Notice LB quote-unquotes “tell it like it is”… sounding like “tell it like it is” (whether the “it” is true or untrue doesn’t quite matter) has weird, dangerous appeal to some segment of the electorate. They take saying what cannot be unsaid, saying things in a burning-a-bridge way, as a sign of honesty and integrity.
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Yeah Bernie. Thanks for criticizing Hillary. Trump never would have said something like that. Now she can’t defend herself from this devastating attack. Woe is me…
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I agree completely.
The major political party nominees reflect upon the nation as a whole. Having one of the only two viable parties nominate a clearly unqualified demagogue and/or a dishonest conniving religious nut who thinks the entire Federal government should just whither up and die reflects very very poorly on the health of political discourse in the US.
Second, periodically something happens. A terrorist attack in October. A health crisis. Heaven forbid, but that is always a possibility. Having an unqualified buffoon as the “fallback plan” in case of disaster is a horrible place in which to put ourselves.
Third, political campaigns can and should be a place where policies and ideas are debated. Two major elections in a row with literally no legitimate policy proposals from one of the two parties is bad for the country and bad for our democracy (little ‘d’).
So, yeah, you won’t find me amongst those cheering on the “easy win” against Trump. It is a horrid shame that he is likely to be their nominee, and the only thing more shameful is that if we dodge that particular bullet we get stuck with the Cruz catastrophe.
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There was a telling part of the book “The Winds of War” in which FDR made a fulsome speech which was so much “in favour” of Lend Lease that Pug Henry, the U.S. Naval Officer associated with the program, blurted to his wife, “We’ve GOT it!! NOW we can convoy!!”. [his wife begged to differ and turned out to be right]
She was right because FDR was dealing with Congress in a way so as to EVENTUALLY get the program going, but stop short at that particular time (BECAUSE of Congress). One can debate as to whether or not FDR was right when he did this, but the part about having to deal with other people and other governmental structures was spot on.
One cannot grump oneself to success.
As we will see in a couple of months.
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hahahaha - “One cannot grump oneself to success.” I love that to death.
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We will be fine, don’t worry.
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@manziel No, but you can rag on her “religion”, which is really a cult of rich people propping up other rich people.
She a member of the Church of Scientology, and they’re all somewhat off their rockers.
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Someone who doesn’t even qualify as an actual adult offers us his opinion on someone who was likely more qualified for the presidency when she was 12 than he is today? Marvelous.
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Great post. You may have seen me on other threads cheering for Ted Cruz. I do this for the same reason that Lawrence O’Donnell does. I LOATHE Cruz. However, in my judgement, Cruz has limited appeal outside the Republican Right. Trump, on the other hand, is a repository for weak minds all over the political spectrum and MOST IMPORTANTLY (and I can see your own reasoning in this when you mention national emergencies calling for a “tough hand”), NOBODY galvanizes the weak and the stupid of all political stripes more than someone like Trump. He has got Dictator written all over him.
Moreover, I ran across a betting site some weeks ago. This site gave Trump 3 times more of a probability of winning the General Election than Cruz (whose stump speech is a One Trick Pony). Trump is likely to say ANYTHING. In addition, there are tens and tens and TENS OF MILLIONS of voters who are not paying attention to anything happening with Trump right now and who will look at him with fresh eyes in the General.
But I can CERTAINLY understand your dread of Cruz. It’s just that (especially based on MY background) I am positively scared of Trump
One final thing. Every time he opens his mouth he runs the risk of saying something damaging to peoples’ lives and National Security.
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Being completely ignorant of the topic of discussion has never stopped Trump from sharing his opinions with the rest of us. While I think it’s fine to report these pearls of wisdom, let’s call him what he is; an ignorant bully with a big megaphone.
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Wow, for Trump, that’s an awfully restrained, almost adult-sounding criticism of a rival.
“Decision-making ability” — that’s nine syllables! A far cry from “loser,” “liar,” “low energy” or his positive adjectives “classy,” “yuge,” “great,” “winning.”
I’m sure he’ll find plenty of slime for Hillary in the general election, but for now it’s almost as if he respects her. I mean, he concedes that she lives in a big-boy world where decisions are made, even if he claims that she doesn’t do it very well.
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I wonder if that Tweet was an attempt to make a play for the Sanders supporters who said they would vote for Trump if Sanders didn’t get the nomination?
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This year’s
Democratic primary is patty cake compared to 2008–except that as nasty as it got, Obama and Clinton were careful to never give the GOP a soundbite they could use in the fall if the other one was the nominee. Clinton has again been carefully about that this time–but Bernie overreacted to a headline, and forgot.
And that’s not a good thing.
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Thanks,. dommyluc, for coming to coming to the defense of baboons. A baboon on its worst day is better than Trump on his best day.
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When Bernie said this, I felt a moment of pure hatred for him. Although I have always liked the guy. I lived in Vermont back in the day when he perennially ran for office on the Liberty Union ticket and was considered a likable eccentric. I moved away in 1987, but have followed his career path with interest. He began his campaign on a high note. But success has gone to his head, and he is surrounded by people telling him he can win, and that the Hillary people are plotting against him to prevent this. It’s a bit Shakespearian. When he picked up the ugly meme that the right wing has been using against Clinton, although they base it on a different set of falsehoods, I just couldn’t believe he would do something so destructive, not just to her, but to all the downballot candidates who need a landslide. I suspect he got an earful from a ton of his Senate colleagues. He is going to have to do a lot of mea culpas to get out of this one. Maybe the Pope can give him some penance ideas.
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Back at the Trump Towers, the “Mouth That Roars” needs to look in his gold framed mirror and ask, “Who is the least qualified to be the U.S. President.” Predicating the response. “Definitely you!!!”
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Successful at accomplishing what, living off a Senator’s tax payer paycheck for 25 years, taking a back seat being an Independent? His Quarter Century in D.C. shows few Congressional accomplishments while serving in both the House and Senate.
His recent Editorial Board Q&A shows he is shallow on details supporting the stump speech pie-in-the-sky ambitions in a partisan House, which is not going to change until 2022 based on the 2020 census and subsequent redistricting.
His campaign knows the delegate numbers are not in Sanders favor, so they have shifted to a desperate position and doing/making really statements. As reported, the DNC asked for support for down ballot House candidates–Clinton’s campaign has steeped-up and sent money to Congressional committee, 0, nada, none from the Sanders campaign. He has stated his reasoning for running as a Democratic was decided about the higher level of media attention he would get rather running as an Independent.
Sanders is hardly showing himself as a High Road candidate with a campaign team dragging him down through bad strategies. Raving having won a string of State caucuses is ridiculous as most know caucuses are easily rigged to fill a room with friendlies.
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…glass houses… stones…
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Wasn’t she a Scientologist?
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Yes–and his sentimentality about “workers” is bought cheaply from a man who never did manual labor in his life.
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