PDittie

PDittie's Journal

March 1, 2016

Idiocracy is a documentary.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/25/idiocracy-screenwriter-film-has-become-documentary

March 1, 2016

Urban legend.

http://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/2012/09/of-urban-legends-and-2000-election.html

If you don't believe me ... would you believe Jim Hightower?

http://www.salon.com/2000/11/28/hightower/

Maybe those 308,000 registered FL Democrats who voted for W in 2000 -- 191,000 of whom described themselves as 'liberal' -- just didn't get Barbra Streisand's memo about the Supreme Court.

http://barbra-archives.com/live/00s/nomination_concert_2000.html

Does repeating the same mistakes in 2016 (i.e. beating progressives with a SCOTUS cudgel onto the Clinton bandwagon) sounds like the defintion of insanity to you? Because it sure does to me.

February 27, 2016

This strategy is reliant upon

Sanders people being herded onto the Clinton bandwagon after he is eliminated. The cudgel with which they will beat you is "SCOTUS".

No fence-mending; just guilt-tripping.

While Bush v. Gore was still winding its way to conclusion, Jim Hightower wrote that 308,000 registered Florida Democrats voted for George W. Bush in 2000 (and some people still blame Ralph Nader). Those Florida Dems -- 191,000 of whom were self-described "liberals" -- must not have gotten Barbra Streisand's memo that year.

Does repeating 2000's mistakes seem like the definition of insanity to you? Because it does to me.

The only rationale I can get to is that Clinton's 2016 PUMAs think they can recruit enough GOP voters who can't stand Trump to make up for what they will lose from the left wing of the Democratic Party. That seems like a very dangerous strategy to me.

February 25, 2016

I'm trying to be inconspicuous

So I'll be wearing my tinfoil-lined hoodie.

February 25, 2016

I have a media credential for tonight's GOP debate in Houston

It's going to require all the Lorazepam, Meclizine, and Phenergan I can take, but I'll be Tweeting it live and blogging about it tomorrow morning, as well as a column -- published at their prerogative -- for a small East Texas daily.

@PDiddie

Brains and Eggs

Center Light and Champion There's a Bernie/Hillary poll on the front page; scroll down and vote (currently 2-1 Sanders).

Wish me luck and say a prayer to the Flying Spaghetti Monster for strength and perseverance as I dive into the belly of the beast.

February 23, 2016