True-- except he was never liberal on civil rights or civil libertiesEvery Republican presidential candidate has had a Democrats For [GOP asshole] and every Democratic candidate has had a Democrats For [Dem asshole]. I'm old and I don't remember an election when that wasn't the case, although I imagine Republicans for Biden is going to be a lot larger and more vibrant than a Republicans for Bernie committee might have been.
Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin. Could a third-party candidate do this?by Thomas NeuburgerI'm thinking out loud these days, trying to crack the uncrackable nut, escape the inescapable trap laid for policy-minded voters, the one that says “It's a Republican or a neoliberal; there's no other viable choice. Pick one.”More and more, people want to pick neither.
The world is in the midst of a COVID-19 crisis and in our corner of the planet, a presidential campaign has been reduced to a single issue: Trump or not Trump. Pick your poison.
My friend Dorothy Reik was recently elected to the L.A. County Democratic Party Central Committee. She received more votes than anyone else who has ever run for that position. Ever! Yesterday, Reik wrote to subscribers of her influential daily update list that "Bernie was on Chris Hayes last night and Velshi this morning. He also hosts town halls on line. Where is Biden???
This was a dumb Beltway talking point in February and this headline made me laugh: Republicans sense momentum after impeachment win. Moron talk: "House Republicans believe they are gaining momentum after a terrible week for Democrats and a strong one for President Trump.
Among political operatives Doug Sosnik is a respected name. He was once President Clinton's political director and in his "big think" piece on the state of the 2020 election for Axios Tuesday he came to some sweeping conclusions, like...
Texas has a crackpot extremist as its Attorney General, Ken Paxton, a very far right and very partisan Republican. He somehow thinks preventing Democrats from voting is part of his job description.
If U.S. politics were as binary as the average Joe thinks it is-- and everyone was either a Democrat or a Republican-- then any Democrat not voting for Status Quo Joe would be a traitor, just the way so many average Joes on Twitter seem to think #NeverTrump/#NeverBiden Americans are. Don't hate them for their simpleminds. Even the Simple Minds had a hit song.
What the 2016 electoral vote would have looked if the “FU / None of the Above” electorate had turned out (source)by Thomas Neuburger“If I were to become President, these wars in the Middle East would end. War is a money-making scheme done by the military industrial complex.
