O Hillary, Hillary.... Where Art Thou Hillary?
Submitted by Jazzenterprises on Fri, 12/16/2016 - 8:38am
Democratic Party
They scare the beejesus out of me...
Submitted by Jazzenterprises on Wed, 12/14/2016 - 9:06am
Yikes.
I wanted to use another word than "beejesus" but I heard recently that swear words in titles get bojoed in web crawlers and whatnot, so ya, I like this place, respect, in digital form. Maybe the Son of God and a little honey will get the spiders dancing...
Jimmy Dore Blows the Doors off the Democratic Party Tonight
Submitted by Jazzenterprises on Thu, 12/08/2016 - 11:15pmYup, I like Jimmy Dore and the Jimmy Dore Show... but tonight he was on fire. I am talking 10 videos, all of them worth watching, and if you follow Jimmy, this is actually quite a rare event, so I guess he had a few things on his mind... not only that, but they are almost all about the election, the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton and her cabal of losers.
Clinton's thank-you party for big bigly donors.... (yup, not fake)
Submitted by Jazzenterprises on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 7:33pmIn the realm of you can't make this shit up, I present to you exhibit A of the Democratic Party's imminent death. Idiots and charlatans, the whole lot.
Hillary Clinton shouldn't go on a "thank-you" tour, but a "I'm sorry" tour... she owes the whole fucking country an apology for Heir Pumpkinfuehrer.
Six Simple Ideas to Strengthen Democracy in America
Submitted by hungeski on Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:26pm
Fair and reliable elections, an informed citizenry, wide participation in governance -- these are cornerstones of democracy. But the recent election in the U.S.A. has pointed out serious cracks in those stones. Gerrymandered districts weakened voters of one party, and made races non-competitive. Recently-erected hurdles stopped many from voting. Big media focused on the horse race, and ignored policy issues. Persons trafficked in misleading and fake news on social media. And, in the end, demagogy and crackpottery carried the day. What follows are six simple ideas that can, I think, be easily implemented, and that might well go a long way toward fixing those cracks and strengthening our democracy.
Thomas Frank on Democratic Party: "They don't care"
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 12/04/2016 - 11:46amThis video, less than 5 minutes long, deserves to stand by itself.
The money quotes is 3:20 in, when Thomas Frank is asked how the Democrats can win back the working class.
The real Democratic Party (with a nod to gjohnsit)
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Tue, 11/22/2016 - 12:06pmThe Democratic Party symbol or logo should be the Montgolfier Balloon. It is an archaic contrivance dependent upon hot air to rise. What we think it is and what we think we know of it is largely myth, and the insiders, elites, and powers that be not only promulgate some myths themselves, but possibly even believe some of them.
Let's start -- the "party of the people", the liberal, or progressive party. Heh. Snapshots follow, form your own thesis.
The bait and switch in other words
Submitted by bunsk on Mon, 11/21/2016 - 1:23pmThe establishment political factions motivate their bases with social issues - appealing to their respective tendencies by speaking for or against social progress. The "Conservative" base is motivated by fear, and the "Liberal" base is motivated by morality.
The bait and switch playbook
Submitted by bunsk on Thu, 11/17/2016 - 3:24pmIf you're the "Conservative" base, the Republicans will promise to prevent or halt social progress of one kind or another. (The crazier ones will promise to turn back social progress) They'll blame problems with the economy on reckless liberal policies. They'll say that getting government out of the way of business will allow the jobs to come pouring in.
An informal report on the new party idea
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 11/12/2016 - 5:39pmLet's take a look at what's likely to happen.
