Yesterday we had literal heavy mist; to day it is figurative heavy mist, AKA rain. Fortunately I set out the trash cans last night, which is unusual for me.
A new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa poll is coming tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET.
Republicans Not Acting Like Trump Is Strong [Click] The original article is from The Bulwark, a notable right-wing pundit web site; so they say Biden is the most likely Democratic candidate—but they don’t overstate it.
Steve Inskeep: It’s 1856 All Over Again. [Click] “Immigration. Race. Demographic change. Political demagogy. That year’s presidential race had it all. What can it tell us about 2020?” The author doesn’t mention the death of the Whig Party.
In "During Iran Speech, Trump Demonstrated That He Is Not Well" there is a typical clip of him exhibiting coherent speech in earlier times. Not particularly bright, but coherent, complex sentences among other normalities.
Hi guys. Sorry for not having been around for several days. Been at the bottom of the Great Black Pit. Then, yesterday, when I was feeling somewhat better, I had to spend practically the entire morning in the john and the afternoon cautiously sipping ginger ale. Still not one hundred percent. Hell, I'd settle for seventy-five percent physically or mentally!
LOL Oh, Alan, don't make me laugh. It hurts just a touch.
I'd like to think my 25% is better than his 100%, poor, dumb son of a bitch. I truly believe he should be in protective custody, preferably a mental institution, for his own safety. I keep thinking of Nixon and Reagan. Nixon was an intelligent, possibly brilliant man and a skilled politician. Reagan was an actor, maybe not of Oscar caliber, but one who knew his craft and a moderately skilled politician. But what actually saved them both was the fact that they, particularly Reagan, were surrounded by people who were loyal to them and protected them. Just think of what a tight ship Nancy Reagan ran. But nobody cares about Trump. Oh, I know the Right fringe has practically deified him. But on the practical, personal, day-to-day level, noone protects him, advises him, keeps him from doing stupid, dangerous, humiliating things. He is a stupendous danger and a major embarrassment. But he is also terribly pathetic. Not tragic. You have to have the potential for greatness to be tragic. Nixon was tragic. Trump is just contemptible and pathetic.
I fully agree that DT is not tragic, Cat. But I will cut him a bit of slack because I am convinced he is senile. It would be doing him (and us) a good turn to put him into custodial care of one kind or another.
Oh, and I agree that your 25% is in all likelihood better than his 100%.
Seriously, looking at the material about his speech just convinces me all the more that he is terribly ill. It's nothing but cruelty to let him carry on. Why doesn't someone put him - us - out of his misery and hospitalize him. It's not like the right lunatic fringe would be losing anything. Pense would step in and, by all accounts, he's a great deal worse than Trump politically. But to put an obviously sick man on display like that is inhumane.
"... from a pragmatic and strategic perspective, what would electing Biden do for the country in the long-term? We’d return to a post-Trump status quo which would fail to meet the needs of the middle and lower classes in terms of healthcare, climate change, wage stagnation, and more. He’d also fail to bring about the voter enthusiasm needed to turn Congress blue, whereby making it difficult to even undo Trump’s mess, whereas a Sanders campaign in the general election would substantially endanger the Congressional power that the Republican Party holds, and even challenge the corporatism that plagues legislative Democrats. Indeed, not only would a Biden presidency do nothing for the socio-economically disadvantaged, but it would also allow a Republican candidate to easily challenge and defeat Biden in 2024 or 2028, under the same Trump-esque banner of faux-populism."
At this point I figure that I will vote for Bernie in the primary election, and will vote for him or Warren in the general election should either of them be the nominee. Since my vote in the general election is really of no consequence (whoever or whatever the Dems nominate will win California), if someone other than Bernie or Warren should be the Dem candidate, I am free to vote third party [Green, Peace & Freedom] as a protest. OK, I'm a grumpy old pinko.
Shove over, Alan, make room for me. Massachusetts is also pretty much guaranteed to go for whoever or whatever the DNC nominates, which is liberating. If they don't nominate Sanders, and maybe even if they nominate Warren (depending how morose I'm feeling at the time), I'll vote for Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate.
Unfortunately, I can't just get on a bus or train and escape to Canada; but I do not want to live in a country under a second Trump term. And that's what we'll have if those idiots nominate Biden.
While looking for a place online to see the Bernie segment online from the beginning, I came across this:
Bernie Sanders will be on with Stephen Colbert tonight, but he got some good new from an Reuters/IPSOS poll putting him in first place nationally with 17%, Joe Biden with 15% and Elizabeth Warren with 10%.
