Republicans are out of the line of succession

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Thursday October 19, 2023 · 1:59 PM PDT

2023/10/19 · 13:59

With the speaker of the house currently being vacant, the 2nd official in line for the presidency after Vice President Harris, is the Senate President Pro Tempore, Patty Murray (D-WA). This puts a damper on republican disaster fantasies and makes me feel a bit better during this time of political chaos.

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Thursday August 13, 2020 · 9:51 PM PDT

2020/08/13 · 21:51

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Wednesday May 20, 2020 · 7:15 PM PDT

2020/05/20 · 19:15

All this sh*t had better fertilize our democracy.

The good that will come is the determination to improve.

I am still a bit surprised when Trump and associates find new lows in a kind of “why didn’t I see that coming” sort of way. Pompeo’s grifting, arms sales, and IG firing came in rapid fire. I didn’t get to fully digest the first before the rest was shoveled into my head. At one time, I had thought that Pompeo might be someone whom I strongly disagreed with on policy, but was otherwise a respectable person. That opinion was already in tatters before recent news.

What about the rest of the cabinet? Prejudice is not a good thing. Forming an opinion as to a person’s character, beliefs, etc. limits them and oneself and makes the world worse. But heed the advice of Maya Angelou: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

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Friday January 22, 2016 · 4:33 PM PST

2016/01/22 · 16:33

In An article in The Intercept by Zaid Jilani, he states that “Bernie Sanders Gets Group Endorsements When Members Decide; Hillary Clinton When Leaders Decide”

18 organizations are looked at. I don’t know if that is statistically significant. It still seems a bit early in the process, but this does sound like a clear distinction. We don’t get any insight as to how close any of these leadership or membership votes were. It’s conceivable that leadership slightly favors Clinton while membership slightly favors Sanders.

Every major union or progressive organization that let its members have a vote endorsed Bernie Sanders.

Meanwhile, all of Hillary Clinton’s major group endorsements come from organizations where the leaders decide. And several of those endorsements were accompanied by criticisms from members about the lack of a democratic process.

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Sunday May 31, 2015 · 11:12 PM PDT

2015/05/31 · 23:12

On Fox News Sunday, failed HP CEO Carly Fiorina used the end of the interview to underscore her misunderstanding of modern technology.

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Tuesday September 25, 2012 · 10:36 AM PDT

2012/09/25 · 10:36

Reading Frank Bruni this morning Made me realize how this republican ticket came to be.

Any potential Republican candidate with a toe in reality sat this one out. Given that Nature abhors a vacuum, it's no surprise that she's punishing us with Romney/Ryan.

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Republicans are out of the line of succession

Most beautiful palindrome?

What good will come of this?

Leadership Likes Hillary, Membership Likes Sanders

Fiorina Needs a Map

Whence Romney?