tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3249500192657430231..comments2024-03-28T18:45:48.941-05:00Comments on Althouse: "In the autopsy of the doomed Clinton campaign, there is no shortage of fatal causes."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21132631603835620142016-12-09T05:49:13.423-06:002016-12-09T05:49:13.423-06:00AReasonableMan said...
"Michael K said...
Bus...AReasonableMan said...<br />"Michael K said...<br />Bush is now painting and enjoying life.<br /><br />Bush looks like a classic case of "shell shock". If his eyes were any more vacant Trump would be applying for a building permit."<br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-08/obamacare-dilemma-one-infographic<br /><br />Just a reminder of what got Hillary not elected.<br />A complete failure.<br />And you were warned.<br />repeatedlyRustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72382309578249331802016-12-08T14:45:32.931-06:002016-12-08T14:45:32.931-06:00Gahrie said...
If by "the Left" you mean...Gahrie said...<br />If by "the Left" you mean the Democrats, they are not "left." It's absolutely true they aren't positioned left enough. They need to get away from the center-right before they can even begin to approach a mild "left-ish" position.<br /><br />Don't get too outraged guys...you have to remember that Comrade Cookie considers Pol Pot to be a moderate.......<br /><br />12/7/16, 11:22 PM<br /><br /><br />Yes, Robert, who is or was in history a leftist by your standards? One/some you liked? One/some you didn't?<br /><br />Who would be "mildly left-ish" to you? Castro?Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5278596720799599382016-12-08T10:35:14.755-06:002016-12-08T10:35:14.755-06:00Blogger Bruce Hayden said...
As a Republican, what...<i><b>Blogger Bruce Hayden said...<br />As a Republican, what amazed me was how close she was, despite being so bad, and running such a bad campaign.</b></i><br />===========<br /><br />I always figured that my preferred candidate (Rubio) would've blown Hillary away in the national election. Now I'm not so sure. Trump tapped into a voting base that would have probably eluded Rubio.<br /><br />The reason it was so close was because of Trump's personal dislike-ability. But that is going to fade in time, I think as people get used to his style and manner.<br /><br />If people by-in-large start actually liking the guy (or tolerating him) the Dems will be in real trouble.<br />PackerBroncohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755004347643799633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55223745356776033842016-12-08T00:06:59.005-06:002016-12-08T00:06:59.005-06:00"In the first session in which the DC Courts ..."In the first session in which the DC Courts have utilized the Uniform Bar Exam, the district has seen an unprecedented number of participants, and passers. In what can only be described as astonishing, Washington D.C. has had one of the largest increases in the number of students both taking and passing the July Bar Exam. This year 684 applicants took the July bar, with 422 passing. You can read the press release here. This is compared to last year, when 296 individuals took the exam, with 116 passing."<br /><br /><br /><br />Historically, the DC bar pass rate has been 50%, +/- 2 percent.<br /><br />http://www.lawyeredu.org/10-year-summary-pass-rates.html<br /><br />If it's jumped up, it's because the exam has been dumbed down. Students are NOT suddenly smarter.<br /><br />I took and passed the exam back in the 1970's. Three days of essay answers, no multiple choice or any other crap like that. You had to be able to organize your thoughts, write, know the law and apply your knowledge to the facts presented.<br /><br />Not sayin' Hillary was a crappy law student. Some questions on that exam were DC-specific, and the Bar Review instructors focused on them. If you were from out-of-DC you could easily miss them.<br /><br /><br />effinayrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195111141879312800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23541065572840031572016-12-07T23:22:22.935-06:002016-12-07T23:22:22.935-06:00If by "the Left" you mean the Democrats,...<i>If by "the Left" you mean the Democrats, they are not "left." It's absolutely true they aren't positioned left enough. They need to get away from the center-right before they can even begin to approach a mild "left-ish" position.</i><br /><br />Don't get too outraged guys...you have to remember that Comrade Cookie considers Pol Pot to be a moderate.......Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28391094059703311562016-12-07T23:06:53.349-06:002016-12-07T23:06:53.349-06:00"Time is an elderly, distant female relative ... <br />"Time is an elderly, distant female relative living alone in a house that smells of cat piss, offering the rare visitor candy from the coffe table bowl full of hard candy, all stuck together in one dusty lump."<br /><br />Damn, that is right on. Time and Newsweek remind me of the king's sisters in Gormenghast, all but forgotten, wasting away in their corner of the massive crumbling castle of statist delusion.The Cracker Emcee Refulgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092601135276316645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18652677913539459922016-12-07T23:03:59.288-06:002016-12-07T23:03:59.288-06:00Big Mike,
That pass rate is consistent with natio...Big Mike,<br /><br />That pass rate is consistent with national averages for the APPP (psychology licensing) exam. People from inferior schools tend to do more poorly. It is unusual for people from a a "good school" to fail. I went to the U of Illinois rather than an Ivy League school. The pass rate was close to 90%.Francisco Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06352134756750456783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66505346683726784202016-12-07T23:01:17.785-06:002016-12-07T23:01:17.785-06:00UC Hastings had a pass rate of 51% July 2016.
