Donald Trump - "minority president"

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Thursday November 10, 2016 · 1:32 PM PST

2016/11/10 · 13:32

It appears that President-elect Donald J. Trump did not receive a majority of the popular vote. May I humbly suggest that everyone get into the habit of always referring to him as “minority-President Trump”? Continually reminding him and others that he is a “minority” person would, undoubtedly, have the salutary effect of making him vastly more sympathetic to those who have not enjoyed majority privilege of whatever flavor. At the very least, it would certainly bug the hell out of him. Just sayin’.

Impeachment or.... sunscreen, Rep. Lowey? (w/ poll!)

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Wednesday July 18, 2007 · 7:51 PM PDT

2007/07/18 · 19:51

So my Congresscritter, Nita Lowey (D, NY-18), sends a constituent mass-email that makes me so mad I could scream. I'd tear my hair if I had any. I've typed up the text for a letter tomorrow; but in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln, I'd like to sleep through my passions before making a decision to put a stamp on it (maybe Darth Vader???).

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I should:

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I should:

lighten up a bit.

6 votes

tighten up a bit, and more where that came from.

2 votes

take a cue from Honest Abe, and file away unsent.

0 votes

write a letter every day.

14 votes

Rev. Dr. King shows us the way on impeachment?

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Saturday July 07, 2007 · 11:07 AM PDT

2007/07/07 · 11:07

I read the Declaration of Independence aloud every Fourth; I try, with less success, to read Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail at least once a year.

It's an amazing read; FWIW I think it one of the great tragedies that Dr. King's writings and other speeches are all but eclipsed by the trot-em-out-in-February clips of the "I Have a Dream" speech. I'm no King scholar, but one can see a universe even in this relatively short letter. What's that got to do with impeachment? Well, in the case of our well-intentioned but keep-the-powder-dry leadership in Washington... everything. Follow...

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Tuesday October 11, 2005 · 8:35 PM PDT

2005/10/11 · 20:35

I can't be the only one thinking about the fact that a woman POTUS is a much more material possibility than ever before...

Read beyond the jump and tell me which of the three necessary steps is beyond the pale??? Read More

Best. Political. Manual. Ever.

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Thursday November 04, 2004 · 11:36 PM PST

2004/11/04 · 23:36

To make the Democratic Party everything it can be, we need to win back as many of the "Bush Christians" as we can. Winning them back will be vastly easier with a good working knowledge of their codes, memes and frames. Clinton knows this. MLK knew this. Bush sure as hell knows it.

I firmly believe that the hero of the Gospels is Bush's true political nemesis.

Here's a suggestion that I hope you all take seriously: get out a good version of the Bible, like the NIV, and read the Gospels (the Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) through a political frame. Jesus was one of the most effective political motivators of time. He led, he dodged bullets, he promoted social causes, he framed the debate, he turned his opponents back on themselves. I'm not proselytizing (at least not intentionally); I really think this is a useful thing to do, and it only takes a few hours to read on the top narrative level. Read on and I'll tell ya why. Read More

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