antichrist even if he admitted he would destroy them all…as long as he claimed to be Republican.

The GOP has become a death cult.

» Posted By AdLib On May 12, 2016 @ 8:38 am

PPO, actually, since the VP has to be eligible to become President and Ahnold is not a natural born citizen, he can’t be Trump’s VP.

That also rules out Jean Claude Van Damme, Vladimir Putin and Mel Gibson.

» Posted By AdLib On May 12, 2016 @ 8:32 am

The Cruz-Kasich “Alliance of the Losers” Perfectly Represents the GOP

Kalima, it’s interesting to consider how the GOP started leaning harder and harder on bigotry, fear and ignorance to rally voters to support their plutocratic agenda and ended up being fully taken over by them, nothing more now than a vehicle for those terrible traits.

Nowadays, GOP voters don’t really vote on issues because the issues don’t matter to them, they vote to voice their hatreds and resentments.

So of course, the decisions they make aren’t sensible or logical, it truly has become the party of the emotionally overwhelmed. Of course there are Repubs who are still with it for their pro-greed/pro-plutocracy agenda but it sure seems like the base sees the party like a vehicle for vengeance against all those they blame for the disappointing and difficult lives they live (ironically brought about by the destructive policies and gridlock they’ve helped put in place by voting against their own interests as loyal Republicans).

For many Americans, Hillary is very unappealing as a candidate, she is a quintessential machine politician whose credibility and commitment to campaign promises are questioned. She represents the continuation of corporate and establishment government that has driven so many to vote for Bernie Sanders and unfortunately, Donald Trump.

That said, she is incredibly lucky that if she is the Dem nominee as appears most likely now, she would be facing the only candidate with higher negatives than her who would be on the GOP side, Trump.

IMO, Hillary would unquestionably beat Trump in a GE but for many, it will not be the kind of change that much of the country is really enthusiastic about or looking for.

It seems like both political parties have been so locked into their own bubbles, so separated from the real growing sentiment among the people that they fail to see that a political revolution is building. It really seems like A Tale of Two Realities.

Hillary comes off to me as an archaic type of politician who doesn’t realize she’s archaic. Unfortunately, it appears that the growing movement for change in our politics won’t quite be dominant until after this year’s election so if Hillary does become President, she risks losing re-election especially if the Repubs nominate anyone without high negatives and especially someone viewed as an agent of change (even though such a claim would probably be bogus).

It’s kind of an Emperor’s New Clothes situation, many of us can see that the games of the old style politicians have become far too obvious and offensive, they don’t work anymore and represent the failure of our politicians to support the people over the wealthy and powerful.

Especially in this corrupt economic environment, when most Americans scramble harder and harder to make ends meet while the wealthy drain them and the country of more money and power.

It’s not a coincidence that membership in both parties is dwindling and those identifying as Independents are growing. I really do see a political revolution (not a literal revolution) continuing to grow and that it is in the process of overtaking both parties. But the elite in both parties won’t just roll over, it will be a fight.

The GOP has reached that point first, the “revolutionaries” in their base now outnumber the status quo which is why Trump is likely to become their nominee. Fortunately, the GOP revolutionaries aren’t so bright and have been easily conned by Trump as their agent of change who can win in a GE…both of which aren’t the case.

The fact that Bernie Sanders, who was not a well known politician nationally and got in the race simply hoping to get some national exposure on the debate stage for his positions on economic inequality and corruption, could be such a strong competitor against such a Dem establishment powerhouse as Hillary Clinton, is proof that the revolution is coming to the Dem party as well. It’s just not quite big enough yet in 2016.

I must say, the prospect of a Hillary/Trump battle for the Presidency kind of takes away my appetite. It will be irresistible to watch but more like a car wreck is than a heroic battle.

I would of course support Hillary and I think Trump’s horribleness will make her the most sympathetic and Presidential-looking candidate but due to her persona as a calculating, old school politician, I think there will not be the enthusiasm for her that there would be if it was Obama or Bernie running against Trump.

As I say, that may not stand in the way of her winning an election against Trump but re-election could be a very different story…especially if she swings back to the center-right in her Presidency as Bill did.

» Posted By AdLib On April 27, 2016 @ 9:53 am

MSNBC Hires Toddler to Oversee Programming

Kes, to keep a finger on the pulse of what’s going on around the MSM, I watch and read outlets that simply piss me off.

Phil Griffin, the President at MSNBC, openly declared that because it brought the best ratings, the channel will cover almost exclusively, election “news”.

And that isn’t really “news” they spend their day broadcasting, it’s almost all reporting polls and asking pundits, who are usually mouthpieces for one candidate or another, to predict this or that.

Yep, the same pundits who claimed in the past that Trump wouldn’t ever run or was a passing thing and would fall away quickly.

Literally, if you watched MSNBC all day, you would think the rest of the country and the rest of the world was temporarily transported to another dimension, that there is no news anywhere else than in the states that are having primaries. It’s disgusting.

And you’re right about The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Blitzer…funny Kes!). If I ever see a “Breaking News” headline in the future, I sure won’t expect it to be anything important…and I’ll probably be right.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2016 @ 4:24 pm

PPO, and fortunately, toddlers are not known for their long term memory so presenting a day old story as “Breaking News” appears like Breaking News to them.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2016 @ 8:16 am