October 14, 2015

Best and Worst Lines of the Night?

WORST:
"I was appointed to the office. It was my very first vote.”
(Chaffee)

BEST:
"The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails,"
(Sanders)


Others?

October 12, 2015

Bernie's Debate Dilemma

I've read he's not rehearsing, and this is his first ever Presidential debate! Clinton, on the other hand, has seen these debates many times - through her husband, and through her own first hand experience. She will be highlighted at the center of the stage, and has doubtless spent untold resources on opposition research.

This could be a very difficult challenge for Bernie.

October 9, 2015

Hillary Adopts New Look to Appeal to Youth

Now tell me, who here didn't see this coming?

October 4, 2015

Guns Are For Protection?

Comedian Jim Jefferies destroys this argument!

October 1, 2015

Does the VP matter?

It seems as if the VP duties are limited to tie-breaking votes in the Senate, being next in line should the President be unable to serve, and helping the Pres "balance the ticket" during their first election (on 2nd terms, no one mentions "balance&quot .

But what could an administration do with a well qualified VP, if they really wanted to stir the pot?

What real authority does the VP have in their role as President of the Senate?

What real authority does the VP have when they preside over joint sessions of Congress?

Can the VP also hold a cabinet position?

Any thoughts, DU?

September 27, 2015

Bernie Sanders - Then and Now (1985-2015)

If you're on the fence about Bernie, or if you just want to be reminded about one of the many reasons why you support him, take 20 minutes of your day and watch this compilation of Bernie being 100% consistent in his progressive, populist message for the last 30 years!

This man has always been on the right side of history, and he's already my President. All that's left is our vote

September 13, 2015

Bernie Is NOT Boring

Sometimes, it's important to be able to laugh at yourself a little:

Sorry if this has made the rounds, but I hadn't seen it before tonight (and rofl I did)

August 28, 2015

The NRA Wants Your Guns

Did you ever notice that Conservatives are great, stinking hypocrites? You did? Good! It's actually very easy to pick up...

1. The biggest warmongers are sometimes deeply disturbed chicken hawks...
2. The biggest homophobes are sometimes deeply repressed homosexuals...
3. Family Values advocates get busted as cheaters and sex offenders...
4. Abstinence only advocates get pregnant--though not married...
5. "I'm not racist, I just don't think..(fill in racist POV of the moment)..."
6. "Liberals are weak on defense, and bad for the economy"

Right? Those that scream loudest about the actions of others, often have the most to hide.

Which brings me to the NRA. The NRA, outwardly, wants to protect your 2nd amendment rights, and screams that background checks and stricter gun controls are cover for the government to create a list of gun owners. Eventually, they'll "come for your guns" and they MUST BE STOPPED.

Well here's a fact. There's already an organization that keeps a detailed, national list of gun owners and gun enthusiasts.

It's the NRA. NRA members carry cards. Are you a member?

I encourage everyone to spread the word - I have it from a highly placed military official that the NRA is a covert government operation funded by the CIA and the NSA, and its primary objective is to document the highest profile gun owners and enthusiasts. When the time is right, the NRA will come to the people on their targeted membership lists and offer to "keep your guns safe from Washington because they MUST BE STOPPED." If you don't hand over the weapons willingly, the NRA will reluctantly seize them because Freedom, and use them to arm the new, NRA funded national well regulated militia, because THEY (the Govt) MUST BE STOPPED.

Shh! (spread the word!!!)

August 22, 2015

The Consumers and the Consumed

Truly, the only reason we need to earn money is because we "need" to spend money.

Once we were craftsmen and laborers, thinkers and inventors. Now we are consumers, and we have become separated from the value of the things we consume because they are made in another country, in a poorly lit warehouse, by people we will never meet. In exchange for those trinkets, we trade "capital" - a thing of imaginary, not intrinsic, value. We are told that this is a convenience, but the truth is we are currency slaves, and the only convenience is to the "capitalists" - men who take a percentage of every trade and call it "profits."

We work so that capitalists may profit. When we don't work, those who would profit call us lazy and useless, and thus we are separated from the value of our very lives.

Now we are consumers. One day we will be the consumed.

Bernie Sander wants us to change our futures through a social/economic/political revolution. If we pass on that opportunity, I can see only two outcomes-more of the same with the oligarchs at the top of the food chain, or an actual revolution of tears and of blood.

Think hard about your choices, think hard about your vote.

July 11, 2015

Vice President Clinton?

or VP Sanders?

It's very likely that one of these two candidates will win the Dem nomination (no offense to O'Malley...the only other candidate with even the slightest of chances). When that time comes, the party will have to turn it's united focus on the Clown Car.

In 2008, the "Party Unity My Ass" call rang out from Hillary's camp. Will that happen again?

I recently saw an OP discussing an interview where Bernie shared some ideas about possible Cabinet Posts in his administration.

Let's speculate about the VP spot.

My questions -

1. To Sanders voters who have declared they'd never vote for Hillary, would that pledge change with a Sanders/Clinton ticket?

2. To Hillary supporters - Considering the respectful way Bernie has run his campaign, are you open to a Hillary/Sanders ticket?

Let's assume, for the sake of the question, that either candidate would offer, or accept such an offer.