H. A. Goodman Takes Political Writing to New Level

[MineralMan]

Universal Praise for HuffPo's H. A. Goodman

by Hy Purbolly

A new voice has risen on the political punditry horizon, and it speaks loudly and frequently about the Democratic Primary campaigns. Featured on the Huffington Post website, H. A. Goodman is penning remarkable essays about the current political landscape. Often going against the grain of common sense, he regularly champions lost causes and trumps up his favorites, regardless of normally accepted data from polling and writings of other political thinkers about Democratic Primary candidates.

You might think that people would disregard such a purveyor of contrary opinion, but that's not the case at all. On websites popular with many across the ubiquitous Internet, praise for his retrograde thinking is a commonplace, as seen in these selected examples, quoting the pundit himself. Who else is more of an expert on H. A. Goodman, after all, than H. A. Goodman?

"When Goodman Speaks, the Whole World Listens." - H.A. Goodman

"Today New Jersey Goes for Sanders, Tomorrow the Nation." - H.A.Goodman

"My Reporting on Online Polling Tells the True Story In Electoral Politics." - H.A. Goodman

"Goodman Writes for Huffington Post - The Most Trusted Name in Politics." - H.A. Goodman

"I Used to Be for Rand Paul. Now I Support Bernie Sanders. Trust Me." - H.A. Goodman

"Bernie Sanders Will Be President. I Have Spoken!" - H.A. Goodman

When will America wake up to the political genius expressed in every paragraph from this prolific writer's creative mind? That's the real question facing the nation during this primary election season. Why are some ridiculing this seasoned writer's musings? Could it be raw jealousy? Only time will tell.

Link: http://www.newsyoushouldntbelieve.com

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[NurseJackie]

1. Good old Hy! A national treasure!

I know that Mr. & Mrs. Purbolly are very proud of their offspring.

[MineralMan]

2. I have no doubt about that.

Who wouldn't be proud of such a son, after all?

[sufrommich]

3. His schtick is mimicing this guy:

[MineralMan]

4. Say...Have you ever seen the two of them together?

I know I haven't.

[Thinkingabout]

5. I am beginning to think H A Goodman is Karl Rove's pen name.

[MineralMan]

6. I had not considered that.

Pseudonymous writing is very popular on Huffington Post. That's for sure. You could have something there.

[workinclasszero]

16. Hey you might be on to something there!

[MineralMan]

40. Different Generations, It Seems. See Below:

H. A. Goodman

Karl Rove

[Thinkingabout]

43. OK, then maybe he is a student of Rove.

[MineralMan]

53. Karl...You are my father...

[ismnotwasm]

7. Hahahaha!

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[MineralMan]

12. Why do you keep repeating his name that way.

You've forgotten the punctuation, too. Hmph!

[ismnotwasm]

52. Just making sure I have it right...

[riversedge]

8. What is lower than the sewer?

[JaneyVee]

9. H.A.H.A. Crazyman.

[MineralMan]

13. Very nice.

[NCTraveler]

10. Goodman had an easy decision.

Knowing that Paul and Sanders have very aggressive online supporters, it was which camp to go for. His views align with Paul but the overlap in many of their thoughts made it easy for him to switch to Sanders once his online strength in support showed itself to be greater than Paul's.

Goodman is grinning from ear to ear.

[MineralMan]

14. Well, if you're going to support an underdog,

I guess you have to make a choice, since we have a two-party system for most offices. Paul wasn't doing so well, but Bernie has lots and lots of fans, so I think his decision was easy, really.

[1StrongBlackMan]

17. I don't think NCTraveler was talking about "support" ...

of a candidate; but rather, which candidate has the larger number of online supporters.

Ever wondered how H/P contributors get paid?

One doesn't have to believe a single word one writes in order to profit from the clicks.

[MineralMan]

18. Well, yes. Clickbait pays.

A guy's gotta make a living, after all. Political writing is like the flu. The more it spreads the more people you infect. I got vaccinated.

[1StrongBlackMan]

19. And is that a hallmark of libertarians ...

Moral flexibility, so long as one gets paid?

