Democrats, claim the bountiful horizon. Claim optimism.

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Wednesday May 24, 2017 · 8:38 PM PDT

2017/05/24 · 20:38

Take it. Don’t let go. We need to inspire the next generation of progressive public servants to take on the entry level positions of governance.

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It's All My Fault

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Sunday November 20, 2016 · 1:00 PM PST

2016/11/20 · 13:00

It’s time I come clean. I did it. I caused Hillary to lose. I did some calling, and I was planning to do more, but I didn’t do enough. I do have some excuses handy. I’ve had the death of a close friend and the illness of another that caused me to leave the state at a critical time, and a lawnmower that broke down and…

Those mean nothing.

I could have done more.

I. Could. Have. Done. More.

Now there’s no reason for any more “blame” diaries. After we actually have all of the information we need, we can start to examine the many other factors that contributed to this disaster.

However, it was me. I have no one to blame but myself.

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Who did it? I did it.

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Who did it? I did it.

Thanks, David 54. (sarcastic)

1 vote

I am David 54.

6 votes

I had a feeling it was you, David 54.

10 votes

Trump Through Russian Eyes

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Monday October 03, 2016 · 7:38 AM PDT

2016/10/03 · 07:38

Has this been diaried? It’s a good perspective on the hypocrisy of the GOP relative to Trump:

www.project-syndicate.org/…

It’s written by Nina L. Kruscheva, who is the Professor of International Affairs and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at The New School and a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute.

Indeed, from my perspective, many of the nastiest and most perverse features of Russian politics now seem present in the United States as well. The Big Lie – invented in Nazi Germany, perfected in the Soviet Union, and wielded expertly by Russian President Vladimir Putin – is today a core component of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

She makes note of those GOP establishment figures who have rejected Trump, and she calls out Paul Ryan as exemplary of the cowards in Congress.

She also puts pressure on the “elder statesmen”:

James Baker, who served both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, has not publicly said a word; nor has George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, Condoleezza Rice, or Dick Cheney. We know that Colin Powell loathes Trump, but only because his emails were leaked.

I think the focus should be increasingly on those, especially the Gop Senators up for reelection and all House candidates, who are attempting to shirk their responsibility, to take a coherent stand one way or the other.

Mike Pence Has Your Back, Donald.

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Sunday September 18, 2016 · 1:00 PM PDT

2016/09/18 · 13:00

DES MOINES, IA - AUGUST 5 : Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Vice Presidential candidate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence greets supporters at a rally at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday August, 5, 2016. (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images) — Heh. Chum.

But not in the way you might think, Donald.

Personally, I’m still fairly confident that Hillary will win the election. But what if she doesn’t? Considering the fact that fraud investigations are beginning to pile up at Donald’s feet, and most litigation/prosecution won’t even get started until after the election, I think Mike Pence is probably ~~smelling blood in the water~~ sensing an opportunity. Consider the awkward rollout of his VP announcement. The chilly relations between the Pence camp and the Trump family. The basic lack of harmony between the molar-grinding, rigid Pence and the lip-pursing, blabber-mouth-in-chief-wannabe.

Take some time to think about the Christian Nationalist Last Great Hope of the anti-abortion misogynistic base of the GOP. Look at him. The wheels are turning. Trump was floundering until the Dominionist operatives of Robert Mercer, Conway, Bossie, Bannon took charge of his campaign. They may possibly win the Presidency...for someone.

Trump is implicated in numerous frauds and criminal enterprises. None of them will go to trial before the election. Wouldn’t Pence see an impeachment path to the Presidency as a slam dunk? I think so. I don’t think they’ll want Donald around afterwards either, ~~skydiving~~, belly-flopping his way into the News Cycle. It would be easy with his evangefundelical compadres in the Freedom Caucus to present Trump with a one way ticket to ~~Palookaville~~ Leavenworth. I could see Donald sharing a cell with his ~~Mini-me~~ Donny Junior.

Donald. Be careful what you wish for. I’d rethink this whole “President” thing if I were you.

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President Trump:

One month?

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Two months

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Three months?

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Six months?

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Trump's Child Care Plan

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Wednesday September 14, 2016 · 7:24 AM PDT

2016/09/14 · 07:24

Since no one else is taking Trump’s child care plan seriously, I thought I’d shine a little light on it. There’s an early critique up on the Washington Post Wonkblog: www.washingtonpost.com/…

It doesn’t appear to pass muster:

Experts on child care are skeptical, though. The cost of the plan for the government could be exorbitant, and it is not clear how the policy would help poor and middle-class families. More affluent families would likely save the most money under the plan.

Even conservatives are not impressed, although I’m not at all surprised:

"I'm most concerned about a single mother who doesn’t earn a lot of money and who has a couple of kids at home," said Michael Strain, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. "The benefits of this policy will not accrue to the people who most need help."

It’s too early and this plan is too unsubstantial to merit much derision.

My point is that this “Child care plan” is a gimmick to soak up some of the news cycle. He and Ivanka managed to kill some Media time last night and have the Media validate the “substantialness” (bigly substantialness, btw, ...huge. ) Meanwhile Trump lied quite brazenly about Hillary not having a child care policy...she does: www.hillaryclinton.com/…

Hillary surrogates and responsible journalists/pundits should spend a few minutes today slamming this “plan” and use it to illustrate the mechanism Trump has used to manipulate the Media.

Open Letter to Wolf Blitzer and Scott Rigell.

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Wednesday August 10, 2016 · 12:59 PM PDT

2016/08/10 · 12:59

I am voting FOR Hillary Clinton. I’m not just voting against Trump.

r.search.yahoo.com/...

Scott Rigell seems to think that Johnson can get traction and win the election this year. I think it’s important that we not underestimate him. I think it’s important that we start getting away from the duplicate Trump diaries here .

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