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Kennedy is not a good guy. He proves it by retiring and letting Trump name his replacement.

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Wednesday June 27, 2018 · 2:26 PM PDT

2018/06/27 · 14:26

Like everyone here, I am sorry to see Kennedy go. Mostly because we will get an Scalia clone, a la Gorsuch.

Still, he did cast some awful votes:

- Citizen United

- The muslin ban

- The racially motivated gerrymandering. In fact he could’ve made gerrymandering a thing of the past.

- It was John Roberts who saved the ACA mandate. Kennedy voted with Scalia on that one.

- For years SCOTUS has been chipping away at Civil Rights, especially voting rights, with Kennedy’s help.

He is a Conservative Republican, the only difference between him and Scalia, is that Scalia wanted to take us back to the !8th century. Kennedy just to the 1950’s.

In any case, anything good that he has done in his 30 years on the Supreme Court are invalidated by letting Trump name his replacement.

We thought he cared about gay rights. He knows that Obergefell will be gone the first chance the new SCOTUS get. Lawrence vs. Texas? Gone. Remember DOMA? Good thing Edie Windsor will not see when it’s back.

Goodbye Roe v. Wade.

This is what the GOP paid for by swallowing all the Trump shit, and Kennedy is the delivery boy.

Unless there’s some force majeure making him quit, Kennedy is backstabbing all the people his decisions might have protected from the conservative tyranny.

Is almost as if Lincoln had abandoned former slaves by resigning so Andrew Johnson could be President.

What if this happened today?

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Wednesday December 06, 2017 · 12:21 PM PST

2017/12/06 · 12:21

Take a look:

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This is...

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Cute?

10 votes

Creepy?

34 votes

One of my favorite Oscar moment

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If Roy Moore wins (and probably he will), he should not be expelled.

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Thursday November 16, 2017 · 2:54 PM PST

2017/11/16 · 14:54

Let me say out front: Roy Moore belongs in the Senate as much Donald Trump belongs in the White House. Both could not more unfit for public office.

Roy Moore is everything I hate in Evangelical “Christians”. He is a bigot of the lowest kind. But give him this: He is not a hypocrite. That a 32 year old man should be able to get in the pants of a 14 year old girl is a perfectly biblical view. After all, a “Biblical Worldview” means you view the world as if in the bronze age.

Now, I fervently hope Moore loses the election. But let’s face it, this is Alabama. Alabama. This is the state that proves that traveling back in time is possible. Talk about living in the bronze age. So as loathsome as he is to us, enough Alabamans might only care he is not a godless, pro-abortion, gay-friendly, Obama-loving dem.

If Moore wins, the Senate cannot refuse to seat him. They can refuse only if there was a problem with the election or if Moore did not meet the constitutional requirements for the office. Neither is applicable here.

The other choice is to seat him and then expel him. About 15 senators have been expelled from the Senate in all of the US history. 14 of them during the Civil War when they supported secession. And the other one in the 1700’s. Also for treason.

The closest case is of a Senator that resigned before he could be expelled for sexual misconduct. But that was while he was in the Senate.

Moore would be expelled for behavior long before he became a Senator.

As emotionally satisfying as that would be, it would be nothing less that the Senate nullifying a legal election.

There would be an argument for it, if the allegations had surfaced after the election. It could be argued that the voters elected Moore without knowing of his predatory behavior and they would not have elected him if they had known.

And remember, we all knew of Trump’s “pussy grabbing” ways and he still cleaned Hillary’s clock in Alabama.

The fact is that, if Moore wins, the voters would have elected him despite (and in some cases maybe because) his predatory behavior.

As much as I would love that being a knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing, asshole were a reason for taking someone’s vote away, Alabamans have the right to vote and send an execrable piece of shit as Moore to Washington to represent them.

God have mercy of us all.

More people voted for Hillary Clinton for President than for any white man in history.

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Sunday November 20, 2016 · 2:11 PM PST

2016/11/20 · 14:11

As per AP, Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote is now almost 1.6 million votes.

Since the election, Hillary and her campaign have been second guessed and vilified as weak and incompetent. Some Bernie supporters have been very generous with their I-told-you-sos.

Did she run a perfect campaign? No, of course not. But the biggest cliche in the world, hindsight is 20/20, is such a cliche because it is very true.

Thanks to a relic from the 18th. Century, twice in the last 16 years, the people of the United States of America did not elect the President.

People argue that if the President were elected by the popular vote, the campaigns would have behaved differently, so you cannot guarantee that Hillary would have won that way.

Yet the simple fact remains: More people voted for her. It’s her misfortune, and the world’s, that those people live in the “wrong” places.

