tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post1369236611129358563..comments2024-03-17T08:27:53.658-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Happy Kittens Fart SunshineJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12164384505137708152020-05-22T11:58:41.811-05:002020-05-22T11:58:41.811-05:00A)Washerwoman did not crown Hillary Clinton, nor w...A)Washerwoman did not crown Hillary Clinton, nor was there any other 'coronation.' Bernout couldn't muster the votes, then or now, and it was HE and his supporters who did critical damage to Clinton during the spring and summer of 2016--deliberately. Gore did not 'shoot himself in the foot': both he and Kerry lost because of election/vote fraud. And finally, your abysmal IGNORANCE of history and facts of course also makes you a Hillary-hater. In truth, she had the most progressive platform ever put forth by an American presidential candidate. Fixed all your stupidities for you!tempushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065788135250340054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-9615943653746531172020-05-04T15:17:26.188-05:002020-05-04T15:17:26.188-05:00I just found your writings through Facebook this w...I just found your writings through Facebook this week and I literally cannot stop reading. You're smart, pissed off and irreverent. You're Hunter S. Thompson for my generation. Without the ether-soaked towel on the floorboards of the Red Whale. <br />Thank you, sir.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41755163242117512622020-04-14T08:29:17.469-05:002020-04-14T08:29:17.469-05:00You didn't actually read anything beyond that ...You didn't actually read anything beyond that line, did you?<br /><br />And if you think you're going to get a better deal under <i>Trump</i>, well, you go right ahead and vote for him. // JimJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-64844713692392894532020-04-14T02:40:54.004-05:002020-04-14T02:40:54.004-05:00"Anything less than fascist is better than fa...<br /><br />"Anything less than fascist is better than fascism."<br /><br />Dumb ass thoughts like this is the reason many Brown Americans have lived under fascist conditions. See NY under Bloomberg. See the Crime act that Biden and Hillary supported. See the Draconian drug laws and prison for profit system the Dems have supported. <br /><br />Hey Sparky. When Biden goes down like Hillary because Black men in Detroit and Philadelphia wont vote for the Dem party as long as they don't go full fascist. <br /><br />Remember what you wrote. <br /><br />"Anything less than fascist is better than fascism." <br /><br />muhammad dejesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10390561214739394378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-77701406460772160912020-03-27T14:16:44.948-05:002020-03-27T14:16:44.948-05:00"Jesus Haploid Christ" - I *so* apprecia..."Jesus Haploid Christ" - I *so* appreciate a surgically-placed biology joke. Made my day.Bill Stormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705041696372800077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-64089137708888071982020-03-27T00:23:38.591-05:002020-03-27T00:23:38.591-05:00I'm sure I'm not the first to point this o...I'm sure I'm not the first to point this out but it's a little more than that. what they want is twofold, permission and an excuse. They want permission to not vote for Joe and then they also want an excuse for why him losing isn't their fault because "hey, the Democrats had the chance to nominate our guy, you don't listen, you suffer the consequences."The Last Soviethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01557066972257022390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-31649603724938425052020-03-18T22:15:55.729-05:002020-03-18T22:15:55.729-05:00Yeah, I'm voting for Joe even though he's ...Yeah, I'm voting for Joe even though he's less than my fifth choice. Warren was first and has been my binky for many years. It as interesting that after she dropped out there were soooo many articles in the press about how great she is, almost wistful and full of praise. Too bad they didn't show her that kind of support when she was rising in the polls instead of cutting her apart because she had an actual plan on how to do Medicare for All and then ghosting her when she started to fade.<br />But c'est la vie - go Joe, let's get it done and maybe he'll do better than we all think, but he CERTAINLY will be better than private bone spurs.Maxwell's Demonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00150736465942147646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-16803337373938895652020-03-17T17:47:30.395-05:002020-03-17T17:47:30.395-05:00The Bernie cult doesn't want to vote for Biden...The Bernie cult doesn't want to vote for Biden if he is the nominee because, like fundamentalist Christians, they wish to hasten the day of their Revolution/Rapture. <br /><br />There is no reasoning with True Believers.Dicopelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271201298648875574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-38272445381074498512020-03-16T05:54:45.480-05:002020-03-16T05:54:45.480-05:00Sanders and David found out that they are 3rd cous...Sanders and David found out that they are 3rd cousins back in 2017, of course this is the age of Trump, so that was just a blip in the news cycle, even though all of the major outlets reported on it. <br />I loved Sen. Bennett's approach, was sad when he dropped out, love Pete and Sen. Warren. I will vote for whatever candidate is on the Democratic ticket.KristenRdesinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474083293633643621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-55884593410434862442020-03-16T02:53:57.958-05:002020-03-16T02:53:57.958-05:00I was against Sanders running as a Democrat in 202...I was against Sanders running as a Democrat in 2020 when he clearly isn't one (he says so himself) because of the shit that happened with him and his minions in 2016.