TRUMP - Just because.....................Naw, I just can't say it!
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The Trump campaign is falling apart at the seams and no one seems to be capable of righting the ship.
Then why bother posting about it, sgg? You seem obsessed with something that - according to you - is all but defunct.
I TOLD YOU SO will be very sweet indeed, and repeated often.
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In theory the voters can sort the sheep from the goats, the evil politician from the wholesome politician.
I disagree.
The problem with our system is the feedback cycle takes too long. In a parliamentary system, the minute the party-in-power strays from voter mood, that party can be challenged and voted out. It makes parties that much more accountable and therefore more careful about the promises they make. In the US we elect short-term dictators - politicians that make all sorts of promises just to get elected, knowing full well that should they fall short, they won't be held accountable until the next election cycle.
And it makes voters cynical and disenfranchised. Except for the people who've really drunk deep of their party's kool-aid - like, for example, people who really think hillary is going to reform obamacare, provide good jobs, or that Trump could actually launch nuclear war on his whim alone - voters know that the promises made are beyond pointless, and that any new person is likely to be just as bad as the old one.
And there's nothing they can do about it.
I TOLD YOU SO will be very sweet indeed, and repeated often.
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Comey ... Why would he inform Congress of an ongoing investigation? Isn't he supposed to stay neutral?
Other FBI investigations have been made public from the start - Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, Nixon and Watergate. I honestly don't see why all the outrage. It's well within historical norms.
How is it that Colin Powell isn't facing the same scrutiny?
The rules changed after Powell. the rules governing electronic communication changed considerably — and got more strict — between Powell's time in office and Clinton's. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/19/hillary-clin
tons-colin-powell-did-it-defense-of-her-email-practices-is-just-plain-wrong/
I TOLD YOU SO will be very sweet indeed, and repeated often.
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Quote:Huh? Socialism is an economic system; it is a description of "who owns what". A democracy ... well, in reality a what we have is a representative democracy ... is a political system; it describes how laws are written.
Read this carefully folks. I don't have time now but I will be back to break this down.... OK, I'm back = THUGR
A single person making decisions will always be more agile and more forceful than a deliberative body of 600+ people, who will invariably take time to think things over and compromise. That is why I think that ANY organization should never have a unitary position, like President or Chair or CEO. I know I've posted about that more than once!- SIGNY
What we have in fact, is three separate branches of government that assures a stringent thought process, debate and compromise before policy is made law. The executive, legislative and judicial branches. So why does SIG constantly attack our system and suggest we change it? She tells us having a president, chairperson or CEO is a bad thing. What she describes as what she wants is pure Socialism.= THUGR
Quote:Again, you seem to be very confused. Most people - you included- conflate socialism with tyranny and capitalism with democracy. What I was pointing out is that it is possible to have democratic capitalism and democratic socialism and tyrannical capitalism and tyrannical socialism. And what I'm advocating is decentralization.
Everything controlled by a central government.
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And yet she continually champions the republican party.
No. Here I am, pissed off at Bush and Cheney
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Since Conyers is being browbeaten by the Dems NOT to look into the misdeeds of the Bush/ Cheney administration, others Dems are taking the bull by the horns. So if you want to add your voice to the chorus of Cheney! go here....
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And here I am, pissed off at one of Bush's executive orders
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Or the Secret Service, CIA, FBI, and the President Himself. (Mistaken renditions, people cleared from motorcade areas, invading Iraq because it posed an "imminet threat". Sheesh!)
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Here I am, angrily quoting Bush
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A dictatorship would be a heck-of a lot easier; as long as I’m dictator.
This is an impressive crowd - the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elites; I call you my base.
A lot of folks don't think I can string a sentence together, so when I was able to do so, it uh - Expectations were so low, all I had to do was say, 'Hi, I'm George W. Bush.'
Well, as I say, we haven't heard much from him. (ObL) And I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.
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Quote:Since I've proved you wrong, I guess I don't have to address this again.
The party that promotes the purist form of capitalism and works diligently to cut our existing social programs.
Quote:No, I was trying to explain the difference between a political system and an economic one. The Founding Fathers and the Constitution describes our political organization, but doesn't address an economic system. So, let me ask you a question: Did you see any reference to capitalism in the Constitution???
Below is a quote of her promoting socialism and bashing capitalism.
Yeah I thought not!
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What I should have said was- Democracy is a political system. It describes how our government is made up, and how our laws our made. Usually, it has something to do with a vote.
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Quote:Bernie does not agree with your fundamental position.
Originally posted by 1kiki:
In the US we elect short-term dictators - politicians that make all sorts of promises just to get elected, knowing full well that should they fall short, they won't be held accountable until the next election cycle.
And it makes voters cynical and disenfranchised. Except for the people who've really drunk deep of their party's kool-aid - like, for example, people who really think hillary is going to reform obamacare, provide good jobs, or that Trump could actually launch nuclear war on his whim alone - voters know that the promises made are beyond pointless, and that any new person is likely to be just as bad as the old one.
And there's nothing they can do about it.
Bernie answers https://newrepublic.com/article/137103/bernie-looks-ahead
Q: All right, let’s talk about the young voters you mentioned. During the primaries, almost three-quarters of voters under the age of 30 cast their ballots for you. What do you say to your younger supporters who don’t plan to vote for Clinton because they see her as too establishment-oriented?
