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CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#116926: Mar 22nd 2016 at 9:32:03 AM

And surprising exactly no one. That's how hemp was outlawed, give it an exotic sounding name and let racism do your job for you.

[up]1994...I guess you could call that recent.

edited 22nd Mar '16 9:33:24 AM by CassidyTheDevil

GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#116927: Mar 22nd 2016 at 10:33:25 AM

George Wallace was a Democrat, at least until the election where he mattered where his third-party run did not even matter as the Republican Richard Nixon would have won anyway even if Wallace's votes went with the Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey. However, what happened with both Goldwater and Wallace was prove to Nixon that there was a section of the South who were completely unhappy with the Democrats recent support for Civil Rights for minorities but would support a Republican if he matched their particular racist views. These two politicians helped paved the way for Nixon's Southern Strategy, of which Trump is the ultimate outcome.

If the Southern Strategy is to be discredited, the Republicans have to lose to such an extent that the Democrats basically have a mandate not seen since Ronald Reagan. Yes, Reagan.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#116928: Mar 22nd 2016 at 11:37:33 AM

So getting like 40+ states and super majorities in Congress? Can't see that happening without major demographic shifts, particularly in the House. The US is just too polarized for either party to pull something like that again, unless a Trump-like candidate finally says something unforgivable in the eyes of just about everyone the day before the election or something.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#116929: Mar 22nd 2016 at 11:50:23 AM

Weird. I wonder why DeLong was harping on it now.

Anyway, the best way to settle unrest among the resentful masses is to provide them economic opportunity. Productive, satisfied consumers don't vote for people like Trump.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#116930: Mar 22nd 2016 at 11:55:53 AM

Weird. I wonder why De Long was harping on it now.

I thought the article was just part of his research for his upcoming book on the War on Drugs. But just reread it and there's no mention of anything like that.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#116931: Mar 22nd 2016 at 11:57:48 AM

Utah Governor Gary Herbert (R) has endorsed Ted Cruz for president.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) endorses Hillary Clinton.

edited 22nd Mar '16 11:58:00 AM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#116932: Mar 22nd 2016 at 12:02:19 PM

No surprises about either.

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GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#116933: Mar 22nd 2016 at 12:11:18 PM

Then the Southern Strategy won't die... So long as the Republicans need evangelical and bigoted voters to win elections, the Republicans will continue to cater to evangelical and bigoted voters. In this election, we have seen the reverse of what moderates and liberals should want... The Dixiecrats and Religious Right have basically ejected the Big Business and War Hawks from the Republican Party.

And yes, the best way to settle unrest would be to provide economic opportunity, but it seems neither party's establishment really wants to help with economic opportunity hence why Trump and Sanders have a large voter base.

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Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#116934: Mar 22nd 2016 at 12:50:34 PM

Sarah Palin has been tapped to preside over a new reality court show that would premiere next year.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#116935: Mar 22nd 2016 at 1:02:19 PM

[up][up]But those groups are shrinking relative to the groups that the GOP pisses off in order to win their support.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#116936: Mar 22nd 2016 at 1:08:07 PM

They're not shrinking very fast, though.

[up][up]Also, why is this woman still relevant? And not famous for, say, QUITTING HER JOB in the middle of her term.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#116937: Mar 22nd 2016 at 1:09:33 PM

They are shrinking fast enough that the GOP is finding it harder and harder to win the White House and a lot of Senate seats. Many Bush era staffers suggested that Bush won partially because of his appeal with Latinos (roughly 45%) in 04. And they suggest that if the GOP can't get back up to those numbers they are in for a rough time.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
ThePest179 Since: Jul, 2015
#116938: Mar 22nd 2016 at 1:33:37 PM

[up][up][up][up][up] Considering how friendly Republicans are to big businesses, not to mention their fascistic love of war, I sincerely doubt your statement.

GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#116939: Mar 22nd 2016 at 1:44:39 PM

Ace Of Spades is right. Those groups aren't shrinking fast enough for the GOP to marginalize. Otherwise it would be guys like Trump and Cruz who would have dropped out and either Jeb! or Rubio with the nomination. It is the Jebs and Rubios who are being marginalized from the GOP and the Trumps and Cruzes who are taking it over. It also does not help that these voters are unwilling to have their politicians compromise at all, and vote out those who might try. Those groups are likely to lose the Presidency, the Senate, and the Supreme Court in this election and only have the House to rely on. If they continue refusing compromise, they will lose the House eventually as well. Eventually, those voices will be in a position to be marginalized. The only question is if the Republican Party will remain a major party. If the GOP dies of completely, the Democrats will split into Centrist and Progressive major parties to return things to a two-party system.

[up] Nothing prevents Big Businesses or the Military-Industrial Complex from supporting Democrats, you know. Hillary Clinton is certainly more friendly to both than Bernie Sanders would likely be. Hell, Clinton is likely to win the election just because people don't want Donald Trump or Ted Cruz anywhere near the nuclear football.

edited 22nd Mar '16 1:57:14 PM by GameGuruGG

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#116941: Mar 22nd 2016 at 2:35:07 PM

Oh, good. Let's shut 'em down.

It seems to me that any concerns about Hillary potentially sharing confidential information on an unsecure network would be overshadowed by the fact that these assholes posted the same information on the internet for the world to see.

edited 22nd Mar '16 2:35:22 PM by TobiasDrake

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Lost in Space
#116942: Mar 22nd 2016 at 2:36:47 PM

Hey, Wikileaks, way to not take sides. Or maybe that's the bias of the site reporting it. Funny how the hard left has adopted the Clinton character assassination tactics of the hard right.

edited 22nd Mar '16 2:37:14 PM by Fighteer

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#116943: Mar 22nd 2016 at 2:37:38 PM

[up][up]Have they? It seems rather... suspicious to post something as big only on Facebook, then immediately claim Facebook deleted it. It's like... hello? FB isn't the only outlet on the internet.

[down] Wot?

edited 22nd Mar '16 2:40:33 PM by Luminosity

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#116944: Mar 22nd 2016 at 2:38:26 PM

Hardly surprising when Wikileaks blame the evil feminism for their founder being stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy.

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CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#116945: Mar 22nd 2016 at 2:42:54 PM

Wot?

That's mainstream internet culture for you.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#116946: Mar 22nd 2016 at 2:44:19 PM

Wot?

He's holed up because he doesn't want to answer what he sees as false sexual assault allegations invented as an excuse for the Americans to kidnap him.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#116947: Mar 22nd 2016 at 2:48:58 PM

Is wikileaks throwing around pro bashar al asad shit

is wikileaks doing this

Why wikileaks. You used to do something.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#116948: Mar 22nd 2016 at 2:56:22 PM

"Cruz: "This is a war"" - http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=367833988

Link is to a video re: Cruz responding to the Belgium attacks. Reason I post it is because he refers to ISIS as "radical Islamists" and I'm trying to remember whether or not that was always a democrat thing. Especially in light of Cruz saying "we need a president who will fight this evil and call it by its name."

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#116949: Mar 22nd 2016 at 3:01:26 PM

So, this Brussels thing: does this mean that the Republicans will win? Coupled with the Wiki Leaks thing?

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#116950: Mar 22nd 2016 at 3:06:05 PM

It is the same wikileaks that edited videos and images on accuse the US forces in Iraq of committing war crimes.

Impartial they never were.

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