<br /><br />And here were are in 2020 where everything old with this group is new again. The same old shit, if anything it's even worse now considering the circumstances.<br /><br />I'd definitely speak out if Sanders were to every try another run for President in the Democratic Party again, he should simply run as an independent next time, take his shit and his shitters and enjoy the lot of it on their own, don't come and spoil things for other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-9560430804228797232020-03-15T11:52:37.983-05:002020-03-15T11:52:37.983-05:00Not even holding my nose. I'm all-in. The mome...Not even holding my nose. I'm all-in. The moment we have a nominee I get the short skirt and pom-poms, throw money and hours and work at them and get them the hell into the White house. (And it's Biden unless something catastrophic happens.)<br /><br />If necessary, dragging the nominee Weekend-at-Bernies-style. We have to be absolutely dedicated to this, not just holding our noses. Because our attitude and our advocacy, as citizens, matters. "Cast your whole vote - not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence." - (the otherwise-overrated) Thoreaueyelessgamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531052337740395516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-2705780745090136072020-03-15T06:52:15.187-05:002020-03-15T06:52:15.187-05:00Spot on, Jim, as always.
You have your facts in or...Spot on, Jim, as always.<br />You have your facts in order.<br /><br />The problem is that the leadership Democratic Party is not on your side.<br /><br />I'm a radical leftist. My 'Ideal Government' is somewhere between Noam Chomsky and Gene Roddenberry, but I'm every bit as pragmatic about it as you are. I'm not expecting everyone to abandon currency any time this week.<br /><br />I think, and the facts show, that the party is bent on dismissing the movement they need to win.<br /><br />I just don't see how a center right candidate has a chance, knowing that the left base of the party won't support him.<br /><br />I follow a number of political schools of thought all over social media. The leftists are one of them. They've abandoned the motto "Bernie or bust" for "Fuck around and find out."<br /><br />If you want the Democrats to win, as I do, the first enemy you must defeat is the oligarch funded core of the Democratic Party.<br /><br />God, I wish I was wrong. This is looking like a replay of 2016.Jeff Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087924301921694561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-23550412927551464302020-03-14T22:16:21.242-05:002020-03-14T22:16:21.242-05:00"All of you, you're going to have a choic..."All of you, you're going to have a choice to make.<br /><br />And the probability is high that choice is going to be, for a lot of you, unpleasant.<br /><br />That choice is going to require a certain degree of pragmatic compromise of principles on your part.<br /><br />Refusal to choose is a still a choice -- one that shows a marked lack of principle."<br /><br />Puts me in mind of one of my favourite (I'm Canadian :D) quotes:<br /><br />"Take sides! Always take sides! You may be wrong - but the man who refuses to take a side must always be wrong! Heaven save us from poltroons who fear to make a choice." The Rt. Hon. John Joseph Bonforte, "Double Star", R. A. HeinleinWilliam Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478966470309814414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-4826189893323349072020-03-14T20:14:52.487-05:002020-03-14T20:14:52.487-05:00It's not entirely making concessions to the fa...It's not entirely making concessions to the far right. As the GOP gets more extreme and more insular, the Democrats have become the not-insane party, and have picked up a lot of actual centrists, particularly in red states.<br /><br />If we do get a working majority in the Senate, it will include Manchin, and Sinema, and the class of 2020 which itself is unlikely to be all that radical. The votes won't be there for radical restructuring of the system. Not-fascism will have to be enough for now.<br /><br />In other countries, they have smaller parties that make coalition governments - and we should realize that we have effectively the same thing here. The Democratic party is a coalition of a smaller leftist party and a somewhat larger centrist party.<br /><br />The consequence is that everyone in the coalition needs to vote for the coalition. We can argue internally about how to use the power only once we actually have the power.El Munecohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860099054204178845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-9326139604169796632020-03-14T13:11:09.787-05:002020-03-14T13:11:09.787-05:00I’m struck by the number of Sandernistas I encount...I’m struck by the number of Sandernistas I encounter who are unwilling to credit nonbelievers with good intentions or even agency. I’ve been told that my support—now—for Biden proves that I favor an “I’ve got mine; screw you” social order. Elsewhere I see it asserted that the “Democratic Establishment” has somehow tilted the field in Biden’s favor. Sanders lost every county in Michigan: did the Democratic Establishment rig the totals, or did they merely hypnotize or hoodwink the voters? I’m assuming that no one held a gun to their heads.<br /><br />I know someone, a self-identified leftist who sat out the 2016 race and who threatens to do the same this year if another “corporatist” is nominated. This is a guy who would be indignant at the suggestion that he’s not in the vanguard of progressive thinking. And yet, when I asked him in an online exchange how he accounted for Biden’s overwhelming support among African-Americans (a demographic not without experience of an “I’ve got mine; screw you” social order), he professed himself at a loss before hazarding a guess that they were not sufficiently sophisticated to realize that by voting for Biden over Sanders they were voting against their own best interests.