Remember when Bernie Sanders' state tried to implement single payer and failed spectacularly?
Wasn't that, like, two months ago?
Remember when Bernie Sanders' state tried to implement single payer and failed spectacularly?
Daniel B·;190930673 said:First .
Happy 2016 everybody.
#FeelTheBern.
Money isn't something that's going to turn the tide alone, he needs actual cards to play. Things he can do with that money.
I'm going to miss him. Forever thankful to him.Only one more year of Obama.
I'm going to miss him. Forever thankful to him.
Daniel B·;190929141 said:The point is Hillary's "achievements" are paper thin, and although you may minimise Bernie's, I'm sure veterans very much appreciate his hard work fighting for them in the reform bill, and whilst Bernie may not have been previously given the chance to make a splash on the national stage, by Grabthar's Hammer, he sure is making a "huge" one now .
I'm sure Elizabeth is very impressed with how Bernie is doing.
I have absolutely no doubt that Bernie would ensure that those who presently qualify for Medicaid, due to their low income, would not end up with less to live on. That would just go against everything he stands for. As for those that presently earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but don't earn enough for private healthcare, again I'm sure that the system would be setup so no one, given their specific circumstances (e.g. how many children they have), would not be taxed into poverty.
Absolutely! It's far more efficient to administer just one healthcare plan, than a handful of them.
A Gallup chart, that shows a Clinton peaking in public approval; well I never!
That's one thing the GOP wouldn't use against him, as they love 'em some guns .
Same, I'd be under mountains of medical debt if it wasn't for him getting elected.
"Donald Trump loses electoral and popular vote, declares the election a fraud"Pending possible threads
I'm not an expert on this, but I don't think he could do that. Here's the FEC Guide
I suppose he could create Feel the Bern Leadership PAC and then use the money to forward his goals in the Senate and/or as governor. The only real rule that I could find is that he can't pocket the money. He should donate some to the DNC to help elect Democrats, since he's such a good team player.
(For reference, he is one of those "Both parties are the same, it's either Bernie or nobody!" guys. My superficial impression is that Dems and Reps are actually pretty similar on their foreign policy stances so it's hard for me to argue about that)
Foreign Policy (the mag) had a detailed article a while back about her tenure as Secretary of State and how Hillary approaches foreign policy. It's not an article detailing Hillary's stances, but it is somewhat informative about the thinking process behind why she takes the positions she does regarding foreign policy.I keep getting in discussions with a friend of mine who is extremely anti-Hillary. I can argue effectively with him about her domestic policy, but every time he brings up her foreign policy I don't know how to respond because I'm clueless about it. He claims that her stance on a no-fly zone will lead to World War 3 with Russia.
Is there some kind of easy-to-understand foreign policy primer that I can reference to figure out what's going on?
(For reference, he is one of those "Both parties are the same, it's either Bernie or nobody!" guys. My superficial impression is that Dems and Reps are actually pretty similar on their foreign policy stances so it's hard for me to argue about that)
Hillary is hawkish, but not nearly as hawkish as some would like to portray. Ultimately I think in foreign policy, since there is no higher authority, they have to evaluate each event/case/nation as individually as they can and figure out a practical approach. Each administration is also not free from the troubles caused by the previous administration; I think part of why Hillary doesn't seem to have major accomplishments as secretary is simply because she had to spend her tenure repairing relationships the Bush administration wrecked (if you listen to Coriolanus's link, you'll hear exactly how awful Bush's admin was at foreign policy (aka sending a urologist to meet a major religious leader in Iraq (yeah...))).Afghanistan produces evidence of this as well. Clinton had always been open to Holbrooke's case for diplomacy, but believed that it could not work until military force brought the Taliban to the negotiating table. By late 2010, Clinton believed that the time was ripe to pursue diplomacy. In December, however, Holbrooke died abruptly of a torn aorta. Both as a matter of conviction and as a torch-bearing tribute to her dear friend, Clinton became a vocal advocate for opening a new political front in Afghanistan. In a speech at the Asia Society in February 2011, Clinton said that the success of the military and civilian surge had set the stage for a new diplomatic surge and, crucially, accepted that the demand that the Taliban renounce violence, cut ties with al Qaeda, and acknowledge the Afghan constitution were not preconditions but "necessary outcomes" of negotiation. This helped provoke a flurry of diplomatic activity, all of it ultimately stillborn.