'My clients are worried': cancer risks from black women's hair products stoke fear [Click] Good Lord. I sent Bernie’s campaign a note about this; I would like him to publicly recognize the issue.
ReplyDeleteGood for you, Alan! And before the debate.
DeleteAbandoned stores, empty homes: why San Francisco's economic boom looks like a crisis [Click] “As the city experiences a new wave of gentrification, businesses are shuttering – and nothing is replacing them.”
ReplyDeleteGentrification is a scourge. I've been saying so for forty years; and, it just keeps getting worse.
DeleteWow! Measles diverged from rinderpest far longer in the past than had been thought. [Click] Oh—and your measles vaccine will probably protect you from other related viruses you have probably never heard of.
ReplyDeleteYesterday we had literal heavy mist; to day it is figurative heavy mist, AKA rain. Fortunately I set out the trash cans last night, which is unusual for me.
ReplyDelete11 AM now; the rain has stopped and the sun has come out. Nice.
DeleteThe partisan and generational struggles for control of the nation’s direction will be decided in the Sun Belt [Click]
ReplyDeleteBrace for a Voter-Turnout Tsunami [Click]
A new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa poll is coming tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans Not Acting Like Trump Is Strong [Click] The original article is from The Bulwark, a notable right-wing pundit web site; so they say Biden is the most likely Democratic candidate—but they don’t overstate it.
Biden may pick up another bagman. [Click]
Bloomberg Won’t Release Women from Hush Agreements [Click]
Steve Inskeep: It’s 1856 All Over Again. [Click] “Immigration. Race. Demographic change. Political demagogy. That year’s presidential race had it all. What can it tell us about 2020?” The author doesn’t mention the death of the Whig Party.
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ReplyDeleteSimon Jenkins: Donald Trump’s rant against Iran is the howl of a dying empire [Click] “As the president slurred ritualised abuse of Iran and pleas to Nato, we saw the US’s days as world hegemon dribbling away.”
ReplyDeleteI did’t watch Trump’s speech, considering such behavior self-abuse; but here are some observations from those who did:
This Is What the World Hears When Donald Trump Has to Give a Speech [Click]
Was Trump Sick During Iran Speech? Watch Him Slur, Snort, Trail Off Through Address [Click]
During Iran Speech, Trump Demonstrated That He Is Not Well [Click]
AJC: Social media reacts to President Trump’s address on Iran attack. Several commented on the president’s tardiness, others described the speech as ‘propaganda’ [Click]
In "During Iran Speech, Trump Demonstrated That He Is Not Well" there is a typical clip of him exhibiting coherent speech in earlier times. Not particularly bright, but coherent, complex sentences among other normalities.
DeleteHi guys. Sorry for not having been around for several days. Been at the bottom of the Great Black Pit. Then, yesterday, when I was feeling somewhat better, I had to spend practically the entire morning in the john and the afternoon cautiously sipping ginger ale. Still not one hundred percent. Hell, I'd settle for seventy-five percent physically or mentally!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, and glad to hear you're feeling better, Cat. Your 50% is doubtless better than Dear Leader's current 100% (OK, I know that's a low bar).
DeleteLOL Oh, Alan, don't make me laugh. It hurts just a touch.
DeleteI'd like to think my 25% is better than his 100%, poor, dumb son of a bitch. I truly believe he should be in protective custody, preferably a mental institution, for his own safety. I keep thinking of Nixon and Reagan. Nixon was an intelligent, possibly brilliant man and a skilled politician. Reagan was an actor, maybe not of Oscar caliber, but one who knew his craft and a moderately skilled politician. But what actually saved them both was the fact that they, particularly Reagan, were surrounded by people who were loyal to them and protected them. Just think of what a tight ship Nancy Reagan ran. But nobody cares about Trump. Oh, I know the Right fringe has practically deified him. But on the practical, personal, day-to-day level, noone protects him, advises him, keeps him from doing stupid, dangerous, humiliating things. He is a stupendous danger and a major embarrassment. But he is also terribly pathetic. Not tragic. You have to have the potential for greatness to be tragic. Nixon was tragic. Trump is just contemptible and pathetic.
I fully agree that DT is not tragic, Cat. But I will cut him a bit of slack because I am convinced he is senile. It would be doing him (and us) a good turn to put him into custodial care of one kind or another.
