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CNN’s Zeleny: ‘The Democratic Bench Is Very, Very Thin’ – Still Trying to Figure Out Who Is the Party’s Heart
On Friday’s broadcast of PBS’ “Washington Week,” CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jeff Zeleny stated Democrats are still trying to figure out who is the party’s beating heart, and that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is the party’s “driving force” because he’s filling a vacuum left by the fact that “the Democratic bench is very, very thin.”
Zeleny was asked, “Who is the beating heart of the Democratic Party right now?”
He responded, “It is the central question in all of politics. And Democrats are trying to figure it out, because it’s not — the answer is not what some would like. I mean, Bernie Sanders is still the driving force at the head of the party.”
He added, “Bernie Sanders is going to give the party a lot of trouble in the next couple years. He is still occupying a lot of oxygen that [Senator] Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) thought was hers, that some other Democrats thought was theirs. The reality is, the Democratic bench is very, very thin. Look at the governors, almost nonexistent, the ranks there. State senators, decimated in the Obama years. In the vacuum, Bernie Sanders, in all of his glory, is rising up and loving every minute of it.”
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Keith Ellison Blames Obama For Democratic Party Collapse
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It's not really. It's mainly a competition of who can out-commie he other.
Libfags are trying to set the table of the most leftist Stalinist in the bunch right now
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It's not really. It's mainly a competition of who can out-commie he other.
Libfags are trying to set the table of the most leftist Stalinist in the bunch right now
how anyone could admit to being a dem these days is beyond me... just look at these fucks lol... saw that perez fella speak on tv... hahahaha!!! id be embarrassed to be one of those lib clowns standing there behind that asswipe.
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how anyone could admit to being a dem these days is beyond me... just look at these fucks lol... saw that perez fella speak on tv... hahahaha!!! id be embarrassed to be one of those lib clowns standing there behind that asswipe.
Gay leftists, lezbos, govt employee union types, welfare bums, 95'ers, and communists - thats it
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Elizabeth Warren disagrees with Tom Perez's litmus test on abortion
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DNC Chairman Tom Perez's brazen rejection of pro-life Democrats has now been condemned by some of his party's most powerful voices. In recent days, both House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., rebuffed Perez's suggestion that Democrats must uniformly support abortion rights.
Now, even progressive champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is publicly disagreeing with the chairman of her party.
"I am strongly pro-choice. I am strongly pro-choice, and I will fight," Warren told HuffPost, continuing, "But that's not how everyone in the party feels."
"I recognize that not all of my colleagues agree with me. I'll do everything I can to persuade them, but they are my colleagues, and that's just how it is with the Democrats," the senator concluded.
But is that really "just how it is with the Democrats"?
Until Perez reverses course, it doesn't seem that way.
Perez's line in the sand against candidates such as Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello (whose record is not as "pro-life" as people initially believed) was drawn because hardline groups like NARAL pressure the party to abandon pro-life candidates. Without a signal from Perez that his committee will support Democratic candidates who disagree with the party's platform, respecting the outlook of influential leaders like Warren, Sanders, and Pelosi, it's hard to believe he will not cave again.
That Warren, one of the Democrats' staunchest progressives, is pushing back against Perez, should send the DNC a message loud and clear.
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WaPo: This Democratic Purity Experiment Is Quite A Mess, Huh?
Townhall.com ^ | April 28, 2017 | Matt Vespa
Posted on 4/28/2017, 7:33:50 PM by Kaslin
Time will tell if the Democratic Party’s charted course to progressive purity will be successful. Right now, Democrat Jon Ossoff is facing Republican Karen Handel in Georgia’s sixth congressional district runoff, which will be held in June. In Montana, Rob Quist is also trying to win over voters through heavy usage of firearms in his ads. The question Aaron Blake of The Washington Post asks is 'why did the Republican Party have such success with the Tea Party wave of 2010, knocking off members of Congress that conservatives felt were too moderate, while Democrats seem to be foundering.' If anything, it’s become a train wreck, with both the progressive wing of the Democratic Party flocking to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and the establishment represented by newly elected DNC chair Tom Perez. The two kicked off a unity tour, which ended last week. Perez was booed and heckled at multiple stops. Also, Sanders isn’t a Democrat, something he makes clear with a tinge of pride in the inflection of such a declaration.
At the same time, Perez is no moderate Democrat; he’s pretty far left himself. What Blake found out is that reality is the Democratic Party’s biggest obstacle, using the Montana, Georgia, Nebraska, and Kansas elections to demonstrate the point. In Omaha, Nebraska, more heartburn hit the Democratic Party when Sanders backed Heath Mello, who is running for mayor. Mello supported a sonogram bill while serving in the state legislature, which led to Perez's declaration that to be a Democrat and get DNC support, you have to be pro-abortion:
In all four cases, Democrats have flirted with a purity focus in four tough areas of the country. Each shows how difficult that is to pull off.
And that's got to be frustrating for progressives. After all, Republicans have fought over purity for years, with the tea party giving the GOP establishment repeated fits. And the GOP only continued its ascent in Congress and now to the presidency. Why can't Democrats do the same with progressivism? Why can't they run like Sanders in Montana and Wichita and Omaha and suburban Atlanta?
The reason is pretty simple: reality. Because of the way our population is distributed, Democrats can't afford to enforce the kind of doctrinaire purity that the tea party was so successful in policing.
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Democrats won the House because socially and culturally conservative candidates carried conservative states districts in the South and along the Rust Belt in 2006 and 2008. Schumer led the recruiting effort in the Senate, and Pelosi became speaker as a result of then-DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel's political pragmatism. They know the deal.
The Democrats' tendency these days will be to demand their party be as un-Trump and un-Republican as possible in trying to win back control of Congress. These examples show how bumpy that path is already proving.
And it shows how losing ground in the rural states can lead to a slow gutting of your political operation. You simply cannot win back the House if you only dominate the urban areas—and Democrats are increasingly becoming an urban-based and coastal party. That’s not enough to win back the presidency or Congress. If Democrats don’t back those remaining red state Democrats who have proven they can win in Republican states, then prepare for a long stay in the political wilderness. In many ways, the Democratic Party is already there. Reaching out to white working class voters is the ticket to reclaiming the majority, though the urban-based elites who shun white voters for the sake of being the point of the lance for diversity will probably not let this fly. Another thing is that we’re a right-of-center nation. We lean to the right on social issues. We want to pay fewer taxes, we want a smaller government, we like our guns, and we feel that big government, not corporations, poses the biggest threat to our freedoms and liberties. Not necessarily fertile ground for a hyper left progressive movement to sweep the nation. We also walk a waffled line on abortion; with most saying that Roe v. Wade shouldn’t be overturned, but favor strict regulations on the procedure. For example, almost 60 percent support banning abortion after 20 weeks. That includes 60 percent of American women. The Democratic Party’s position is perilously close to supporting full-blown abortion on demand, which isn’t popular. Concerning government, liberals are the movement that believes more power in the hands of fewer people is key to securing a better form of social justice. Again, it is reality, but also one that is based in policy too. The Perez/Sanders Democratic Party is simply too far left to succeed in areas that they need to win in order to have a political renaissance.
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And it shows how losing ground in the rural states can lead to a slow gutting of your political operation. You simply cannot win back the House if you only dominate the urban areas—and Democrats are increasingly becoming an urban-based and coastal party. That’s not enough to win back the presidency or Congress. If Democrats don’t back those remaining red state Democrats who have proven they can win in Republican states, then prepare for a long stay in the political wilderness. In many ways, the Democratic Party is already there. Reaching out to white working class voters is the ticket to reclaiming the majority, though the urban-based elites who shun white voters for the sake of being the point of the lance for diversity will probably not let this fly.
The Democrats are incapable of winning back this group IMO.
And without this group the ability for them to take back Congress is practically impossible.
Maybe Lena Dunham will be their Savior?? ???
Lena Dunham hopes to connect with women 'in the middle of the country'
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Lena Dunham wants to connect with women in Middle America.
The outspoken actress plans to turn her website, LennyLetter.com, into a variety show that she will take on the road along with co-founder Jenni Konner.
"We really wanted to try to be a part of, in our own small way, healing the very big divide that exists in our country right now," Dunham said in an interview Monday. "We're trying to look beyond the coastal states and really think about connecting to women, to people, in the middle of the country."
The star said she wanted to create the tour as a way that women could connect and share their thoughts following the presidential election.
The co-founders of the digital newsletter announced Tuesday that they'll take the "Lenny: America IRL" tour to six cities, beginning May 31 in St. Louis.
While the event will have liberal-skewing political overtones, Dunham and Konner say everyone is welcome.
"It's political, but we're also trying to bring up issues that you can't really argue with," Dunham said. "For example, a portion of our proceeds are going toward arts education organizations for girls in every city. People have a lot of really split opinions on social politics, but you basically have to be a mustache-twirling villain to have a problem with girls receiving arts education."
Konner said the show's content will be more general than the specific feminist tone of the biweekly Lenny Letter.
The tour, which will feature music, comedy and spoken word performances, includes stops in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minnesota; Des Moines, Iowa; and Lexington, Kentucky. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Performers will include "Saturday Night Live" star Sasheer Zamata, poet Jenny Zhang and comics Charla Lauriston and Morgan Murphy.
Beyond the "America IRL" tour, Konner and Dunham are also broadening Lenny into a documentary series for HBO and a Lenny book imprint launching in August with the first of six slated titles.
"It's all about trying to expand the way that women can have access to information that cracks their brains open," Dunham said. "Jenni's and my entire ethos is really built around relationships between women."
The Lenny expansions are giving the "Girls" alums a new place to put their energies after wrapping the often groundbreaking and controversial series last week.
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@:56 ;D :D
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Lena Dunham hopes to connect with women 'in the middle of the country'
By fisting their little sisters and shoving pebbles into their vaginas?
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The actual legislative policies from dems are better for the majority in the middle class.
The problem I see, is the dems embrace of gays, tranny's , femi-nazis ,ghetto rats, Muslims and illegal immigrants.
I honestly don't feel like I have a political party that speaks for those like me.
Yeah taxing us more and passing laws like obamacare is awesome GTFO
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::) where i live dems run everything we are the highest taxed in the nation - no thanks, F every democrat communist pos
I don't think middle class tax rates has changed much in the past 30 years.
The HMO's and Health Ins companies have made similar profits during that same time period.
The one major change is a higher % of wealth has gone to a very small group at the top.
For example, the gap between CEO and worker pay has grown 40x bigger during the past 30 yrs.
Considering we've had BOTh dems and GOP Presidents during that period makes me think WTF.
I saw a show last month where Bernie Saunders had a town hall meeting in rural West Va.
It became clear that most people there, agreed with Bernie's policies, especially on healthcare.
They voted 80% for Trump and would likely vote for him again, if the election were held today.
Why do so many of these rural voters, cote against the policies they agree with?
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Bill Maher slams Obama for his $400,000 Wall Street speech
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On Friday night’s episode of “Real Time” on HBO, liberal host Bill Maher criticized former President Barack Obama for agreeing to give a speech at a Wall Street firm in September 2017 in exchange for $400,000. Obama was a harsh critic of Wall Street throughout his presidency and often villainized large corporations and wealthy investors for not “paying their fair share.”
After posing a question about Obama’s decision to accept the Wall Street cash, Maher first listened to the panel mostly dismiss the attacks on Obama, including Hollywood actor, producer, and director Rob Reiner, who suggested it’s acceptable for Obama take the money because he’s not “in the pocket of Wall Street.”
“He’s not running for anything right now,” said Reiner, who also claimed he would be bothered by it if he were going to run for office again in the future.
Maher didn’t buy that argument and suggested this sort of connection to Wall Street could lead to corruption.
“It kind of looks like: when he’s on our team, we’re OK with it,” Maher said, adding later, “You could say that when a guy is president, he’s looking ahead to that $400,000 payday. And he’s not going to get it if, while he’s president, he’s going to do something to p*** them off. So, isn’t the best thing to do to take your $10 million book deal? Can’t you live off that?”
Maher isn’t the only one on the left who has been critical of Obama’s speeches. In an interview with CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the speeches are “not a good idea.”
“I just think it does not look good,” Sanders said to CNN. “I just think it is distasteful—not a good idea that he did that.”
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Bill Maher slams Obama for his $400,000 Wall Street speech
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On Friday night’s episode of “Real Time” on HBO, liberal host Bill Maher criticized former President Barack Obama for agreeing to give a speech at a Wall Street firm in September 2017 in exchange for $400,000. Obama was a harsh critic of Wall Street throughout his presidency and often villainized large corporations and wealthy investors for not “paying their fair share.”
After posing a question about Obama’s decision to accept the Wall Street cash, Maher first listened to the panel mostly dismiss the attacks on Obama, including Hollywood actor, producer, and director Rob Reiner, who suggested it’s acceptable for Obama take the money because he’s not “in the pocket of Wall Street.”
“He’s not running for anything right now,” said Reiner, who also claimed he would be bothered by it if he were going to run for office again in the future.
Maher didn’t buy that argument and suggested this sort of connection to Wall Street could lead to corruption.
“It kind of looks like: when he’s on our team, we’re OK with it,” Maher said, adding later, “You could say that when a guy is president, he’s looking ahead to that $400,000 payday. And he’s not going to get it if, while he’s president, he’s going to do something to p*** them off. So, isn’t the best thing to do to take your $10 million book deal? Can’t you live off that?”
Maher isn’t the only one on the left who has been critical of Obama’s speeches. In an interview with CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the speeches are “not a good idea.”
“I just think it does not look good,” Sanders said to CNN. “I just think it is distasteful—not a good idea that he did that.”
Ghettobama is just cashing in while he can - soon enough that will dry up and he will be in the shelter after he blows through it all on weed, coke, chooms, a fancy car, gold chains, etc.
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Ghettobama is just cashing in while he can - soon enough that will dry up and he will be in the shelter after he blows through it all on weed, coke, chooms, a fancy car, gold chains, etc.
Blowjobs from creepy looking, hairy pakis
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Even Maher is calling her Pocahontas; she looks pissed too! :D
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Hillary Clinton Still Wants A No Fly Zone & More B-O-M-B-I-N-G!
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Nancy Pelosi Feels the Bern, Faces Pro-Sanders Primary Challenger
House Minority Leader is 'really out of touch'
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is about to “feel the Bern” from San Francisco employment attorney Stephen R. Jaffe, a lifelong Democrat who was inspired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to challenge Pelosi for her seat in 2018.
“I think Ms. Pelosi has served long and — for the most part — well,” Jaffe said in an interview with the Observer. “But, from my observations of the last year or so, particularly in her Town Halls with voters, I think she’s really out of touch with the voters in San Francisco. I think the district needs to be represented by someone more in touch with the voters and the constituents here, and I think I’m that person.”
Jaffe, who was recruited by the Sanders campaign as a senior attorney to observe and monitor the Nevada caucuses, told the Observer he thinks the Vermont senator was “was more or less cheated out of” the nomination.
However, others have suggested Sanders knew he never stood a chance against Clinton and establishment machine from the start.
Jaffe co-founded and serves as president of the South Beach District 6 Democratic Club in San Francisco, Pelosi’s district, where he reportedly has a strong record of fighting for grassroots efforts and, more recently, pushed for the removal of dark money from politics in the Bay Area. Like Sanders, he is also seeking to move the Democratic Party away from its Establishment wing and everything that it represents.
He’s not the first, or last person, to call Pelosi “out of touch” with her Democratic base either.
In a 2016 interview with CBS News’ Face the Nation, Pelosi said, “I don’t think people want a new direction.” Showing an occasional contrast with her party’s “progressive” base in a February CNN Town Hall, she told a millennial Sanders supporter, “Well, I thank you for your question, but I have to say we’re capitalists — that’s just the way it is.”
The Observer points out that “Under Pelosi, Democrats lost more than 60 seats in the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2016, and her tenure represents just how corrupt the Party has become.”
Last November, Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) criticized Pelosi and suggested her proposals to empower junior members of Congress — by making certain positions available only to lawmakers who have served fewer than three or four terms, while she and Reps. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and Steny Hoyer (D-MD) remain in their current posts — could decrease the Congressional Black Caucus’s power while seemingly increasing her own.
“The reality is that, from the perspective of the CBC, some changes may be beneficial while others may have severe unintended consequences that could diminish our power as a caucus within the Democratic Caucus,” Richmond wrote.
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), 43, has also accused Pelosi of trying to “further consolidate her power.” In one of several letters criticizing Pelosi over her poor leadership, Ryan wrote, “I am very disappointed in Leader Pelosi’s proposed caucus reforms which are seemingly designed to further consolidate her power over the caucus.”
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Dear Santa:
Please have the Democrats run Elizabeth Warren and Keith Ellison against Trump in 2020.
Thank you,
MAGA!!!!!
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Dear Santa:
Please have the Democrats run Elizabeth Warren and Keith Ellison against Trump in 2020.
Thank you,
MAGA!!!!!
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I didn't click the link, but I want to point out how wet the chick is in the back thinking about MAGA and Democrat extinction
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., stepped up to bat for former President Barack Obama on Tuesday after he was criticized for accepting $400,000 for a speech at a Wall Street firm's healthcare conference in September.
"Of all people to question ... their commitment to getting money out of politics, to really making sure we restored integrity to political finance process, President Obama couldn't have done more," Wasserman Schultz told CNN host Erin Burnett on Tuesday evening.
Wasserman Schultz, who was ousted as Democratic National Committee chairwoman last summer for colluding with Hillary Clinton's campaign, said Obama has a history of fighting "against the big banks," despite his decision to now accept a large sum of money to address the Wall Street group.
"Look, it is none of anyone's business what someone who is a member of the private sector decides to accept in terms of compensation," Wasserman Schultz added. "With all due respect to anyone who chooses to comment publicly on what Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or anyone earns as a member of the private sector, it's just MYOB."
Instead, the Florida lawmaker said the public should focus on both politicians' public records, which are "pristine."
Although Wasserman Schultz has defended Obama's speaking fee, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have blasted Obama for it.
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Poll: Majority of Voters Do Not Want Chelsea Clinton to Seek Political Office
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Chelsea Clinton is not getting much support to run for office from American voters, according to a new poll.
Only 27 percent of registered voters say they would support Clinton if she ran for political office, while 48 percent said they would rather not see her run, according to a Morning Consult/Politico poll.
The remaining quarter of voters said they had no opinion or were unsure.
Along party lines, Clinton, 37, did not have a lot of support from her own party, with only 48 percent of Democrats saying they would support her in a future run for office. An overwhelming 74 percent of Republicans said they would oppose her candidacy.
Clinton performed poorly in the polls among independents as well, with only 20 percent of independents supporting her and 48 percent opposing her.
Younger voters, women, and Democrats were more likely to support a possible Clinton run, while men, Republicans, and older voters were more likely not to support a potential Clinton candidacy.
Clinton’s popularity is split, with 39 percent saying she is viewed favorably while 38 percent say she is not viewed in a favorable light.
Clinton has stoked a lot of speculation about her entrance into the political arena, with many in Democratic circles saying she should run for a House or Senate seat. Clinton has denied that this speculation is true while leaving the door open for a future run.
“I really am constantly surprised by the stories of me running for, fill in the blank—Congress, Senate, City Council, the presidency,” Clinton told Variety in an interview. “I really find this all rather hysterical, because I’ve been asked this question a lot throughout my life, and the answer has never changed.”
“I clearly do not support the president and certainly hope that he is defeated in the next election, but I don’t think I’m the best person for that job,” she added.
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Good luck winning the Electoral College or controlling the senate with this type of mindset.
The Democrat outside of the coastal region is becoming extinct.
Report: Silicon Valley Democrat Says Middle America Is ‘Podunk, USA’
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Silicon Valley’s Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) reportedly referred to Middle America as “Podunk, USA” during a closed-door Energy and Commerce Committee meeting last week.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, the California Democrat’s remarks raised eyebrows from those present.
The term “podunk” is used to refer to a small town or village that is small or insignificant. The term is commonly seen as an insult.
The Washington Free Beacon reported that Eshoo was frustrated with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s comments about expanding broadband access to rural areas.
Pai reportedly said that eliminating Title II “Net Neutrality” rules would benefit places he has traveled to, such as Parsons, Kansas; Elverson, Pennsylvania; and Cadillac, Michigan. That is when Eshoo reportedly wished out loud that Pai would stop talking about “Podunk, USA” and adjust his focus to the venture capitalists in her Palo Alto District on Sand Hill Road instead.
An unnamed member present at the meeting, who represents a flyover state, reportedly said districts in Middle America are just as important as those in Silicon Valley.
A growing number of Americans feel the Democratic Party is out of touch and have accused it of shifting its focus to coastal elites while ignoring the everyday Americans that are directly affected by the deep-pockets legislation they pass.
In January, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said the Democrats lost to President Donald Trump for this very reason. “I happen to believe that the Democratic Party has been not doing a good job in terms of communicating with people in cities, in towns and in rural America, all over this country,” Sanders said.
The party is also increasingly divided. However, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appeared to be in denial about the severely fractured state of the organization when, in an interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl, she said the Democratic Party is “n terms of unity, 100 percent unified.”
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CNN’s Zeleny: ‘The Democratic Bench Is Very, Very Thin’ – Still Trying to Figure Out Who Is the Party’s Heart
On Friday’s broadcast of PBS’ “Washington Week,” CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jeff Zeleny stated Democrats are still trying to figure out who is the party’s beating heart, and that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is the party’s “driving force” because he’s filling a vacuum left by the fact that “the Democratic bench is very, very thin.”
Zeleny was asked, “Who is the beating heart of the Democratic Party right now?”
He responded, “It is the central question in all of politics. And Democrats are trying to figure it out, because it’s not — the answer is not what some would like. I mean, Bernie Sanders is still the driving force at the head of the party.”
He added, “Bernie Sanders is going to give the party a lot of trouble in the next couple years. He is still occupying a lot of oxygen that [Senator] Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) thought was hers, that some other Democrats thought was theirs. The reality is, the Democratic bench is very, very thin. Look at the governors, almost nonexistent, the ranks there. State senators, decimated in the Obama years. In the vacuum, Bernie Sanders, in all of his glory, is rising up and loving every minute of it.”
Old geriatric white communists from Mew York and Cali
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Old geriatric white communists from Mew York and Cali
They really think swarmy SNL skits and hate filled Steven Cobert rants will connect with the working class of middle America.
Such a terrible strategy and will lead to further losses in Congress and state level elections.
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They really think swarmy SNL skits and hate filled Steven Cobert rants will connect with the working class of middle America.
Such a terrible strategy and will lead to further losses in Congress and state level elections.
I agree.
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The Pro-Bernie faction has not forgotten how they were screwed by the corrupt DNC and they will be a factor in the next couple elections.
DNC Chair Tom Perez heckled by Sanders' camp in California
A disgruntled Bernie supporter explains his decision to boo the former Secretary of Labor in the corresponding youtube link provided.
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Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, got booed and heckled by protesters this weekend at one of the biggest state conventions for the party in California.
The protests weren't coming from Trump supporters, but members of the Democratic Party that feel the state convention is being co-opted by establishment interest groups.
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Chanting could be heard as Perez went into the California Democratic Convention this weekend. "Aye, oh, corporate greed has got to go," was the way it went.
"We are booing because we feel Perez is part of the establishment that keeps co-opting the progressive movement," Gilbert Feliciano, a protest participant who is also a state delegate, told local news affiliates. "The corporatists have an ally with Tom Perez. We felt like it was important to come and voice our discontent."
One issue fueling the discontent with Perez is healthcare. Healthcare-worker groups want the Democrats to get behind a statewide healthcare-provider plan similar to what Massachusetts had adopted about a decade ago.
The convention had been under pressure to show a unified voice between the establishment party and those with the more progressive wing that sided with Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential campaign.
But it appears the establishment may have won out in the end. In a heavily contested fight that went late into the evening Saturday, the California Democratic Committee appointed a new chairman, Eric Bauman, who isn't in the Sanders' camp.
The progressive candidate for chairman was Kimberly Ellis, an activist from the San Francisco Bay Area. She refused to concede at first, saying she had to talk with a legal counsel even after it was clear Bauman had won. She eventually did bow out.
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They really think swarmy SNL skits and hate filled Steven Cobert rants will connect with the working class of middle America.
Such a terrible strategy and will lead to further losses in Congress and state level elections.
Democrats still don't get it why white, working-class, middle-America don't see the country the way Maxine Waters, Anderson Cooper, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell do.
2018 will bring about a Super Majority....
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Spike Lee: Hillary Clinton Thought She Was ‘Entitled’ to the Presidency
Breitbart ^ | 5/22/2017 | Jerome Hudson
Posted on 5/22/2017, 2:41:18 PM by simpson96
Filmmaker Spike Lee unleashed a flurry of personal insults at President Donald Trump and revealed why Hillary Clinton was wrong to think she was “entitled” to the presidency in an interview this week. In a brief conversation with Hollywood Reporter at the Cannes Film Festival, the Do The Right Thing director didn’t mince words about the commander-in-chief: “He’s not my president. I call him Agent Orange.”
“There was some clip I saw yesterday of him dancing with the Saudis that was just ludicrous,” Lee said about Trump recent foreign trip to Saudi Arabia. “Not only is he not a good president, he can’t dance either,” Lee said while laughing. “He could be impeached on his rhythm. He’s the clown with the nuclear codes.”
Lee endorsed Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for president in a radio ad last February and blasted the Democrat party’s “rigged” primary system.
When asked if he ever came around to supporting Clinton, Lee unloaded on the former frontrunner.
“Have you read the book Shattered? Great book,” Lee said of the new Clinton campaign tell-all, Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign, which offers a blistering behind-the-scenes look at how Hillary Clinton lost the election.
“Hillary comes with entitlement. They thought they were entitled to this and despite what you might think, you gotta work,” Lee explained. “If you’re chilling at Martha’s Vineyard, and think ‘It’s a done deal.’ But it wasn’t. There’s one thing you can learn from sports. To quote Yogi Bear: “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” They thought it was theirs. Shit don’t work like that.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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Progressive 'Justice' Democrat To Primary West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin
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ACTIVIST ACCEPTS SEN. JOE MANCHIN’S CHALLENGE TO “FIND SOMEBODY WHO CAN BEAT ME“
WEST VIRGINIA’S DEMOCRATIC Sen. Joe Manchin used a conference call with local activists in February to tell them to stop complaining about his pro-corporate voting record.
“What you ought to do is vote me out. Vote me out! I’m not changing. Find somebody else who can beat me and vote me out,” he dared the activists.
Paula Jean Swearengin, an environmental activist descended from generations of coal miners, has accepted that challenge, announcing earlier this month that she will be challenging Manchin for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
She is one of the first candidates endorsed by Brand New Congress, a new effort spawned by former Bernie Sanders staffers who want to recruit both Democrats and Republicans who have never held office before to run for Congress.
Swearengin’s grandfather died of black lung disease and she has had multiple family members who have suffered from illnesses related to working in the coal mines.
That’s an industry Manchin has been allied to since his days as governor. “Governor Manchin gets it!” exclaimed Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, following his election to the Senate in 2010. Since then, Manchin has not disappointed Big Coal. He has fought the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate coal pollution and was one of two Democrats who voted to support President Trump’s appointment of climate denier Scott Pruitt as EPA chief.
In an interview with The Intercept, Swearengin described the impact coal and environmental pollution have had on her own life.
“I was born a coal miner’s daughter, granddaughter,” she explained. But the industry that employed her family also battered its health. “I have watched several of my family members suffer with … cancer, black lung, suffer from heart disease.”
Pollution from coal mining impacted every area of her life. “When I was a little girl, our water was orange with a blue and purple film. And we drank that water,” she lamented.
To Swearengin, West Virginia’s historic dependence on the coal industry has created an impossible choice for the people of the state. “We’ve been bid against each other for basic human rights,” she explained. “There’s no reason that people should have to worry about putting food on the table for their children and clean water. Appalachians are strong. We’re better than that. So my path to primary Joe Manchin is to fight back. Fight back for my community. Fight back for my neighbors, my family, my friends.”
She confronted Manchin over water pollution at a town hall last March, earning applause when she denounced the fossil fuel industry.
paula-Swearengin-joe-manchin-west-virginia-1495054775 Paula Swearengin speaks to Sen. Joe Manchin during the People’s Town Hall in South Charleston, W.Va., in March 2017. Photo: Brand New Congress
Her platform is built around offering West Virginians an alternative to the coal industry’s stranglehold over the state’s economy, framing this as delivering”economic freedom.” It includes support for tuition-free college, Medicare for All, and investment in infrastructure.
West Virginia went to President Trump by over 40 points in November, making it one of his strongest states in the nation, leading some political commentators to believe that the state is deeply supportive of right-wing Republicans and that it is impossible for a progressive Democrat to win. Swearengin doesn’t see it that way.
“The reason that people ended up voting for Donald Trump is because they’re desperate,” she said. “When they don’t have any other options and somebody’s sitting there saying, ‘Well, let’s give you jobs,’ those were false promises but when somebody is desperate to feed their children, they make poor choices.”
Swearengin views Trump’s election as part of a larger problem in politics in her state: that Democrats and Republicans have converged in ideology and are no longer offering meaningful choices. “The thing that aggravates me the most about the Republicans and the Democrats in this state, they’re all the same. One of the biggest polluting coal barons in West Virginia, Jim Justice, is my Democratic governor,” she explained. “That’s another reason that I decided to run for office. Because he’s my governor, he’s blowing silica dust three miles from my house into my children’s lungs. But he’s a Democrat. He’s a Democrat. But he’s basically a Republican.”
Although there has not yet been any polling produced on the race, there is some evidence that Swearengin’s campaign may not be quixotic. A little over a year ago, Bernie Sanders won every single county in the state in the Democratic primary against Hillary Clinton, a sign that whatever advantages Manchin has as the incumbent senator, there appears to be more anti-establishment feeling on the ground than he is anticipating
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Democrats still don't get it why white, working-class, middle-America don't see the country the way Maxine Waters, Anderson Cooper, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell do.
2018 will bring about a Super Majority....
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Terrible 50 state strategy.
Democrats will be very hard pressed to take back the Senate within the next decade.
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Terrible 50 state strategy.
Democrats will be very hard pressed to take back the Senate within the next decade.
Look at people who whore democrat values on this page
Gay white hipsters like StrawQueen
Old White Geriatric Marxist fossils like Prime /Basile
Blacks like Option Cupcake / Andrelovesthebuffet
Europisson posters who dont matter
Who else?
Democrat party is a clown mobile of losers
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CA Dem Party Tells Progressives “Shut The F*ck Up"
@7:30 "If there is a grass roots swell and more people want something, they are going to squelch them, just like they did Bernie Sanders. So they don't care anything about the will of the people. The Democrat party doesn't not care about the will of their own people. They care about the people in power"
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Diane Feinstein Reveals How Evil Corporate Democrats Are
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Sanders revolution hits a rough patch
Bernie's supporters struggle to capture the actual levers of power.
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SACRAMENTO — By many measures, the Bernie Sanders revolution proved a smashing success. Young people registered to vote, and small donors opened their wallets. Economic issues like the minimum wage and student debt were pushed to the forefront of the presidential debate. From big city rallies to the backwaters of precinct-level elections, the progressive movement breathes new life in no small part due to the Vermont senator.
But nearly a year after Sanders’ presidential run fell short, one thing is missing in the afterglow — a reliable string of victories at the ballot box.
The losses are piling up. Earlier this month, Democrat Heath Mello, whom Sanders campaigned with, failed to unseat a Republican in Omaha’s race for mayor. Kimberly Ellis, the candidate endorsed by Our Revolution, the successor group to Sanders’ presidential campaign, lost a fiercely contested race for California Democratic Party chair. And on Thursday night, Republican Greg Gianforte bested Rob Quist, another Democrat for whom Sanders campaigned, in a nationally watched House race in Montana.
Speaking at a victory party, Gianforte called the election proof “Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi can’t call the shots here in Montana.”
Following Quist’s loss, progressive Democrats took solace in their candidate’s unexpectedly close showing, with Quist heralding the “energy” of party activists in his state. On the West Coast, Ellis’ supporters clung to the promise of increased representation at the party’s lower rungs.
But that’s not the same as actual control of the levers of power, and the optimism belied the difficulty Sanders’ supporters have had turning their enthusiasm into electoral success.
“I would say that progress is sometimes slow, and that building a movement takes time,” said Wendy Carrillo, a progressive activist aligned with Sanders supporters who ran unsuccessfully in an April congressional special election in Los Angeles. “We’re really good on the messaging, and the rallies … But it needs to translate into votes."
In the days before the Montana election, Sanders’ supporters had looked east for inspiration, ballyhooing elections in New Hampshire and New York in which Democrats flipped traditionally Republican seats. Christine Pellegrino, a former Sanders delegate who won a legislative seat in New York, declared, “This is a thunderbolt of resistance.”
But Pellegrino and Edie DesMarais, the Democrat who prevailed in New Hampshire, were competing in relatively low-profile races. In higher stakes competitive congressional contests last year, Sanders-backed candidates Zephyr Teachout and Lucy Flores were defeated in New York and Nevada, respectively.
In California, a heavily Democratic electorate in November rejected a drug-pricing initiative Sanders championed, while Colorado turned down a measure that Sanders rallied for to create a universal health care system.
After the 2016 election, Sanders faced an even higher-profile setback: The Democratic National Committee installed a prominent Hillary Clinton surrogate, Tom Perez, as its chairman, defeating Rep. Keith Ellison, Sanders’ preferred choice. Sanders-aligned candidates secured victories in state party chair races in Hawaii and Nebraska, but they were rebuffed in California, Florida, Iowa and Maine.
The limitations of the Sanders movement were nowhere more apparent than in the open congressional race in Los Angeles this spring, in a district Sanders carried last year. While Our Revolution has since endorsed Jimmy Gomez, a state assemblyman with a progressive record in Sacramento, two primary challengers with Sanders ties — Carrillo and Arturo Carmona, a deputy in Sanders’ presidential campaign — together received barely more than 10 percent of the vote.
“The test is whether you turn out for an election, right?” said former California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, an Ellison supporter who was an early favorite in the House race before he dropped out with a health condition. “They didn’t turn out and organize for either of the Bernie candidates in the Jimmy Gomez race. So instead the guy who gets cast as the most institutional — Jimmy — and the guy with the least credibility as a Democratic candidate — (Robert) Ahn — move forward. So that tells me there’s nothing sustainable about the way in which they engaged in that race.”
Even when Sanders supporters have organized aggressively, the effect on elections has been marginal. Early this year, Sanders supporters in California flooded into long-ignored, district-level meetings at which one-third of state Democratic Party delegates are selected, seeking to leave their mark on the race for chair of the nation’s biggest state party.
While the race did not fit neatly along ideological lines — Eric Bauman, the establishment favorite who prevailed by a narrow margin, is a longtime supporter of progressive causes — the powerful California Nurses Association and many Sanders-aligned delegates rallied around Ellis, a relative newcomer, packing the state party convention this past weekend and highlighting intra-party divisions still simmering after the November election.
“Shut the f--- up or go outside,” John Burton, Bauman’s predecessor, told liberal activists at one point in the proceedings.
Ellis has not yet formally conceded, with her supporters still reviewing ballots at the party headquarters.
Earlier this week, California Gov. Jerry Brown downplayed the intra-party discord, telling reporters the party has “had a lot of divisions before.” And Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was mentioned as a potential vice presidential pick for Hillary Clinton last year, said it would be wrong to “mistake the loudest voices as being the most representative.”
“There are certainly new voices, and people are pissed off,” he said. “And I am, too.”
However, Garcetti added, “If we only turn that anger inward, I fear we become the permanent party of opposition … Over the next couple months, we’d better get our act together.”
Garry South, a longtime Democratic strategist in California, said pressure from the Sanders movement has contributed to a leftward shift in the Democratic Party that “you have to look at it with kind of a longer-term perspective than just piling up some quick victories.”
“These movements can energize a party, they can infuse a party with new vigor and motivation,” he said. “But, you know, sometimes they get folded into the party and sometimes certain elements in that new faction get pissed off and burned out … I think it remains to be seen whether the ‘Berniecrat’ movement has staying power or not.”
Larry Cohen, the chairman of Our Revolution's board, said this week that enthusiasm for Sanders’ candidacy has “definitely gotten thousands of people involved who weren’t before,” which he called “the main scorecard for us.”
But Cohen was closely watching the outcome of Pellegrino and Quist’s campaigns.
“Obviously, it’s not a lot of fun to run in elections and not do well,” he said. “I’m not saying there’s no goal of winning elections … I’d say it’s a building process.”
Meanwhile, Sanders-inspired Democrats are preparing for tests across the country in next year’s midterm elections. Carrillo, who described the progressive movement as “going through some growing pains,” said “the left, or the progressive wing of the party, just needs to be better organized on getting votes out.”
She added, “We’re trying to figure it out.”
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I'm surprised there aren't any Democrats on this board in here defending their party. :-\
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Democrats still don't get it why white, working-class, middle-America don't see the country the way Maxine Waters, Anderson Cooper, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell do.
I actually agree with that statement.
I'll continue to support intelligent republicans and conservative democrats with intelligent views.
Trump is a clueless buffoon.
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I'm surprised there aren't any Democrats on this board in here defending their party. :-\
The fact they continue to chase this guy they consider to be a complete buffoon down these rabbit holes while continuing to rack up loss after loss and refusing to admit they have a problem is pretty incredible.
I can only hope this train wreck will continue for 8 years.
Which it probably will. 8)
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The fact they continue to chase this guy they consider to be a complete buffoon down these rabbit holes while continuing to rack up loss after loss and refusing to admit they have a problem is pretty incredible.
I can only hope this train wreck will continue for 8 years.
Which it probably will. 8)
My wife and I are NOT dems and both voted 100% republican since 2012, expect for Hillary last election.
We are definitely NOT for liberal democrat policies, but find Trump INDIVIDUALLY to be a train wreck as POTUS.
People like us view Trump, not conservatives as the main problem in the GOP.
We have no desire to vote for most current dems.
So, my wife and I are "never Trump" conservative libertarians.
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The fact they continue to chase this guy they consider to be a complete buffoon down these rabbit holes while continuing to rack up loss after loss and refusing to admit they have a problem is pretty incredible.
I can only hope this train wreck will continue for 8 years.
Which it probably will. 8)
Look at the e democrat line up - bunch of clowns and commies
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A DNC exec blasted Hillary for her vast array of blaming yesterday; He ended up deleting his rant, and saying that her donations were "laundering" :o:
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A DNC exec blasted Hillary for her vast array of blaming yesterday; He ended up deleting his rant, and saying that her donations were "laundering" :o:
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Looks like another future dead guy we will be hearing about in the coming weeks.
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I hope she comes back in 2020 and destroys all these dissidents in a hotly contested primary.
Democrats Are Asking Hillary Clinton to Step out of the Spotlight
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Democrats are reportedly fed up with Hillary Clinton’s litany of excuses for losing the 2016 election and are asking her to step out of the limelight.
The consensus among former Clinton aides, former Obama aides, and Democratic strategists is that Clinton’s remarks blaming the Democratic National Committee and others for her election loss are hurting her image and the image of the Democratic Party, the Hill reported.
“She’s apparently still really, really angry. I mean, we all are. The election was stolen from her, and that’s how she feels,” one longtime Clinton aide said.
“But to go out there publicly again and again and talk about it? And then blame the DNC? It’s not helpful to Democrats. It’s not helpful to the country, and I don’t think it’s helpful to her,” the aide added.
Former DNC Data Director Andrew Therriault was a lot less restrained in his criticism of Clinton, calling her accusations against the DNC “fucking bullshit.”
Clinton has also gone on-the-record blaming former FBI Director James Comey, the Russians, the press, her primary and general election opponents, and even sexism for her election loss.
Some aides and strategists think Clinton needs to step out of the spotlight entirely and let new leaders in the party take up that role.
“If she is trying to come across as the leader of the angry movement of what happened in 2016, then she’s achieving it,” said one former senior aide to Obama. “But part of the problem she had was she didn’t have a vision for the Democratic Party, and she needs to now take a break and let others come to the forefront.”
Despite those in the party calling on Clinton to leave the public eye, her aides and advisers say she will probably remain in the public spotlight to discuss the 2016 election to promote her book that will be released this fall.
Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons says that she should talk more about where she went wrong in the election as opposed to blaming others for her elections.
“It would be nice to hear a little more about the things she did wrong, which I believe mattered more than what she has discussed,” Simmons said.
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Look at people who whore democrat values on this page
Gay white hipsters like StrawQueen
Old White Geriatric Marxist fossils like Prime /Basile
Blacks like Option Cupcake / Andrelovesthebuffet
Europisson posters who dont matter
Who else?
Democrat party is a clown mobile of losers
Has Vince posted on this board? ??? Can't be regularly or I would've seen it. What sorts of things did he say?
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This is great entertainment. :D "SAY THE PLEDGE FIRST BITCH!" ;D
Dem Lawmaker Walks Out of Town Hall Event After Crowd Starts Chanting “We Love Trump!”
Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA) held a raucous town hall event last week at Stephen M. White School in Carson, California.
The Democrat lawmaker ran from the venue after the pro-Trump crowd started chanting, “We love Trump!”
The pro-Trump crowd started screaming and chanting in the opening minutes of the town hall event.
That’s when Rep. Barragan cut from the event and walked out of the auditorium.
Barragan is in her first term.
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how anyone could admit to being a dem these days is beyond me... just look at these fucks lol... saw that perez fella speak on tv... hahahaha!!! id be embarrassed to be one of those lib clowns standing there behind that asswipe.
I admit it. I am a Democrat.
Perez Hilton, the openly gay gossip blogger known for tweeting an "upskirt" photo of Miley Cyrus and taking Miss USA contestant Carrie Prejean to task for her opposition to same-sex marriage is actually an "ultraconservative," according to Salon. A post by Mary Elizabeth Williams compares Hilton to such conservatives as James Dobson and The Atlantic's Caitlin Flanagan, then goes onto say: like an overly evangelical politician or priest (Hilton, interestingly, is an alum of the Belen Jesuit School), he spends his time obsessing on the sins of others -- but without the mannerly restraint those other guardians of our good behavior are obliged to show. He's closer in spirit to those abortion clinic protesters brandishing posters of fetuses, preferring to stomp around and wave his vivid shows of outrage in our faces. Look at this! Isn't it DISGUSTING? Here, let me get another eyeful. Still HORRIBLE!
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/07/is-perez-hilton-a-conservative/59453/
Does anyone honestly take this fellow seriously?
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Gay leftists, lezbos, govt employee union types, welfare bums, 95'ers, and communists - thats it
Using your opinion stated above, how would you classify Republicans/conservatives?
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Using your opinion stated above, how would you classify Republicans/conservatives?
Middle class whites , small biz owners , gun owners , married women , middle management types , athletic people , middle class latinos , cops, firemen , military ,
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Gay leftists, lezbos, govt employee union types, welfare bums, 95'ers, and communists - thats it
Cucks, liberal arts majors, sjws.
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I admit it. I am a Democrat.
Perez Hilton, the openly gay gossip blogger known for tweeting an "upskirt" photo of Miley Cyrus and taking Miss USA contestant Carrie Prejean to task for her opposition to same-sex marriage is actually an "ultraconservative," according to Salon. A post by Mary Elizabeth Williams compares Hilton to such conservatives as James Dobson and The Atlantic's Caitlin Flanagan, then goes onto say: like an overly evangelical politician or priest (Hilton, interestingly, is an alum of the Belen Jesuit School), he spends his time obsessing on the sins of others -- but without the mannerly restraint those other guardians of our good behavior are obliged to show. He's closer in spirit to those abortion clinic protesters brandishing posters of fetuses, preferring to stomp around and wave his vivid shows of outrage in our faces. Look at this! Isn't it DISGUSTING? Here, let me get another eyeful. Still HORRIBLE!
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/07/is-perez-hilton-a-conservative/59453/
Does anyone honestly take this fellow seriously?
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Middle class whites , small biz owners , gun owners , married women , middle management types , athletic people , middle class latinos , cops, firemen , military ,
Ok, I'm a straight ,married , white, middle class, USMC vet , NRA member and been involved in various sports my entire life.
I also support the police and my wife works as a mid level bank exec and has a concealed carry license .
We don't like liberals much BUT are proud " Never Trump" libertarian conservatives.
We agree with many conservative ideals , but simply think Trump is an childish buffoon.
That really means, I have an independent mind and refuse to follow one parties guidelines
because they said to. Most people are sheep and that's why you could classify them in groups.
Oh, forgot to mention we also run a small, resort rental business. ;)
Don't worry about being wrong about someone like me.
Even when on faculty at a small college, nobody thought I taught physics.
They all (wrongly) assumed I was part of the PE dept. ;D
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We don't like liberals much BUT are proud " Never Trump" libertarian conservatives.
We agree with many conservative ideals , but simply think Trump is an childish buffoon.
That really means, I have an independent mind and refuse to follow one parties guidelines
because they said to. Most people are sheep and that's why you could classify them in groups.
Ah, you don't follow the "crowd" except in the case of "Never Trumpers". Makes sense. How about just be objective on issues instead of taking a stance that you are a Never Trumper? You are not an independent thinker. Painfully obvious by your posts.
Trump was not a normal Republican candidate. The crowd was not following party lines if the Republicans did not want him to win and repeatedly said that throughout the primaries, etc. Actually, he was more conservative overall then both McCain and Romney who you supposedly voted for.
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Now this made me laugh out loud. :D
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Ah, you don't follow the "crowd" except in the case of "Never Trumpers". Makes sense. How about just be objective on issues instead of taking a stance that you are a Never Trumper? You are not an independent thinker. Painfully obvious by your posts.
Trump was not a normal Republican candidate. The crowd was not following party lines if the Republicans did not want him to win and repeatedly said that throughout the primaries, etc. Actually, he was more conservative overall then both McCain and Romney who you supposedly voted for.
