U.S. Electile Dysfunction 2016

[Xyzzy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/p...stuff-happens/

President Obama and Democrats quickly condemned comments made Friday by Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who said that there isn't always a useful government solution to mass shootings and other crises because "stuff happens."

[ewmayer]

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens - The Onion

[ewmayer]

Clinton Outdoes Tsipras in Kolotoumbas with Her Reversals on TPP, Bank Regulations | naked capitalism

“The big problem with Hillary is it is hard to believe she stands for anything other than her desire to exercise power. ”

[kladner]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Clinton Outdoes Tsipras in Kolotoumbas with Her Reversals on TPP, Bank Regulations | naked capitalism

“The big problem with Hillary is it is hard to believe she stands for anything other than her desire to exercise power. ”

I can't trust anything she says, now. Not that I ever did.

Campaign rhetoric, full of sound and fury, etc., etc.

She does not have Bill's touch, which made his treacheries seemingly more palatable in the short term to many. I did not trust him before his election, and he more than amply repaid my mistrust.

[Xyzzy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/us...ers-clout.html

To get to the broader goal of confronting Mr. Obama, they want to alter the fundamental power structure of the House by reducing the power of the speaker in favor of greater authority for the rank and file.

[kladner]

"....You want the guy behind the counter."

After a media backlash against his advice for shooting victims, Ben Carson talked about his encounter with a gunman in a Popeye’s restaurant. There are just two problems. First, Carson did not rush the shooter as he advised other victims to do. And second, the encounter may not have happened at all.


The GOP presidential candidate became a lightning rod after telling the hosts on Fox and Friends that he “would not just stand there and let them shoot me.”

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by kladner

"....You want the guy behind the counter."

Give Carson credit - he's doing a pretty good job at taking himself out of the running without looking like a 'quitter'. Keep opining, Ben! Do share your innermost inanities and smooth-talking psychopathies, and put your chicken-hawkishness on full glorious display.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by kladner

"....You want the guy behind the counter."

Just to put on the table...

The Canadian election is T-9 days or so away. And the Liberals are ahead.

I know that most people think that only the United States of America occupies North America, but that's not true.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Just to put on the table...

The Canadian election is T-9 days or so away. And the Liberals are ahead.

I know that most people think that only the United States of America occupies North America, but that's not true.

We have waited far too long to see Harper kicked out. I am a bit hopeful this time around.

[Brian-E]

Originally Posted by chalsall

And the Liberals are ahead.

It's hard to translate between the different nations and cultures, but that's a progressive party, I guess? I just want to raise this, because the word "liberal" is very confusing in politics. In The Netherlands, the Liberal party refers to the most right-wing of the mainstream parties (though there is a far-right party which is, horrifyingly, currently the most popular here). (And yes, right-wing is vague too.)

[Xyzzy]

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...debate/410449/

The responses reminded me of a distinction Chris Hayes makes in his excellent book, Twilight of the Elites, between “institutionalists,” who want to make existing institutions function better and “insurrectionists,” who want to tear them down and start again.