November 4, 2016 – Delaware Liberal

White Privilege And It’s Built-In “Lone Wolf” Excuse

By pandora November 4, 201614 Comments

I'm exhausted. This election season, along with other events, has beaten me down. It's endless, and next Tuesday will not put an end to it. And now we have another lone wolf. Here's how the NYT described the "ambush shooter" who killed two police officers:

Investigators quickly identified a suspect in the slayings, who then surrendered — a local man described as a troubled loner who was familiar to the police in his suburban town, Urbandale. He had a string of arrests and confrontations with officers and others, but nothing in his record approached the scale of violence that erupted here. Sgt. Paul Parizek, a spokesman for the Des Moines Police Department, “We may never actually know what motivated this act.”

A troubled loner. Oh well then, let's move along. He couldn't possibly be part of a culture. Why? Because white men are viewed as individuals. I'm so tired of this. There is a problem here, and why we keep ignoring - and excusing - it escapes me. And the idea that "we may never actually know what motivated this act" strikes me as ridiculous.

The November 4, 2016 Thread

By Delaware Dem November 4, 201611 Comments

At POLITICO, Steven Shepard brings us the campaign expert consensus that Hillary Clinton has the superior ground game:

The presidential race may be tightening, but Democrats are convinced they have an Election Day ace-in-the-hole: Hillary Clinton's ground game. They're confident it will withstand Donald Trump’s late surge in key battleground states. [...] Democratic insiders are most confident in Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin. They express more uncertainty in Florida and Iowa. [...] Insiders in both parties agree that Hillary Clinton has the advantage in Colorado, where every ballot with be cast by mail for the first time in a presidential election. “For the first time ever, Democrats are outpacing Republicans in ballot returns,” said a Colorado Democrat — who, like all insiders, completed the survey anonymously. “In the past, only on Election Day itself did more Democrats vote than Republicans. This year, there has been only one day when the Republicans outpaced the Democrats. Something special is happening here.”

The Epic Fail of the Clinton Campaign

By El Somnambulo November 4, 201656 Comments

This race shouldn't be close. But it is. Why? Because, IMHO, the Clinton Campaign had an incredibly powerful message to attract working-class voters, but decided not to use it. Virtually…

The Daily Delawhere – November 4, 2016

By Delaware Dem November 4, 2016

Bayard Sharp Hall, at Main Street & Delaware Avenue in Newark. The University of Delaware building was originally St. Thomas Episcopal Church. The church was built in 1844. When the congregation moved to South College Avenue in 1956, the church became the town library, until a new library was built on Library Avenue in 1974. The university saved the structure from demolition, and turned it into a performing arts center in 1999.