Ultimately, the information revealed in the DNC e-mail hacks (by the Russian government!) "shockingly" revealed— that the people who were staffers for the Democratic Party's leadership organization didn't like Bernie Sanders, the independent Senator from Vermont who (some people argue) made a career … [Read more...]
Sanders Political Terrorism I: Fans Fan Ignorant Nevada Drama & Sanders Defends the Indefensible
Americans should not forget what happened last month, when Sanders supporters entered the Democratic Party's Nevada state convention disorganized and uninformed and caused a mini-riot when things (accordingly) didn't go their way and went the way the voters of Nevada's caucuses originally intended … [Read more...]
Sanders Derangement Syndrome, the Liberal Tea Party, & How Nevada Riot Pretty Much Sums Up Team Bernie: Sandernista Political Terrorism II
Bernie Sanders still has work to do, to ensure that his crusade lives on. Ideally this will help lead to Hillary figuring out how to pick her VP—as explained here. While I am totally comfortable with Bernie Sanders not officially endorsing Hillary until the convention, I have been mightily pissed … [Read more...]
Waiting for the Youth to Rise Up –is Like Waiting for Godot
"What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in the immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come -- ” ― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot. I have been very careful not to take sides in the Bernie v … [Read more...]
Hillary V Bernie: Flags, Pins, Money and Fashion Things!
I know nothing about fashion. I have learned that before I ever go out with my wife in public that I must surreptitiously discipline my hair with a thoroughly whetted comb and exchange whatever I have been wearing for the prior 48 hours (with items that I had been wearing two days previously–rapidly … [Read more...]
State of the Clinton-Sanders Democratic Race Post-Debate, Pre-Nevada and South Carolina
Neither candidate can be said to have chipped into the other's core support as a result of the debate Thursday night. As before the debate, the real test of Sanders' viability as a candidate rests not in a single victory backed by white liberals in New Hampshire, but whether or not Sanders can … [Read more...]
2016 Stupidparty Presidential Candidates: A Sincere Attempt to Find Intelligent Life
I have already tackled the true souls of the standard Stupidparty candidates in various blog posts that can be found here. But now I am on a different mission - to try and find some actual intelligent thoughts that these politicians may have let slip, and figure how they compare to Democrats, and … [Read more...]
Bernard “Bernie” Sanders: The Political Foresight Champion
By Jason Newell - UPDATE - (4/2016) - Panama Papers added. “[After Clinton’s introduction] Introducing second, from the progressive corner, weighing 200 pounds—he hails from Brooklyn, New York, and was rated, by many, as the best vote-for-vote politician in Washington, with one no-vote on Iraq, … [Read more...]