Have some pie!

i for one would prefer the president to be less nutty, not more.

sic transit gloria.
i didn't know gloria was sick!
~mel brooks, history of the world, part I

You don’t have to worry about Biden “ignoring” important states like Hillary was accused of doing — this is still the primary and we are talking about CA! No one is risking losing that state!

My money is on Biden already having secured Stacey Abrams as his running mate, as well. While I am still torn between Mayor Pete and Elizabeth Warren as my second choice (I am not sure that Warren would not be best used in the Senate ), and the thought of a Warren/Mayor Pete ticket would truly rock, I cannot see Biden blowing this.

It would!

I think Biden will spend a lot of time in California, just not at the venue with all the wanna-be-Democratic nominees. :)

I dunno if I would go THAT far..

But I agree it's undeniable that it was HILLARY that lost the 2016 election..

Not Comey, Not the Russians, Not anyone...

Hillary's to blame.. Pure and simple...

And yet, Joe is campaigning as if it is.

Irregardless, the same logic applies whether it's primary or general..

You take a state for granted at your own risk..

I would submit, it's MORE of a danger for Joe in the primary..

CA is a FAR Left state.. Joe's middle of the road may not go over well in CA... He'll have a primary fight on his hands in CA...

More reason to put in appearances..

But it's very similar to the thinking that Hillary used about Wisconsin and Pennsylvania etc etc..The minute you take a state for granted is the minute that Karma starts thinking that it would like to biatch slap ya across the face.. :D

Well, you know this isn't the general election campaign.

If Biden runs a general election campaign like Hillary did, then he will deserve to lose.

Who's talking about Trump??

I simply point out that the LAST time a Dem candidate took a state for granted, it didn't work out too well for the Dem candidate..

I don't.

You also didn't see a problem with Clinton skipping Pennsylvania and Wisconsin..

How'de that work out for ya?? :D

If there is a flaw in my logic, by all means.. Point it out...

I don't. It was a Warren/Bernie crowd for sure, and while I'm sure that those folks are gonna be vital later, for now they're just fine in that lane.

That's a pretty good analogy, I have to admit!

It is a pretty good analogy...

But it's very similar to the thinking that Hillary used about Wisconsin and Pennsylvania etc etc..

The minute you take a state for granted is the minute that Karma starts thinking that it would like to biatch slap ya across the face.. :D

Unlike other candidates, said Darry Sragow, a longtime Democratic strategist and publisher of the nonpartisan California Target Book, which handicaps elections in the state, “Joe Biden does not need to come to California to introduce himself to the people in that hall.”

“He does not need to come to that convention and engage in a scrum with all those other candidates,” Sragow said, “because to some extent, the justification for his candidacy is we have an incredible array of candidates who are all duking it out, they’re all beating each other up on the playground, and at some point Uncle Joe, or Grandpa Joe, has to show up on the playground and say, ‘Now, now, let’s get down to business.’ And that’s his candidacy.”

That's a pretty good analogy, I have to admit!

Full article:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/03/joe-biden-2020-primaries-california-1351101

-CW

Impeachment might provide a rationale in court for the need to pursue information
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7054049/White-House-tells-Hicks-not-Democrats-government-documents.html

Hope Hicks is the latest Trump official to give Nadler and the Dumbocrats the finger.. :D

Hay Nadler!? Does the word IMPOTENT mean anything to you!?? :D hehehehehehehehe

Why would Wisconsin give tax breaks!!!????

Why not just take all those billions of dollars that they are giving away to FoxConn and just spend it on socialist endeavors or give it away to poor people!!???

WHY!!!???? WHY!!!!???? WHY!!!!!???

I really like the set-up here, mostly because it's always been this way and I don't adapt well to big changes. Of course, after a while I'll forget how is was in the first place. :)

Anyway, best option for me is just add the function to what Chris is using now. If that can't be done, then just use the damned preview button and to a little proofreading, for God's sake!

Couldn't he just add the function to what he has?

As for the cost, Chris could make it an issue for the next fundraiser, along with all the kittens, of course. I'll do my part - I actually owe him as I didn't contribute last year, my personal annus horribilis, if I may say.

Every chance I have gotten.. :D

To be fair to CW, it's likely an expensive package.. Add to that, it would be a major undertaking to switch things over.. Wordpress is likely integrated into CW's hosting package.. Disqus would most likely require a buttload of set up to bring online..

But it's a VERY nice package.. Can set up editing windows and put in inline pics and videos seamlessly...

Also has muting and blocking capability so those Weigantians who just can't handle the facts could easily set things up to ignore the facts and reality...

All in all, a good package..

https://www.scottadamsfans.com/content/blog.aspx?id=277

Here is an example of it in action..

Every chance I have gotten.. :D

To be fair to CW, it's likely an expensive package.. Add to that, it would be a major undertaking to switch things over.. Wordpress is likely integrated into CW's hosting package.. Disqus would most likely require a buttload of set up to bring online..

But it's a VERY nice package.. Can set up editing windows and put in inline pics and videos seamlessly...

Also has muting and blocking capability so those Weigantians who just can't handle the facts could easily set things up to ignore the facts and reality...

All in all, a good package..

https://www.scottadamsfans.com/content/blog.aspx?id=277

Here is an example of it in action..

https://www.scottadamsfans.com/content/blog.aspx?id=277

Disqus :D

Please change 'not' to 'now'.

Thank-you.

Either way, it encourages more clicks!

First off, that was a great post! It's the kind of post that rises to the level of excellence set by this blog.

The premise (if you can't be bothered to read it)…

It's not good blog etiquette to post a link and not say anything about it.

I'm actually going to click on your link, not that I have the gist of what it speaks to ...

