tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8356413718701829350..comments2024-03-29T05:01:52.320-05:00Comments on Althouse: The message is clear: Don't even try to understand.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79540525450985242622016-06-17T18:18:28.608-05:002016-06-17T18:18:28.608-05:00"shiloh on the other thread is openly gloatin..."shiloh on the other thread is openly gloating about minorities creating a future permanent Democrat ruling class."<br /><br /><i>But one reality remains constant ~ Dems systemic electoral college vote advantage as % of minorities continue to increase and register to vote.</i><br /><br />TCom must think <b><i>openly gloating = reality</i></b> and <br /><br /><b><i>future permanent Dem ruling class = systemic electoral college advantage as minority voters increase</i></b>.<br /><br />Obviously reading comprehension is not TCom's strong suit.<br /><br />><br /><br />btw, permanent one party rule for either major party or permanent one party presidency is a pipe dream as <a href="http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/karl-rove-s-permanent-republican-presidency" rel="nofollow">turdblossom</a> discovered re: Bush.<br /><br />Two ironies of Rove's plan was having anti-gay hate issue referendums put on the ballot in (8) swing states in 2004 which may have helped Bush win Ohio thus helping him win re-election. Nowadays of course the Rep anti-gay issue has helped Dems as public opinion changed.<br /><br />And of course the disastrous (8) year ineptitude/incompetence of Cheney/Bush making it easy for a Muslim born in Kenya to win the 2008 election.<br /><br />Indeed, much like Hoover's legacy made it possible for the Dem's to win (5) straight presidential elections, Cheney/Bush economic disaster legacy may make it possible again.<br /><br />Of course FDR being an incumbent war-time president helped also as Reps were discombobulated back then. Much like the current day Rep party.<br /><br />Whatever happened to Bush's guru/svengali?shilohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490952508600134457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69122350714558671972016-06-17T16:56:14.805-05:002016-06-17T16:56:14.805-05:00yes, kristol's son in law, is hyperventilating...yes, kristol's son in law, is hyperventilating,<br /><br />http://redalertpolitics.com/2016/06/17/trump-outperforming-romney-2012-swing-states-despite-bad-national-polls/#dTPHVZK45OHslDqG.02narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082023858427818263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37942123807503110322016-06-17T16:51:38.092-05:002016-06-17T16:51:38.092-05:00Males, not "makes."Males, not "makes."Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85928302591726305972016-06-17T16:51:15.817-05:002016-06-17T16:51:15.817-05:00"f I had to bet, I'd bet that Troubled Vo..."f I had to bet, I'd bet that Troubled Voter is<br /><br />1) white<br /><br />and/or<br /><br />2) ever alacritous in the seeking out of the "stain" of racist ethnocentrism in (other) white persons, but oblivious to, or apologetic about, its existence in anybody else."<br /><br />Orwell nailed it, at least for makes.<br /><br /><i>The typical Socialist is not, as tremulous old ladies imagine, a ferocious-looking working man with greasy overalls and a raucous voice. He is either <b>a youthful snob-Bolshevik </b>who in five years’ time will quite probably have made a wealthy marriage and been converted to Roman Catholicism; or, still more typically,<b> a prim little man with a white-collar job, usually a secret teetotaller and often with vegetarian leanings,</b> with a history of Nonconformity behind him, and, above all, with a social position which he has no intention of forfeiting. </i>Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55524698415799341652016-06-17T16:24:03.106-05:002016-06-17T16:24:03.106-05:00Blogger Darrell said...
That poll that had Hillary...<b> Blogger Darrell said...<br />That poll that had Hillary get a 7pt bounce had 7% more Democrats than the norm. And probably Dems like Miriam. Never trust polls this far from the actual election. They only get honest when they would lose future business by looking stupid the next day.</b><br /><br />Nah, they neverose business. They said Trump wouldn't win. When he won, Nate Silver wrote a long explanation on why this time, just this once, they were wrong. But next time! Next time they'll get it right.<br /><br />I'm convinced polling is voodoo science. It's meant more to influence how we vote, rather than reflect who we want to vote for.<br /><br />In California the polling always showed gay marriage as popular, until it came time to vote,then it always lost. Same with Hawaii. In Washington the polls show we want to raise taxes on ourselves, until we vote, then we say no way!<br /><br />erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421496691136153382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50081261948079175402016-06-17T15:53:50.359-05:002016-06-17T15:53:50.359-05:00Never trust polls this far from the actual electio...<i>Never trust polls this far from the actual election.</i><br /><br />Everytime I see Gallup Poll on my Caller ID, I let it go to voicemail.<br /><br />I imagine Miriam salivates enthusiastically before saying, "Hello...I hate Trump!".eddie willershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624004872700778288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86710722998418533882016-06-17T15:47:39.094-05:002016-06-17T15:47:39.094-05:00That poll that had Hillary get a 7pt bounce had 7%...That poll that had Hillary get a 7pt bounce had 7% more Democrats than the norm. And probably Dems like Miriam. Never trust polls this far from the actual election. They only get honest when they would lose future business by looking stupid the next day.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31313518014789670582016-06-17T15:44:19.627-05:002016-06-17T15:44:19.627-05:00The "commercial" is nonsensical. Trump c...The "commercial" is nonsensical. Trump can't destroy the world--the Left has already done that.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9592960511400429832016-06-17T15:30:22.507-05:002016-06-17T15:30:22.507-05:00Blogger Miriam said...
