Clinton brain rot advancing faster
Yes, indeedy, Miz Clinton aims to lose this election even faster than before--ah, well, that's what dementia does for you. Take this latest genius touch onto her already flailing campaign. Does anybody think that Hillary's calling one-half of Trump's supporters "deplorable" a smart move? I'm looking around the room and not seeing any arms raised.
So now Hillary thinks that emphasizing her previous gaffe is going to do her campaign more good than harm. What, you say, can this be true? Now Hillary has escalated "the basket of deplorables" into the "basket of FUCKING deplorables"? Now don't you think that voter's already incensed by her stupid remark are going to be more endeared to Hillary because she keeps emphasizing the point.
Yes, some people backing Mr. T are deplorable, but Killary has some deplorable characters backing her--Henry Killinger, Negroponte, Kagan and the whole Neo-Con crowd.
I am embarrassed to say that Howard Dean has changed the abbreviation M.D. to Mighty Dumb:
“Half might not be the right number, but it ain’t far off,” said former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a surrogate for the Clinton campaign. “Should she bash the electorate? Probably not. Is she going to lose votes over it? I doubt it very much.”
So, Howard, what is the correct figure? Is it 41.73%? Or maybe only 38.39%
Hat tip to Jay Elliot: apparently Her Heinous did not start antibiotics until after she collapsed and was spreading germs to political opponents such as a 5 year old girl. Good going, Hillary!
Edited to add Jay Elliot's info.
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Oh, of course.
I keep forgetting that election laws in the US are local. how local? State or county-level? I assume county-level for local and state-level for statewide or national.
It's just too confusing. Your 1789(?) constitution is a "masterpiece of the Enlightenment", where it was felt that sensible men would always come to sensible conclusions.
As long as they were landed(*), wealthy, and well-educated, that is.
No?
(*) 100 acres freehold?
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
I understand the "deplorables" gambit
Clinton wants Republican votes, so she splits Republican voters into "good Republicans" and "bad Republicans". You don't want to be deplorable, do you? Show what a good Republican you are and vote for me!
This is also part of the larger effort to discredit opposition with ad hominems. Any criticism from anyone is "sexist", never valid. The four years of a Clinton Presidency would be a whirlwind of scandal, but none of it would be valid because it came from "deplorables". She creates a class of people whose words are unworthy of consideration, then she just assigns critics to that class as they pop up.
I don't think it's a great strategy, but I also don't think it was some off the cuff remark by someone losing their edge.
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But she also risks offending
Independents & democrats like me.
#1, do you think Hillary would have any problem with 'homophobic, zenophobic, racist' voters if they were voting for her? Hell no! I never heard her refuse those delegates she got in WV in 2008.
#2, how dare she insult voters like that. And no, the problem wasn't "half" the problem was "basket of deplorables". She called 20-some percent of voters "deplorable". But if she's elected president she's going to be president of those 20-some percent also. Is she not going to represent them? Does she think she doesn't need their support when she's president? She said something no candidate should ever say in public, and she said it at least twice (fund raiser & Israeli tv). And I'm #BernieorJillNeverHill. How do you think republicans are going to take it? She gave them another reason to crawl over broken glass to vote against her.
Because she does not care about
Democrats, particularly ones with an Independent flare to them.
She's not a good campaigner, we've seen that, and the tone deaf remarks are merely part of it. If what she wants is a united "party" in her favor and she doesn't mind courting the Right, this is all part of the ploy I think. And sure, she'll paint any Repuke who tries to impeach her of being a "deplorable" and just one more sexist bigot. While they'll argue over that, and they'll still work to Impeach I imagine, she'll get the spin she wants out of that for the rubes who still think she is the "lesser" evil. And those moderates who vote for her will think highly of themselves too, for not being deplorable outright bigots/sexists.
But is this risky? Of course. And that's why I think they've got this thing rigged somehow.
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
I hope she's not the first female president because
…she will surely be the last.
For a long, long, long time.
The only way the elections can be rigged at this time is if the exit polls are suppressed.
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
They stopped doing them altogether in the primary
so you can be sure there will be no exit polling in the GE.
It would be pointless holding an election if that were true.
Without exit polls, the UN and the International Election Monitoring System cannot verify the US elections. Thus, they cannot recognize the US President. That's a fact.
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
Hillary:female :: Obama:black? nt
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
Non-crackpot Republicans would be
delighted to vote for HRC. She's one of them. Expect everything you feared from WJC: SS 'reform', Medi/care/aid 'reform', hell, maybe even ACA 'reform' and EPA 'reform'.
Where 'reform', of course, means
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
Yes, it is a very scary
Yes, it is a very scary thought what the Clinton friends on Wall Street could do to social security! No doubt they salivate at control of all that money that could be leveraged in some type of high risk investment. And then when the next age cohort needs it, it won't be there. But of course by that time, their power brokers in DC would have changed the eligibility requirements to lower the population that draws on it to hide their crimes. (Woah, but I'm a skeptic.)
There are Trillions (1.0 * 10E+12) of dollars at stake.
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
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There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
Considering some of the things Trump has said,
and including his idea to build a wall around the country, those that really support him, as opposed to a lesser evil approach against Clinton, are as deplorable as Trump is. He's a clear racist to me, and basically a white supremacist, and many of his words have backed that up. So to support that is deplorable.
