I decided to put these in a diary rather than throw them around in the food fights...
It won’t be Bernie supporters who bring down Hillary. It will be Hillary.
You can’t blame Hillary’s faults on the people who point them out.
During Bill Clinton’s presidency, the Republicans carved out their own chunk of the government and used it, at taxpayers’ expense, in an ongoing political witch hunt bent on finding and magnifying any miniscule thing in an attempt to damage President Clinton, even though he largely supported their agenda. It was all so much hypocrisy and dishonesty, and its strength may have been surpassed by intense personal contempt for Hillary as a Republican default. The whole Benghazi thing looked sadly familiar. The Republican response to President Obama was different in that it was focused on congressional obstruction, but it was built on the same contempt and hope to damage the President with the bonus of racism thrown in, which is always a sure sell for them. You know the Republicans have nothing else. You know more of this is coming. And you know they’re licking their chops to get to work on the Clinton Foundation. After 20 years I’m sick to death of their shit, and I’d love to deny them such an easy target.
I’m surprised at some of the sources of the arrogance and condescension. (On the other hand, the authoritarian followers reveal themselves in comments by smugly parroting them) To me the whole idea of “now, shut up and get with the program” smacks of weakness, because, if you feel the need to tell us you’ve won, maybe you haven’t.
It’s been my experience that when confronted with their lack of substance, the weakest are always quickest to resort to force and fear, first by attempting to cause and exploit fear, then escalating if the fear doesn’t succeed in forcing compliance.
Influence is what it’s all about. It’s what big donors hope to buy. To see who’s influential, (without regard to the nature of the influence) see who people give money to. The amount of money will increase in proportion to the influence. That certainly applies in government and media. In government and media, the influence applies, exists, and has value, mainly within the universe of people who have, buy, and sell – and thereby validate it. We outside that universe are expected to be similarly influenced by it, because that’s the way it is. We’re to be influenced when necessary, then give way to the influential.
Liberal authoritarian followers fear the trump authority boogie man, and want to respond with a liberal authority of their own. Bernie won’t do.
I’ve been waiting for someone to take it to the Republicans instead of giving them legitimacy by negotiating with them. Talking about getting things done with them is useless. Let’s see daily press conferences calling them out by name on their obstruction, and their racism and dishonesty while we’re at it.
