"Do you think that endorsing a losing candidate will impair Bernie's standing?"
I don't think this is about Bernie at all. (And I think Bernie would agree with me.) I think this is about who is going to best Sen. Mitch McConnell. Doesn't it say, though, that Bernie and AOC have no confidence in Amy McGrath? And doesn't that do violence to her chances? Many people have been contributing to McGrath for the better part of a year, and suddenly they are supposed to shift their loyalties. You know they will not all do that, but some will. And that will serve to split the anti-McConnell vote.
"Doesn't it say, though, that Bernie and AOC have no confidence in Amy McGrath?" No, it doesn't say that at all. It says that Charles can also beat McConnell and when he does he will be a better Senator than McGrath would have been. "And that will serve to split the anti-McConnell vote." This is NOT a jungle primary. The winner will be the Democratic nominee facing McConnell in the general election. There's no question of "splitting the vote." (And do I need to add that, typically, a contested primary strengthens the winning candidate?)
Which reminds me that despite all the oohing and aahing among professional commentators about "revelations" in Bolton's book, I have yet to hear anything from it that we did not already either know or reasonably suppose.
It's their job...a job for empty-headed twits IMO. I wonder what all these punnets and talking heads would do if tomorrow every cable news channel and political web site was wiped off the face of the earth? Not a mother's son of them would know how to make an honest buck.
Cat—here’s that [or a] photo of Trump returning to the White House, at the top of the column: The Night Trump Stopped Trying [Click] “Coming home from Tulsa, the intensely image-conscious president no longer looked like a winner.”
🖤 🤍 🤎 ❤️ 💛 🖤 Incase you missed it... "Teaching kids about Social Justice and Racism" Oak Meadow School (the school we bought our home schooling curriculum from years ago!) is *giving away* it's Social Justice curriculum through June 24th.
OHIO: As of Monday afternoon, there have been at least 45,537 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 2,704 deaths, and 7,292 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
The mail carrier did a good job for us today. Last week we received what sure looked like a bill for 2016 state taxes adjustment, so I paid it by direct transfer. Today we received a refund! It's not a lot, but if they insist I am certainly willing to accept.
I also received my one outstanding order for (artist grade) watercolors from Russia (manufactured in St. Peterssburg, these shipped from Novosibersk, no less). They come by surface post, so very slowly by our standards, but postage is only $5.99 and the colors themselves are $1.99 (about $6.50 to $8.50 each retail in the US). The dollar must be very strong against the ruble; before WWI they were roughly at par--large silver coins.
Nine hand sanitizers could be toxic, US government warns [Click] Methanol (wood alcohol) instead of ethanol (grain alcohol). That’s kind of new. I was rather surprised to learn several years ago how much methanol was in illicit drinks back during Prohibition and how few people actually died or were blinded by it.
Tried to post this before, but my internet went down:
Six months ago Bernie had his on campaign to pursue and nobody thought Booker had a chance. There was no real point in endorsing Charles until he had shown he was a competitive candidate with a real chance. It might have been good to make the endorsement a few weeks earlier. But if this turns out to be too late, what does it matter, really? Do you think that endorsing a losing candidate will impair Bernie's standing?
For me, it's not so much backing a loser as sticking his nose in at the last minute when McGraph has been working her arss off for months, and had finally started to gain ground. Yes, however eloquent Bernie may be in his e-mails and however much I believe in his message, it angers me very greatly that he just came waltzing in and basically fucked McGraph. Sorry for the blue language, but sometimes that's what's called for. And I'll never look at Bernie quite the same way after this. In short, he has lost my respect. It was a dirty thing he did, and that reflects backwards on everything else.
But that point is not at issue. No matter who wins the primary we're all going to be backing her or him to beat McConnell. We don't know, but there is no objective reason to assume one has a better chance than the other. The point at issue is why Bernie waited so long to endorse Booker, and the answer is that it would have been nonsensical to to do before Booker's hard work in Kentucky had given him a real shot at winning. I must say that I'm confused by your last sentence. As far as I can see, a Booker victory has the same effect whether Bernie endorsed him or not. And if he loses, again, how does Bernie's endorsement change anything?
