Quote by Will in Chicago:
I believe that Bernie Sanders will continue his campaign until the convention as he promised to do so. In the end, he likely wishes to influence the party's platform and the direction of the party. However, i think that were it not for a vigorous campaign for the nomination among the Democrats, we would have seen Hillary Clinton run unopposed and not be challenged as a candidate -- and see even more coverage of Trump, Cruz and the rest ad nauseam. I think that Hillary Clinton has become a stronger candidate due to a serious challenge.
I do not think that Sanders will run as an independent. However, I think questioning why the number of polling places in metro Phoenix were reduced to 60 polling places is not paranoia. Also, I seem to recall that New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio has offered nearly $20 million to have the board of elections clean up its act.
I plan to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Indiana primary next week as I find myself more ideologically aligned to him than Hillary Clinton. However, I will support the Democratic nominee - likely to be Hillary Clinton - over any Republican. The current GOP would probably consider the positions of Ronald Reagan to be far too liberal for their liking, let alone his record of compromising with Democrats.
Quote by BobR:Quote by Will in Chicago:
I believe that Bernie Sanders will continue his campaign until the convention as he promised to do so. In the end, he likely wishes to influence the party's platform and the direction of the party. However, i think that were it not for a vigorous campaign for the nomination among the Democrats, we would have seen Hillary Clinton run unopposed and not be challenged as a candidate -- and see even more coverage of Trump, Cruz and the rest ad nauseam. I think that Hillary Clinton has become a stronger candidate due to a serious challenge.
I do not think that Sanders will run as an independent. However, I think questioning why the number of polling places in metro Phoenix were reduced to 60 polling places is not paranoia. Also, I seem to recall that New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio has offered nearly $20 million to have the board of elections clean up its act.
I plan to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Indiana primary next week as I find myself more ideologically aligned to him than Hillary Clinton. However, I will support the Democratic nominee - likely to be Hillary Clinton - over any Republican. The current GOP would probably consider the positions of Ronald Reagan to be far too liberal for their liking, let alone his record of compromising with Democrats.
I can certainly respect all of this. What doesn't make sense is the claim that reducing the number of polling places (wherever it has occurred) somehow benefits the Clinton campaign and/or hurts the Sanders campaign. That is where the paranoia creeps in.
Quote by BobR:
also (FWIW, and Raine will attest to this): NY state politics have been a messy business for a long time.
Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
I steered clear of anything critical, they are both great. But it seems you can't even say you UntieBlue and you get jumped on by some.
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
I steered clear of anything critical, they are both great. But it seems you can't even say you UntieBlue and you get jumped on by some.
Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
Quote by BobR:Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
I haven't felt the need to criticize Sanders OR Clinton. No sense helping the Republicans with their attacks. But to echo Mala - saying "vote blue no matter who" seems to get a certain segment of a certain candidate's worshipers extremely upset.
Quote by TriSec:
The primary process is so long and disturbing that I stopped paying attention weeks ago, if not months.
The loyal core of each candidate will turn out, but my fear is the casual voter already doesn't care anymore.
Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by BobR:Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
I haven't felt the need to criticize Sanders OR Clinton. No sense helping the Republicans with their attacks. But to echo Mala - saying "vote blue no matter who" seems to get a certain segment of a certain candidate's worshipers extremely upset.
For some people, identifying with a political candidate is almost like belonging to a religious faith or being a strong backer of a sports team. And BobR, I have seen a few Clinton supporters on Facebook say that they would not support Bernie as they feel that he is an unqualified candidate and have called him misogynistic. Bernie misogynistic? Please, I hate to see what ads that the GOP will run this fall.
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
I steered clear of anything critical, they are both great. But it seems you can't even say you UntieBlue and you get jumped on by some.
I have absolutely no problem calling out either candidate, their campaign or their supporters when they do or say stupid or backhanded stuff. As long as it's done without insults or false info. If someone wants to take offense to that, it's on them not me.
Quote by BobR:Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by BobR:Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
I haven't felt the need to criticize Sanders OR Clinton. No sense helping the Republicans with their attacks. But to echo Mala - saying "vote blue no matter who" seems to get a certain segment of a certain candidate's worshipers extremely upset.
For some people, identifying with a political candidate is almost like belonging to a religious faith or being a strong backer of a sports team. And BobR, I have seen a few Clinton supporters on Facebook say that they would not support Bernie as they feel that he is an unqualified candidate and have called him misogynistic. Bernie misogynistic? Please, I hate to see what ads that the GOP will run this fall.
I have come across a few of those assholes myself. I just find the Sander's acolytes more virulent, both in number and aggressiveness.
You make a disturbing point though. We are supposed to be electing people to represent us in government. This is not "yay for our team" sports, and it's not some "leader" to take us to the promised land. We are electing people to speak for us in government.
Quote by BobR:Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by BobR:Quote by Raine:
Good morning.
I have been nervous about posting anything critical about either candidate on my FB feed.
I haven't felt the need to criticize Sanders OR Clinton. No sense helping the Republicans with their attacks. But to echo Mala - saying "vote blue no matter who" seems to get a certain segment of a certain candidate's worshipers extremely upset.
For some people, identifying with a political candidate is almost like belonging to a religious faith or being a strong backer of a sports team. And BobR, I have seen a few Clinton supporters on Facebook say that they would not support Bernie as they feel that he is an unqualified candidate and have called him misogynistic. Bernie misogynistic? Please, I hate to see what ads that the GOP will run this fall.
I have come across a few of those assholes myself. I just find the Sander's acolytes more virulent, both in number and aggressiveness.
You make a disturbing point though. We are supposed to be electing people to represent us in government. This is not "yay for our team" sports, and it's not some "leader" to take us to the promised land. We are electing people to speak for us in government.
Quote by TriSec:
I like Bernie ( and voted for him.). I don't like Hilary. I like the Republicans even less than Hilary.
Honestly, this isn't hard - it's holding my nose and voting for Martha Coakley again. The Common Good far outweighs any shortcomings on Hilary's part.
Quote by Scoopster:
So Hastert gets 15 months for the abuse coverup. Now they just need to try him for the actual abuse and put him away for the rest of his life.
Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by Scoopster:
So Hastert gets 15 months for the abuse coverup. Now they just need to try him for the actual abuse and put him away for the rest of his life.
I fear that the statutes of limitation expired. I don't see a reason for statutes of limitation in sexual abuse cases. Personally, I wish that Hastert was going to be locked away until his body is brought out in a bag.