UC B...UC Hastings had a pass rate of 51% July 2016.<br />UC Boalt had a much higher pass rate.<br /><br />A UC Hastings grad killed himself after learning he had failed to pass the July 2016 California Bar exam.<br />He might be alive had he known he was not alone.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597117889856451284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81809710132499198542016-12-07T22:40:01.456-06:002016-12-07T22:40:01.456-06:00UPDATE. Carl Bernstein (of Watergate fame) has wr...<b>UPDATE</b>. Carl Bernstein (of Watergate fame) has written that in 1973 817 people (including Hillary Clinton) took the DC bar exam and 551 passed it, for a pass rate of just a touch over 2/3.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66545275643405926752016-12-07T22:34:42.255-06:002016-12-07T22:34:42.255-06:00@Francisco D, I have read that the pass rate the y...@Francisco D, I have read that the pass rate the year Hillary Clinton took the DC Bar was approximately 75%. However that was from a mainstream media source so who knows if it's true?Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28164352911543907672016-12-07T21:36:41.507-06:002016-12-07T21:36:41.507-06:00Michael K,
The California bar exam is well known ...Michael K,<br /><br />The California bar exam is well known as the most difficult in the nation. If I recall correctly, the pass rate is about 41%. <br /><br />Admittedly, I do not know anything about the DC exam.<br />Francisco Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06352134756750456783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22303214752471338122016-12-07T21:21:11.617-06:002016-12-07T21:21:11.617-06:00"What percentage of Yalies actually fail bar ..."What percentage of Yalies actually fail bar exams?"<br /><br />The UC Boalt Hall grads have a 49% failure rate in CAMichael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9367247556031717162016-12-07T21:20:11.260-06:002016-12-07T21:20:11.260-06:00"If his eyes were any more vacant Trump would..."If his eyes were any more vacant Trump would be applying for a building permit."<br /><br />How cute ! From the guy with the empty eye avatar.<br /><br />Do you tell yourself these "jokes" to go to sleep at night ?Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43834901189896609172016-12-07T21:07:57.572-06:002016-12-07T21:07:57.572-06:00Those of us with advanced degrees (whether elitist...Those of us with advanced degrees (whether elitists or not) often fail to give the less formally educated credit for the common sense that sometimes eludes us.<br /><br />Hillary is not an unusually bad politician. The issue is that people with common sense see her as profoundly phony, incompetent, hypocritical and elitist. I have heard stories from two liberal patients (most of my depressed patients are very left wing) about their how Hillary treated their children (in the USAF and another service I cannot recall) with incredible and vulgar disdain. I suspect that the general consensus among people who have worked for Hillary is that she is a condescending a-hole.<br /><br />Then we must ask, how did she gain such status as to become so condescending? She is not that smart, having graduated Yale Law and failing the DC bar exam. What percentage of Yalies actually fail bar exams? Furthermore, her arguments tend to be extremely superficial and lacking in any depth or insight. People pick up on these things at a visceral level. <br /><br />How did she get ahead in life? I sincerely pity the feminists who have to suppress the knowledge that she got ahead by hitching her ride with a very talented, psychopathic husband. If not for the MSM-DNC, Hillary would have been laughed of the stage a long time ago.<br /><br />The mystery is not why she lost the election. The mystery is why she was even considered POTUS material. Francisco Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06352134756750456783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2631968347534904322016-12-07T21:04:33.092-06:002016-12-07T21:04:33.092-06:00"Whenever the Left loses an election,they alw...<i>"Whenever the Left loses an election,they always come to the conclusion that the reason they lost was because they weren't positioned Left enough. They should get t-shirts saying that."</i><br /><br />If by "the Left" you mean the Democrats, they are <i>not</i> "left." It's absolutely true they aren't positioned left enough. They need to get away from the center-right before they can even begin to approach a mild "left-ish" position.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76407570981606468152016-12-07T20:48:18.798-06:002016-12-07T20:48:18.798-06:00Michael K said...
