Ever since Eisenhower wandered off into the sunset [he was also courted by the Democrats to be their candidate] this has been the case. Ever since McCarthy sprung on the scene the crazy wing has been slowly taking over the fear and loathing mantle and getting wackier with each passing day, Trump is the logical conclusion.
Sitting here hoping that beautiful inspirational words will flow out of me. Don't know if that will happen but will write down how I feel anyway.
This is not quitting time. Sure, it looks like we have a minute left and are twenty points down. I still feel like a miracle is happening.
Hi, I'm Doug, I'm a progressive from Vermont where somehow it's 52 degrees in June this AM. Brr. I wanted to put an essay up that's about something I've been thinking of for months now.
"I Am Enormously Optomistic About The Future Of Our Country"
Sen. Bernie Sanders is not dropping out of the presidential race, he told supporters at a rally Tuesday night, following Hillary Clinton's projected primary wins in New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
Continuing our saga from http://caucus99percent.com/content/alphas-primary-election-live-blog-new...
CNN is on behind me but muted. I don't need their dialogue. We're as smart and possibly more intuitive than they are. My dad always said, "It's 10% of the people dragging the other 90% along." In this case, we're about 45% Dem voters for Bernie. I'm a lifelong Dem. My first vote was for George McGovern. My last will have been in the AZ Primary, for Bernie Sanders.
Found this on Twitter initially, a Facebook post by a young, first time voter in California:
Well, this is the big one!
Despite the DNC & the media's best attempts to shut down the Sanders campaign here it is, June 7th and we are still trucking on towards the convention!!!
I will be posting election return results as they come in as well as watching and commenting on the live stream of The Young Turks election coverage.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfH6El-CvTM]
A new poll came out recently showing that 54% of Americans support full legalization of marijuana and a whopping 89% support medical marijuana, "with every demographic backing it with at least 81 percent support."
And this terrifies some people.
14-year-old Corey Maison was badly bullied in 5th grade. One bully even told her that if she killed herself, nobody would care. Why did he do this? Because Corey was different.
Corey shows in her video that she never fit in with her peers when she was younger. She was shunned by girls and teased by boys, and even laughed at by adults later on.
Corey tells her story in the following viral video:
