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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 2, 2016 14:33:26 GMT -5
I debated putting this into "Upcoming books of interest", but ultimately decided it fit better here.
boldprogressives.org is offering a comic book about Elizabeth Warren.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 15:13:55 GMT -5
and. . . .no indictment recommended (just as most folks who followed the accusations, and the investigation, realized was going to be the outcome).
Not following State Department rules, is not the same thing as violating the law.
tho it's entertaining watching right-wing, and hardcore BoB folks heads explode this morning.
just like in Scanners.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 6, 2016 3:43:49 GMT -5
I figured this would happen.
I like Hillary, but am still voting Bernie, as I prefer him.
She's going to win.
I think Bernie was mostly hanging in there in the event that this turned the other way today.
It makes sense.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 6, 2016 11:29:16 GMT -5
I figured this would happen. I like Hillary, but am still voting Bernie, as I prefer him. She's going to win. I think Bernie was mostly hanging in there in the event that this turned the other way today. It makes sense. I can support anyone who is voting their conscience. Except for Trump voters. That I just can't understand . EDIT: And there was a news article this morning with Trump saying how much he admired the handling of terrorists by Saddam Hussein. Not much I can add to that.
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 6, 2016 20:23:40 GMT -5
I figured this would happen. I like Hillary, but am still voting Bernie, as I prefer him. She's going to win. Unless too many voters assume she's going to win...
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 6, 2016 21:35:30 GMT -5
Oh, it could happen, just like Brexit was never going to happen.
We're all petrified the guy could actually do it. It scares the crap out of me and my family.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 7, 2016 7:31:25 GMT -5
Oh, it could happen, just like Brexit was never going to happen. We're all petrified the guy could actually do it. It scares the crap out of me and my family. It should scare the entire planet. That Trump is even in the running is ample justification for a country like Iran to try and get nukes, and I say that as someone who has zero sympathy for the medieval theocracy that strangles that country since the revolution. Nuclear weapons seem to be the only thing that keeps a non-US ally safe when a nut is in the White House, and Trump is even nuttier than Dubya if his xenophobic rants are any indication; I couldn't blame anyone for wanting some of that insurance when the danger is so clear and present. The truly awful thing is that Trump doesn't even have to win. The damage to the faith the rest of the world had in the US is already done, because Trump wasn't just laughed out of the political scene after a few weeks. Even if the next three presidents were great and enlightened diplomats, the world would remember that it is possible to have a Dubya or a Trump in the White House at a few years' notice, with all that such a presidency entails. It's very sad when the dystopias described in novels like Spinrad's Russian spring or Brunner's the wrong end of time come to pass.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 7, 2016 8:12:56 GMT -5
I totally understand what you're saying and would probably feel exactly the same from your vantage point.
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Post by howardm416 on Jul 7, 2016 10:58:42 GMT -5
I figured this would happen. I like Hillary, but am still voting Bernie, as I prefer him. She's going to win. I think Bernie was mostly hanging in there in the event that this turned the other way today. It makes sense. Are you planning on writing in Bernie? Because the primaries are over, and Bernie's name will not be on the ballot in November. That said, I voted for Bernie in the NY State Primary. But I'm not a sore loser, and I won't have a problem voting for Hillary in November.
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 7, 2016 12:56:48 GMT -5
With Michael Gove eliminated, Britain is now about to get its second female Prime Minister. It's just a question of which of the two ladies it will be. My money's on Theresa May.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 7, 2016 16:25:47 GMT -5
I don't dislike Hillary, although the e-mail server thing sticks in my craw cause it was just purely stupid, but I'm still writing in Bernie as my signal that that's the kind of candidate and progressive agenda I prefer.
If I weren't absolutely convinced that Oklahoma will carry Trump (unfortunately), I'd vote Hillary.
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Post by the4thpip on Jul 10, 2016 10:03:33 GMT -5
If I weren't absolutely convinced that Oklahoma will carry Trump (unfortunately), I'd vote Hillary. While Oklahoma, West Virginia and Montana look like the only 3 states that will remain "safely GOP" in this odd election, we haven't had a single debate yet. So keep your eye on the polls. Trump is crashing and burning in a lot of traditionally red states.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 10, 2016 10:58:22 GMT -5
If it looks like it's possible for Hillary to actually carry Oklahoma, I'll vote Hillary, otherwise my protest vote goes to Sanders as the more Progressive candidate.
OK hasn't voted for a Democrat since 1964 and neighboring candidate Lyndon Baines Johnson over Barry Goldwater.
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 11, 2016 8:01:52 GMT -5
Theresa May's last opponent in the Conservative Party leadership race has dropped out. It seems certain that Theresa will now be Britain's next Prime Minister.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 12, 2016 13:29:13 GMT -5
Ok, we all knew it would happen eventually, but watching Bernie endorse Hillary today, and them agreeing on most issues, and especially the fact that by her aligning most of what Bernie wanted with her official platform, I'm not ready to vote Hillary in November.
Oklahoma will still carry Trump I'm sure, but her embracing most of his positions is enough for me to vote for her.
Still don't like the e-mail scandal but that's not enough to stop me from voting for her.
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