Bush is now painting and enjoyin...<i>Michael K said...<br />Bush is now painting and enjoying life.</i><br /><br />Bush looks like a classic case of "shell shock". If his eyes were any more vacant Trump would be applying for a building permit.<br />Beloved Commenter AReasonableManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261862363663232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79460546254720890072016-12-07T20:41:13.064-06:002016-12-07T20:41:13.064-06:00The insistence of both Hillary's Campaign and ...<i>The insistence of both Hillary's Campaign and the fawning media to hide all of Hillary's flaws did massive harm to her campaign.</i><br /><br />Very true. The media made her the Manchurian Candidate without any of them ever being in Manchuria.<br /><br />I decided early on to vote for HRC over DJT, knowing that personality will skew objectivity every time. So whenever someone in the media -- or worse, someone I knew -- told me that Hillary was "the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life," I had to remind myself that it didn't matter and I would vote for her anyway.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520113896946845614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84101014188721606362016-12-07T19:57:16.301-06:002016-12-07T19:57:16.301-06:00wasn't this election The classic case of; &quo...wasn't this election The classic case of; "maybe the dogs just don't like the dog food?"gilbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492843725964778900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11484735853711681032016-12-07T19:51:38.715-06:002016-12-07T19:51:38.715-06:00I think Republicans need to be more pessimistic ab...I think Republicans need to be more pessimistic about the future. This reminds me of Gray Davis (or is it Grey Davis?) in California. Davis was so awful he was recalled and replaced by Arnold. But after Arnold left in 2011 what happened? <br /><br />The Democrats came even stronger than before and have turned California into a one-party state from top to bottom. <br /><br />In 2016 the Democrats nominated one of the worst POTUS candidates ever (certainly the worst in my life time). She ran a terrible campaign. And yet, she almost won. <br /><br />This 70 y/o crook,liar, corrupt-o-crat, who stood for nothing & had zero political skills - who never would've been elected to dog-catcher if she hadn't been Mrs. Bill Clinton, almost won. In fact she won the popular vote.<br /><br />So yeah its nice we won. But its a little like Lee vs. Grant. We beat 'em this time, but they'll keep coming and coming. <br /><br /><br /><br /> rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90835272834347556982016-12-07T19:45:26.386-06:002016-12-07T19:45:26.386-06:00his professional life has been entirely outside th...<i>his professional life has been entirely outside the political arena, he'd have had plenty to fall back on if he'd lost.</i><br /><br />I had the same impression of Bush in 2000. Gore had no other life. Bush looked cool and winked at people in the debate audience. I figured he had a life outside politics.<br /><br />I was right, too. Gore went nuts after losing. Bush is now painting and enjoying life.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10570585645530263122016-12-07T19:31:24.838-06:002016-12-07T19:31:24.838-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12620510049808301698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76582158229907737242016-12-07T19:31:24.125-06:002016-12-07T19:31:24.125-06:00to Darcy at 1:21
I think the point is not so much...to Darcy at 1:21<br /><br />I think the point is not so much Elizabeth Warren specifically as: there are women on all sides of the political spectrum that have accomplishments on their own, unlike HC who tagged along on her husband's accomplishments. Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12620510049808301698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33714390712197585732016-12-07T19:10:48.772-06:002016-12-07T19:10:48.772-06:00Of course, we all know that if a Republican, say S...Of course, we all know that if a Republican, say Sarah Palin, is ever elected POTUS, Time will hail it as a triumph for women.<br /><br />Right?rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40160577198391355852016-12-07T18:52:52.326-06:002016-12-07T18:52:52.326-06:00Meade: love your Exodus.Meade: love your Exodus.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376749487613936205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71468370542564691592016-12-07T18:06:15.949-06:002016-12-07T18:06:15.949-06:00Anyone notice all the lefties suddenly disappeared...Anyone notice all the lefties suddenly disappeared today? Other than Trumpit's single hilarious "It was all Comey's fault!" (uh, the day before the election he suddenly trumpets "Nothing to see here, she's all good!", which EVERYONE heard by the time voting started, and you think he was trying to take her down? LOL), I don't think I've seen a single leftie post today.<br /><br />I guess Soros has decided to budget for the future.Qwinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551344511722159981noreply@blogger.com