tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1148743232527870514..comments2024-03-28T19:23:37.979-05:00Comments on Althouse: The NYT headline reveals the sad reality for Hillary: Did she even win Kentucky?Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88531734744492018932016-05-18T17:26:33.982-05:002016-05-18T17:26:33.982-05:00As a Republican, I'm unhappy about the outcome...As a Republican, I'm unhappy about the outcome of the nomination process, but at least I can console myself that Tromp beat several very well qualified candidates. But if I were a Democrat, I'd ask, How the f*ck did we end up with [Clinton/Sanders] when the opposition was so weak?The Godfatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575359417766667457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85236219441020345162016-05-18T16:10:04.096-05:002016-05-18T16:10:04.096-05:00Tommy Duncan said...
I expect Trump to begin inoc...Tommy Duncan said...<br /><br /><i>I expect Trump to begin inoculating himself against a Biden run.</i><br /><br />What is interesting about that strategy is that Trump setting sights on Biden will only bury Hillary deeper. <br />CharlesVegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14399104607856126358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8315243096908867662016-05-18T13:54:23.428-05:002016-05-18T13:54:23.428-05:00"That is what Bernie is promising the nation,..."That is what Bernie is promising the nation, to turn us into a dystopian dictatorship, and people are lapping it up like it isn't the sewage it is made of. That should chill you to the bone."<br /><br />Oh, I don't welcome it--but then I don't think Bernie is going to be president, and even if he somehow was his program would be deader than Obama's second term agenda. Frustrating as gridlock is when it comes to tax reforms, immigration, entitlement reform and regulatory reform, it's at least been able to prevent some of the Left's biggest plans.<br /><br />I have no dog in this fall's fight, considering the likely choices are unacceptable, but I'm not too worried because the balance of power serves at least as some sort of check on the next megalomaniac-in-chief.Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49828111248877261512016-05-18T13:42:41.410-05:002016-05-18T13:42:41.410-05:00And here is the trailer for The American President...And here is the trailer for The American President. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFtc85R2hPA<br /><br />I can't find a clip where Dreyfuss is in the smoke filled room plotting his dastardly deed. In fact, I think Dastardly Deed was the characters original name in the first draft of the script. Or maybe Dick Cheney.Ron Winkleheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176638872652336967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27476655669176036012016-05-18T13:33:55.937-05:002016-05-18T13:33:55.937-05:00By the way, here is a link to President Clinton...By the way, here is a link to President Clinton's review of the movie Independence Day. <br /><br />http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-segment---bill-clinton/n10878<br /><br />For no reason whatsoever.Ron Winkleheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176638872652336967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60520480422873489012016-05-18T13:26:51.814-05:002016-05-18T13:26:51.814-05:00From The American President, or are you thinking o...<b>From The American President, or are you thinking of something else?</b><br /><br />The American President. <br /><br />Where the evil plot (so far as I was able to discern it) was to reveal that the hot JFKish president with an incredibly cute young daughter who was tragically widowed <i>while in office</i> was thinking about dating an educated, accomplished woman who looked just like Annette Bening after being alone for over a year.<br /><br />Because Republicans are just that fiendishly clever.<br /><br />I think Dreyfus is a fantastic actor, Aaron Sorkin is an incredible hack.Ron Winkleheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176638872652336967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3851758489008849202016-05-18T12:30:48.765-05:002016-05-18T12:30:48.765-05:00Ron Winkleheimer, 10:28:
"Instead we will pr...Ron Winkleheimer, 10:28:<br /><br />"Instead we will probably get a movie with Richard Dreyfuss in a suit smoking a cigar sitting in a leather bound chair scheming against the people. You know, what he thinks of as his Republican imitation."<br /><br />From The American President, or are you thinking of something else? Because yeah, that was some groan-inducing mustache-twirling villainy there. (Aaron Sorkin, you've sure got our number.)<br /><br />But I'll say this for Richard Dreyfuss: After Charlton Heston announced he had Alzheimer's Disease, Dreyfuss wrote for <i>National Review</i> a heartfelt tribute to Heston as an actor and as a man, acknowledging their very different politics and commenting, "I can only say I wish all the liberals and all the conservatives I knew had the class and forbearance he has."<br /><br />I was surprised to read that he was spotted at a Ted Cruz campaign event some time ago. I wondered if this staunch liberal had recently and suddenly turned conservative. I don't think so, but he is suddenly very interested in civics and the constitution (http://www.thedreyfussinitiative.org).<br /><br />I try not to care too much what celebrities think, but I like that Dreyfuss goes a lot deeper than the bumper-sticker level. As for that performance, well- the military has no better friend in Hollywood than Gary Sinise, who played a murdering renegade naval officer determined to save a cancelled missile defense system in Brian DePalma's amazingly bad <i>Snake Eyes</i>.JPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413052994164641967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41706569090594757692016-05-18T12:14:34.506-05:002016-05-18T12:14:34.506-05:00Brando, it does not matter what a Socialist calls ...Brando, it does not matter what a Socialist calls it, when the other people's money runs out, you get Venezuela. Always. That is what Bernie is promising the nation, to turn us into a dystopian dictatorship, and people are lapping it up like it isn't the sewage it is made of. That should chill you to the bone.<br /><br />Even Norway was smart enough to put their oil money into investments, and to only use the dividends off that capital to fund their socialism. That might work with a stable population of Norwegians, but not with increasing demands for the socialist funding of immigrants let in without limit. They are looking at changing their welfare system for immigrants, right now.mikeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875483485290838207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84146034961868691012016-05-18T11:56:00.532-05:002016-05-18T11:56:00.532-05:00Ann Althouse said...Management at the NYT must see...<i>Ann Althouse said...Management at the NYT must see that its readers are not happy with its pro-Hillary efforts. It's not helping Hillary and it's hurting the newspaper.</i><br /><br />Undelcared campaign contributions, 100%! If a company is intentionally run in a way that harms shareholder value then the people running it are committing fraud (by knowingly violating their fiduciary duty to the corporation and its owners). If they're slanting their coverage in a pro-Clinton way to the detriment of their value...well, hey, 1st Amendment, private property, do whatever you want...but if the AG of NY is going to go after companies like Exxon for corporate speech this kind of crap should be up for grabs, too.<br /><br />The Right is so far behind in the lawfare race! It's good insomuch as that deficit is due to the Right's principled beliefs, but I have to think enough people are getting tired of being kicked in the teeth that they're going to be willing to use the Left's lawfare tools. It's how the Republic ends, of course...but if we're going that way already I don't object to using the FEC, IRS, state AGs, etc, against the Left (Media, academy, all of 'em) just as they've used those against the Right.HoodlumDoodlumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591221162603652473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37917696356662275662016-05-18T11:44:33.698-05:002016-05-18T11:44:33.698-05:00Tommy Duncan said...Timing will be everything. The...<i>Tommy Duncan said...Timing will be everything. The later Biden enters the race the better for the Democrats. </i><br /><br />That occurred to me, as well, but don't state ballot rules/restrictions dictate he'd need to be an official, declared candidate well before the actual election?HoodlumDoodlumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591221162603652473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53999865121768722722016-05-18T11:40:21.955-05:002016-05-18T11:40:21.955-05:00"The best thing for the Democratic Party to d...<i>"The best thing for the Democratic Party to do is let Hillary get indicted. She bows out, Biden comes in."</i><br /><br />Timing will be everything. The later Biden enters the race the better for the Democrats. <br /><br />Biden will run as "not Clinton, not Trump". But that shtick has a short shelf life. Joe Biden is himself a very weak candidate. He needs to enter the race late and get elected before people remember he is the embodiment of the establishment and will deliver 4 more years of Obama.<br /><br />I expect Trump to begin inoculating himself against a Biden run.Tommy Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268175762963470262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11423405456430637392016-05-18T11:33:03.172-05:002016-05-18T11:33:03.172-05:00Am I the only one amazed and outraged and desponde...<b>Am I the only one amazed and outraged and despondent that an avowed Socialist has so much support among the electorate? Has every one of those voters gone completely insane, supporting a political philosophy that has worked in exactly zero of the nations in which it has been tried, ever?</b><br /><br />It's the youth. They are gung-ho for Socialism --- until they get their first job. Then that melts away.<br /><br /><b>Sanders could beat Trump, without a doubt. </b><br /><br />Strongly disagree. This is in the same "Look, Kasich does better against Clinton or Sanders than any other Republican".<br /><br />Sanders is, to be gentle, Not Hillary. That is it. Anybody left standing would've received similar vote totals.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10062035497993036082016-05-18T11:32:32.973-05:002016-05-18T11:32:32.973-05:00"The best thing for the Democratic Party to d..."The best thing for the Democratic Party to do is let Hillary get indicted. She bows out, Biden comes in."<br /><br />That would work best for them. The indictment would give the superdelegates the excuse to bail, and if her delegates went with Biden that could give him a first ballot nomination. He'd still have the problem of the pissed off Bernie supporters, but if Biden could mollify them he'd look strong this fall.<br /><br />I don't think an indictment is coming, though. If it were, it would have happened by now.Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32246925619293418372016-05-18T11:32:31.973-05:002016-05-18T11:32:31.973-05:00Maybe not a "symbolic triumph", but ther...Maybe not a "symbolic triumph", but there is one distinct advantage to edging Sanders in Kentucky. It stops the BernieBros from saying "Bernie's won the last X primaries in a row!" with X being a fairly large and gradually increasing number (6? 7? 8? 9? I forget). They can still say "Bernie's won at least as many delegates as Hillary, and sometimes a lot more, in the last X primaries", but that's not one-tenth as rhetorically effective.Dr Weevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059306888033890029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37412062795062843052016-05-18T11:28:57.196-05:002016-05-18T11:28:57.196-05:00"There was a time that Hillary was sinking in..."There was a time that Hillary was sinking in the polls and then, during a debate, Bernie said "nobody gives a damn about your emails ". Immediately thereafter Hillary started to rise in the polls. I believe that if Bernie hadn't made that statement, he'd leading in pledged delegates now."<br /><br />Definitely didn't help him. It made no sense to me for him to give her a pass; even if he thought he'd still lose and end up endorsing her, that's an issue that even Clinton fans should want aired out and handled, rather than letting it drip slowly through the campaign season. It's not like the GOP was going to give her a pass on it.<br /><br />Sanders could have said "please tell us right now, at this debate, with your own words--no spinmeisters or advisers, just your own recollection--WHY you went through all this trouble to set up a private server to route all your work and personal e-mail, and never confirmed with legal staff at State or the White House whether this could be a problem. No, it wasn't "convenience" as we know you can carry two phones, or have it all set up on one phone. No, previous Secretaries never did this. This was unique, and it raises troubling questions about whether you're hiding something or whether you did this for questionable reasons. But if you can give Democrats and Americans one believable answer right now, I will not bring this up again."<br /><br />His failure to do that made no sense at all.Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59147253094037371422016-05-18T11:13:54.809-05:002016-05-18T11:13:54.809-05:00Why does the Democrat party try so hard to get her...Why does the Democrat party try so hard to get her nominated?<br /><br />First black candidate = WIN!<br /><br />First female candidate = WIN! Right????? Uh 'oh....<br /><br />That or Hillary is too scary to NOT support in public.<br /><br />Personally I find the "vote with your vagina" concept a bit icky..... but at least THAT phrase seems to have died a merciful death. Even, "It's time we elected a woman" is oft greeted with, "but not THIS woman".JAOREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11819907966430540035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3907955027493634122016-05-18T10:44:55.124-05:002016-05-18T10:44:55.124-05:00My favorite Roman Triumph moment was Pompey's ...My favorite Roman Triumph moment was Pompey's after defeating the Marians in North Africa. He technically did not qualify for a Triumph since he was technically a private citizen, but after much hesitation Sulla gave him one anyway. However, Sulla decided that Pompey would have the third Triumph of the day after Sulla's own and another Roman commander. Pompey tried to make up for this slight by having the spectacle of four elephants to pull his chariot, but the beasts would not fit through the gate to his general embarrassment. He had to settle for horses.