Thanks for an excellent, thoughtful reply.
Allow me to explain my "never Trump" view with a sports analogy.
Most NFL teams are very reluctant to start a rookie QB.
Regardless of raw talent, it takes playing experience to be a great NFL QB.
Plus , most rookie QB's lack the cool temperament to effectively lead the team all season long.
I view Trump as the rookie QB.
He has some raw political talent and got voters excited enough to support him.
BUT he lacked the political experience to legislate effectively.
Plus, he also lacks the measured cool demeanor an effective leader needs when under pressure.
Trump should have gone for Mayor of NYC or US senator before running for President.
I think it's fair to say he's had to learn some things on the job.
Like the rookie QB he's taken his licks and COULD use that knowledge to
change and correct course.
Sadly, I don't think he will and end up more like Johnny Football than Tom Brady.
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Thanks for an excellent, thoughtful reply.
Allow me to explain my "never Trump" view with a sports analogy.
Most NFL teams are very reluctant to start a rookie QB.
Regardless of raw talent, it takes playing experience to be a great NFL QB.
Plus , most rookie QB's lack the cool temperament to effectively lead the team all season long.
I view Trump as the rookie QB.
He has some raw political talent and got voters excited enough to support him.
BUT he lacked the political experience to legislate effectively.
Plus, he also lacks the measured cool demeanor an effective leader needs when under pressure.
Trump should have gone for Mayor of NYC or US senator before running for President.
I think it's fair to say he's had to learn some things on the job.
Like the rookie QB he's taken his licks and COULD use that knowledge to
change and correct course.
Sadly, I don't think he will and end up more like Johnny Football than Tom Brady.
Dak Prescott was a rookie qb last year and took his team to the playoffs as a one seed.
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Dak Prescott was a rookie qb last year and took his team to the playoffs as a one seed.
To Paraphrase Sen Loyd Benson in the 1988 VP debate:
" I know Dak Prescott, I cheered for Dak Prescott and sadly say, Donald Trump is no Dak Prescott." ;D
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To Paraphrase Sen Loyd Benson in the 1988 VP debate:
" I know Dak Prescott, I cheered for Dak Prescott and sadly say, Donald Trump is no Dak Prescott." ;D
haha, just caught this one. ;D
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haha, just caught this one. ;D
Thanks !
As for Pres. Trump all I ask is that we all keep an objective mind on this.
I'd simply remind Trump supporters they don't need to defend him if he did nothing wrong.
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Pelosi's Democratic critics plot to replace her
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A dozen unhappy House Democrats met Thursday afternoon to discuss if — and how — they can replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader.
Led by Reps. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), at least some in the group believe Pelosi has to go in order for Democrats to have a chance to win the House back in Nov. 2018. Ryan unsuccessfully challenged Pelosi for party leader back in November.
“There are many more people today, even from November, who are much more vocal, who have approached us and said, ‘I’m done. We need to move forward and we need to get a new leadership team in place,” Rice said after the hour-long meeting.
“There is a consensus, I think, that we can reach in the caucus that allows for a new leadership team to be put in place in a time that’s well before, hopefully, November of next year.”
But despite the renewed noise surrounding Pelosi’s leadership, no one within the caucus has stepped forward to challenge her and an actual coup against the long-time leader is still a long shot.
Rice, Moulton and others leaving the meeting said no decisions were made about their next steps but they plan to meet again and continue the discussions.
“The takeaway from the meeting is that we want to win again in 2018,” Moulton said, noting he’s seen a shift in the caucus since Pelosi’s leadership race last year. “I think people see the stakes more clearly.”
At least a dozen Democrats attended the confab including Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric Richmond (La.), Tony Cardenas (Calif.), a member of House Democratic leadership, and Reps. Ami Bera (Calif.), Filemon Vela (Texas), Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) and Del. Stacey Plaskett (V.I.).
Roughly 20 Democrats were invited to the private session, although one member said some decided not to show up after POLITICO reported the meeting ahead of time.
The unhappiness within Democratic ranks has spiked since their loss in the special election in Georgia on Tuesday. Republicans spent millions of dollars on TV ads tying Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff to Pelosi, a tactic that has been used extensively — and successfully — by the GOP since 2010.
However, Pelosi and her allies don’t think her Democratic detractors have nearly enough support to topple her.
“I would say that too if I were her. But I can tell you that I’ve been speaking to a lot of members of the caucus who have supported her in the past – as have I – but the time has come,” Rice said.
But Pelosi was defiant in a Thursday news conference, even mocking intraparty critics, suggesting they’re more interested in promoting themselves than helping the party win back the majority.
“When it comes to personal ambition and having fun on TV, have your fun. I love the arena, I thrive on competition, and I welcome the discussion,” Pelosi said.
Richmond, leaving the Capitol later in the day, took a long pause before answering reporters’ questions about whether Pelosi should step down.
“I think that what we really need is just an internal conversation and a family conversation,” he finally responded. “I’ve been in the [state] legislature 11 years, Congress, I’ve never seen a speaker overthrown or a leader overthrown in my years.”
Richmond wouldn’t say whether he voted for Pelosi during her race against Ryan in November, insisting he keeps his positions as a member quiet to avoid getting construed as representing the entire CBC.
Richmond said he “probably” thought Democrats could take back the House with Pelosi as their leader but said they’d probably have to spend campaign money to counter the stream of Republican attacks vilifying Pelosi.
“We can’t let people keep describing her and talking about her in certain ways without us pushing back. We can’t run from the fact that she’s our leader,” Richmond said.
“Maybe instead of just completely running, maybe we turn around and fight.”
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Krauthammer Tells Tucker Carlson the Democrats Can't Survive on Idenity Politics Alone
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Krauthammer: If Democrats Pursue the ‘Sanders Route,’ It Would ‘Destroy’ Their Party
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Middle class whites , small biz owners , gun owners , married women , middle management types , athletic people , middle class latinos , cops, firemen , military ,
In other words the same as liberal Democrats.
Do you consider the Koch Brothers middle class?
Sam Walton is worth of over $100 billion. If this is the middle class, I'm impoverished.
Many rural areas across the country are heavily Republican. In Oregon the Portland Metro area and Eugene are predominately Democrat while the rest of the state votes Republican.
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In other words the same as liberal Democrats.
Do you consider the Koch Brothers middle class?
Sam Walton is worth of over $100 billion. If this is the middle class, I'm impoverished.
Many rural areas across the country are heavily Republican. In Oregon the Portland Metro area and Eugene are predominately Democrat while the rest of the state votes Republican.
At your age and still delusional
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In other words the same as liberal Democrats.
Do you consider the Koch Brothers middle class?
Sam Walton is worth of over $100 billion. If this is the middle class, I'm impoverished.
Many rural areas across the country are heavily Republican. In Oregon the Portland Metro area and Eugene are predominately Democrat while the rest of the state votes Republican.
Sam Walton is worth zero. He's dead.
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Sam Walton is worth zero. He's dead.
Are you suggesting he took his money with him? Frankly, you missed the point. Not surprising! ::)
Walton family fortune[edit]
The Walton family fortune totaling US$139 billion[8] according to Forbes magazine, as of April 26, 2017:
Jim Walton $36.8 billion
S. Robson Walton $36.8 billion
Alice Walton $36.6 billion
Lukas Walton $12 billion
Ann Walton Kroenke $6.4 billion
Christy Walton $5.8 billion
Nancy Walton Laurie $4.6 billion
Walmart’s PAC and the heirs to the company’s fortune are spending millions to influence the political process — and their money is often going to boost conservative candidates and causes, according to claims by a union-backed coalition pushing for more rights for Walmart workers.
Take issue with this, nitpicker.
