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I'm sure most people here are no strangers to the realization that the DNC is an abusive, anti-democratic, tyrannical, Establishment organization that has its head up its own orifice (that is, when it isn't busy burying its nose way up that of the crooked Clintons).
Greetings fellow swampers and those preferring to remain dry.
Anyone with at least half of a functional brain understands that, medical care being as expensive as it is, a single-payer system in which the government pays for all warranted health care will require quite a significant increase in taxes paid by the middle class.
For weeks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly hinted that Israel was behind recent deadly airstrikes against bases and munitions depot belonging to Iran-backed militias forces in Iraq.
Yet Washington played dumb. I mean really, really dumb.
Democrats like to lose. That's my thesis for today.
When I was a young man, I came to the realization that the political parties weren't operating in good faith. Republicans were perfectly willing to thwart plans they previously championed if there was a chance a Democrat was going to get the credit for it. And when it comes to successful economic measures which would lift society up from poverty ... forgettaboutit!
Welcome to Tuesday's Open Thread. I'd like to begin by first thanking QMS for all the wonderful and thoughtful essays he's written during his tenure as an Open Thread contributor. I will miss his Tuesday morning musings and his humor but I can also appreciate the demands that life and work place on us at times. Stepping in for him, especially committing to weekly postings, gave me pause. What if I don't have anything interesting to say that week? Then you'll show up and do the best you can, a friend of mine reassured me. And that, as they say, was that. So, let's see what happens, eh?
MrWebster reminded me that the Podesta emails mentioned Senator Warren several times.
This gives us a window into Warren's "private" positions.
