WhaTHellsgoingonhere
WhaTHellsgoingonhere's JournalBlack voters have specific needs and issues. My policies "raise all boats" doesn't speak to them
they don't care about billionaires (and presumably 401Ks). Hillary is able to speak directly to issues that matter to them, not "global" issues. I'm a Bernie supporter. I could not understand why blacks would support a Clinton of all people. I did a lot of reading and noticed the polls are set in cement. This is what I've learned and the polls reflect it.
Therein lies the answer to why Bernie's campaign doesn't resonate with blacks
but does with whites.
That's carrying the water for Rs. The message:
Dems have to work hard, Rs get subsidies and tax breaks - getting things for free - and the luxury of income distribution to the top. Try to redistribute income to grow the middle class, and Dems start shaming Dems.
Nice!
People are buying what MSM is selling: label based fear
Older folk who remember when labels worked watch MSM. Most are getting their information from alternative sources. We're kind of a funny bunch. We hate MSM unless it's convenient to use them to drive a wedge.
Bernie is at least as electable as a black socialist Kenyan with a radical reverend. For all their efforts, the Rs and their MSM army assaulted the American public with shock and awe labels in 2008, but all for naught. This shit only matters to older voters who recall when it was effective. It's so engrained, they reject evidence to the contrary: Obama got elected twice. Why, because people don't care about R labeling and MSM ginned up fear except older people who remember back in the day... Socialist polls favorably today.
Have you been under a rock for 20 years?
Better check those rose colored glasses.
The Clinton Dynasty, much like the Bush Dynasty, has fallen out of favor. They are a relic, the last hanger-ons of the Third Way. Arguably, Obama was a transition candidate who promised hope and change. He delivered the hope, but Hillary won't deliver the change. But most of all, Hillary has always been uncomfortable in her own skin. She changes her identity with the wind. It's understood that people evolve over time on certain issues. But there are limits. Eventually, it becomes a credibility issue. That's Hillary's greatest character flaw, and Bernie is giving her a free pass. As for foreign policy, she can teach a course on it at any university with Henry Kissenger, but they both exhibited shitty judgement. People are tired of Hillary's dumb wars.
2008 was a historic election, and she lost to Obama. It's 8 years on. Hillary is a relic of the Third Way and no one is taking her tack toward Bernie seriously. I'll better Bill's favorabilities are tanking, too. And Chelsea, the former hedge fund manager, is repulsive.
I would love for the DNC to release voter count on down ticket races.
I'm curious to know at what point people lose interest and where the DNC can do a better job educating Democrats. I get this uneasy feeling that people vote for president, then walk out. It might explain why so many people can't name their senator or rep. Anyway, I'm with you!
Blow Back: Trolls aren't just found on the internet, Capehart
After taking a beating on his Twitter feed, Capehart whined like a little 
that he was going to have to prune his account of trolls.
My first thought was, "Isn't that a case of the pot calling the kettle black, because it is." Matthews and Capehart, on national TV, did what they do daily: trolled Bernie Sanders and his supporters.
For some reason, the media believes they have a special place in commentary that makes them immune to trolling. For instance, to them, Capehart laughing with Matthews while describing Bernie's mannerisms as "jazz hands" is critical analysis when in fact, it's pure trolling.
Instead of retracting his lame piece, he played victim and accused others of trolling him. Capehart is a troll, Matthews is a troll, these guys need to understand what trolls do before they point their finger at others.
I kept hearing about the firewall and loyalty to Clintons stuff and couldn't accept it
The first thing I found was Michelle Alexander's article, which details the devastation the Clintons have wrought on the black community. She writes that Hillary doesn't deserve the black vote. I've also read that blacks feel like they are being taken for granted and find it insulting; I'm sure they do!
But word is, Bernie is like a professor with abstract ideas and doesn't give specific responses to their very specific questions and needs. You can't say, "My policies will lift all boats." They want specifics and detail, and Bernie isn't delivering it. Further, the polls are what they are and not budging.
I liken it to Rahm Emanuel's re-election. I had to know the demographics. Believe it or not, poor blacks voted overwhelmingly for Rahm. An article explained that black leadership (establishment) failed its constituents and re-elected Obama's mayor. Since I've seen it with my own eyes, I'm more inclined to believe the narrative that Hillary will win the primary because the black vote will carry her.
Of course, hoping I'm wrong. However, I think 60% or more of the delegates will be decided by Super Tuesday.
They have a greater incentive not to confirm Obama's
They know the Dems are at war with one another over electablity. The salient point is Supreme Court appointments. It's being framed as, "We have to have a Dem in office, and _______ is more electable."
The Rs are likely thinking that Hillary will be our next POTUS. Taking away a 3rd justice from Obama, not as big a deal as knee capping Hillary's presidency from Day 1. Hillary will not be able to accomplish the singular most important task she was elected to do: appoint a liberal (minority, woman, etc..) SC Justice. So much for being effective, getting things done, and proving she can work with Rs. If it's Hillary, the Rs will pick the next justice.
Obama getting his nomination confirmed is a BFD to Hillary
She's promoting herself as the pragmatic, realist, who will reach across the aisle and get things done. But on January 21st, her Presidency will get torpedoed. She'll prove from Day 1 that she cannot accomplish the singular task she's been elected to do: put a liberal (woman, minority, etc..) on the SCOTUS.
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