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hangaleft

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March 22, 2020

Great song!

All Things Must Pass just might be the best post-Beatles album, although I personally prefer Plastic Ono Band.

As for the points you raised, it seems to me that legislation should be introduced now mandating that all voting, beginning on November 3, 2020, shall be done by paper mail-in ballot. There’s plenty of time to get it done. The logistics wouldn’t be that difficult.

Uniform mail-in paper ballots (which could be made scannable to expedite the counting process) would address your concerns and leave a paper trail leaving no question as to who won the election while minimizing, if not eliminating, tampering with the results.

March 7, 2020

I'm in a tailspin

Warren’s suspension of her campaign has hit me hard.

I’m 70 yo. I first voted in ‘72, for McGovern.

I was truly excited to vote for McGovern. And, in my 70 years, I’ve only voted for a presidential candidate with true excitement twice — McGovern and Mondale.

That was it.

Until this year. I was truly excited about the prospect of a Warren presidency and was looking forward to, hopefully, having the opportunity to vote for a presidential candidate with true excitement for a third time.

But, it’s not to be.

I’ll vote for Biden. But, I won’t be excited in doing so.

PREFERRED CANDIDATE — ELIZABETH WARREN

March 6, 2020

Trump -- Too much debt, must cut entitlements

Nothing sends me off the deep end like this shit. And we all saw it coming. But the media doesn’t even mention it.

We have too much debt due, in large part, to the massive tax cuts you gave to the rich, asshole.

But, that’s been the strategy all along — starve the beast, then cry poverty.

Too many programs that help the poor, seniors, students, the disabled, et al. are gonna be cut if asswipe gets re-elected.

And, just now on CNN, there was a lengthy discussion of the issue of debt and cuts to programs. Not a single fucking syllable was uttered about the Trump tax cuts.

I’m livid. I’m disgusted. I’m outraged. I’m downright mad.

March 4, 2020

It's all over -- Bloomberg takes American Samoa!!

Forget the also rans. Mike Bloomberg is da man!

March 2, 2020

First Iowa and NH weren't representative of the Party. But SC is?

Without question, Biden’s landslide win in SC gave his campaign a big boost.

But I contend too many people are jumping on his bandwagon and anointing him our nominee prematurely.

African Americans accounted for 60% of the SC vote. But of the entire Party, African Americans represent 25% of registered Democrats. Clearly, the support of African Americans is of great importance, and I’m not dismissing or minimizing its importance. But it shouldn’t be dispositive, especially in a state our nominee won’t carry no matter who s/he is.

No one state should determine who our nominee is. But if we were to emphasize the importance of certain states in determining who is “most electable”, it should be the reliably Blue states — most of New England, NJ, DE, MD, IL, NM, MN, CA, OR and WA. Also other states of importance like FL, OH, CO, MI, WI, PA, NV, plus GA and NC.

These are the important states. Not Iowa. Or NH. Or SC. We shouldn’t be jumping on the Biden bandwagon because he rolled through a Red state with a disproportionately high number of African American voters.

At the very least, let’s wait until Super Tuesday before abandoning our first choice.

I’m just blown away by all the DUers who have abandoned their candidate because Biden won one fucking state!

Personally, I’m hoping for a brokered convention. Not a contentious one, but one where we nominate our strongest candidate. And I don’t think it’s Joe. I think it’s Kamala. A moderate-left WOC would romp to victory!

End of rant.

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