11.13.2016, 07:16 PM | #1761 |
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I just want to interject something here, without pointing fingers or casting blame...
While I think discussing where she may have faltered is important and necessary, I think it is inappropriate to insult or condemn Hillary Clinton. For all of her faults, the truth is that she is the woman who put her entire life and everything she had into fighting the man we're all so afraid of in the most public and direct way possible. She has suffered countless indignities for her efforts -- she has been called a "cow," a "cunt," a "bitch" and worse by Trump's supporters and countless others, but she didn't let it phase her. She was without question the most qualified and tested candidate for the job, and I don't believe anyone should blame her for knowing that about herself, being proud of that, and fighting like hell to take this monstrosity on. It's fine to question her methods. It's fine to think it should have been someone else. But ultimately, it wasn't someone else. It was her. And she deserves respect, if only for her commitment to keeping Trump where he belonged. She is a human being. She has known plenty of struggle in her life, and it's disrespectful to insult her for overcoming obstacles and building a name and career for herself. And again, she deserves respect simply for fighting this fight, and being the last line of defense between us and him. Just my two cents. Not singling anyone out. Just thinking out loud. |
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11.13.2016, 07:47 PM | #1762 |
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there was a better line of defense, who could have successfully defended. she conspired to get rid of him.
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11.13.2016, 08:01 PM | #1763 | |
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11.13.2016, 08:01 PM | #1764 | |
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Again, yeah she's full of faults, did tons of shit wrong. But I believe SHE believed she had the best chance of defeating Trump, and she fought him while the rest of the world watched. Bernie, for all his greatness, spent far too much time fighting Hillary. And if HRC alienated working class voters with her splinter causes and rhetoric, how would Bernie have REALLY fared? The data was fucked, and could have been way back when Bernie was favored over Trump by 10 points. All I'm saying is she tried. She is not the sole cause of this. Just by facing down that bully, and by maintaining her composure when Trump brought out three of her husband's former mistresses at a presidential debate... can you imagine? Maybe I'm thinking of my mom and grandmother here also, but it takes courage to endure what HRC has endured. And she fought the devil and lost, and I believe we should thank her for that, and be respectful. Again, just my two cents. Kathleen McKinnon nailed that SNL opening, and it made me think a great deal about just how nasty the world has been for his woman. I don't think it's fair to shit on her right now. |
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11.13.2016, 08:46 PM | #1765 |
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who called her what where? i haven't seen any of that here
as for bernie winning, i just can't believe it. the u.s. is a center-right country. people don't expect government to create jobs. spooking away industries and millionaires with threats of taxation would do nothing for the economy--they'd just move elsewhere. lol i sound like a supply-side economist but no. of course companies need to be taxed, but "tax the rich" isn't a winning platform in the united states. it can be too easily countered as "an attack on job creators." already happened with obama. americans in general don't really envy the rich. so that platform is a dead end. the way to create good jobs in today's global economy is to have highly skilled workers, not to race to the bottom on taxation and education. look at silicon valley-- it's expensive, it's in a high-tax area, but it continues to be an economic engine because it attracts and support the most capable people and it's serviced/surrounded by top-level universities. is any politician talking about worker training? improving education? matching skills with industry needs? i don't think so. a pity. a waste. foolish. anyway the bernie/hillary discussion continues (in a way) within the democratic party and that's what matters now. who will take the reins of the DNC and in what direction will they take it? will it be an establishment person or will it be a change agent? it's a huuuuuuuuuge debate right now and that's what we should be focusing on now. picking the right leader. some people are saying "you can't do this during a funeral" but in india people get cremated right away so let's do that & mourn the dead candidacy of what could have been our first woman president and let's consider that in 2018 the democrats will be defending a lot of house seats and they have way fewer state legislatures so let's drop the ashes into the ganges and get to work. way back at the beginning of this thread i posted some studies from a teixeira guy talking about reconnecting the democrats with the workers-- also let's not forget the rural people and see about rebuilding the grassroots. too much liberal elitism has alienated the democratic party from huge chunks of the country. this needs to fucking change. listen the podcast of this morning's "meet the press" for more of that-- it was a pretty good show. (or if you have good internet watch it on the nbc app) |
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11.13.2016, 09:50 PM | #1766 |
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I wasn't really specifically talking to anyone here. Just interjecting a thought, as some of the posts seemed to be leaning to a more insulting tone. I've just heard a lot of HRC shaming (one article I found yesterday actually had "Hillary Clinton is objectively terrible" as the lead. That shit pisses me off, as it's patently untrue and not cheeky or funny) and I guess I wanted to get ahead of it.
