Algernon Moncrieff
Algernon Moncrieff's JournalKos: The Sanders Revolution Is What We Make It. Let's Not Make It Disappointing.
They are the revolution. They are what Bernie and his campaign, and especially it's early goals helped build. And we should rejoice in that. If youre a Bernie fan, or if youre in the Sanders campaign, I want to think of the legacy you can leave behind, beyond a presidential race.
Howard Dean left us DFA Democracy for America. The Sanders revolution can leave us candidates, hard working party members, the future of our county and state governments; schoolboard members and sheriffs. Ive seen it. Ive seen Sanders delegates commit to run for an office, commit to help someone else run for an office.
Thats the revolution.
If youre in the #BernieOrBust category, or if you're sending mean email, or if youre going to harass me or others who aren't Bernie enough, or if youre inside the Bernie campaign and you read this: dont steal from the supporters who worked hard, every day, something fantastic and beautiful they have built by telling them none of it matters if Bernie doesnt succeed. Because that isnt what you told us - and them last year. It isnt what you actually believe, either.
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If I were a wagering man, I'd bet Trump will put Susanna Martinez on as Veep
Yes - I know about the hotel/drinking incident. At this point, it just adds to the reality-TV culture driving the entire process over there.
Who will win the epic Paul Ryan vs. Sarah Palin smackdown???
See this post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7815701
Palin said in an interview that airs Sunday on "State of the Union" that her decision was sparked by Ryan's bombshell announcement to Tapper last week that he wasn't yet ready to support Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee. Palin endorsed Trump back in January.
"I think Paul Ryan is soon to be 'Cantored,' as in Eric Cantor," Palin said, referring to the former Republican House majority leader who was ousted in a shocking upset in 2014 when challenger Dave Brat ran to his right in a Virginia primary.
"His political career is over but for a miracle because he has so disrespected the will of the people, and as the leader of the GOP, the convention, certainly he is to remain neutral, and for him to already come out and say who he will not support is not a wise decision of his," Palin continued.
It's kinda like Godzilla vs. Mothra, but I'm not sure who is who in this case.
It's probably best for us if the Bernie v. Hillary battle continues unabated until at least June.
As long as neither side blows a bunch of money fighting the other side, keeping the battle front and center in the media is a good thing. "Trump is the presumptive nominee" stops being a story in a week or two, and stays a non-story until after the conventions. We can remain a story. Publicity is good.
Chelsea Clinton is 36
She can run as Veep in Hillary's second administration.
Then she can run for President in 2024.
3,154,991
According to Real Clear Politics (and they have no reason to lie), Hillary Clinton has 3,154,991 more voters than Bernie Sanders. Hillary has 12,150,597 while Senator Sanders has 8,995,606 votes.
Sanders has won 17 states. 10 states remain undecided. Hillary has won 23 states. Included among Hillary's states are New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, and Texas.
Hillary leads in pledged delegates 1645 to 1318. She leads in superdelegates 520 to 39. She leads in total delegates 2165 to 1357.
It's not undemocratic. Under the rules that both sides are forced to play by, Hillary Clinton is beating Bernie Sanders.
Clinton supporters have been accused of supporting the 1% and worshipping the wealthy and wanting a coronation and a bunch of other bullcrap. Here is irony that should not be lost on Sanders supporters:
1) In 2008, one of the talking points we had was that the Republicans were the party of old white men and that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama represented a more diverse future in American politics. In 2016, you now ask the party to accept that we were just kidding, and that we should elect a very old white guy.
2) You are now asking the party to accept that despite 3,154,991 more voters casting a ballot for Hillary Clinton than Bernie Sanders, that a backroom deal should be made at the convention to nominate Sanders because he happens to poll better against John Kasich than Hillary Clinton does at the moment.
3) Many of you are now hoping (some less privately than others) that an FBI investigation that sprung from a right wing smear campaign now delivers an indictment against Hillary Clinton. So you accuse Hillary supporters of siding with the 1% while, at the same time, aligning yourselves with Darrell Issa and Trey Gowdy.
Despite all of this, and my misgivings about Sanders at other levels, I repeat my pledge that if he is the party's nominee, he will have my vote in the general election. But stop pedaling this notion that Hillary and Bernie's relative delegate positions are undemocratic. There are 3,154,991 reasons it is democratic.
Vote for Democrats.
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Interesting comment just now from Buffett re: Wind Energy
Paraphrasing, he touted the benefits Iowa is getting from cheap wind energy and how it has attracted business like Google to Council Bluffs, as opposed to Nebraska, who has been slow to adapt wind power.
Anyone know why the Nikkei dropped 3.61% today?
Other markets were down today, but nothing unusual.
Men read horrible tweets directed at female sportswriters in PSA
Based on this posting from ESPN W
In an attempt to raise awareness about online bullying of women in sports, that is exactly what Just Not Sports did. In its new #MoreThanMean PSA, real men -- who were not the original authors of the messages -- read detestable tweets directed at sportswriters Julie DiCaro and espnW's Sarah Spain ... to their faces.
The men struggle with their delivery as they digest the vulgar messages, and eventually apologize on behalf of their entire gender.
Has the anonymity of the internet made us a more hateful society?
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