They’re still counting the mailed-in votes in California. Who knows, maybe my vote has not been counted yet. But the message is unmistakable: My vote is irrelevant.

In 6 of the last 7 elections, more people voted for the Democratic Nominee than the Republican.

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Tuesday November 15, 2016 · 1:36 PM PST

2016/11/15 · 13:36

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So maybe the democratic’s party message is not that bad after all.

Just saying….

Emails came from Anthony Weiner's Electronic Devices

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Friday October 28, 2016 · 12:36 PM PDT

2016/10/28 · 12:36

Read this: www.nytimes.com/...

Forget Florida and Ohio. These are the "must win" states for Hillary

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Wednesday October 26, 2016 · 6:15 PM PDT

2016/10/26 · 18:15

I have been obsessively checking out the early voting in Florida.

We seem to be doing pretty well today, regardless of the Bloomberg poll showing him 2 points ahead.

That poll is giving people heartburn (if you’re for her) or hope (if you’re for him).

The thing is that she doesn’t really need Florida to win the election. Or Ohio. Or even Nevada, where she seems doing pretty well.

Check the following tweet from Nate Silver:

Clinton margins:
VA +8.8
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NH +8.1
MN +8.0
MI +7.6
WI +7.2
CO +7.1
PA +7.1
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NV +3.4
FL +3.2
NC +2.7
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AZ +0.9
OH +0.7
IA +0.4
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GA -3.0
Ã¢ÂÂ Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 27, 2016

Let’s add the electoral votes of the states she is currently 7 or more points ahead:

Virginia: 13

New Hampshire: 4

Minnesota: 10

Michigan: 16

Wisconsin: 10

Colorado: 9

Pennsylvania: 20

Total: 82

Now let’s add the true blue states:

California: 55

Oregon: 7

Connecticut: 7

Delaware: 3

D.C.: 3

Maine: 3 *

Illinois: 20

Maryland: 10

Massachusetts: 11

New Jersey: 14

New York: 29

Rhode Island: 4

Vermont: 3

Washington: 12

Hawaii: 4

New Mexico: 5 **

Total: 272

As you can see neither Florida nor Ohio are “must win” states for Hillary.

Of course she should do everything humanly possible to win those states. And she is doing that and more.

The point of this diary is not to say “She got this in the bag”. Even if you live in Alabama you MUST go out and vote for her. And for any democrat in the ballot.

It’s ok to worry or be concerned. Considering the possibility of a Trump presidency, anything else is just inhuman. But panicking because of one stupid poll, that even if it accurately predicted the result in Florida, would not help Trump, is just dumb.

* I’m note sure about Maine’s CD 1, so I am not counting it.

** I’m not sure about New Mexico being a true blue state, but according to 538, she’s ahead by 10 there, so I counted it.

Feeling actually sick thinking about Trump winning? You're not alone.

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Friday September 23, 2016 · 11:40 AM PDT

2016/09/23 · 11:40

Read this:

www.slate.com/...

If Hillary loses, it's because she was un-electable all along.

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Monday July 25, 2016 · 4:23 PM PDT

2016/07/25 · 16:23

I am a die hard Hillary supporter. I think she would be a fantastic POTUS. I wholeheartedly agree with President Obama: She is, by far, the most qualified candidate since God knows when. Certainly more qualified than Bill and Obama when they won the presidency.

Not only she is far more qualified than any candidate in memory, she has all the advantages that should make this election a rout.

Her opponent is not a run of the mill republican asshole. He is, unarguably, the least qualified nominee in history. It’s no just a matter of a lack of resume.

He is a demagogue who has expressed admiration for the likes of Putin, Sadam and Kim Jong-Um.

He is racist, misogynistic, narcissistic and completely lacking in empathy.

Check this out, and tell me if it doesn’t describe Trump: www.mcafee.cc/…

On top of that, her campaign is doing all the right things, while his is in shambles. Her campaign’s infrastructure dwarfs his. His GOTV operation seems to be non-existent.

As for surrogates, she has a “Murderers Row” of political stars: Bill, the Obamas, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Kaine, and the entire Democratic Party.

He, in the other hand, has Palin, Giuliani, Christie.

In short, she should win this is a walk.

And yet, the chances of a Trump presidency are sadly and depressingly real.

It all comes down to hatred of Hillary. Some of it is misogynistic. Some is personal. But it is real.

And some people would rather vote for a sociopathic demagogue than her.

There’s something about this accomplished, brilliant woman that some people cannot swallow. And I am at a loss to explain it. People from the right and left hate her with the same passion, so her politics cannot be the whole answer.

How is it possible that the most qualified candidate, arguably, in history might lose to a sociopath?

