I can't see that at all, Bernie supporters are at complete odds with 99% of Trumps insane ideas. (I can't even call them policies)
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I can't see that at all, Bernie supporters are at complete odds with 99% of Trumps insane ideas. (I can't even call them policies)
Seeing very little to suggest PA is even. Florida I reckon is now in a better position for Dems than '12, even the Cubans hate him. We'll have to see how things change now he's confirmed as the nominee though.
Let's just call them "dirge", or "swill".
He will pivot - he is a much better salesman and charismatic person that the establishment ever gave him credit for.
He basically trounced the GOP and did it without tying himself to any group. He never courted conservatives, he is not beholden to any constituency, in fact he will run to the left of Hillary Clinton on many issues.
I think he will surprise many people.
Republican hacks are now calling for Merrick Garland to be confirmed ASAP. Can't make this up....
http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/05/04/republicans-confirm-merrick-garland-asap./
http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/05/04/republicans-confirm-merrick-garland-asap./
I have anecdotal evidence to the contrary. Several friends are so pissed with Hillary, they might vote for Trump.
Early days mind you.
They're idiots. Garland is a very strong candidate, and will be a good SC justice. They should have never blocked his nomination in the first place.
BTW, Barack will have some campaigning to do. He is well liked, and his ratings are higher than ever.
Bill cannot defend his wife, so many skeletons in his closet.
I'm sure Bill will be out on the trail in a muted way, much as he's been up til now. Obama, Sanders, and Warren will be the main ones though.
Still in Manhattan?
Suedesi is Sanders' primary advisor on how best to break up the big banks.
Apparently, this is not true.
Redstate.com is owned and controlled by Erick Erickson who is in the #nevertrumpever (apparently that's a thing now) and he and his colleagues are putting pressure on Establishment saying they are going to lose Senate and the GE because of trump.
All Dems at my church and work are voting for Hillary even though they voted for Sanders in the primary.
Oh yeah. Battery Park. Prime view on America's Cup on the 7th
I like Bernie, he's a decent human being.
I live in my own bubble (Northern California), but I don't know a single Bernie Dem voter would even consider for a moment voting for Trump.
Whether that's the case in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania may only be known to the gods.
That he is, although they are now proposing that whoever Hillary chooses would be worse for them, so there may be a bit more pressure to proceed with Garland, who if we're honest, is a pretty centrist nominee by Obama.
The bigger problem for the GOP is if Hillary wins, she will surely nominate at least one or two more justices since the likes of Breyer, Ginsburg and Kennedy are getting up in age.
So do I. He would've probably won had he got passed Hillary.
I know some people who feel the same way.
None of them were Bernie supporters either.. and all I would consider to be "democrats" in a normal setting.
But of the 4-5 people I talked to.. No one was keen on Hillary and a couple said they might consider Trump depending on how he acts once he wraps the nomination up..
Very small sample size... but I can imagine more people feeling that way.
Sad and pathetic. I seriously hope these Bernie supporters wakeup and lose the sour grapes. Voting for Trump or not voting at all or writing in a pick is disastrous as it moves Trump one vote closer to fecking this nation.
Saw this on FB page... thoughts?
We, the American people, built Trump, with much help from the GOP and media. Several factors combined to produce Trump.
1. The GOP outsourced its communication strategy to Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and the like. Those people and corporations are in the business of selling fear. For 20 years, they've been telling people that the only reasonable response to any event is fear -- fear of terrorism, of moderate Democrats like Obama, of losing their guns, of black people, of economic calamity, of homosexuals, of the rise of other countries, of disease, of Obamacare, etc. They've created an entire fear-based culture. Reagan, for all his many faults, was a sunny, optimistic fellow who told us it was morning in America. Now the message of the GOP (crafted by Fox/Limbaugh/Beck) is that America is a shithole where you are in terrible peril. So along comes Trump who cynically exploits those fears, fashions himself as a classic authoritarian strongman who promises to keep everyone safe by being "tough."
2. The GOP allowed itself to become, in Bobby Jindal's apt phrase, the party of stupid. It denied evolution. It denied global warming. It denied geology. It denied the need for any education beyond what might be needed to get a job. It kept returning to the theory that tax cuts would produce a booming economy, despite the fact that there was no evidence that that was so. (Kansas, anyone?) It denied the importance of facts themselves. Some Republicans even denied Enlightenment principles of scientific inquiry and discourse and embraced theocracy. And there was no intellectual enforcer like a Buckley who was willing or able to call out such stupidity. Stupid people are easy for carnival barkers like Trump to manipulate.
