Well, we guess it is time for Hillary Clinton to disassociate herself from the disaster of a clusterfuck of a no-good-very-bad presidency that is the B. Barry Bamz Administration of Doom, so that she can have her own presidency which will definitely never be sabotaged and fucked up by a bunch of goddamn nihilists, because we definitely never lived through that before. How do we know this, chili peppers? Because one Big Dog "William" Clinton is
more of our shallow media at work. The turnover rate for the individual market has alway been high- some 40% a year or so. If only the stenographers could bother mentioning that...
True, and I'd have voted for her had she won the nom in '08, and will do so if if she wins in 2016. But why can't she fulfill all our hopes and dreams the way Obama...
Oh, yeah. Better perhaps to be a bit disappointed in advance.
At risk of permanently damaging my Wonkette cred, I offer a brief recap of US poltical history.
1. Those of you who are younger than Editrix, and even Trix herself, can not completely appreciate what it was like to live through Reagan (and Nixon before him). It was awful, and made more awful by the prospect of an interminable series of Ronnie clones.
2. The last (and possibly only) time that US Americans elected an arguably "liberal" President was FDR.
3. The Democrats ran pretty genuine liberals in 1984 and 1988. They were incinerated.
4. Polls routinely indicate that the US Americans favor specific "liberal" policy positions.
(The only conclusion I can draw from this is that average American electors are too stupid to realize that they should support the "scary" liberals.)
5. The DNC, while it sucks in many ways, was created to soothe the fears of US American electors about "liberals". In that limited sense, it was a success. E.g., we managed to avoid having to contemplate the possibility of President Quayle. Despite the obvious flaws of President Clinton, he was better than the alternatives.
At this point, I have to shift from history to present reality. If I, self-centeredly, categorize "liberals" as those who are like me, or left of me, I'm pretty sure we make up less than 30% of the electorate. (A substantially higher fraction of Wonketeers, to be sure). I'm willing to believe polls that show Americans as averaging center-left, but a fuck of a lot of them are pretty close to center, and tend to draw back from "blatant" liberals.
I'm sorry, guys and gals, but I've voted in 12 Presidential elections, and we've never elected a genuine liberal. That's America. We have to nibble at the edges.
Sure, let&#039;s create a system that relies on the young and healthy to subsidize the old and sick . . . and then excuse the young and healthy from taking part. <i>What could possibly go wrong?</i>
I think serving as Secretary of State under Obama improved her standing in a lot of our eyes. If she runs again, she can say she ran the State Department for 4 years and isn&#039;t just running on nepotism and an unremarkable Senate career. Also, there is also the crazy notion that since Bill and Hillary arent the same person, it is ok to dislike one but like the other.
not according to Richard Cohen
IOW what we&#039;ve all been saying for years
more of our shallow media at work. The turnover rate for the individual market has alway been high- some 40% a year or so. If only the stenographers could bother mentioning that...
count me in, also too
you forgot signing Gramm&ndash;Leach&ndash;Bliley
True, and I&#039;d have voted for her had she won the nom in &#039;08, and will do so if if she wins in 2016. But why can&#039;t she fulfill all our hopes and dreams the way Obama...
Oh, yeah. Better perhaps to be a bit disappointed in advance.
At risk of permanently damaging my Wonkette cred, I offer a brief recap of US poltical history.
1. Those of you who are younger than Editrix, and even Trix herself, can not completely appreciate what it was like to live through Reagan (and Nixon before him). It was awful, and made more awful by the prospect of an interminable series of Ronnie clones.
2. The last (and possibly only) time that US Americans elected an arguably &quot;liberal&quot; President was FDR.
3. The Democrats ran pretty genuine liberals in 1984 and 1988. They were incinerated.
4. Polls routinely indicate that the US Americans favor specific &quot;liberal&quot; policy positions.
(The only conclusion I can draw from this is that average American electors are too stupid to realize that they should support the &quot;scary&quot; liberals.)
5. The DNC, while it sucks in many ways, was created to soothe the fears of US American electors about &quot;liberals&quot;. In that limited sense, it was a success. E.g., we managed to avoid having to contemplate the possibility of President Quayle. Despite the obvious flaws of President Clinton, he was better than the alternatives.
At this point, I have to shift from history to present reality. If I, self-centeredly, categorize &quot;liberals&quot; as those who are like me, or left of me, I&#039;m pretty sure we make up less than 30% of the electorate. (A substantially higher fraction of Wonketeers, to be sure). I&#039;m willing to believe polls that show Americans as averaging center-left, but a fuck of a lot of them are pretty close to center, and tend to draw back from &quot;blatant&quot; liberals.
I&#039;m sorry, guys and gals, but I&#039;ve voted in 12 Presidential elections, and we&#039;ve never elected a genuine liberal. That&#039;s America. We have to nibble at the edges.
Sure, let&#039;s create a system that relies on the young and healthy to subsidize the old and sick . . . and then excuse the young and healthy from taking part. <i>What could possibly go wrong?</i>
Bill was only 14% black; I read on the internet that this doesn&#039;t count.
I think serving as Secretary of State under Obama improved her standing in a lot of our eyes. If she runs again, she can say she ran the State Department for 4 years and isn&#039;t just running on nepotism and an unremarkable Senate career. Also, there is also the crazy notion that since Bill and Hillary arent the same person, it is ok to dislike one but like the other.
Clinton out-thinking the likes of Cruz and Gohmert? Who&#039;d a thunk it?
Tsongas would have been worse.
1812 to be precise.
Every decent rock band ever.
Especially the gynecological benefits.
LBJ was a kickass preznit, too. (Imagine him dealing with the Teatards . . . popcorn time!)