Repulsive! Surely, though, it's also very pubescent? I mean, it sounds like the sort of garbage twelve-year-olds would lap up. No adult would fall for such bilge! It just underlines how deeply sick Trump is. It occurs to me that rather than Leavenworth, he should have lifetime accommodations at St. Elizabeth's.
I wasn't sure whether St. Elizabeths Hospital was still operational; evidently it is, although greatly reduced in size and services compared to a century ago.
Mystique? Please! In order to have a mystique, a person has to have charisma or, at the very least, a modicum of personality. Biden's got about as much mystique as a wet rag!
Reply on the previous thread.
ReplyDelete"Do you think that endorsing a losing candidate will impair Bernie's standing?"
DeleteI don't think this is about Bernie at all. (And I think Bernie would agree with me.) I think this is about who is going to best Sen. Mitch McConnell. Doesn't it say, though, that Bernie and AOC have no confidence in Amy McGrath? And doesn't that do violence to her chances? Many people have been contributing to McGrath for the better part of a year, and suddenly they are supposed to shift their loyalties. You know they will not all do that, but some will. And that will serve to split the anti-McConnell vote.
"Doesn't it say, though, that Bernie and AOC have no confidence in Amy McGrath?" No, it doesn't say that at all. It says that Charles can also beat McConnell and when he does he will be a better Senator than McGrath would have been.
Delete"And that will serve to split the anti-McConnell vote." This is NOT a jungle primary. The winner will be the Democratic nominee facing McConnell in the general election. There's no question of "splitting the vote." (And do I need to add that, typically, a contested primary strengthens the winning candidate?)
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ReplyDeleteMysterious too!
DeleteNow to do some virtual narrowboat cruising on the canals of England.
ReplyDeleteSamuel G Freedman: Stop comparing Trump to the infamous racist George Wallace. It's unfair to Wallace [Click] Doesn’t tell the complete story, but does tell enough IMO. I particularly remember the story of Shirley Chisolm’s visit to Wallace in the hospital. [Click]
ReplyDeleteFrom the weirdness files: Nigel Farage Scores Entry To US For Trump’s Rally Under ‘National Interest’ Allowance [Click]
ReplyDeleteWhich reminds me that despite all the oohing and aahing among professional commentators about "revelations" in Bolton's book, I have yet to hear anything from it that we did not already either know or reasonably suppose.
DeleteIt's their job...a job for empty-headed twits IMO. I wonder what all these punnets and talking heads would do if tomorrow every cable news channel and political web site was wiped off the face of the earth? Not a mother's son of them would know how to make an honest buck.
DeleteCat—here’s that [or a] photo of Trump returning to the White House, at the top of the column: The Night Trump Stopped Trying [Click] “Coming home from Tulsa, the intensely image-conscious president no longer looked like a winner.”
ReplyDeleteWaPo: As Trump slumps, his campaign fixes on a target: Women [Click]
ReplyDeleteWaPo: Trump’s campaign has no clue how to solve this problem: What is he going to do with his time for five months? [Click]
WaPo: For Trump, every [imagined] enemy is simultaneously terrifying and incompetent [Click] “Conspiratorial enemies aren’t meant to be beaten — they’re meant to be eternally fought.” Nice analogy with the Freemasons and Illuminati.
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ReplyDeleteIncase you missed it...
"Teaching kids about Social Justice and Racism"
Oak Meadow School (the school we bought our home schooling curriculum from years ago!) is *giving away* it's Social Justice curriculum through June 24th.
https://www.oakmeadow.com/teaching-kids-about-social-justice-racism/?utm_source=oakmeadow.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blm-statement&fbclid=IwAR3va1b77wUIn95T7Q3ZbNuIFH6XPt793H3K__BZDecIx-lsLIz0gGzPylw
Interesting. Blogger doesn't recognise a black heart, white heart or brown heart.