<br /><br />The Romans also had a lesser honor called an "Ovation." Crassus received one for defeating Spartacus. Apparently he was refused a Triumph since it was unseemly to give such an honor for fighting slaves, regardless of what threat those slaves presented.Static Pinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083787604745437979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49332379397574199742016-05-18T10:42:33.203-05:002016-05-18T10:42:33.203-05:00Suppose it's true. And Clinton loses to Sander...<b>Suppose it's true. And Clinton loses to Sanders and Trump takes Clinton as a unity ticket. No more parties.</b><br /><br />I think that they both would lose a lot of supporters.Ron Winkleheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176638872652336967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3419560209411039832016-05-18T10:37:10.316-05:002016-05-18T10:37:10.316-05:00There was a time that Hillary was sinking in the p...There was a time that Hillary was sinking in the polls and then, during a debate, Bernie said "nobody gives a damn about your emails ". Immediately thereafter Hillary started to rise in the polls. I believe that if Bernie hadn't made that statement, he'd leading in pledged delegates now.SteveMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664097492206317203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32093329210321857062016-05-18T10:34:45.679-05:002016-05-18T10:34:45.679-05:00So far the media strategy has been, be the inevita...So far the media strategy has been, be the inevitable candidate. She even started attacking Trump directly with instead of going after Sanders. This was a campaign strategy. It says, hey look, the primary is over, it's time to focus on the general.<br /><br />Somehow it's not working. All these Sanders supporters, of which it appears there are a lot, are thinking they can win.<br /><br />What happens if Hillary loses?<br /><br />Will we see a Trump/Clinton ticket?<br /><br />Everyone insists that Hillary and Trump are friends. Many on the right, especially in the nevertrump crowd, insist that Trump is just like Hillary. Both NE liberals.<br /><br />Suppose it's true. And Clinton loses to Sanders and Trump takes Clinton as a unity ticket. No more parties. <br /><br />How does Trump lose that election?erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421496691136153382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68063408023793135452016-05-18T10:28:25.364-05:002016-05-18T10:28:25.364-05:00You know, if Hollywood wasn't such a bastion o...You know, if Hollywood wasn't such a bastion of leftist group-think a really great movie could be made out of this. <br /><br />We have a corrupt politician in it for the money and power being challenged by an idealistic outsider and a flamboyant billionaire with an exotic, foreign, super model wife. <br /><br />Twists! Turns! Thrills!<br /><br />Instead we will probably get a movie with Richard Dreyfuss in a suit smoking a cigar sitting in a leather bound chair scheming against the people. You know, what he thinks of as his Republican imitation. Ron Winkleheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176638872652336967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32799367639337133252016-05-18T10:07:25.632-05:002016-05-18T10:07:25.632-05:00How do you oppose NAFTA and support massive import...How do you oppose NAFTA and support massive import of cheap labor? tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24647243892225135602016-05-18T10:04:29.706-05:002016-05-18T10:04:29.706-05:00Sanders could beat Trump, without a doubt. Sanders could beat Trump, without a doubt. tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5151969313546111182016-05-18T09:56:53.715-05:002016-05-18T09:56:53.715-05:00"Am I the only one amazed and outraged and de..."Am I the only one amazed and outraged and despondent that an avowed Socialist has so much support among the electorate? Has every one of those voters gone completely insane, supporting a political philosophy that has worked in exactly zero of the nations in which it has been tried, ever?"<br /><br />They figure (and he's saying) he's using "socialist" in the Fabian Socialist sense, like Britain's Labour or Germany's Social Democrats. Not that their policies aren't wrongheaded, but they're not the same as Soviet Communism or at least their adherents don't think so.<br /><br />But any way you cut it, we're getting closer and closer to the Western European socialist model, with each new entitlement and regulatory scheme and calls for redistribution. And if another financial crisis hits, those calls will be more extreme than ever.Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39120951596025693342016-05-18T09:52:59.000-05:002016-05-18T09:52:59.000-05:00As the presumptive nominee it's embarrassing t...As the presumptive nominee it's embarrassing that she could not pull out a majority in either state. Abdul Abulbul Amirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053690570915734728noreply@blogger.com