Texting and Tweeting While America Burns

[Evar]

I heard two pundits spinning Trump on MSNBC, talking about how Trump is the voice of the common man, expressing the rage of the people, yada yada. It made me gag. The fact that Trump won the vote in NY reinforced my belief that this country has lost its way. One in five children is hungry in America, the bees are dying, the glaciers are melting, the courts are a farce, the media are shills for the super rich and Americans are voting for a reality show host to be the president of the United States. The reality is that we're okay with it. We're texting and tweeting while America burns.

[GliderGuider]

1. It's because playing the violin has gone out of fashion. nt

[Dustlawyer]

2. Not just out of fashion, the orchestra programs were cut in public schools so

they don't know how to play!

[sorefeet]

3. Ask any one of these loud mouth

right wing geniuses to name the three branches of government. They look at you so stupid. Because they don't know. They know nothing but todays consumerism. Zero about how the government works. Whip out some simple government 101 third grade questions and you will soon realize that that these blowhards are just that, full of stupid. It makes it easier for me to ignore them when you know they don't have a clue. You can't debate or reason with stupid.

[Cyrano]

4. What's scary is that Trump could win

All the pundits are telling us that he'll lose the general election in a landslide. Those same pundits told us (until about a month or two ago) that Trump would drop out, or that there was no way he'd ever get the nomination.

Why should we listen to people who have been wrong about everything? I hope I'm wrong, but if Trump got this far, he could go all the way. The ignorance/stupidity/gullibility of American voters knows no limits.

[GeorgeGist]

5. Surreality is becoming the norm.

I'd fear for the young if the old trolls weren't so close to the end.

[sofa king]

6. Let's look at the vote counts.

New York Primary results, according to Google today:

Republican votes:

Trump: 524,932

Kasich: 217,904

Cruz: 126,151

Total New York Republican votes: 868,987


Democratic votes:

Clinton: 1,054,083

Sanders: 763,469

Total New York Democratic votes: 1,817,552


Conclusions to take away:

* Bernie Sanders won more votes than the two top Republicans combined;

* Hillary Clinton won more votes than all Republican votes combined;

* Heavy voting restrictions and notable irregularities could not prevent an overwhelmingly Democratic turnout;

* Democratic voters turned out at a greater than 2 to 1 ratio compared to Republicans, despite the fact that statistically, Republicans vote more diligently than do Democrats. That disparity in favor of Republicans is usually even stronger in the primaries.

The final conclusion, a near certainty in my opinion, is that no combination of candidates, turnout and vote theft can take New York away from Democrats in this election season. That's over ten percent of all the EVs needed to win the White House, right there, already in the bag. Thank you, New York!

I'm going to celebrate with a mug of hot chocolate right now.

[Scion600]

7. Hillary will fix it.

Something about SCOTUS or something...