Look, I ran against Hillary for over a year, so I understand where she is coming from. For me, this is not a tough choice. I am a United States senator, and I know what would happen to our government if Donald Trump became president. I think Donald Trump is the worst candidate for a major party that has surfaced in my lifetime. This guy would be a disaster for this country and an embarrassment to us internationally. A man who is a pathological liar. Somebody who, to the degree that he deals with issues at all, changes his position every day. That is clearly not the kind of mentality we need from somebody who is running for the highest office in the land.
What is particularly outrageous and disturbing is that the cornerstone of his campaign is based on bigotry—trying to turn people against Mexican-Americans or against Muslims or against women. To my mind, it’s very clear that Donald Trump would be an incredible disaster to this country, and I will do everything I can to see that he is defeated.
Q: But is there a case to be made for Hillary, solely on her own merits?
On a number of issues, I believe Hillary Clinton’s positions are quite strong. I was happy to negotiate an agreement with her in the party’s platform which said that she would support making public colleges and universities tuition-free for families making $125,000 or less. That is pretty revolutionary. That will not only transform the ability of people to go to college, it will have an impact on kids in elementary school today who know that if they study hard, they can get a college education. She and I also agreed to a doubling of the expansion of community health centers. That’s tens of millions more people who will have access to primary health care and dental care and low-cost prescription drugs and mental health counseling. I want to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and I think Clinton is open to moving in that direction, to at least $12 an hour. She supports infrastructure projects that will put millions of people back to work. She understands the significance of not acting on climate change, while Donald Trump does not believe that climate change is real, which is a real threat to the planet.
So what I would ask people is to take a hard look at (a) what a Donald Trump presidency would mean for this country, which in my view would be a disaster, and (b) how Clinton’s views on a number of issues are fairly good. That is what we should be focusing on—not the personalities of the candidates, but what their policies will do for the middle class and working families of this country.
Q: You certainly played a major role in pushing Clinton to the left on some key issues, at least in the party’s platform. But many of your supporters don’t believe that Hillary really supports those positions or will make good on those promises. They
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Bernie seems to be speaking for himself. I'm talking about voter turnout, which has run between 52 - 64% in the last 4 presidential election cycles, and voter apathy.
But all of this is beside the point. hillary's going to win.
I TOLD YOU SO will be very sweet indeed, and repeated often.
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Quote:There is a one-third chance Trump will be President, so it is not beside the point. And there is certainty that a Republican will be elected President in 2020 if Trump loses next week. Sixteen years in a row of Democratic Presidents looks impossible. The points Bernie made in his interview should be kept in mind for the next four years, no matter what happens this month.
Originally posted by 1kiki:
But all of this is beside the point. hillary's going to win.
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/#now
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There is a one-third chance Trump will be President ...
Whether or not hillary's elected, she'll win. It's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes.
I predict she'll win. And my prediction is based on the documented extensive collusion between her campaign, the DNC, the Justice Department, the Obama administration, and the media; as well as the proven hackability of electronic voting where there's no paper trail.
It's clear she's meant to win. And so, she will.
I TOLD YOU SO will be very sweet indeed, and repeated often.
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Quote:So now that you're discovering the possibility of a GOP President in the near future - perhaps the VERY near future - you're rediscovering your liberal principles???
The points Bernie made in his interview should be kept in mind for the next four years, no matter what happens this month.
MY, HOW CONVENIENT!
You should have thought of that BEFORE you started thumping for one of the most corrupt politicians in the pantheon, and his wife. Maybe next time you'll think about that BEFORE you attach yourself to the asshole of the Democratic Party.
Hillary is a WAR CANDIDATE, and that's just what we need, right? More war?
G, THUGR, MAL4: Oh BTW, please define intelligence.
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Quote:Every single time you make comments like that I think that Signym spends too much time in troll mode. Neither Bernie nor I agree with your evaluation of what President Trump would do. Or that Hillary is the worst of the two. I'll give you Bernie's comments on Trump. Everyone in the world, including conservative Republicans who won't vote for Trump or Hillary, knows Bernie's truth about Trump:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So now that you're discovering the possibility of a GOP President in the near future - perhaps the VERY near future - you're rediscovering your liberal principles???
MY, HOW CONVENIENT!
You should have thought of that BEFORE you started thumping for one of the most corrupt politicians in the pantheon, and his wife. Maybe next time you'll think about that BEFORE you attach yourself to the asshole of the Democratic Party.
Look, I ran against Hillary for over a year, so I understand where she is coming from. For me, this is not a tough choice. I am a United States senator, and I know what would happen to our government if Donald Trump became president. I think Donald Trump is the worst candidate for a major party that has surfaced in my lifetime. This guy would be a disaster for this country and an embarrassment to us internationally. A man who is a pathological liar. Somebody who, to the degree that he deals with issues at all, changes his position every day. That is clearly not the kind of mentality we need from somebody who is running for the highest office in the land.
What is particularly outrageous and disturbing is that the cornerstone of his campaign is based on bigotry—trying to turn people against Mexican-Americans or against Muslims or against women. To my mind, it’s very clear that Donald Trump would be an incredible disaster to this country, and I will do everything I can to see that he is defeated.
https://newrepublic.com/article/137103/bernie-looks-ahead
The following is real. It is not a satire. (Well, it is a satire but it is so close to describing Trump's actual speech-making that it is true. ) Donald Trump's speeches were written by a temperamental child. And then Trump actually gives the speech.
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