By 2011, in fact, Clinton and Obama had, in effect, reversed positions on Afghanistan, with the secretary lobbying for diplomacy and the president though increasingly disillusioned about the effectiveness of COIN authorizing ever more targeted killings by drones and special operations forces. Over the next two years, Clinton would often find herself blocked by a White House apparently in thrall to a counterterror approach to the fight against extremism. In The Dispensable Nation, Vali Nasr, a leading scholar of international relations who served on Holbrooke's staff, argues that Obamas protectors in the White House feared that Obama would be seen as soft if he chose a political rather than a military solution in Afghanistan and elsewhere, leaving Clinton as the lone voice making the case for diplomacy. Many former Clinton officials consider the argument somewhat overdrawnkey White House officials were quite sympathetic to the call for talks but fundamentally accurate. Clinton never did fully succeed in persuading Petraeus that the time had come to pursue peace talks. "It too often became surge surge surge, drone drone drone," says Harold Koh, Clinton's former legal advisor. Clintonism properly understood, he asserts, is "nesting a hard-power approach into a broader smart-power strategy development, diplomacy, public-private partnerships, rule of law."
If thats neoconservatism, then neoconservatism has changed unrecognizably since the Iraq war.
Thank you both. I'll start reading your links today.
Hillary in foreign policy is beholden to the same hegemonies that outlines the goals for neocons and the Bushes. Democracy for any anti-West dictator, friendship with the Sunni Wahabi Monarchs. Was really showing how shamelessly she tried to tip toe around Bernie in the debate in trying to capitalize on anti interventionist cheering of the crowd that Bernie relied up then tried to justifying herself in aligning with the pro-Assad removal cabal.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/two-of-carsons-top-aides-resign-217261
How long before Carson drops out?
honestly, just before Iowa or days later. He has no pull anymore.
Foreign Policy (the mag) had a detailed article a while back about her tenure as Secretary of State and how Hillary approaches foreign policy. It's not an article detailing Hillary's stances, but it is somewhat informative about the thinking process behind why she takes the positions she does regarding foreign policy.
Foreign policy is more complex than black-and-white. There's no easy primer that can break down everything into "good policy" and "bad policy"—that changes with the timing, it changes with the personalities, it changes with the conditions on the ground. From the article above:
When the Atlantic’s Jeff Goldberg asked Clinton if American action in 2012 could have prevented or muted the rise of the Islamic State, she said that, while that could never be known, "I know that the failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the protests against Assad ... left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled." It is hard to imagine that a President Hillary Clinton would have drawn a “red line,” as Obama did, on the use of chemical arms, and then failed to make good on her threat once Assad crossed that line. She would have understood the cost to American credibility of walking back such a threat.
It wasn't anything you'd consider actual employment it was one (mostly male) subsistence work gang (shipped to some other state) to another (usually shipped to Europe, Africa or Asia) mainly targeted for political purposes.I would think millions gaining employment through things like the wpa during the worst economic depression in history benefited more than just large firms and cartels
infrastructure projects included 2,302 stadiums, grandstands, and bleachers; 52 fairgrounds and rodeo grounds; 1,686 parks covering 75,152 acres; 3,185 playgrounds; 3,026 athletic fields; 805 swimming pools; 1,817 handball courts; 10,070 tennis courts; 2,261 horseshoe pits; 1,101 ice-skating areas; 138 outdoor theatres; 254 golf courses; and 65 ski jumps.
Who are you agreeing with? World War II was a disaster for the average person. Slavery, death, rationing, internment, etc.I agree that WW2 was probably a bigger boom for the average person than the immediate effects of the New Deal.
This would matter except the New Deal had nothing to do with economics. You yourself noted above that it was a contradictory and endless set of random politically guided programs not a single program with a clear goal or underlying theory.Pretty sure Prof. Pwns is a history teacher. Not necessarily one you'd seek advice from regarding economics.
Morale booster
The Democrats haven't exactly been "pushing against" the narrative. They've supported it just as much. I don't remember being told to trust W. or H.W. or Reagan or Gingrich, for example.That government trust graph does make a good case for how terrible the dems have been at pushing against that narrative. Obviously also how successful the reps were in pushing it.
Yeah, you have to pay yourself a salary through the PAC.The only real rule that I could find is that he can't pocket the money.
It was a Munich moment.No, the problem wasn't the cost to american credibility. no one gives a toss about that. the problem is drawing a freaking red line in the first place. That's painting yourself into a corner for no good reason.
So 9/11 and Iraq didn't happen?Obama is certainly the weakest foreign policy president since Carter, and the red line did more damage to US credibility than anything since Bush's fuck ups. It was a disaster and remains one.
I'm glad we didn't attack Syria, obviously, but Obama did harm to the US. Ultimately I haven't supported any of the US' involvement there over the last few years.
Obama's horrible handling of this issue will continue to have consequences, and could harm Hillary's election chances. That's not to say her hands are clean: she supported intervention as well.
Obama is certainly the weakest foreign policy president since Carter, and the red line did more damage to US credibility than anything since Bush's fuck ups. It was a disaster and remains one.