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Are you suggesting he took his money with him? Frankly, you missed the point. Not surprising! ::)
Walton family fortune[edit]
The Walton family fortune totaling US$139 billion[8] according to Forbes magazine, as of April 26, 2017:
Jim Walton $36.8 billion
S. Robson Walton $36.8 billion
Alice Walton $36.6 billion
Lukas Walton $12 billion
Ann Walton Kroenke $6.4 billion
Christy Walton $5.8 billion
Nancy Walton Laurie $4.6 billion
Walmart’s PAC and the heirs to the company’s fortune are spending millions to influence the political process — and their money is often going to boost conservative candidates and causes, according to claims by a union-backed coalition pushing for more rights for Walmart workers.
Take issue with this, nitpicker.
No I'm not suggesting he took the money with him. You were. But thanks for clarifying. :)
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No I'm not suggesting he took the money with him. You were. But thanks for clarifying. :)
Well then, I blundered. As a senior citizen, I am well aware we cannot take our money or anything else with us when we pass.....unless we are stupid enough to be mummified in a pyramid somewhere out in the desert.
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Well then, I blundered. As a senior citizen, I am well aware we cannot take our money or anything else with us when we pass.....unless we are stupid enough to be mummified in a pyramid somewhere out in the desert.
Did you watch The Mummy? Saw it this past weekend. Meh.
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Krauthammer Tells Tucker Carlson the Democrats Can't Survive on Idenity Politics Alone
That old guy is bright.
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Bernie Sanders’ Democratic challenger isn’t buying his ‘Robin Hood shtick’
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) is highly popular among Democratic voters, but his 2018 Senate challenger said he believes Sanders’ “man of the people” persona is nothing but a gimmick, according to Fox News.
First-time candidate Jon Svitavsky claims to be far more anti-establishment — and socialist — than Sanders, saying he is “far more liberal.”
“It’s shamefully arrogant when you’re more interested in being a celebrity than honoring your progressive agenda,” Svitavsky told Fox News about Sanders. “This wonderful, political ‘I am Robin Hood shtick’ can only last for so long.”
Svitavsky said he is planning to challenge Sanders in 2018, and claims to have enough name recognition within the state of Vermont to put up a decent fight.
Fox News reported that during a Tuesday interview Svitavsky blamed Sanders for Trump’s victory, and claimed that after he damaged failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s chances for the White House, slunk back to being an Independent.
“I hold him absolutely, centrally responsible for Donald Trump being president,” Svitavsky told NBC News. “That’s my No. 1 issue.”
According to NBC News, Svitavsky claims that within hours of “soft-launching” his campaign, he had already received word of people who wanted to donate and volunteer for his campaign.
“There’s a lot of anger out there in my party against Bernie,” Svitavsky said
Svitavsky believes the ongoing FBI investigation into Sanders, and his wife Jane have left the Vermont senator vulnerable. Jane Sanders faces potential fraud charges after she allegedly secured a $10 million loan under false pretenses from People’s United Bank in 2010 in order to purchase 33 acres of land for the now-closed Burlington College.
Rumors have circulated that Sanders used his political office to help his wife secure these loans, an allegation that Sanders has called an “absolute lie.” Sanders has declined to say too much about the ongoing investigation, except to blame the accusations of fraud on Trump campaign heads.
Svitavsky told Fox News that in conjunction with the investigation, the election loss, and the fact that Sanders reportedly still has $3.8 million in various Senate accounts, opens a door of opportunity for him to seriously challenge Sanders as a phony. He also believes that his time opening homeless shelters across the state of Vermont has given him enough facial recognition, giving him strong grassroots support.
“I think that resonates,” Svitavsky said. “And I’m not unknown here. People might say I don’t have political experience but not that I’m insincere. … I’m far more liberal than Bernie, far more committed to making things happen.”
Sanders, however, remains one of the most popular politicians in America today. According to a Tuesday Morning Consult poll, Sanders ranks No. 1 with a 75 percent approval rating among nationwide voters. Among Democrats nationwide, an April Harvard-Harris survey found that Sanders enjoys an 80 percent approval rating. A March Fox News poll likewise found that Sanders was the most popular politician in America.
“He’s not a Democrat. That was a joke,” said Svitavsky of Sanders’ White House bid.
While Sanders has given no indication that he will not run for his Senate seat again next year, he said during a radio interview on Thursday that he’s not ruling at a 2020 bid for president. While Sanders, 75, has said he’s not ruling out such a run, it’s still too early for him to decide.
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Warren takes early salvo from GOP hopeful: ‘A real Indian can defeat a fake Indian’
Mumbai-born entrepreneur: ‘I sent her a DNA test kit for her birthday’ :o :o :o :P :P :-* :-*
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Entrepreneur Shiva Ayyadurai has thrown down a rhetorical gauntlet to critics of his plan to unseat Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2018: “Only a real Indian can defeat a fake Indian.”
Fox Business Network invited Cambridge’s start-up king on air Wednesday to discuss his realization of the American dream as an immigrant in 1970. Mr. Ayyadurai said that in addition to his seven successful companies and multiple degrees from MIT, his resume is poised to include the role of U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
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I’m looking forward to going against Warren,” Mr. Ayyadurai said. “I know how these elites work. I know I can defeat her.”
The tech-minded businessman, who holds a 1982 federal copyright called EMAIL, added that he was looking forward to the State Convention in April 2018 and the Republican primary election in September.
“In Massachusetts, 46 percent of Democrats have said that Elizabeth Warren should not run,” Mr. Ayyaduraiadded. “So there’s a significant opportunity here. For me, defeating Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts is driving a bigger blow to these institutions of power right in the belly of the beast.”
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Warren takes early salvo from GOP hopeful: ‘A real Indian can defeat a fake Indian’
Mumbai-born entrepreneur: ‘I sent her a DNA test kit for her birthday’ :o :o :o :P :P :-* :-*
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Entrepreneur Shiva Ayyadurai has thrown down a rhetorical gauntlet to critics of his plan to unseat Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2018: “Only a real Indian can defeat a fake Indian.”
Fox Business Network invited Cambridge’s start-up king on air Wednesday to discuss his realization of the American dream as an immigrant in 1970. Mr. Ayyadurai said that in addition to his seven successful companies and multiple degrees from MIT, his resume is poised to include the role of U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
“
I’m looking forward to going against Warren,” Mr. Ayyadurai said. “I know how these elites work. I know I can defeat her.”
The tech-minded businessman, who holds a 1982 federal copyright called EMAIL, added that he was looking forward to the State Convention in April 2018 and the Republican primary election in September.
“In Massachusetts, 46 percent of Democrats have said that Elizabeth Warren should not run,” Mr. Ayyaduraiadded. “So there’s a significant opportunity here. For me, defeating Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts is driving a bigger blow to these institutions of power right in the belly of the beast.”
LOL! ;D
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Warren takes early salvo from GOP hopeful: ‘A real Indian can defeat a fake Indian’
Mumbai-born entrepreneur: ‘I sent her a DNA test kit for her birthday’ :o :o :o :P :P :-* :-*
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Entrepreneur Shiva Ayyadurai has thrown down a rhetorical gauntlet to critics of his plan to unseat Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2018: “Only a real Indian can defeat a fake Indian.”
Fox Business Network invited Cambridge’s start-up king on air Wednesday to discuss his realization of the American dream as an immigrant in 1970. Mr. Ayyadurai said that in addition to his seven successful companies and multiple degrees from MIT, his resume is poised to include the role of U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
“
I’m looking forward to going against Warren,” Mr. Ayyadurai said. “I know how these elites work. I know I can defeat her.”
The tech-minded businessman, who holds a 1982 federal copyright called EMAIL, added that he was looking forward to the State Convention in April 2018 and the Republican primary election in September.
“In Massachusetts, 46 percent of Democrats have said that Elizabeth Warren should not run,” Mr. Ayyaduraiadded. “So there’s a significant opportunity here. For me, defeating Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts is driving a bigger blow to these institutions of power right in the belly of the beast.”
Racist post reported.