DeleteOh, and I agree that your 25% is in all likelihood better than his 100%.
Thanks, I think. :)
DeleteSeriously, looking at the material about his speech just convinces me all the more that he is terribly ill. It's nothing but cruelty to let him carry on. Why doesn't someone put him - us - out of his misery and hospitalize him. It's not like the right lunatic fringe would be losing anything. Pense would step in and, by all accounts, he's a great deal worse than Trump politically. But to put an obviously sick man on display like that is inhumane.
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ReplyDeleteHouse Votes to Restrain Trump’s War Powers [Click]
Andrew McCabe: Iran Isn’t Done Retaliating [Click]
Why Republicans Let Duncan Hunter Delay Resignation [Click]
Steyer qualifies for Democratic debate [Click] Fox News Poll in Nevada: Biden 23%, Sanders 17%, Steyer & Warren 12%, Buttigieg 6%, Yang 4%. Fox News Poll in South Carolina: Biden 36%, Steyer 15%, Sanders 14%, Warren 10%, Buttigieg 4%. Wisconsin: Biden 23%, Sanders 21%, Warren 13%, Buttigieg 9%, Bloomberg 7%; Biden and Sanders both lead Trump.
Amy Walter, in The Cook Political Report: The Durability Advantage (of Biden and Sanders) [Click]
https://medium.com/@ronaldwdixon/the-long-list-of-reasons-why-i-will-never-vote-for-joe-biden-c44554c57093
ReplyDelete"... from a pragmatic and strategic perspective, what would electing Biden do for the country in the long-term? We’d return to a post-Trump status quo which would fail to meet the needs of the middle and lower classes in terms of healthcare, climate change, wage stagnation, and more. He’d also fail to bring about the voter enthusiasm needed to turn Congress blue, whereby making it difficult to even undo Trump’s mess, whereas a Sanders campaign in the general election would substantially endanger the Congressional power that the Republican Party holds, and even challenge the corporatism that plagues legislative Democrats. Indeed, not only would a Biden presidency do nothing for the socio-economically disadvantaged, but it would also allow a Republican candidate to easily challenge and defeat Biden in 2024 or 2028, under the same Trump-esque banner of faux-populism."
At this point I figure that I will vote for Bernie in the primary election, and will vote for him or Warren in the general election should either of them be the nominee. Since my vote in the general election is really of no consequence (whoever or whatever the Dems nominate will win California), if someone other than Bernie or Warren should be the Dem candidate, I am free to vote third party [Green, Peace & Freedom] as a protest. OK, I'm a grumpy old pinko.
DeleteShove over, Alan, make room for me. Massachusetts is also pretty much guaranteed to go for whoever or whatever the DNC nominates, which is liberating. If they don't nominate Sanders, and maybe even if they nominate Warren (depending how morose I'm feeling at the time), I'll vote for Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate.
DeleteUnfortunately, I can't just get on a bus or train and escape to Canada; but I do not want to live in a country under a second Trump term. And that's what we'll have if those idiots nominate Biden.
Well, Canada has its own political problems, if that's any relief. [HA!]
DeleteI see that Warren is leading the field in Mass.
That doesn't surprise me. Favorite daughter, and all that.
DeleteOnly 28% of Am*rican voters can find Iran on a map of the Middle East. [Click] Limiting the map to the Middle East is cheating. They probably had the borders of the countries marked, too.
ReplyDeleteWell, it doesn't inspire me with confidence that they couldn't spell 'American' in their headline.
DeleteI'm not sure what to make of that asterisk, Cat; but it seems to have been purposeful, and was probably meant to convey something (that escapes me).
DeleteBernie is on Colbert tonight!!
ReplyDeleteGee, thanks; I will have to look it up.
DeleteWarren’s Surprising Closing Argument [Click] From Politico.com, but if accurate it seems plausible. I repost the Amy Walter essay for comparison: The Durability Advantage [Click] Also for comparison: Occam’s Election; The simplest answer is also the most likely. Why is everyone discounting it? [Click] I am most interested in the results of the Iowa poll that will be published tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteWhile looking for a place online to see the Bernie segment online from the beginning, I came across this:
ReplyDeleteBernie Sanders will be on with Stephen Colbert tonight, but he got some good new from an Reuters/IPSOS poll putting him in first place nationally with 17%, Joe Biden with 15% and Elizabeth Warren with 10%.
YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!
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