[MineralMan]

28. You know, I don't know any libertarians, really.

All the ones I know of are Linux consultants, and I don't use that OS, so I never seem to run into them.

[1StrongBlackMan]

34. Or, Bitcoin traders ...

And I'm pretty a satisfied with US issued currency.

[MineralMan]

37. The two are closely linked, I believe.

[NCTraveler]

11. This sentence kind of says it all.

"Often going against the grain of common sense"

[MineralMan]

15. A guy's gotta differentiate himself somehow.

It's easy to get lost in the haystack of conventional political punditry.

[Bubzer]

20. News You Shouldn't Believe? It's a fly-by-night blogspot site. Nice try.

[MineralMan]

21. Is it? I had no idea.

Well, so much for that, then...

[cosmicone]

22. Meg Alomaniac likes HA Goodman though

She wrote,

"Just as HA Goodman, my kindred spirit, I too think that the revolution is going to sweep the nation and because I say so, Bernie is going to win all 50 states."

[MineralMan]

24. She should consider writing for the website

at the link in my OP, then. I hear they have openings, although they're unable to pay their contributors at this time. The exposure, though, is worth all that hard work, I guess. Sort of like HuffPo.

[Thinkingabout]

44. As explained to me when I play Mexican Train having the most points mean you win last place.

[artislife]

23. Hee post number 3 i have seen on Goodman. I love him!!

[MineralMan]

25. That's nice. I'm sure he appreciates that

very much. Maybe you can get together sometime.

[artislife]

27. It is good to like people!! nt

[MineralMan]

32. Like and Love Are Similar,

but not synonymous. Like promiscuously, but love carefully. That's my advice.

[artislife]

33. This sounds almost fatherly, thank you for the sage and thoughtful advice.nt

[MineralMan]

36. I dispense it promiscuously.

[artislife]

38. And dispense, you do. Always giving.

[beam me up scottie]

54. Did you know the op used to be a member of freerepublic?

It seems he and Clinton are the only ones who are allowed to make mistakes.

I find it hillaryous that her supporters can forgive her history but no one else's.

You can see why they chose her though, she does represent the right wing of the party.

[JaneyVee]

26. "I have a dream, that one day Rand Paul will be elected president"-HA Goodman

[artislife]

29. Better than Carson

Surely this is an debating style you all appreciate.

[JaneyVee]

31. Rand Paul is better than Carson?

They are pretty equally horrendous.

[artislife]

35. I respect that you are entitled to your opinion.

[cosmicone]

47. Better than carson is setting a pretty low bar

That is like saying "bigger than a chihuahua"

[ismnotwasm]

49. Hee!

[MineralMan]

30. Hmm...sounds like a nightmare to me.

That's the kind of dream that wakes me up in a cold sweat, frankly.

[MannyGoldstein]

39. Congratulations! The entire HillaryClintonSupporters crowd

recommended your post!

[MineralMan]

41. Really?

Isn't that nice of them? I don't pay that much attention to recommendations, really. They just don't seem that important, somehow. If you're talking about that other website, I never go there, so I have no idea who posts there. I'm more of a solo performer, really.

[MannyGoldstein]

48. Seriously, you should check out HillaryClintonSupporters.com

They are much closer to you, politically, than the average DUer. And just like you, many or most of them thought Hillary was a bad idea in 2008 but now think she's the bee's knees, and they were strong Bernie Supporters until us naughty, naughty BernieBros made them switch to Hillary.

I think you'd feel very at home there.

[cosmicone]

45. I am awed by your ability to see through the internet

and read stuff that doesn't even exist. Bravo.

I bet you are faster than a speeding bullet etc etc.

[cosmicone]

46. I want the Bernie siren

that creates hundreds of recs within seconds even after banal and perfunctory posts.

[MannyGoldstein]

51. I want that too!

BTW, it's flattering that I warranted two responses from you, thank you!

[Gothmog]

42. Thank you for posting

That was funny

[mcar]

50. K&R

[ericson00]

55. he should go write for Pravda

or Socialist Worker. More his speed.

[moobu2]

56. "I'm Voting for Rand Paul in 2016" - H. A. Goodman

He lists his reasons here-->
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/im-a-liberal-democrat-im_b_6169542.html