That's your opinion and I respect that..

But it's an opinion borne of complete ignorance and totally devoid of any facts whatsoever... :D

"Yes they do Otto, they just don't understand it"
-Wanda

I have taught you well, grasshopper... :D

Michale

You're just an idiot wingnut for believing the propaganda you regurgitate without getting paid for it... and for letting me make you pay to support the forum where I get to point it out.

"Yes they do Otto, they just don't understand it"
-Wanda

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Sanders??

He's been a sitting CongressCritter for over a quarter of a century.. What has he accomplished?? The country is still in the firm grip of the Establishment...

Sanders is as much a part of The Establishment as Hillary Clinton is...

The ONLY true Anti-Establishment candidate is none other than Donald Trump..

So, if you are truly anti-establishment, then you are a Trumpkin.. :D

"Simple logic.."
-Admiral James T Kirk

Michale

So... Biga For Trump, eh?

I knew it!!! :D hehehehehehehehe

Michale

Do you have any FACTS that call into question Comey's integrity??

No??

Didn't think so...

Michale

Anybody that thinks Comey has a "reputation for integrity" and is "too honorable a man" is a hopeless defender of the Establishment.

Pretending that his record isn't tarnished by the very same ideology and policies that Hillary, Obama, and all the Repubs support is likewise Establishment propaganda.
Integrity to the Establishment system is very different that actual integrity in law, ethics or American values.

I'm not the least bit surprised you are deluded about that reality, and complicit in hiding that reality, so I'm just setting the record straight for any others that may stumble upon this thread.

It is funny that your "independent" partisanship has you believing that the Establishment will prosecute Hillary, when her actual crimes are fully in line with standard Establishment business as usual though.
Not ha, ha funny.

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Michale

Sorry. There you go. Deleted the duplicate...

-CW

I got a comment stuck in the NNL filter... :D

Michale

Whatever Lynch decides, there will be a maelstrom if FBI agents found substantial evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
http://tinyurl.com/j86xrct

This is the problem that Hillary *AND* The Democrat Party faces...

It's almost guaranteed that the FBI will recommend prosecution. Comey is too honorable a man to be swayed by political considerations... And you don't assign 150 agents to a case that is "iffy"...

So, there is really no doubt that SOMEONE is going to be prosecuted...

And, if Hillary ISN'T prosecuted, it will look like a cover-up and that will destroy the Democrat's chances of keeping the White House..

If Hillary IS prosecuted, that will destroy the Democrat's chances of keeping the White House..

Of course, Hillary will try and play the victim.. THAT schtick won't go over well because the American people are sick and tired of seeing Hillary play the victim over and over and over and over again... Joe & Jane SixPack will say to themselves, "Ya know, Hillary seems to step in shit constantly... Maybe it's not a 'vast right wing conspiracy'.. Maybe Hillary IS a crook.."

No one can deny the very real possibility that Hillary will be facing DOJ prosecution WHILE running for President...

And, if that happens, the Democrat Party can kiss their chances of taking the Senate and keeping the White House goodbye for a LONG time...

You heard it here first...

Michale

Whatever Lynch decides, there will be a maelstrom if FBI agents found substantial evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/13/hillary_clintons_coming_legal_crisis_129293.html

This is the problem that Hillary *AND* The Democrat Party faces...

It's almost guaranteed that the FBI will recommend prosecution. Comey is too honorable a man to be swayed by political considerations... And you don't assign 150 agents to a case that is "iffy"...

So, there is really no doubt that SOMEONE is going to be prosecuted...

And, if Hillary ISN'T prosecuted, it will look like a cover-up and that will destroy the Democrat's chances of keeping the White House..

If Hillary IS prosecuted, that will destroy the Democrat's chances of keeping the White House..

Of course, Hillary will try and play the victim.. THAT schtick won't go over well because the American people are sick and tired of seeing Hillary play the victim over and over and over and over again... Joe & Jane SixPack will say to themselves, "Ya know, Hillary seems to step in shit constantly... Maybe it's not a 'vast right wing conspiracy'.. Maybe Hillary IS a crook.."

No one can deny the very real possibility that Hillary will be facing DOJ prosecution WHILE running for President...

And, if that happens, the Democrat Party can kiss their chances of taking the Senate and keeping the White House goodbye for a LONG time...

You heard it here first...

Michale

"That oughta clinch up their sphincters!"
-Rachael Phelps, MAJOR LEAGUE

:D

Michale

Given that Bernie hasn't been doing all that great of a job stressing his differences with Hillary, the narrowing of the polls shows what a weak candidate Hillary is... or perhaps that earlier polls were in fact skewed.