3. The GOP was infiltrated by and is now heavily dependent on religious literalists. As Barry Goldwater pointed out years ago, those people are impossible to work with in a democratic government because they refuse to compromise. If you are acting in accordance with God's law, then even the smallest deviation from that (i.e., the compromises democracy relies on for its very survival) becomes heresy. Though Trump is far from religious, he promises no-compromise tactics in defeating ISIS, in keeping Americans "safe."
4. The GOP became the party of the Lost Cause, the party of the south. Though it drives some of my Republican friends crazy to hear this said, the party went out of its way to embrace bigoted voters. And the party encouraged their racism, especially when Obama won the presidency. But for years, Republicans thought they had to couch their racism in dog whistles and cutesy allusions. Now comes Trump who proudly disdains polite speech and openly expresses his bigotry. And the reaction is delight and relief: finally, we can say what we really think and express our prejudices -- by voting for a man who does just that.
5. The GOP adopted Leninist tactics. "No enemies to the right" became its electoral message. No matter how kooky, antidemocratic, or reactionary you were, the GOP was willing to embrace you. And so unsurprisingly, the party moved right. Far, far right. Fear of being called a RINO drove party members to extreme positions. And at the extreme end of every ideology is authoritarianism (which is true of both left and right). Today the party bears almost no resemblance to the one my parents supported. So along comes Trump, whose ideology (to the extent he has one) isn't conservative, but is authoritarian. His very campaign slogan is revanchist: Make America great again. While his policies are not in line with past GOP policies, his tone and his authoritarian style are the inevitable result of the Republican's embrace of more and more extreme ideas.
6. Trump is a celebrity. He's best known as a reality TV personality, not a politician. We live in a culture that glorifies celebrities, but for years few celebrities have identified as Republicans. The entertainment industry is overwhelmingly moderate to liberal. For years, Republicans had to make do with C-list celebrity endorsements (Ted Nugent?). Suddenly, here comes an A-list guy and the Republican faithful are delighted. Finally, a celebrity who isn't a Democrat!
There are many other factors, of course. But these, I think, are a good starting point. As a liberal, I cop to feeling some schadenfreude at seeing the GOP in a Trumpian dilemma. But as an American, I am dismayed. Our democracy needs a principled, intellectually coherent, forward-looking conservative party. It doesn't have one now. And that's dangerous."
-Jim Trumm, 2/26/16 Facebook
We, the American people, built Trump, with much help from the GOP and media. Several factors combined to produce Trump.
1. The GOP outsourced its communication strategy to Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and the like. Those people and corporations are in the business of selling fear. For 20 years, they've been telling people that the only reasonable response to any event is fear -- fear of terrorism, of moderate Democrats like Obama, of losing their guns, of black people, of economic calamity, of homosexuals, of the rise of other countries, of disease, of Obamacare, etc. They've created an entire fear-based culture. Reagan, for all his many faults, was a sunny, optimistic fellow who told us it was morning in America. Now the message of the GOP (crafted by Fox/Limbaugh/Beck) is that America is a shithole where you are in terrible peril. So along comes Trump who cynically exploits those fears, fashions himself as a classic authoritarian strongman who promises to keep everyone safe by being "tough."
2. The GOP allowed itself to become, in Bobby Jindal's apt phrase, the party of stupid. It denied evolution. It denied global warming. It denied geology. It denied the need for any education beyond what might be needed to get a job. It kept returning to the theory that tax cuts would produce a booming economy, despite the fact that there was no evidence that that was so. (Kansas, anyone?) It denied the importance of facts themselves. Some Republicans even denied Enlightenment principles of scientific inquiry and discourse and embraced theocracy. And there was no intellectual enforcer like a Buckley who was willing or able to call out such stupidity. Stupid people are easy for carnival barkers like Trump to manipulate.
3. The GOP was infiltrated by and is now heavily dependent on religious literalists. As Barry Goldwater pointed out years ago, those people are impossible to work with in a democratic government because they refuse to compromise. If you are acting in accordance with God's law, then even the smallest deviation from that (i.e., the compromises democracy relies on for its very survival) becomes heresy. Though Trump is far from religious, he promises no-compromise tactics in defeating ISIS, in keeping Americans "safe."
4. The GOP became the party of the Lost Cause, the party of the south. Though it drives some of my Republican friends crazy to hear this said, the party went out of its way to embrace bigoted voters. And the party encouraged their racism, especially when Obama won the presidency. But for years, Republicans thought they had to couch their racism in dog whistles and cutesy allusions. Now comes Trump who proudly disdains polite speech and openly expresses his bigotry. And the reaction is delight and relief: finally, we can say what we really think and express our prejudices -- by voting for a man who does just that.