Nope, I doubt it, but we...<b> Blogger Miriam said...<br />Nope, I doubt it, but we'd love for him to be your nominee.</b><br /><br />This is why Inga has to keep changing her name. Because if Trump wins, this statement is embarrassing. erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421496691136153382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53757229583128463692016-06-17T15:25:36.192-05:002016-06-17T15:25:36.192-05:00Tcom: When I go to another country, I try to adap...Tcom: <i>When I go to another country, I try to adapt their cultural norms and fit in, because I have respect for other peoples and their unique cultures, and their HOME. When others come here and visibly do NOT extend us the same courtesy...</i><br /><br />But Tcom, the U.S. isn't anyone's <i>home</i>. That would imply history, roots, the accretion of custom, shared "mystic chords of memory", a place where one is not a foreigner, but at ease among one's own. And that, my friend, is <i>exclusionary</i>, the greatest of sins against "who we are".<br /><br />So welcome to America*, immigrant, but best for you or at latest your kids to keep moving on - once you're not an "immigrant" anymore, but somebody at home, somebody who feels himself in possession of a home and a native land, you're not a <i>real</i> American anymore, having lost that magical migratory essence.**<br /><br />*Global Flophouse and Labor Exchange, Inc.<br /><br />**Not to worry if you're not white, though. No one's going to give you any stick about having a sense of entitlement to a homeland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76099588097981841752016-06-17T15:02:10.108-05:002016-06-17T15:02:10.108-05:00Nope, I doubt it, but we'd love for him to be ...Nope, I doubt it, but we'd love for him to be your nominee.Ingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011944303412560799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52427750215682563072016-06-17T14:59:03.454-05:002016-06-17T14:59:03.454-05:00Troubled Voter: Althouse supports the racist ethno...Troubled Voter: <i>Althouse supports the racist ethnocentrist nationalist candidate, at best because she thinks it's cute or edgy, at worst because she's a racist ethnocentrist nationalist.<br /><br />It will be a stain on her life forever, and rightfully so.</i><br /><br /><i>Tcom -- if you want to be a racist ethnocentrist nationalist, that's fine. You'll be stained with it for your lifetime as well.</i><br /><br />Oh noes, <i>stained for life</i>. Getting a bit melodramatic today, aren't we, TV? Who's going to be doing the staining?<br /><br />If I had to bet, I'd bet that Troubled Voter is<br /><br />1) white<br /><br />and/or<br /><br />2) ever alacritous in the seeking out of the "stain" of racist ethnocentrism in (other) white persons, but oblivious to, or apologetic about, its existence in anybody else.<br /><br />(Haven't decided if being "1 <i>and</i> 2" or "1 <i>or</i> 2" makes one a bigger POS.)<br /><br />Pretty soon, <i>not</i> being a "racist ethnocentrist" in our evolving Diversitopia will be like being the proverbial virgin in a whorehouse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49765427066278493812016-06-17T14:23:08.837-05:002016-06-17T14:23:08.837-05:00I've been thinking lately, based on polls, tha...I've been thinking lately, based on polls, that Hillary is a sure thing for the presidency. My thinking is based on the fact that after Trump won the primary, he barely got a bounce. Then Hillary won her primary and she got a nice big bounce.<br /><br />And that's normal. You get a bounce after winning the primary. Happens all the time.<br /><br />But Miriam has made me think twice. She says, keep hope alive. I wonder how many in the Nevertrump movement, with constant stories like the one Inga mentions, are keeping hope alive? And if they are keeping hope alive among the never Trumps, does that mean after the convention, when that hope is finally extinguished, we will see Trumps real bounce in the polls?<br /><br />I won't be surprised.<br /><br />erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421496691136153382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74929452076161477712016-06-17T14:17:39.065-05:002016-06-17T14:17:39.065-05:00Dozens? That's it?
I'm pretty sure there ...Dozens? That's it?<br /><br />I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of delegates. Over 2000 even.<br /><br />But only dozens are revolting? Cmon guys, you can do better than that. It's Trump! Can't you at least get it up into the hundreds?erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421496691136153382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36049838932963011892016-06-17T14:16:58.576-05:002016-06-17T14:16:58.576-05:00Johanna Lapp said...