@CarlyFiorina: Love my alma mater, but rooting for a Hawkeyes win today. #RoseBowl
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Also, lol:
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I already put in to make the NH Primary thread. It's where I live and have been involved with before.February can't come soon enough. So how does OT election coverage work?
Pending possible threads
-Iowa Caucuses
-New Hampshire Primary
-South Carolina Primary
-Nevada Primary
-Super Tuesday
Anything after Super Tuesday appearing in the OT?
I assume these will appear eventually
-X Republican Clinches Nomination
-Hillary Clinches Nomination
-Bernie Concedes
-DNC Convention
-RNC Convention
-Presidential Debate #1
-Presidential Debate #2
-Vice Presidential Debate
-Presidential Debate #3
-Election Day 2016
I already put in to make the NH Primary thread. It's where I live and have been involved with before.
I almost didn't post it, but I was 2/2 and riding high off Jebmentium:Gotta say good job to Benji. He finally gets rid of his junior status, makes a thread, and then it gets locked within ten posts lol
Obama is certainly the weakest foreign policy president since Carter, and the red line did more damage to US credibility than anything since Bush's fuck ups. It was a disaster and remains one.
I'm glad we didn't attack Syria, obviously, but Obama did harm to the US. Ultimately I haven't supported any of the US' involvement there over the last few years.
Obama's horrible handling of this issue will continue to have consequences, and could harm Hillary's election chances. That's not to say her hands are clean: she supported intervention as well.
A big shakeup in Ben Carsons campaign: three of his top staffers have resigned.
Carson's campaign manager, deputy manager and communications director stepped down yesterday amid reports of in-fighting.
Carson is hemorrhaging staff, apparently.
http://www.hlntv.com/shows/morning-...016/01/01/ben-carson-s-campaign-manager-quits
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U.S. Republican Ben Carson's 2016 presidential bid was thrown into chaos on Thursday when his campaign manager and some 20 other staff members quit amid infighting, dropping poll numbers and negative media coverage.
The guy we gave the award to this year is a person who might fundamentally change American politics, and has already begun to do that, by changing the conversation entirely, by saying things that the press did not allow before, and that they considered outside the mainstream, against conventional wisdom, radical. Well guess what? He's saying them and he's enormously popular. His name is Bernie Sanders, and what he has said is, I'm actually going to represent the average man
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)97% tells his volunteers about the need to energize and mobilize Christians.
“If we awaken and energize the body of Christ– if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values– we will win and we will turn the country around,” Cruz told volunteers on a conference call Tuesday.
Cruz also said that he is organizing a coalition of pastors in early states including Iowa and South Carolina.
“We’re working to have a lead pastor in each of the 99 counties in Iowa, 99 pastors are organizing other pastors,” Cruz said. “We’re doing the same thing in South Carolina, organizing pastors in 46 counties to motivate and organize other pastors.”
Cruz warned that, as the election nears, the attacks on his campaign will become more vicious.
“I want to tell everyone to get ready, strap on the full armor of God, get ready for the attacks that are coming,” he warned. “Come the month of January we ain’t seen nothing yet.”
Glory • a day ago
It's true. Without Evangelical support Ted Cruz cannot win.
I would also argue that unless the United States is willing to submit to God's natural laws, it will also fail.
rgeno Glory • a day ago
Evangelicals with all due respect don't be stupid. Cruz can't win. But if we loose to Clinton/libs/commies you'll loose your religion. You'd 've walked on by libs. All your belives and devotion will be persecuted by govermant as it happened with two cake backers in Oregon.
TRUMP is our ONLY hope.
GO TRUMP!!!!!!
itmatters247 rgeno • a day ago
No GOD is our only hope and dont you ever forget that!
Free People Sharon Morgan • 3 hours ago
Exactly! + 100 ^^^^^^^ excellent post there Sharon!
HAPPY TRUMP YEAR to you and yours!
Disagreement in the Breitbart comments:
I didn't say worse. I said weak. Obama's foreign policy is contradictory, aimless, and has created a disaster zone in Libya. The red line issue also embarrassed the US in front of allies and enemies alike.
There was a time when Obama's fp seemed comparable to HW Bush's, which is not a bad thing obviously. But now it's a disaster the next president will struggle to fix.
If there's any endorsement that would make me support someone less, it would probably be a Youtube endorsement.Bernie is winning the Youtuber endorsement primary
I like imagining that Jeb keeps trying so hard because W. texts him "I beat Johm McCain and Al Gore; you're getting crushed by Donald Trump and Ben Carson" once a week.
It wouldn't be his dad, it would be his mumI'd imagine it's his father calling him everyday telling him he is a giant disappointment.
"Your brother who people called a dumbass was elected twice and started a war, and people still like him better than you."
When Jeb Bush told his father he was going to run for governor of Florida, his father said, Go for it.
When George W. Bush told his mother he was going to run for governor of Texas, his mother said, You cant win.