Re: grassroots organizing in rural communities. LOVE it. Would quit my job to join up with an effort like this if it paid the bills (guy's gotta live). But how to start? Particularly in small towns where "Clinton" is a four-letter word now. Reputations explode as a result of people in small communities going against the tide. Sad... horrible, but true. |
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11.14.2016, 10:28 AM | #1768 | |
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here in new mexico, particularly, where gary johnson was governor once upon a time, hillary got 48%, trump 40%, and johnson 9% (his highest result nationally i believe). so if you believe that most libertarians tend to be disgruntled republicans, trump could have beaten hillary without johnson. not that all 9% would have gone his way. but yeah, likely closer. and those razor-thin margins that trump used to win could have been bigger without johnson (hypothetically anyway). IN ANY CASE, i'm not as sore at 3rd party voters as severian was, and i think his reaction was momentarily brought by despair. i sure didn't want trump to win but always thought of it as a possibility-- i was "ready". i do have a question for you though, because i'm curious-- you voted for johnson knowing full well he wouldn't win, so i assume that you like libertarian ideals. if that's the case-- do you stay active and follow the libertarians and support them the rest of the year, next year, etc? dor do you throw them your vote once, and then do it again 4 years? this is not a trick question btw ha ha ha-- i'm really curious. i'd like to see 3rd parties grow into more of a serious thing but don't see it happening right now. so maybe it's happening and i don't know. |
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11.14.2016, 04:51 PM | #1769 | |
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Probably not good, and I know not as actively, as I could, but I try to. I want to try and get more involved in some way with local ACLU groups, or at least try and send some willingly given money their way.
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11.14.2016, 06:36 PM | #1770 | |
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so i'm guessing you're a disgruntled liberal instead of republican? or none of the above? anyway, this got me reading reason.com and i found a bunch of interesting articles about the election-- some against hillary, some against trump, etc. fun stuff to read right now. |
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11.14.2016, 06:43 PM | #1771 | |
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11.14.2016, 06:55 PM | #1772 |
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Hillary's popular vote winning margin is continuing to grow in "called" states. It was already, I believe,larger than the margin Gore had over Bush in '00, but it's still increasing.
This is good for exactly fuckall of course, but interesting. I'm not so butthurt that I'm going to sign any petitions to end the electoral college. But I do think some reform is in order. Perhaps, if a popular vote victory surpasses an electoral one by a certain margin, there should be a revote. |
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11.14.2016, 06:55 PM | #1773 |
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Prediction: Kate McKinnon will win an Emmy for her HRC/Leonard Cohen tribute.
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oh, some Malcolm X shit. really!?! that's weird because ken ehrlich told me the same exact thing. then again I might have confused him with al goldstein. we all know the jews run everything. even down to the ads you hear on spotify. we all know jews love hip hop too....to take money from. lets ask louder about all this. |
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you mean you don't want to pick squash with friends and fam and sing commune folk songs?
you can sing this land is our land while I figure out the lyrics to this machine kills fascist. |
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as an on-and-off business owner i do resent the burden that regulations place upon me, whereas employees have it all handed to them in a platter. this is a bad state of affairs that in my view gives incentive to job-seeking over entrepreneurship. so it actually benefits large corporations who have lawyers and accountants to deal with the regulations and taxation and an endless pool of applicants to compete for their scarce jobs and little competition from the bottom. it's the small business person who gets shafted-- not only competing with the large dinosaurs but also competing vs. the opportunity cost of "getting a job" working for a big corporate mommy/daddy. i.e., do i really need this fucking headache? anyway i forget what i was gonna say but i try to be open minded and not overly partisan with these things. i was partisan "by contract" in favor of hillary because i truly feared the strumpet trumpet, and while rationally i still do, i have to get on with my life and live it, even in the toxic environment that has been created, like some bacteria from the bottom of the ocean that feeds on sulfur. OTOH i have little faith in the antitrump protests because the left is an ineffectual bunch of undisciplined fools since the fall of bolshevism. i mean, i hated bolshevism, but you gotta respect that they were organized and disciplined and knew how to use their troops. the soft american liberal is none of that. can't help to think if hillary had won the trumpites would be marching up and down mainstream with rifles on their shoulders, making second amendment claims about overthrowing tiranny, and truly scaring the beejeezus out of everyone else. so, in a way, this is better. |
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