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In hindsight it makes you wonder how they let it come to this end... George W Bush worries that he'll be the last Republican president. 
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In hindsight it makes you wonder how they let it come to this end... George W Bush worries that he'll be the last Republican president. and he should.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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This is what happens when you become the 24/7 anti-Obama Party. You have nothing positive to propose. Nothing reasonable can have bipartisan support. All you can do is attack Obama, and now Clinton. People outside your Party start to realize your obsession has wandered into mental illness. If someone shares your obsession, they are welcomed into the group no matter how vile their characteristics.
I think it all began with America's intense identification with competitive spectator sports. You lose sight of the fact that playing the sport is supposed to be fun, and since you are not playing all you have left is winning. Life becomes a big sports metaphor with winning or being "the loser" taking over every aspect of your life.
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In case someone missed this (or Zeke mentioned it earlier) here is an article by that old liberal Jonah Goldberg ------wherein he posits that: Donald Trump Jr. offered Kasich both foreign policy and domestic policy. “What the hell would Trump do?” the aide reportedly asked Trump the younger. “He would make America great again,” Trump Jr. casually replied Donald Trump would then be POTUS without any of the hard work and just fly around in Air Force One and be awesome. Scary scary stuff. Link
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
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In case someone missed this (or Zeke mentioned it earlier) here is an article by that old liberal Jonah Goldberg ------wherein he posits that: Donald Trump Jr. offered Kasich both foreign policy and domestic policy. “What the hell would Trump do?” the aide reportedly asked Trump the younger. “He would make America great again,” Trump Jr. casually replied Donald Trump would then be POTUS without any of the hard work and just fly around in Air Force One and be awesome. Scary scary stuff. Link I did read it. Actually someone said they didn't understand why this hadn't been a bigger deal in the press.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
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Actually someone said they didn’t understand why this hadn’t been a bigger deal in the press. It’s been dismissed by many of the usual suspects as a false story, even if it rings and smells very true. Whether it be Kasich or someone else there is no way that Trump would be able to, nor even want to, make the very hard and difficult decisions. If somehow he were to be disastrously elected. Trump just wants to get that final ego feather in his cap by being elected POTUS and then being able to admire his reflection in the mirror while masterbating to his awesomness. God save us all.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
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The Risk Factor HuffPo Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine as her running mate is being described as ``safe.’’ Safe is not exciting. But it offers a powerful contrast with Donald Trump.
Trump is high risk. ``A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world,’’ the Washington Post declared in a scathing editorial. Risk is a longstanding issue in American politics. It explains one of its enduring features: the gender gap.
Women, on the average, are more risk-averse than men. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, fewer than 7 percent of prison inmates are women. Crime always entails risk, and women tend to be more cautious — and smarter — about risk-taking than men are.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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The Risk Factor HuffPo Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine as her running mate is being described as ``safe.’’ Safe is not exciting. But it offers a powerful contrast with Donald Trump.
Trump is high risk. ``A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world,’’ the Washington Post declared in a scathing editorial. Risk is a longstanding issue in American politics. It explains one of its enduring features: the gender gap.
Women, on the average, are more risk-averse than men. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, fewer than 7 percent of prison inmates are women. Crime always entails risk, and women tend to be more cautious — and smarter — about risk-taking than men are. Psychobabble. Poppycock. Gender is irrelevant. Obama picked Biden, a safe VP. It is a political strategy, just like Pence was a political strategy. Good or bad, it has nothing to do with gender. It has to do with perception. As for women being more risk averse: unsubstantiated and anecdotal, at best.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
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"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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Testosterone poisoning is a real thing. Women NEVER say "Hold my beer and watch this." The mortality rate for young men is higher for a reason. There very few cultures in which the women are the warriors.
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Testosterone poisoning is a real thing. Women NEVER say "Hold my beer and watch this." The mortality rate for young men is higher for a reason. There very few cultures in which the women are the warriors. Anecdotal, as I said.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
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"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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