Hillary and her campaign now taking on Bernie directly is also worth noting. I keep hearing that "Hillary isn't making the same mistakes all over again", but these recent attacks on Bernie suggest otherwise.

Not only did she follow the same head in the sand, ignore him and he'll go away approach she tried against Obama, but now that that phase is over, she and her campaign are resorting to falsehoods against Bernie rather than honest debate. Her lies and misrepresentations about Bernie's economic policies are completely in line with Establishment thinking... and exactly what we will get from Republicans too if Bernie is the nominee. Hillary is not only doing the bidding of the status quo, she is potentially hurting her own party's chances by spreading these falsehoods.
Such dishonesty is what will cement the split in the party if it continues.

As for the SCOTUS nominee angle that has become the Hillary camps standard line of attack against Bernie (ahem), there is something worth keeping in mind. Our Wall Street corporatist Dem presidents Obama and Bill Clinton both gave us very establishment, Wall Street friendly corporatist SCOTUS nominees.

The idea that Hillary will protect and "save" Democratic priorities by choosing good nominees doesn't hold much water.

A Wall Street coddler isn't going to nominate judges that will overturn Citizens United.
A Wall Street coddler isn't going to nominate judges that will end the attacks on unions.
A wall Street coddler isn't going to nominate judges that prioritize environmental protection.
A defender of the Constitution violating NSA isn't going to nominate judges that will end those violations.
Even on abortion I wouldn't trust Hillary's nominees, because if they are anything like her, they won't be trustworthy... not to mention that more women have lost access to legal reproductive services under Obama than any president since Roe, with nary a peep from Hillary.

So, the SCOTUS argument isn't so much about the priorities of Dems, and certainly not the priorities of the Left. Those who confuse the priorities of the Establishment with those of Dems and the Left are seriously spinning.
In any case, it was a Bush nominee that was key in upholding Wall Street friendly, right wing Obamacare and in legalized gay marriage, so anybody raising those two issues in an argument in reference to the Supreme Court nominees is also spinning.

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My SOTU speech snap reactions are now up. Enjoy.

-CW

Thanks for the kind words. I dug this out for you, where I explore the balance of power on SCOTUS in more depth:

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/23/not-justice-ginsburg-but-the-two-after-her/

-CW

I'll be posting a post-speech article tonight, with snap reactions. Enjoy the SOTU everyone!

:-)

-CW

Yeah, 2016 is pretty topsy-turvy, since the GOP is a "fall in love" field, and the Dems were supposed to be a "fall in line" field -- the exact opposite of the historical trend, where the GOP always went for the next-in-line guy.

neilm -

OK, most interesting veep suggestion yet!

However, Arnie can't be pres. At least not without a constitutional amendment. He's a naturalized US citizen. So he can't be veep, since to be veep you have to be eligible to take over the main job.

I'm thinking one of the Castro brothers (no, no, not them -- the American ones!) might be high on Hillary's list, personally...

-CW

The White House is holding a "pre-game" show for the State Of The Union address...

Obama's exit can't come soon enough!!

Michale

I think it will be squeaky bum time in the Hillary camp for a couple of months, but her strength on the ground should put her comfortably over the finishing line.

I'm interested in who her VP will be - she could really go for it and pick Warren - but is America ready for an all woman ticket? Personally, if I were her, I'd pick Arnold Schwarzenegger - with Arnie, Bill will look like a saint, and Arnie will also trump Trump in the media star stakes - you heard it here first ;)

2016 is an unusual year - as you point out the presumptive Republican nominee would be Santorum based on the past, however in 2012 he was just the last non-establishment clown standing.

2012 set the stage for 2016 - Bachmann, Santorum, Moonshot Newt and Cain - there was no battle between two normal candidates - it was Mitt vs. the clown car, and so no heir presumptive for 2016.

Now we have the clown car driving the message, instead of a (relatively) sensible drumbeat from the establishment.

Heaven help us if Trump or Cruz wins the White House - there are even some Republicans who say they will back Hillary over either of these two.

JL

“No, I have nothing to say and I will leave it to voters to determine whether any of that is at all relevant to their decision.”
-Hillary Clinton

My gods, how can it NOT be relevant..

Here is a candidate who is RUNNING on a platform of helping sexual assault victims.. Of LISTENING to and EMPOWERING sexual assault victims..

How can her real life reactions towards real sexual assault victims NOT be relevant??

Michale

Awwww, com'on!!!

No one on the Left would be enthralled SOLELY because of that micro little '-D' after a person's name!!! :D

Hillary's biggest problem to her "inevitably" is not Bernie Sanders but rather the FBI..

Michale