I cannot accept that. I am a pessimist and a cynic, but this a bridge too far.

I still have enough hope in this democracy. I still believe that as a people we will not surrender to fear and demagoguery.

But, God forbid, if she loses, it would mean that she never had a chance.

Is Trump in danger of imploding too soon? (With poll)

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Wednesday June 08, 2016 · 3:47 PM PDT

2016/06/08 · 15:47

Since Donald Trump clinched the GOP nomination for POTUS, the spectacle of him getting pummeled from every angle has been deeply emotionally satisfying.

Hillary ripped him a several new ones with her blistering speech on “Foreign Policy”. I use quotations because it was nothing more than just kicking Trump in the balls. It was beautiful.

Democrats like Elizabeth Warren keep taunting him, making him lash out like a petulant child.

His campaign is in complete disarray. Reportedly bankrupt, riddled with internal fighting and an almost non existing national campaign infrastructure. Certainly not at the level of the clockwork like Clinton machine.

He keeps picking up fights with Republicans. He went to New Mexico and he started criticizing its Republican governor Susana Martinez.

Reporters apparently have had enough of him lying to their faces. They have finally started to push back and ask tougher questions. We all know what happens when you confront a bully.

And then there’s Trump himself. He is his own worst enemy. He just can’t stop himself from spewing racist and misogynist garbage. He attacks a federal judge because his Mexican heritage, he points out to a black man in one of his rallies and yells “look at my African American”.

Every time he opens his mouth Republicans run for cover.

Sometimes I wonder if he might be a Clinton plant. It is as if Clinton had hired Dr. Frankenstein to create the perfect GOP monster.

My fear is that he might implode before the GOP convention.

He is not yet the nominee, he is the “presumptive” nominee. Just like Sanders keeps saying about Hillary, you are not officially the nominee until the delegates vote at the convention.

Although it would be unprecedented, the presumptive nominee might drop out before he or she get the official nomination. And Trump is nothing if not unprecedented.

In the case of Trump dropping out, the delegates would get to choose another nominee.

That’s my fear. But my hope is that Trump is too full of himself and too obstinate to read the writing on the wall.

Regardless, we cannot take anything for granted. I know Hillary won’t and that she will campaign as hard as if running against Reagan.

But Trump presents a historic opportunity for the Democratic party at every level. I just hope the GOP doesn’t go and fuck it up for us.

Poll

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Will Trump make it to the convenition?

134 votes Vote Now!

Will Trump make it to the convenition?

Yes, the Republicans lied down with a dog, and now they will have to deal with the fleas

102 votes

No, someone or something will force him to drop out, somehow

32 votes

Per NBC delegate tracker: Hillary short 22 delegates from clinching nomination.

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Sunday June 05, 2016 · 10:58 PM PDT

2016/06/05 · 22:58

Regardless Sanders protestations to the contrary:

www.nbcnews.com/...

Now, CA is a must win for Hillary? Give me a f-ing break.

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Friday June 03, 2016 · 5:25 PM PDT

2016/06/03 · 17:25

Finally, the greatest state in the country (my state) is about the vote for the Democratic Nominee for POTUS.

Thanks to being the most populous state, the number of delegates dwarfs the delegate count of every single state that has voted already.

There are so many delegates in this state that, theoretically, Sanders could catch and surpass Hillary in the pledged delegates count.

Of course, to do that he needs to win by around 60 points. Not win 60% of the vote. Win 80% to 20%.

So, no, it will not happen.

Then, why is the media waiting the results with bated breath?

They most certainly don’t expect him to do that well, right?

Of course not. This has to do with holding Hillary Clinton to a higher standard than anyone else.

The media “narrative” is that she needs to win big in California to show that she is not a weak nominee. That if she loses California she will “limp” to the convention, already wounded.

Also, the theory goes that the super delegates will be so spooked by her loss, that they will give Sanders a second look.

This, of course, is pure bullshit.

Obama lost CA in 2008 and I don’t remember the media making a big deal of it. They just counted the number of delegates each one got and that was it.

Ah, but Hillary must prove once more that she is a “worthy” nominee.

Sanders has made the race for the nomination a lot closer than anyone expected. Including himself.

Closer, yes. But not close.

Hillary took the pledged delegate lead on Feb 27 and never lost it.

After March 1, her lead was never less than 175 delegates.

But somehow, the media keeps calling her a weak candidate. As if she’s winning by the skin of her teeth.

After New Hampshire, she was never in danger of losing to Sanders.

Forget that she’s won 9 of the 10 biggest states that have already voted. California is a MUST win for her.

Unfuckingbelievable.

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