Originally Posted by Borderland
"I see much of interest in your future. You will shortly be visiting with many of your friends here and providing reviews on new equipment."
"I see much of interest in your future. You will shortly be visiting with many of your friends here and providing reviews on new equipment."
There's nothing civil about this war.
I keep hearing people say things like "Trump would dominate Bernie in the general."
Would he? Im not so sure. I live in a pretty red area and yet I have still came across quite a few Trump voters who have said they would vote for Bernie if he becomes the nominee.
Personally, I hate Bernie and think he is a complete POS, but I also recognize that he has a very good chance of beating Trump if he becomes the nominee.
Im not a huge Trump fan but a Bernie presidency would bad.
An articulate representation of my own perspective, sir.
How unfortunate that our country has come to such a time and circumstance, when genuine and well-considered patriotism (rather than the opportunistic rah-rah drum-beating faux sort) and belief in and stalwart support for our Constitution (rather than mere lip service toward it) are only remembered shadows, and the best choice that we're given as supposedly representing "our side" is a greedy and self-interested incumbent billionaire who gives every indication of being woefully ignorant of history and careless of ethics, against those alternative POTUS candidates who pander to newer generations' anticipation of a socialist utopia with "free everything" with never-ending handouts, and who view the Constitution not as a unique document setting forth carefully-considered guidelines and rules for enacting and retaining our freedoms, but as an outmoded and unreasonably restrictive parchment rag which limits their abilities to enact their "wiser" and "more-modern" policies.
A truly awful Hobson's Choice for conservatively-inclined adults (some of whom have been around as far back as the presidencies of Truman and Eisenhower, and remember qualities like honor and dignity in a President), since they will either vote for Trump or simply refrain from voting, but obviously without enthusiasm in either case.
"Therefore, since the world has still... Much good, but much less good than ill,
And while the sun and moon endure, Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure,
I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good." -- A.E. Housman
I don't worry much about the politically appointed heads and deputies, but the unelected directors of, for example, HR, budget, personnel etc.. for any 'insert your acronym here' agency wield an enormous amount of power over regular folks that congress critters rarely have any clue about, and those bureaucrats are constantly in the lobbying to civil service revolving door. The only members of congress that could exercise meaningful oversight over the bureaucrats are those who have been there long enough to figure out the labyrinth that is bureaucratic DC. Not only does that take an incredibly long time (as in 8 years minimum), but by that time the politician has likely become an insider and supporter of that system, while the newly elected one is floundering, trying to figure out which way is up.
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
For your amusement and a bit of edification:
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
You honor me with your support and good words.
There's nothing civil about this war.
Well, the one net positive that we’ll see if Bernie wins the nomination and general election is no more grousing about the Bad Orange Man. It’ll be endless praise for our new Chairman, right?
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"Curb Your Enthusiasm" will become the official TV show through which the exalted leader communicates with the public.
There's nothing civil about this war.
The establishment wing of the Democratic party despises the Bernie/AOC radical socialist wing of their party. If Bernie has the most of delegates, but not enough to win on the first ballot, the DNC will do a harsh political calculation. The DNC will realize that the Democrats will lose badly to Trump, regardless of which weak candidate that they nominate. The DNC will then decide to just go ahead and give the nomination to Bernie via the superdelegates (which they don't have to do).
Here's why. When Bernie goes down to a Trump landslide, and he will, the Democrats can say "See, we tried a socialist and America rejected him in spades, so let's get back to establishment candidates to give us a chance going forward." That profound loss will allow the Democrat establishment to jettison their radical wing to the back bench again.
The one and only one consolation if Bernie wins will be seeing Larry David’s impression of him on SNL every week.
Perhaps another one - things will go so badly for 4 years that we’ll have put socialism to bed for the next 50 years.
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