The Politics Thread

[DramatistDreamer]

 

 

Shh, best not to say that too loudly, as we're not supposed speak too much about diversity- remember talking about diversity too often is what lost the election.

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 Best to talk in generalities and assume that everybody will 'get' it. 

 

 

And once Obama won, some people were almost hoping for Clinton to dig in her heels but she somehow convinced even her most loyal base to vote for Obama, which even the voters who felt bitter about her loss did vote for Obama. Funny how that worked, huh? 

 

Could it be that the two primary candidates actually agreed to work in concert to get the party's nominee elected and not just pay lip service to the idea?

Could it also be that Clinton's voters were more interested in securing the White House, rather than spiting Obama?

Hmm, I wonder....

Edited April 4, 2017 by DramatistDreamer

[JaneAusten]

I'm still frustrated at the need to regurgitate all this. We have a real scandal with the Russian interference in our elections and people want to make it about Clinton supporters not getting over her loss(like Russian interference is not a big deal) and how the Clinton's ruined the DNC.

 

Seriously Lara Trump was just hired by Cambridge Analytica and people are we are still arguing about this?

Edited April 4, 2017 by JaneAusten

[DramatistDreamer]

 

Yeah, I'm over it too. Wasn't sure why an article from December of last year was posted but *shrugs*.

 

[ReddFoxx]

Clinton had a long history within the party, so of course she would have support among the establishment. Sanders has never been a Democrat and called for Obama to be primaried in 2012, which certainly isn't a great thing to do if you want Democratic support. Sanders was never going to win the Democratic nomination, so the talk of rigged elections is bunk. At this point, none of that matters, since the last election cycle is finished.

Edited April 4, 2017 by ReddFoxx

[DramatistDreamer]

The fact that Sanders called for Obama to be primaried in 2012 doesn't sit right with me (how insulting!) and it probably didn't sit well with the other groups that didn't vote for Sanders in the '16 Democratic primary.

There are definitely factions within the Democratic party that are either Democrats in name only (e.g. the Joe Manchins) or only use Democratic party apparatus when it suits them (Democratic Socialists like Sanders who Caucus with the Democrats).

 

Anywho, everyone's talking about the 'nuclear option' but this is an interesting fact- and I like actual facts (not alternative facts 

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).

 

[Eric83]

Bernie is a demagogue and a loser. He perpetuated this victim narrative about elections being rigged but said NOTHING about the fact that the majority of his wins were in caucus states that disenfranchises MANY voters. 

 

Washington state held a Caucus and a Primary but only the Caucus results counted. Bernie won the Caucus but Hillary won the Primary where over 400,000 more people were able to participate. How could Hillary win many caucuses though when voters are unable to attend the meeting times or they have psycho Bernie bros yelling at them? Sanders and his crew can go f-ck off.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/washington-primary-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton/484313/

 

[DramatistDreamer]

[JaneAusten]

More trouble at Fox News

 

It would be nice to see this as the start of O"Reilly's downfall but we see how fox "punished" Ailes so I am not very encouraged but advertisers like Hyundai and Mercedes pulling is a start 

 

 

 

This is why you hear them all complaining about "identity" politics and barely speak a word about voter suppression particularly in states like NC and WI where over 100 thousand voters in each state were disenfranchised due to it. Nor do they ever talk about those broken voting machines in Detroit. Ask why. It's like voter suppression doesn't exist.

Edited April 4, 2017 by JaneAusten

[marceline]

 

We are all that ranger.

[Khan]

At the end of the day, the only thing that matters to TV networks is advertising revenue.

 

 

Except Maxine Waters.  She's giving Trump a whole 'nother kind of side-eye.

Edited April 4, 2017 by Khan

[JONNYSBRO]

 

Bernie is not a loser. They were rigged and Hilary got those stupid debate questions. Hilary Clinton was a joke she still couldnt win.

[Juliajms]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-hodeidah-yemen-famine_us_58a88970e4b037d17d28610b?

 

U.S. policy about to make famine in Yemen more likely.

[Vee]

Hmm:

 

 

The headline is a typical Politico gotcha line but the piece is much more damning to the GOP.

[JaneAusten]

 

The fact is they don't really care that Russia impacted our elections. Next go around they will be tampering with voter rolls and it will again be the brown people and women who are impacted for the most part. Hey it allows the GOP to enable voter suppression without doing a damn thing.

Edited April 4, 2017 by JaneAusten

[JaneAusten]

More Fox Advertisers pull

 

"Six more marketers said they were withdrawing ads from “The O’Reilly Factor,’’ making a total of eight that have suspended sponsorship in the last 24 hours. Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai announced their decisions Monday night, and on Tuesday they were joined by BMW of North America; GlaxoSmithKline; Allstate; Constant Contact, an online marketer; Untuckit, a men’s clothing distributor; and Sanofi Consumer HealthCare, which advertised products like ACT mouthwash on Mr. O’Reilly’s show."