how many republicans?
By my count, there are (that I know of) 23 declared, with 4 "exploratory" candidates (raising money, maybe have a committee or two, but not formally declared -- Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker, Chris...
View Articleforgiveness
With the greatest respect, the family members who granted forgiveness before being asked for it are, in my opinion, wrong.
View ArticleSomeone is trying to cheat
Well, we all know what is happening. A candidate for president, drawing huge crowds to his events, is likely to fall short of the number of delegates he needs to win the nomination. So, he is trying...
View ArticleWhat should (some) Bernie supporters do?
I have been hearing and reading posts and comments from some Bernie supporters along the lines of: never voting for Hillary, if Bernie is not the nominee, I’m voting for Trump. And then the replies...
View ArticleFundraising, Hillary, Bernie
I wasn't going to give any more thought to the primaries — I am numerate, it's over.But a piece on huff post, just an opinion piece, had an embedded nugget that I couldn't ignore.For months, Bernie has...
View ArticleFarage, Boris, and the dog who caught the car
Well, now Nigel has also resigned. Boris took himself out last week, claiming that it was because someone else in the Brexit team actually, gasp, challenged him for the PM spot, so of course he had to...
View ArticleIdaho First District Candidate
Ok, so apparently idaho’s district 1 is up for grabs. I didn't know, but alas I don't live in Idaho any more, sad for me!Heather Scott is running as the R. So I went to her web page (oppo research)....
View ArticleNigel, Boris, update
So far, I'm not thrilled w PM May’s action re climate change.But isn't she clever! Putting Boris as Foreign Secretary - you wanted Brexit, now YOU go sell it to our allies! Take all the flak coming to...
View ArticleAt first, I was amused
Yep, I thought the discord and disorganisation was funny, in a schadenfreude kind of way.then, I was disgusted. Really, folks? Really? Bigotry on display?then, I was angry. THIS is the best you can...
View ArticleDems Abroad Queensland, Australia
Look what came in the mail today, just in time for the Queensland Dems Abroad catch up on Friday, midday our time, to watch Hillary's acceptance speech!
View Article50 state strategy
So, sitting in a burger joint in Lewiston, Idaho, after a great raft trip on the Lower Salmon. The olympics on the big screen overhead behind me. Lo and behold, a Hillary Clinton ad! I missed it, but...
View ArticleThe dreaded L word
In, what, 1988 was it? Dukakis was called (gasp!) a Liberal. And instead of sitting up proudly and owning it, he cringed. That was the end, for him and also for any legitimacy for a word and a habit...
View ArticleInherit The Wind
Watching this classic, and alas it is entirely pertinent today.Spencer Tracy, as Clarence Darrow: "As long as the prerequisite for that shining paradise is ignorance, bigotry, and hate, I say the hell...
View ArticleArmchair debating
Yeah, I know, she's got this.but it's fun to speculate on how to do it. So…If I was on that stage, when the moderator fails to call Trump out in a lie, I’d turn to the camera and say, “The moderator...
View ArticleI know I shouldn't be
I know, she's got this. But Lordy I'm nervous!My friend from Iran and I plan to watch the debate on line, taking work time (11 am start here in Oz). If the moderator isn't a shill. If the Donald is...
View ArticleNot over - no slacking
Ok, I spent some time this weekend encouraging another expat to vote — successfully. He said he only voted in Kansas, couldn't make a diff re electoral collage, but I reminded him that we need to bury...
View ArticleGot my ballot! Dems Abroad!
I vote in WA state, looking forward to voting for Patty Murray, many local races, and of course so proud and excited to vote for Hillary! I had an anxious call from a fellow dem abroad last week, who...
View ArticleI'm shocked, shocked I say!
Well, we finally found a line the Rs won't cross. After 16 months (5 years if you include the racist birther crap, which I do), they are outraged! Outraged, I say!To recap, this is what has been fine...
View ArticleDeep breath
Ok. Deep breath. We’re here. Looks like she's got this. I am so grateful to this community. Thanks for the opportunity to read, learn, speak. Thanks for the opportunity to feel not alone, or even...
View ArticleJust my thoughts on why we were so wrong as to think we could win.
To me, the defining thing about this election was and is anger, and how it was channelled and exploited.In hindsight, we had an angry man on our side, and perhaps Bernie should have been deployed 24/7...
View ArticleA Bernie Sanders campaign that might have been
Well, Bernie might have done better, at least in the upper Midwest. He certainly took Michigan in the primaries, and his message of anger at economic inequality resonated. So, I think at first, he...
View ArticleWhere was Bernie?
So. Last Friday, 7 members of the House of Representatives opposed Donald Trump’s investiture as President. Some cited the Russian hacking, some cited the fact that some of the R electors were not...
View ArticleThank you
I live overseas, and my city didnt have a march. I didn't know any city had a march in my country of residence, but if I'd known I would have gone.…but that's not the point.It has been so uplifting to...
View ArticleWhat - he lied? To me?
I live in Australia (a dual citizen, but that’s not the point of this post). Our prime minister, towering pinnacle of political courage that he is, has refused to condemn Trump’s Muslim ban, saying he...
View ArticlePrice of border wall
Der Prez now says the price of the border wall will come “way down” once he's involved.Sure it will. He’ll just stiff everyone who works on it.Simples.
View ArticleMarch for science, Brisbane, Australia
Ok, we are across the date line, so Oz has had its March. Here in Brisbane we had a much bigger turnout than I thought we would! Several hundred, maybe as many as 400 — hard to say, but really...
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