<br /><br />I replied with, as they say, pardonable dryness that they might be in a better position to understand their own interests than he, a white guy raised in North Carolina, and let it go at that.Rand Careagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993454654652802173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-15882174099273113262020-03-14T10:43:28.286-05:002020-03-14T10:43:28.286-05:00my favorite candidate dropped out, too, but I vote...my favorite candidate dropped out, too, but I voted for him anyway, to give him numbers.tony in san diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610599999844228511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-38555669953737373912020-03-14T10:19:20.553-05:002020-03-14T10:19:20.553-05:00Same!Same!0nehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302849895961640213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-59717340080306461812020-03-14T10:15:42.491-05:002020-03-14T10:15:42.491-05:00I'm with you, Desert Bill. I'm 100% with ...I'm with you, Desert Bill. I'm 100% with you. Biden's supporters are FILLED with people that didn't choose him first, me included.<br /><br />But I will support our nominee, loudly and proudly, anything to rid us of trump and trumpism.0nehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302849895961640213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26735716588214778152020-03-14T10:14:31.595-05:002020-03-14T10:14:31.595-05:00Eff. Ing. Yes. Thank you.Eff. Ing. Yes. Thank you.Mushuweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08413552082361139844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-10626334145741179692020-03-14T07:07:04.044-05:002020-03-14T07:07:04.044-05:00I am an oldish (66) liberal. As far as I am concer...I am an oldish (66) liberal. As far as I am concerned, the Democratic party has not picked the candidate I wanted since the first time I could vote (1972). Regardless, one of the few times I was guilty of apostasy against the Democratic Party was in the 1988 election. Sorry - Dukakis was not a good choice. Since them, Gore shot himself in the foot, Kerry proved that someone else in the world could make Gore look charismatic, and finally - Hillary. There is a special place in Hell reserved for Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for that one!<br />Like you, Jim, I am NOT happy that my first and second choice dropped out of the race. Like you, I am going to swallow whatever pride I claim to have and vote for whoever has the letter D after their name, come November. Why? Because the alternative is something too dystopian to even consider. <br />Like you, I really don't want to hear "Bernie didn't get the nomination, so I'm voting for whoever the Green Party or Libertarians nominate." One is simply a waste of vote. The other is the antithesis of everything Bernie claims to stand for. Why would they vote for either? Because, like a little kid who refuses to learn the rules of Monopoly or Life, they would rather sulk in a corner than learn about the game and express a willingness to play by the rules.<br />There - my two ducats worth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381021961781017783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82808227679623669422020-03-13T15:59:59.194-05:002020-03-13T15:59:59.194-05:00You're my favorite. That is all.You're my favorite. That is all.crowsfeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833576626701565203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-85611697098512121192020-03-13T07:05:46.849-05:002020-03-13T07:05:46.849-05:00God, I wish I could gather my thoughts and rage so...God, I wish I could gather my thoughts and rage so perfectly and succinctly to lay waste like that! Fucking, goddamn amen. Not on Facebook/Twitter anymore because of this exact kind of B.S. that prompted this napalm. Thank you Jim.Jay Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259805188358029659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-63133078389465900362020-03-13T00:58:48.487-05:002020-03-13T00:58:48.487-05:00I'd like to know, too. I'm a Warren suppo...I'd like to know, too. I'm a Warren supporter, and I'll work to get elected whoever the Dem nominee is, whether or not I like him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686248015709521680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-77270681453887482082020-03-12T19:31:49.663-05:002020-03-12T19:31:49.663-05:00Nail on the head. THANK YOU for writing this. I wa...Nail on the head. THANK YOU for writing this. I want to print it out and staple it to some foreheads. Cherilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986753257338814639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-83797570000893819022020-03-12T16:48:33.053-05:002020-03-12T16:48:33.053-05:00Thank you. 61. White male. Lawyer. Spent the last ...Thank you. 61. White male. Lawyer. Spent the last 32 years asserting and defending children's rights to equitable justice, public education, physical and mental health services, and safety from adults both inside and outside their families. Unaffiliated. Will vote for whoever the Democrats nominate -- for every office at every level of government because the monster that is our impeached current President, his corrupt family and Administration, and their creators and enablers in the Senate, the House, the radical reactionary Republican ideologues they are packing into the Federal appellate courts (including SCOTUS) where the application of the law is determined, and throughout the Republicans' patriarchal White supremacist coalition of predatory greed and racial, gender, and religious bigotry is destroying our professional government and the institutions of our constitutional democratic republic. People's rights and lives are at stake, and anybody who sits it out or doesn't vote for the Democratic nominee is voting for tribal fascism -- and nobody should think that the tribe members won't also come for them as tribe continues to consolidate the totalitarian power being conceded to them by those who selfishly sit out this decisive battle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com