I actually read The Art of th...Johanna Lapp said...<br /><i>I actually read The Art of the Deal. How can a man who demonstrates a mastery of subordinate clauses, a vocabulary including 1500 adverbs and an astounding ability to almost never repeat a sentence become a fourth-grade student council candidate when TV cameras role? <br /><br />Maybe he isn't lying when he says "I never said that" when confronted with a sentence from "his" book?</i><br /><br />Yes'm. Anyone who absurdly believes that Donald Trump (or Glenn Beck, for that matter) actually has the patience, concentration or attention to detail to write anything longer than a page has lost all reasoning skills. That must be a condition for accepting populism.<br /><br />Although Populism involves anger toward elites, Trump says he knows all the smartest and nastiest elites - be they bankers, billionaires, investors or politicians - and he wants to put them into his cabinet.gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219461694806089345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28072481756035748522016-06-17T14:05:54.963-05:002016-06-17T14:05:54.963-05:00Watching the two go at it is amazing; no limit to ...<i>Watching the two go at it is amazing; no limit to their silliness. He's either an American Hitler or the Last Best Hope for the country before we slide into oblivion.</i><br /><br />As if we're not already sliding into oblivion.boycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363530541574606608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83190469994501944492016-06-17T13:57:41.519-05:002016-06-17T13:57:41.519-05:00Here's another scenario. Can't wait for th...Here's another scenario. Can't wait for the Republican Convention! That will be some great entertainment.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/republican-civil-war-officially-declared-gop-delegates-openly-plot-to-overthrow-trump-at-convention/" rel="nofollow">With Donald Trump’s poll numbers sinking into a death spiral, dozens of Republican delegates are now openly plotting a coup to overthrow him at this year’s Republican National Convention</a>Ingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011944303412560799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50853034488129137192016-06-17T13:34:47.305-05:002016-06-17T13:34:47.305-05:00Keep hope alive Eric. What will more likely happen...Keep hope alive Eric. What will more likely happen is that Trump loses in such a huge landslide that Republicans lose their majority in both Houses and lose the Presidency for generations to come. The Supreme Court will be packed with liberals. Your worst nightmare, but that's what happens when you hook your wagon to a dwarf star.Ingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011944303412560799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86962020865774788402016-06-17T13:34:18.823-05:002016-06-17T13:34:18.823-05:00Blogger Johanna Lapp said...
I actually read The A...<b> Blogger Johanna Lapp said...<br />I actually read The Art of the Deal. How can a man who demonstrates a mastery of subordinate clauses, a vocabulary including 1500 adverbs and an astounding ability to almost never repeat a sentence become a fourth-grade student council candidate when TV cameras role? <br /><br />Maybe he isn't lying when he says "I never said that" when confronted with a sentence from "his" book?</b><br /><br />The simplest explanation is the best.<br /><br />We write better than we talk. <br /><br />Try reading C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity. It's simple. <br /><br />Then try reading C.S. Lewis The Abolition of Man. Ugh! You'll get a headache.<br /><br />Then ask yourself, "What is the difference between these two books?"<br /><br />I'd give you a hint but that would spoil the surprise.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421496691136153382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48675155663501829882016-06-17T13:29:06.680-05:002016-06-17T13:29:06.680-05:00Miriam, if Trump doesn't build the wall but ma...Miriam, if Trump doesn't build the wall but manages to put judges on the Supreme Court that uphold our second amendment rights, I'll be happy.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421496691136153382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61823579924652210102016-06-17T13:20:12.540-05:002016-06-17T13:20:12.540-05:00Who said they were, Furious? Are Jews of a differe...Who said they were, Furious? Are Jews of a different race? Did that stop Hitler?Ingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011944303412560799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91759340027847219962016-06-17T13:18:17.241-05:002016-06-17T13:18:17.241-05:00Yep Cracker, it is amusing. Do you think all those...Yep Cracker, it is amusing. Do you think all those adoring Trump fans at his rallies might be a bit disappointed when they find out he won't really be able to build a wall or deport millions, lol?Ingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011944303412560799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77540847090925771992016-06-17T13:17:53.082-05:002016-06-17T13:17:53.082-05:00"Mexican" is not a "race". Ne..."Mexican" is not a "race". Neither is "Muslim".furious_ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239113391394176670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62366847545798789882016-06-17T13:16:22.077-05:002016-06-17T13:16:22.077-05:00Lyle,
Those who have digested Trump's red mea...Lyle, <br />Those who have digested Trump's red meat have been infected with his unique species of worms. I decline the offer to get anywhere near a worm vector.Ingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011944303412560799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8427315024482372192016-06-17T13:14:13.899-05:002016-06-17T13:14:13.899-05:00That was a very pro Trump ad. I actually really l...That was a very pro Trump ad. I actually really liked it.Bircheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045640752795693223noreply@blogger.com