May 2, 2016

Ok, so I was punished for saying this in GD-P So I will say it here and hope not to be

Bernie's real prize is the speakiing engagements and book deals he is looking to hoist him

and Jane into the 1%. Don't fool yourselves. Bernie's wealth envy is evident. Remember, he didn't work at a real job until he was 40 years old. His socialist ideas are more in keeping with entitlement for government to take care of everything.

He is 70+ now, not much in retirement from government salary that is much to depend on and he has a grandchildren and a son and family to provide for his family legacy. You will see Bernie accepting YUgee speaking fees, and signing huge book deals as soon as the convention is over...he doesn't have much time to waste.

It sounds crass, but you all know it is true. Running for President is Bernie's quickest way to the wealth he says he abhors for others. Book mark this and come back in a year. And, if Goldman will invite him, he will speak.

I call it wealth envy. Listen closely to what he says and how he says it and to whom he says it. The wealth gap is how he started out his campaign...Wall Street and the banks. His social justice issue except for freeing pot from the controlled substance list came much later when he found that several prominent black anti-Obama-anti-Clinton folks would support him. They largely changed the focus of his campaign message or at least added to it.

Now if you can find this not to be true, then color me repentant.

May 1, 2016

Boy! Did i strike a nerve over in GDP with this post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511875354

May 1, 2016

Some folks really need to examine themselves. Introspection is important.

What really has Hillary personally done to anyone to warrant such vitriol and hate? Even GWB in his worse actions and inactions has never garnered the level of hate and vitriol thrown at Hillary...and even Bill?
Are folks angry because Bill came from being dirt poor and Hillary a modest middle income family to be elected to the highest office and to leverage his accomplishments to earn great wealth? Or are folks angry at Hillary for growing and working hard in public service to leverage her intelligence in the same manner? Are you angry that Bill Clinton had the audacity to suffer the same human frailties and infidelities that many other great men suffered from too..Kennedy, Johnson, Roosevelt, Reagan to name a few? Are you angry and hate them for keeping their marriage together? Are you angry that they never stooped to the lowness and nastiness demonstrated by their detractors in the public and the media? Just what is it that drives the hate?

I worked at the Senate for several months right after Bill Clinton was elected. People were dumbfounded that this piece of "trailer trash" (yes, those were the exact words of a staffer of a well-known Senator (GOP) spoke in conversation with three other outraged staffers) would be elected to the Office of President after such a decent man a GBush had served so wonderfully. There was a lot of nasty, unkind talk all over the Hart Building in those days...but none of it compared to what I see here.

What am I missing? One can not like the Clinton's politics or be angry about past policies that Bill Clinton wrongly gets accused of passing all by himself but, my god, the mas has not committed mass murder, killed dogs, or sent the country off to unnecessary war. Just what is it?

Why is it that so many women just actually hate Hillary when I can find nothing in her past or present that would warrant such hatred. She quoted an unfavorable label of "super predator" in a discussion about crime. People who saw that video immediately jumped all over it as some kind of racism against black youth. Yet when Bernie Sanders said on the House floor that those same kind of youth needed to be put in prison to protect society from them is was immediately excused. And yes, Hillary and Bernie were talking about the same people.

Do we hate Hillary for faithfully carrying out the foreign policy of the President she served? Do we hate her because of the trumpted up charges about Benghazi, when the facts are actually clear that there was a lot of confusion on the ground surrounding the attacks at that time. Do we hold her to some kind of higher standard than a President and SOS who served over 20 or more attacks at out overseas embassies with hundreds of Marine and civilian lives being lost? Just WTF is the reason or reasons?

Do we hate her for keeping her marriage together, for being a damn good mother, a forgiving wife...what?
It really is something that many of her detractors need to honestly ask themselves. It is not enough for her or Bill to admit mistakes, apologize or show genuine remorse for past mistakes in judgment or actions but it is ok to support those who never are held accountable for anything, refuse to apologize, and wag fingers in our faces when asked to explain their own positions. Some stuff just doesn't make sense.

May 1, 2016

Great article by Drum. Must read.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/04/heres-why-i-never-warmed-bernie-sanders

Same way I feel about Bernie.