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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Sanders apparently didn't buy into that LBJ quote:
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
edited 1st Dec '16 9:12:15 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedWell Sanders is Jewish and he had relatives who died in the Holocaust so I can't say he has no idea how that works.
It's just that he and other Leftist are blinded by how left-wing politics are in Europe, or how European people said it was. He's thinking of Denmark and Scandinavian social democracy.
He's a sincere, down-to-earth guy, personally lovable...but he and his supporters are making him something he's not. And look, Sanders is a far more heroic and moral person than most people who became presidents. Americans probably shouldn't glorify the President so much I think because it doesn't make us appreciate the many worthy senators and other officials who played unsung roles in history. Lincoln by Spielberg averted that by making Thaddeus Stevens the second American politician of the 19th Century people know by name...and Sanders should be the Thaddeus Stevens of the 21st Century.
Donald Trump is assembling the richest administration in modern American history
Draining the swamp and refilling it up with liquid gold.
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...Are we sure Trump isn't at least part Dutch?
Have you seen the gilding in some of his resorts and hotels? It could be both.
edited 1st Dec '16 9:35:36 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedGoing to Cook Report itself shows Trump up in PA by 60K+ votes, but the numbers haven't been updated in several days.
Cracked: 5 Signs Trump is Going to Hate the Next Four Years
This is simultaneously hilarious, and absolutely horrifying.
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary![]()
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... OK, I just have to ask: How good are the odds that Trump will crack under the stresses/unglamorousness/blandness of being POTUS and decide an abrupt resignation before he finished his term and all the uproar, criticisms, PR drop and heckling that will surely erupt as a result are worth getting back to his old life as a corporate mogul?
Firstly the masses voted against him...if Daily Kos is right, even fewer voted for him in the rust belt that formerly believed and his victory was more or less a fluke like what I have said.
Secondly, the ones who voted him for don't care about economics so long as they have a white supremacist in charge.
You underestimate how potent mass media-based disinformation has become.
Failing that, mental gymnastics. There is no shortage of idiots who think "incel" Lost Causers did more than a fucking 20K majority.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

I was illustrating by means of example as for what the true function of Sanders can be and why people having unrealistic expectations that he could be, and should be, president is based on a total misconception of how political change has happened in US history.
As for American Mandela, remember that Dick Cheney called him a terrorist and he and Reagan supported Apartheid. Mandela's true friend was the late Fidel Castro. After he was released and entered office, Mandela visited Cuba first and Fidel is still a hero in Africa.
And you know America has made leftist and radical movements who did interesting things. You have the Radical Republicans and the abolitionists, you have IWW, Wobbly, CPUSA, Dr. King, Malcolm X, the Black Panthers (the only time the Republicans were pro-Gun rights was when they were worried that these guys would start using them to defend themselves).