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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Does anyone know how much Senator Sanders pays his campaign workers. [View all]Divernan
(15,480 posts)147. Shades of the Lord High Executioner/The Mikado
What fun! We're getting into Gilbert and Sullivan territory here.
In the Mikado, the character of Ko-Ko, aka The Lord High Executioner, has a lovely song and it goes a little something like this:
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs
All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs
All children who are up in dates, and floor you with 'em flat
All persons who in shaking hands, shake hands with you like that
And all third persons who on spoiling tête-á-têtes insist
They'd none of 'em be missed they'd none of 'em be missed!
Chorus.
He's got 'em on the list he's got 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed they'll none of 'em be missed.
http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/mikado/webopera/mk105a.html
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I'll be playing here all primary season!
And of course in the proud tradition of making up lists, we have a real life historical character known for his "lists" - Red-baiting, black-listing, anti-homosexual witch-hunting Senator Joseph McCarthy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
Wheeling speech
McCarthy experienced a meteoric rise in national profile on February 9, 1950, when he gave a Lincoln Day speech to the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia. His words in the speech are a matter of some debate, as no audio recording was saved. However, it is generally agreed that he produced a piece of paper that he claimed contained a list of known Communists working for the State Department. McCarthy is usually quoted to have said: "The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my hand a list of 205a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department."[36][37]
There is some dispute about whether or not McCarthy actually gave the number of people on the list as being "205" or "57". In a later telegram to President Truman, and when entering the speech into the Congressional Record, he used the number 57.[38] The origin of the number 205 can be traced: In later debates on the Senate floor, McCarthy referred to a 1946 letter that thenSecretary of State James Byrnes sent to Congressman Adolph J. Sabath. In that letter, Byrnes said State Department security investigations had resulted in "recommendation against permanent employment" for 284 persons, and that 79 of these had been removed from their jobs; this left 205 still on the State Department's payroll. In fact, by the time of McCarthy's speech only about 65 of the employees mentioned in the Byrnes letter were still with the State Department, and all of these had undergone further security checks.[39]
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Does anyone know how much Senator Sanders pays his campaign workers. [View all]
William769
Jul 2015
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"Flamebait"? Why is asking a question about Bernie "flamebait"? Is that just a stock retort
Cha
Jul 2015
#75
To be honest, in Bernie's case, it's not an election per se, but a revolution.
Gregorian
Jul 2015
#4
Every candidate and their supporters try to suggest a movement or revolution
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#159
If they'd stop fighting the Bern and just go with it maybe they'd be less irritable.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#93
Last time that happened was in the mid-1990's but we had a POTUS with the cure
azurnoir
Jul 2015
#91
I agree with the problem of compression, and any minimum wage would erode eventually.
Sancho
Jul 2015
#100
Excellent point. I hope Hillary does the same with her staff as to pay.
AllFieldsRequired
Jul 2015
#126
Ouch. Well, you know Republicans would use that in a general election. And it would be devastating.
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#118
Hillary Clinton to hire some 'summer fellows' after reports of interns working for free
azurnoir
Jul 2015
#96
I was wondering, because there's that individual donation limit of $2,400 or something like that.
SunSeeker
Jul 2015
#37
I heard $12 an hour. Which is $12 an hour more than any other campaign's interns. n/t
Scootaloo
Jul 2015
#33
your link opens with a reminder of the slave days which seems to dovetail with this
azurnoir
Jul 2015
#138
So in your book, 70 year-olds can't be courageous? That's just sad, and very revealing.
99th_Monkey
Jul 2015
#144
At least a few of them are seeming to admit that economic justice matters a small bit,
delrem
Jul 2015
#57
Think about how hard this is to criticize while trying to look like you care about poor people.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#62
The good and the bad. Disappointing that he is not paying minimum $15/hr - I don't think this looks
seaglass
Jul 2015
#112
This really was a dumb mistake by Bernie and his campaign. It completely undercuts his message.
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#131
What's funny is that you don't see it. This will be in the top 3 of items Republicans would
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#158