Make the pie higher!

Heh.

-CW

Have I fallen into a Bizarro cartoon? Heh. He likes the surrealistic aspects of pie as well...

OK, I have fallen behind on addressing comments, you're right about that. I'll review and get back to you, how's that?

:-)

But I make no predictions about pie in the sky or anything...

Heh.

-CW

why do you refuse to address the real issue? just because you have written about pi the mathematical expression does NOT mean you've addressed the new political strategy based on pie the dessert food! as a supposedly reality-based blogger you are neglecting your responsibility to inform the people about the opportunity to change politics in our country. "pi day" is not a legitimate response to the question i've been asking for over a week now. you really should read back through the last week or two of comments sections and address the real issue. your silence on the matter is very disappointing.

JL

You can also get "Ole psi" or "ie. pols" out of it. Heh.

Don Harris [2] -

What I hear from your posts: "blah blah blah..."

neilm [3] -

Good point. My wife constantly reminds me of the misogyny out there in the electorate, and you're right -- the GOP taps into that as much as they can, these days.

Don Harris [4] -

Blah blah blah.

Balthasar [7] -

My point exactly. If she was ineffective, she wouldn't be appearing in so many ads... "San Francsico liberal" or not...

Don Harris [10] -

You are completely ignoring what is projected to be a record turnout for a midterm, of course.

Oh, and also: blah blah blah.

Kick [11] -

To quote Rush (Canadians, please take note!):

"If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice"

nypoet22 [14] -

Didn't I write about this before?

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/03/13/ftp339/

Heh. Happy Pi(e) Day to all!

:-)

-CW

If they are not going to vote for Big Money Democrats or Republicans anyway, what harm is there in offering them another choice besides not voting?…Maybe some of these citizens would put in their say if they knew they had another option to say they want something different.

Don believes that One Demand actually does something — giving voters “another choice”. His belief is not based in reality, but seems to focus on what he thinks it “could be”. You are in a debate with someone whose arguments are not based on how things are now with OneDemand (sometimes referred to as “facts”), but what he dreams them to be if only CW would make OneDemand the talk of the town!

It’s a no win situation, which is why I had to just throw my hands up in frustration and drop conversing with Don over the subject. You have to realize that he isn’t debating the same subject matter that you are, even though you are both talking about OneDemand.

Could that be the real reason behind your opposition to One Demand?

"One Demand" is the proverbial dead horse wallowing in fetid stench that you keep flogging. Anyone having an "opposition to One Demand" would mean they gave a shit one way or the other. I don't, and I would wager at this point that no one else does either.

You do understand how democracies work, right Don? If you don't show up to vote, you don't get a say.

Exactly. Choosing not to vote -- for whatever reason -- is a valid option in this country. If somebody wants a person's vote or support for their political venture, it's up to that person to garner that vote or support. If they're unable to do that, it's nobody's fault but their own. Refusing to vote is a person relinquishing their say in democracy. Refusing to take "no" as an answer to one's political venture and continuing to troll others and accuse them for your own shortcomings is on Don and no one else.

Don keeps continually whining on this blog about what is wrong with everyone else and offering up his supposed "words of wisdom" without seemingly even bothering to consider how they might apply to himself.

If the "Big Money Republicans" and "Big Money Democrats" -- Don's terms -- are such failures, where does that leave his political venture on the scale of success?

Let's take your premise that 50% of people don't vote because candidates take more than $20 or whatever your limit is. How does that explain the fact that these same people don't vote for other positions where there is no egregious financing? Or propositions?

Exactly!

The 50% you have set your heart on aren't skipping voting because some of the choices that have to make are off putting, they are not voting because they are lazy, or don't see the purpose, or don't think their vote counts.

Yes! And some people truly do not give a shit about any of it, as is their right in our democracy.

Your premise is incorrect.

Totally incorrect! And by that I mean Neil is totally correct. :)

Anyone that criticizes a Democrat that is a woman is attacking her because she is a woman, not because she is a Democrat or her position in the leadership of the party.

Obviously they're demonizing women that are Democrats, and your straw man argument is an epic fail, Don, that no one here said except you. But if you haven't yet clued in to the fact that the GOP/Trumplicans are playing to the fear of white males that they are under attack by women and the "others," then you're the one ignoring reality.

Ignoring over 50% (a majority) of eligible voters that reject both choices seems an odd, unproductive and unsustainable way to win an election, but if all you have is the other choice is worse and your goal is maintaining the status quo- then you play your hand.

Who are you accusing of ignoring eligible voters? Who are you accusing of being unproductive? Seems to me like you've got it completely and totally "bass ackwards."

The Death of Shame by Talia Lavin

Not included in the article: Trump calling himself a Nationalist, a political moniker as loaded as an upscale baked potato.

But at least he's finally dropping the pretense of respectability. Associating himself with an ideology that is itself associated with words like 'holocaust' has the virtue of being a very rare bit of honesty.

Once again, I categorically agree on all points. One reason Republicans hate her is that she does her job very very well. I hope she stays at least until 2020.

I second that.

You do understand how democracies work, right Don? If you don't show up to vote, you don't get a say.

Let's take your premise that 50% of people don't vote because candidates take more than $20 or whatever your limit is. How does that explain the fact that these same people don't vote for other positions where there is no egregious financing? Or propositions?

The 50% you have set your heart on aren't skipping voting because some of the choices that have to make are off putting, they are not voting because they are lazy, or don't see the purpose, or don't think their vote counts.

Your premise is incorrect.

Pelosi will be on all the right wingers lips for the next two years of the Dems win the House - announcing that she will step down in 2020 will cause utter confusion - Tucker Carlson will be left stumbling around, the one thought that he has in his head being taken away from him.

Bring on the "War on Women" - vilifying the majority of voters seems an odd way to try to win an election, but if it all you have (apart from trying to call women and kids from Central America "Middle Eastern Terrorists"), then you play your hand.

JL