The thing is, Clinton still has him beat. There is no more racist endeavor on the planet than U.S. imperialism. Clinton has supported ultra racist policies of war and imperialism that have hurt people of color across the planet. She's as racist and supremacist as it gets.
amen, and what is for dinner at your place?
I read elsewhere that you wanted to invite us all.
Got a beer with that dinner?
Sure mimi, beer is the dinner
A giant cookout with beer and ribs and veggies and political discussions. That does sound like a kick.
thx, I am coming... ;-) /nt
Where?
Don't drink beer. With ribs, how about a few bottles of Barolo (if mild/medium) or a powerful CA Zinfandel if hot.
On me, but where is it?
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
I addressed the political misery of the generations, earlier.
Really, the misery of the gatekeepers in each generation:
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
Hellery and Tim new theme song
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This is so freaking
This is so freaking Hillarious that I forgot (again) that trying to say thanks would cut off the video. In any event, thanks!
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Has anyone identified that little girl?
And how did she break through? I understand the press and public were corralled off to the sides. It seemed weird that she popped out to see Hillary all alone like that.
Yahoo news comes through!
No comment.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Interesting.
I'll also leave it with...no further comment.
"Just call me Hillbilly Dem(exit)."
-H/T to Wavey Davey
Very "Wag the Dog",
isn't it? Everything but the chromakey shimmer around the edges (and the bag of potato chips)... No smiley.
Ed, I'm curious
What outcome would be your preference to see from the election, out of the reasonably possible alternatives?
Euterpe2
My preference would be Jill
My supreme preference #NeverHillary.
Jill? Reasonable chance?
My own preference would be Bernie. I just don't see that either he or Jill has a reasonable chance.
As for the rest, I would be #NeverTrump, because Trump has a history of "going after" people who disagree with him, are the wrong color or ethnicity or religion, or are "losers" according to his estimation, he is so shameless he doesn't even try to appear decent, and he has zero respect for the rule of law, if he even knows what the law is, and in most cases, he doesn't.
If there's something that too-often-spineless federal officials might restrain Trump on, he only has to give the dog whistle to his locked-and-loaded bully boys.
You can bet that based on his character and history, if possible he will among other things release the Bundys, hand over our public lands to private interests along with everything else that isn't nailed down, sign the TPP or equivalent in spite of what he promises, reinstitute torture as official policy, lock up even more people, especially people of color, further immiserate the poor, gut environmental enforcement such as it is, further restrict voting, encourage yet more vigilante violence, make the current level of cronyism look puny, and be more brutal to whistleblowers than even the Obama administration.
We have in fact spent the last 15 years in America creating and acustoming ourselves to a potential turn-key totalitarian system which has only lacked a ruthless strong-man at the helm to be fulfilled. Are we going to deliver it, and ourselves, to this -- I cannot find a noun that is sufficient?
Euterpe2
I'm more afraid of what the
I'm more afraid of what the Clinton machine will do-Hillary is a sociopath IMO, and while I haven't heard of any of Donald's enemies ending up dead, I sure have with the Clintons. Sure, there are conspiracy theories but the reports of deaths are just too coincidental, and even if a small percentage are real, is just too many.
But agreed, neither Trump nor Clinton are a good choice. Never has a president been elected with unlikeability levels this high.
"Brain rot"? Have you completely given up on medical diagnosis
from a distance? Or is that in the new DSM and I missed it?
And no, most reports say that Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, given antibiotics at that time. She collapsed on Sunday and that was the first time they admitted publicly she had pneumonia. But Dr. Bardack claimed that she gave her antibiotics and advised her to cut back her schedule and rest on Friday. And she did not follow her advice about resting.
I say claimed, because I don't think she has pneumonia. But if not, then she didn't need to be on antibiotics either. IOW, the little girl is safe unless Hillary faints on top of her.
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I took the "brain rot" as a political endearment...
related to her lack of judgement in slamming voters as deplorables.
Hillary said she started taking antibiotics AFTER she collapsed
I don't have the link at hand.
I don't believe she had pneumonia either. The reason that statement is interesting is because HILLARY is contradicting the announced "facts" released by her staff and her doctor. So somebody on Team Clinton is lying. I, of course, think they are ALL lying.
And one of the problems of lying to cover up whatever this severe condition is is that one lie causes an unanticipated problem, so then they come up with another one, which causes a problem, and so on. They should have had a prepared excuse they could stick to already agreed on. But then, they thought no one had video of the seizure. Nina I's piece is interesting in part because she lays out (using links to contemporaneous reports) how the lies changed throughout the day as problems emerged with the previous lies. Like hugging that little girl, and then finding out that they need to come up with a better excuse than being overheated. So then they say pneumonia, but then that would be mean to the girl, so then they say non-contagious bacterial pneumonia, but the only version of that results from neurological problems, so then...
And then Bill and Hill can't or won't stick with the stories created for them. They've both gotten sloppy because they have gotten away with so much for so long, but Hillary also is cognitively compromised, obviously. (I suspect Bill is too, but that's another discussion.) Hard to lie successfully like that. So now she's asking us to believe she was diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia but didn't take medication for it until two days later, after her collapse, even though she had medical staff with her.
I got a h/t from a regular! I feel honored.
This last episode was one too many...
Hillary has told one too many lies for me. She has crossed the line in my mind to where I will never believe another thing that comes out of her mouth.
Can you imagine her trying to give a state of the union address or tell our country about some important catastrophe? No one would believe her.
...I am embarrassed to say
Somehow, 47% springs to mind...
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
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