5. The GOP adopted Leninist tactics. "No enemies to the right" became its electoral message. No matter how kooky, antidemocratic, or reactionary you were, the GOP was willing to embrace you. And so unsurprisingly, the party moved right. Far, far right. Fear of being called a RINO drove party members to extreme positions. And at the extreme end of every ideology is authoritarianism (which is true of both left and right). Today the party bears almost no resemblance to the one my parents supported. So along comes Trump, whose ideology (to the extent he has one) isn't conservative, but is authoritarian. His very campaign slogan is revanchist: Make America great again. While his policies are not in line with past GOP policies, his tone and his authoritarian style are the inevitable result of the Republican's embrace of more and more extreme ideas.
6. Trump is a celebrity. He's best known as a reality TV personality, not a politician. We live in a culture that glorifies celebrities, but for years few celebrities have identified as Republicans. The entertainment industry is overwhelmingly moderate to liberal. For years, Republicans had to make do with C-list celebrity endorsements (Ted Nugent?). Suddenly, here comes an A-list guy and the Republican faithful are delighted. Finally, a celebrity who isn't a Democrat!
There are many other factors, of course. But these, I think, are a good starting point. As a liberal, I cop to feeling some schadenfreude at seeing the GOP in a Trumpian dilemma. But as an American, I am dismayed. Our democracy needs a principled, intellectually coherent, forward-looking conservative party. It doesn't have one now. And that's dangerous."
-Jim Trumm, 2/26/16 Facebook
Not really. They are even bringing up good points as to why they would never vote for Hilary. If I was a Bernie supporter (I would have voted him if I was American) I sure as hell wouldn't vote Clinton.
The prophetic Ann...
Again, if someone on reddit prefers Trump and calls themself a Democrat or liberal, I'm calling them a cnut.
Tbf, a Democrat can be a bigoted conservative.
True.
When it actually comes to voting, pretty much anyone who is left of centre on American politics is going to reluctantly vote for Clinton, I feel.
Which is why she'll win (unless there's a major terrorist attack on the US). She's acceptable enough to the left, when it comes down to it, and she's as moderate as they come, for the centre ground.
Which is why she'll win (unless there's a major terrorist attack on the US). She's acceptable enough to the left, when it comes down to it, and she's as moderate as they come, for the centre ground.
Btw, Google searches for Gary Johnson spiked yesterday. So much for being a unifier 
This is where I find it interesting, even healthy, about Trump. He´s called out Bush and Cheney about their lies and mishandling of the war in a very vicious way, unheard of as to now. Has called out Wall Street that "they didn´t build America, hinted that there´s a lot of paper pushers getting wealthy, has spoken, along with Bernie, about these guys rigging the system, called for higher capital gains taxes, completely bollocked the GOP orthodoxy of outsourcing and the walmart economy, and really insulted other high ranking Republicans repeatedly in an ugly way. ´Im mean, you´ve got posters on here (not me) who insist that Trump is quite liberal.
I think he really appeals to the huge, douchey side of America that doesn´t get the fruits of trickle down and the typical Republican economic propaganda of "free markets" and bending over backwards for corporations and the donor class, yet votes Republican because they share the bigoted, nasty, all American, U-S-A #1, not very well educated or cultivated, religious side the party also represents.
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Reddit's politics sections are generally, abhorrent. Seems like a waste of time to read them at all.
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/31888456/tow-truck-owner-bernie-sanders
Pinched from the newbies, what an asshole.
Glad to see our Prime Minister is sticking to his principles and not cow-towing.
To be frank, the U.K recent collection of Prime Ministers going back all the way to Thatcher was nothing to crow about. Hamfecker just continues the tradition.
Ugh. Feck off David.
That said, the image of a joint press-conference of Prime Minister Miliband and President Trump from a parallel universe just came into my head.
I don't think it'll be near that big come the end, but it's a switch you'd expect and could put Texas in play (among others).
Maher's predictable faux comedian, bong smoke political observation schtick is really terrible.
Coulter was correct, but she is still insane.
Not so sure I'm inclined to respect President Trump, or indeed Le Pen.
In fairness, he does have to be on stable terms given the close relations both countries have.
With any luck, it shall no longer be a concern of Cameron's who the US president is in November.
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We can't have close relations with either country with these people in charge (unless Trump decides Muslims and Mexicans are okay after all - Le Pen certainly won't).
What camp are you in, at present?
Broken clock twice a day etc etc, even Schmoe Scarborough called it correctly for Drumpf before Iowa.
Still would though.
There are far more issues on the table for both states than Trump's primary rhetoric.
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