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Sano might not be a viable long term defender at thirdbase; that, however, doesn't make Pedro Alvarez a better fielding option at the hot corner--he's really bad.
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Right. It hardly makes sense to have a rule requiring 60 votes (to invoke cloture, ending the filibuster, and calling a vote), if the rules themselves can be changed by mere majority...
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Well, of course, there's no action to be taken because of such conflicts of interests. But conflicts of interest (whether imposing liability or not) do speak to competency, and fiduciary duties. There's plenty of reason to disqualify each and every one of them. If American citizens had the same rights as shareholders they'd have standing to sue.
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Conflicts of interest aside.
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And that's why he wouldn't run on tax increases. The electorate doesn't need policy to add up. I mean Trump got away with saying Mexico will pay for the wall. Bernie's message that the rich will pay for everything would have had a similar echo effect, whether true or legitimate. Again, that Trump would have been his opponent insulates Bernie from substantive policy attacks...
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No one was understanding the Trump issue? Que? Look, I think no one was understanding the electorate. What Slate said about Bernie, esp. in isolation, is meaningless. Trump's victory, and our inability to predict it, is meaningful because it actually happened. Right. Sanders would have retained nearly all of Clinton's support. You leave unaddressed the huge enthusiasm gap between both Clinton and Trump and Clinton and Sanders. People were stoked about Sanders; ape-**** stupid into him. Clinton was a wet-noodle handshake enthusiasm. Frankly, I don't put a lot of stock in minority voting in primaries (for a variety of reasons); moreover, the same reasons why Clinton was preferable to Trump hold (or even become more true) for Sanders. And there's simply no evidence to believe that Sanders' atheism would move black and Hispanic voters to phony like Trump. Come on. Part of the reason I believe he would have won is his ability to authentically speak to working-class, even rural Americans. He had a genuine anti-establishment message that would have resonated. By contrast, I think he would have made Trump seem elite. That Trump was the opposing candidates makes it far easier for Sanders. Sanders lack of policy specificity and ra-ra-screw-the-man routine would have far more play against Trump than someone wonkish like Paul Ryan. But then again, we though political wonkishness would benefit Clinton to Trump's detriment.
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Look, socialism should have been politically dead within even the Democratic party. Sanders success in the primaries was totally unanticipated. More than that, this election should teach us being 'mainstream' can be a liability, and the populace is far more willing to overlook extremism and obvious flaws in favor of personality, authenticity etc.
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Dude, there were tons of articles written about all of Trump's liabilities and how the Democrats were going to make mince meat of him.(Didn't the National Review dedicate a whole issue to spelling out Trumps liabilities...) We know how that turned out. Whatever Sanders' liabilities I don't logically see how it moves a Clinton voter to become a Trump voter. Your arguments make some sense in the aggregate (atheist socialist jews are weird), but begin to break down when conceptualizing actual individual voters. I think the enthusiasm for Bernie alone would have made up the difference, but more than that I think his message and his character would have resonated with Americans far more than your willing to entertain.
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I know self-identified Trump supporters who would have voted for Bernie (or so they say); the vitriol for Clinton and the establishment Dems may have been as much a factor in Trump's win as his own appeal. And I think Trumps appeal (anti-establishment craziness) loses the stark relief if he's running against Sanders. Honestly, I can't see many Clinton-supporters moving to Trump because of Sanders. That doesn't make sense. Not to mention the general lack of enthusiasm for Clinton.
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What? Trump's election demonstrates the public's tolerance for non-mainstream positions and personal dirt. Of course it's impossible to prove a counterfactual (that Sanders would have won/lost), but I really hope Dems put forward more candidates like Sanders than Clinton in the future.
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Rahm Emanuel: Too many Dems care more about being right than winning I know we've talked about this a lot already, but I'd say that it's just the opposite what Rahm suggests. Clinton's whole campaign was staked on winning rather than being right. This wasn't tactical loss so much as it was a loss to win the minds and hearts of the American people.
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How do you combat such a philosophy? Impeachment seems inevitable. Four years of this?
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Well, I wasn't blindsided. I recommend it, you don't. /shrug
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One's taste for such a show might be a matter of one's capacity and willingness to suspend disbelief. For our part, we found that last episode oddly moving, and my need for logical consistency waned as I became emotionally invested in the characters. (That said, there's less masterful production in The OA than in Strangers Things, but that's a mighty high standard).
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Sci-Fi fans (even fans of Stranger Things) should out Netflix's The OA. Was surprised by how much we liked it; binged the whole season in two days.
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And that is why we need you, Neo.
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There's so much awful and hilarious in that selection. But talk about continually overplaying your hand... I hope these bastards soon realize that women (and the men that love them) have political power in our society--whether its by leaks, scandal, or a flood of votes in 2018.
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As a starter Park > DSan As a bench player DSan > Park
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From the you can't make this stuff up file: Howard Stern worrying about Trump's mental health. "I personally wish that he had never run, I told him that, because I actually think this is something that is gonna be detrimental to his mental health too, because, he wants to be liked, he wants to be loved," Stern said. "He wants people to cheer for him."
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I agree Dems leave much to be desired in terms of tactics, but what would you have (or had) them do?
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I agree it's weak (and conceded as much), but I think there's some false equivalency where we accept conservatives being into fascism when they're young, but if this were a liberal justice and s/he had been into marxism...we'll there'd be a double standard. There is reason to oppose on the merits; he's very far right, not at all representative of the recent election or the mainstream. Sure he's something of Scalia clone, but Scalia was an idealogue.
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Not a reputable publication, but this report suggest Gorsuch founded a club called Facism Forever at his all boys Jesuit prep school to combat liberal professors. Maybe there's more (and better) evidence of his being a right wing ideologue that can help fuel efforts to stymie his nomination.
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Hand it back to the States? Public education is largely entirely left to the States, and the Dept. of Ed. is already largely a farce in instituting policy at the primary education level. The problem with public education is not that we have national solution (we don't) its that public education is woefully underfunded because its stupidly tied to property taxes. The whole states-as-laboratories is great in theory but often horrible in practice for public works projects like education; what ends up happening is that states seem to compete on cheapness not on quality. The States have had their chance at education and largely they've absconded that responsibility. I know national solutions are scary, but the alternative is well nothing.
