Year: 2018

On a FB thread, I recently asked a Trump supporter* "What would Trump have to do for you to change your mind about him? Is there anything that could make you say, Yeah..I was wrong about Trump." The Trump supporter couldn't think of anything.

I'm just going to cut & pasting this whole thing including the first comment. You should probs comment over at BlueDE if you are inclined ot comment. BY CASSANDRAM NOVEMBER…

On this day in 1918, German leaders sign the armistice ending World War I, a conflict so terrible it was called "The War to End All Wars." It was a day full of hope. But the allies bungled the ensuing peace, so another world war erupted a measly 20 years later. Now the day is set aside to honor veterans, of which we have a never ending supply thanks to continuous bungling. (...or there is there some devious logic to it? Hmmm...?) Anyhoo - THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE, DONVITI! Enjoy your free oil change. In other open thread goodness... Here is a piece from Salon by Lucian Truscott IV (don't thank him for his service). I whole-heartedly agree with these points:

Over the years that I traveled to Southeast Missouri to go canoeing and fishing, the Democratic Party began its strategy of concentrating on the “battleground states.” You’d watch the political coverage, and it was all Florida and Ohio and Pennsylvania. Democrats went from contesting the whole country in elections to counting on holding the Northeast and West and what did they call it before it fell in 2016? Oh yeah, I remember. The “blue wall” in the “rust belt:” Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Read it all fellow bunglers.

TPM's Judis talks about things to look for in a Dem nominee in 2020. I'll add what to look for in the VP selection below. The first thing to say…

The TV news wants all elections wrapped up by 9:30pm on election night. It is better TV. When it isn't all wrapped up by 9:30pm it feels like fraud, especially…

Don’t thank me for my service, go fuck yourself. I want that to be my new response and the one that everyone else uses. This weekend when I go to…