DeleteOHIO: As of Monday afternoon, there have been at least 45,537 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 2,704 deaths, and 7,292 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
ReplyDelete5.938% (better!)
DeleteThe mail carrier did a good job for us today. Last week we received what sure looked like a bill for 2016 state taxes adjustment, so I paid it by direct transfer. Today we received a refund! It's not a lot, but if they insist I am certainly willing to accept.
ReplyDeleteI also received my one outstanding order for (artist grade) watercolors from Russia (manufactured in St. Peterssburg, these shipped from Novosibersk, no less). They come by surface post, so very slowly by our standards, but postage is only $5.99 and the colors themselves are $1.99 (about $6.50 to $8.50 each retail in the US). The dollar must be very strong against the ruble; before WWI they were roughly at par--large silver coins.
Nine hand sanitizers could be toxic, US government warns [Click] Methanol (wood alcohol) instead of ethanol (grain alcohol). That’s kind of new. I was rather surprised to learn several years ago how much methanol was in illicit drinks back during Prohibition and how few people actually died or were blinded by it.
ReplyDeleteBill Thomasson6/22/2020 01:20:00 AM
ReplyDeleteTried to post this before, but my internet went down:
Six months ago Bernie had his on campaign to pursue and nobody thought Booker had a chance. There was no real point in endorsing Charles until he had shown he was a competitive candidate with a real chance. It might have been good to make the endorsement a few weeks earlier. But if this turns out to be too late, what does it matter, really? Do you think that endorsing a losing candidate will impair Bernie's standing?
For me, it's not so much backing a loser as sticking his nose in at the last minute when McGraph has been working her arss off for months, and had finally started to gain ground. Yes, however eloquent Bernie may be in his e-mails and however much I believe in his message, it angers me very greatly that he just came waltzing in and basically fucked McGraph. Sorry for the blue language, but sometimes that's what's called for. And I'll never look at Bernie quite the same way after this. In short, he has lost my respect. It was a dirty thing he did, and that reflects backwards on everything else.
So how would you have felt if Booker had won without Bernie's endorsement? That looked like a very real possibility, which is the whole point.
DeleteI don't follow. What was the whole point? Being on the winning side?
DeleteI thought the whole point is for ANYONE to beat McConnell.
Why would I mind if Booker won fair and square without Bernie's endorsement?
But that point is not at issue. No matter who wins the primary we're all going to be backing her or him to beat McConnell. We don't know, but there is no objective reason to assume one has a better chance than the other. The point at issue is why Bernie waited so long to endorse Booker, and the answer is that it would have been nonsensical to to do before Booker's hard work in Kentucky had given him a real shot at winning.
DeleteI must say that I'm confused by your last sentence. As far as I can see, a Booker victory has the same effect whether Bernie endorsed him or not. And if he loses, again, how does Bernie's endorsement change anything?
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ReplyDelete“You Know What to Do”: Decoding the Grotesque Symbolism of Trump’s Tulsa Rally [Click] Good Heavens—I had no idea it was so horrid.
Repulsive! Surely, though, it's also very pubescent? I mean, it sounds like the sort of garbage twelve-year-olds would lap up. No adult would fall for such bilge! It just underlines how deeply sick Trump is. It occurs to me that rather than Leavenworth, he should have lifetime accommodations at St. Elizabeth's.
DeleteI wasn't sure whether St. Elizabeths Hospital was still operational; evidently it is, although greatly reduced in size and services compared to a century ago.
DeleteThomas Frank: What's behind Joe Biden's mystique? [Click]
ReplyDeleteMystique? Please! In order to have a mystique, a person has to have charisma or, at the very least, a modicum of personality. Biden's got about as much mystique as a wet rag!
DeleteHmmm... Sorry. I hope to be more positive and pleasant tomorrow.
DeleteThe word caused my eyebrows to raise too, but I see the fellow's point, and figure the choice of word is poetic license.
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