May 14, 2016

For fucks sake, if John Miller or John Baron is calling and giving details

And little Donald says it isn't him,.... Then isn't the logical follow up question, who is John Miller/Baron? How does he have details to your life? Why did you apologize for impersonating John Miller on one occasion. Come on media, do your damn job and let him keep digging deeper.

Edit: Rachel just reported that the WaPo reporters asked the follow up question. Silence and the phone went dead. That's the way you do it.

May 9, 2016

Just saw the news that Chistie has been named to lead the Trump transition team

How the hell is this even possible. He isn't the former Governor of NJ, he is the current Gov. who has a full time job already.

April 30, 2016

The dude punched at The OC Trump event - Cole Bartiromo

Familiar name, he is the cousin of Maria Bartiromo

His own video of the event in Costa Mesa has him calling the protesters, "pond scum" and "scum of the earth."

Below is an article on this sleaze bag. Although the violence is condemnable, I am guessing he antagonized the crowd.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/26/he-bullies-kids-and-calls-it-news.html

April 20, 2016

Congrats to Hillary and her supporters, you have won, BUT....

This is an unsustainable system. Independents are the majority of voters, under the current system they are disenfranchised in too many States. I have read a number of over the line posts saying this is acceptable, Chris Matthews is going on about registering as a Dem if you want to have impact. Very Republican comments on both fronts, someone would have had to focused in October 2015 to vote in the NY Primary, to put it bluntly, that is fucked up.

My next step, to change my party affiliation to unaffiliated , in California I can do this and still vote in the Democratic primary. Thirty five years of being a Democrat is over, highly unlikely I will ever be a Dem again.

My change will mean jack shit, no impact on a state or national election, I hope it will impact those states that have rules in place that are not as democratic as CA, because in no logical realm can a Country label itself as a Democracy, yet disenfranchise such a large percentage of voters.

March 22, 2016

After watching and reading the Bill Clinton comments, I believe that..

They are too cute by half.

"Awful legacy..." These are words used by republicans to smear Obama, to make them acceptable you need to insert words that were not said, not inferred, not previously referenced.

A nervous speaker missing a phrase, ...possibly, but Bill Clinton, a person famous for using these techniques?

March 16, 2016

I'm Out!

Congrats to Hillary and supporters, I'm out, I'm done for this cycle.

Will vote for Bernie in the CA primary, then Hillary in the general. Other than that, the interest is over.

March 2, 2016

Christie is fucking stoned

He had to have smoked a huge bowl.

February 20, 2016

Here is a list of what I, a Bernie supporter, expect to get accomplished by President Sanders

Nothing

If he gets one of his proposals through congress it will be a bonus, each one after, a bigger bonus.

It is not about getting anything passed, it is changing the narrative and the course. I don't expect him to be able to single handily work miracles. IMO, President Obama was the best President in my life, I am over 50. Obama changed the course slightly, now is time for a sharp left turn. The youth vote is all lined up, it is a matter of taking advantage of the opportunity at hand. Reagan didn't have overwhelming legislative accomplishments, but he changed the course, was transformational. Bush went a bit further but nothing overwhelming again. Then eight years of Clinton, nothing major. Then W. was escorted in and all Hell broke lose.

It is a long game, the goal is to set it up for a Preident Warren or someone similar.

So, Hillary fans, don't try to convince me using the argument that he won't be able to get anything done.

1. That is not the goal for a lot of us, including many of us a tad older.
2. We lived through what Bill got done, and being polite, it wasn't that damn impressive.

Finally, part of one of my favorite speeches, just before I was born.

"Why does Rice play Texas?"

Google it, listen/read the speech. The County is so far off track that something like this would never be considered today, we need to try to get back on that path. We have youth numbers that exceed those during the Reagan Revolution. They can't be wasted.

February 13, 2016

Holy Shit! It is going to have to be a political revolution

Breaking news on CBS about Scalia, Jan Crawford the correspondent stated that Obama will likely not be able to fill the position, the Republican Senate won't allow it so it will be up to the next President.

Eleven friggen months left and Obama can't fill it! She stated it as a given, something historically unprecedented is stated as a given.

February 10, 2016

I am looking at the history of Democratic Primary results in New Hampshire

Yes Hillary beat Obama by 3 and a half points in 2008. Before that you have Kerry, Gore, Tsongas beating Bill by under 10, Dukakis, Hart beating Mondale by 10, Carter, Muskie over McGovern by 7.

So in approximately 50 years they picked the eventual nominee, or the nominee was second and at most ten points back.

Now Hillary did get second, but was over twenty points back. Unfortunately the field was basically cleared out this year due to many being afraid to take on Clinton so it is hard to compare a typical candidate heavy field to a two person race.

But, IMO, this result demonstrates a warning for the party and Clinton. As many have said for the past year, her support might be much more shallow than many want to believe.