Yeah, but of course we already knew that, didn't we.

[luzribeiro]

"According to a Morning Consult survey of 1,362 registered voters released Friday, 50 percent of voters think Trump’s comments about Judge Curiel were racist. Another 19 percent of voters said that while the comments weren’t racist, they were unacceptable. Even 56 percent of Republican voters viewed Trump’s remarks as either racist or unacceptable.

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despondency about elections

[pigshitpoet]

TO DEFEAT THE CORPORATE CONFEDERACY TAKES PATIENCE AND GUILE

“Do not expect to defeat The Corporate Confederacy* at the ballot box. Big Money can power its way through almost any election cycle. That is not however a call for Revolution. Big Money can power its way through those as well and rather unpleasantly.

Instead it must always be remembered that by its conscienceless and rapacious nature, the thing sows the seeds of its own destruction. Therefore what is required is both the ability to survive its collapse *and* to have another functional structure extent to replace it. Anything else is empty rhetoric.”

http://putanendtowar.livejournal.com/37752.html

*I call the thing a 'Confederacy' instead of a 'state' because it is not monolithic, but a series of groupings that compete among themselves, but are more or less unified in their general outcome, which is to own everything and keep 'the masses' under control.

[oportet]

I don't know how much milk the Racist! Sexist! Hitler! cow has left in it - but I think the left might want to start looking into a backup plan. Don't get me wrong - R!S!H! was effective, it had a good run - but it may not be enough now. If it were a more likable Democrat, maybe - but it isn't. The compulsive lying and flip flopping for both probably cancel each other out - neither are particularly loyal to their respective bases. This may be oversimplying - but the results in November may be decided by terror attacks, gas prices, and unemployment rates in September/October - what happens between now and then between civil suits and federal investigations and mudslinging will just be useless filler.

[mahnmut]

You... you mean, there's real chance that the US could end up with Trump for prez?

(Rubs hands with an evil grin)...

[oportet]

He's 2:1 right now - she's 1:4. She's definitely the favorite - but odds can change quick; In one week, Bernie's dropped from 15:1 to 100:1, and Biden from 25 to 1 (pretty good for not even being in the race), to off the board.

[mahnmut]

Where can I place a bet?