The problem with the Left's "solution" to inequality is that it wants to tear the higher side down, rather than help the lower side rise...

The far better solution is a hand up (not a hand out) to the lower side and show them how to become part of the higher side..

Democrats want equality for the masses.. But at the LOWER end of the scale, not the higher end..

Of course that doesn't include them.. They are just happy in their ivory towers...

"Successful" and "EU" are mutually exclusive terms and should NEVER be uttered in the same sentence..

Anyone who wants to make the US more like the EU does not have this country's best interests at heart...

Either way, it's going to be a slaughter of the Dem candidate..

"The sport ends. The massacre begins.."
-Grand Primus T'Cael, THE FINAL FRONTIER

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/worsening-inequality-urban-rural-major-cities/576175/

The premise (if you can't be bothered to read it) is that the rural/urban investment and wealth divide is widening.

The author identifies a solution, one that has been successful in the E.U. - basically a team of experts identifies a key strength of a rural community, and promotes investment in that.

This, he contrasts, to America, where e.g. Wisconsin just gave Foxconn a huge tax break with no understanding why Foxconn would be a key differentiator for the community. Louisiana also dishes out tax breaks in a haphazard fashion (they seem to like poisoning their kids down there - must be a Republican thing I don't understand).

What the author forgets is that a well researched economic stimulus will be seen as "rampant socialism" by rural voters, who yet again are voting against their interests.

I am reminded of the time that Odumbo did his "mic drop" moment, slamming President Trump...

At the time, Odumbo believed that it was a faery tale that Trump would ever be President...

Apparently, faery tales DO come true... :D

So, whose to say??

If Biden repealed the tax law, millions of low and middle income workers would again be burdened by the ObamaCare individual mandate tax. A family of four earning the median income of $74,000 would see a $2,000 tax increase, and utility bills would go up in all 50 states as a direct result of the increase in the corporate rate. The standard deduction would be slashed in half, forcing millions of households to itemize deductions and keep track of every expense. The child tax credit would also be lowered by half and taxes would rise for every income level in every single district.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/446604-is-joe-biden-the-walter-mondale-of-the-2020-presidential-candidates

1984 repeats itself in 2020.... :D

While Hollywood boycotts Georgia, its cozy relationship with China fails to stoke the outrage of our perpetually outraged celebrity class.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/03/perpetually-outraged-celebrities-boycott-georgia-remain-silent-china/

The blatant and unrepentant hypocrisy of the Left Wingery... :eyeroll:

The problem with Biden winning the nomination is it will totally and utterly decimate the Democrat Party talking point that they are a diverse Party...

I mean, look at it from a reality point of view..

The Democrat Party has been going on and on about how they are the Party of minorities and the Party of women..

And when the rubber hits the road, when it comes time to choose their champion Trump Slayer...????

They choose an old white guy..

WOOOOOOOSSSSHHHHHHHHH

That's the sound air wooshing out of the entire Democrat Party platform...

Never again will the Democrat Party be able to claim it's the Party of women.. That it's the Party of minorities...

They will prove to the world that, when push comes to shove....

They are the Party of old white guys...

So, once again, it's a win-win for me.. :D

So, would you say that the RCP polls are the poll-standard for Weigantia?? :D

There is a reason for that..

It's because he has been keeping his head (and the rest of him) out of the race..

Skipping Democrat events all over the place..

Apparently, Joe Biden's campaign is trying to protect itself from Joe Biden... :D

Yet Khan ALSO claims that Louis Farrakhan is a great man..

Apparently, Khan is a moron who's opinion can be discounted...

By doing all this, Khan knew exactly what he was doing, and that was to create a firestorm of hatred towards the American leader and to whip up bigger protests against him than might otherwise have occurred.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7099055/The-real-big-baby-London-week-Mayor-Khan-whod-shamefully-mocking-Trump.html

Khan is a muslim.. Of course he created a firestorm of hatred against the American President..

Hysterical cries of MICHALE IS A RACIST!!! in 3.... 2.... 1....

:eyeroll:

A thoughtful, logical and rational commentary..

From WaPoop of all places!!

Who would have thunked it..

Mueller scoo'ed da pooch.. Plain and simple...

NRA responds to Gillibrand put-down by posting her 2008 letter praising gun-rights group

"Gillibrand called us the worst org in the country, but when she represented NY20, she wrote us: 'I appreciate the work that the NRA does to protect gun owners rights, and I look forward to working with you for many years,'" the NRA wrote on Twitter. "Now that she’s looking to crack 1%, she’ll say anything."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nra-fires-back-after-gillibrand-points-to-her-2008-letter-praising-gun-rights-group

Now we have Gillibrand professing her love for the NRA and their wonderful work..

"Now that she’s looking to crack 1%, she’ll say anything."

oh SNAP!!! :D

But, in his ruling, McFadden, a Trump appointee, suggested Democrats were trying to circumvent the political process.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-house-dems-lawsuit-trump-emergency-military-funds-border-wall

Poor Dumbocrats.. They simply CANNOT catch a break... :D

This is how their court cases are going to go.. All against the Democrat Party.. :D

So, Democrats aren't going to have Bezos and Zuckerburg in their corner.. :D

:D

2020 is looking better and better.. :D

That's funny.. Kick said the EXACT same thing in the run-up to 2016.. :D

And only a FOOL would think that a state locked up NOW, even if it were factually accurate, has any bearing on it's status in Nov of 2020...

Democrats now have Governors in Wisconsin and Michigan.

I have already pointed out (with facts) that Michigan, in the here and now, belongs to Trump..

This race will be very different.

Yea, whatever you have to tell yourself to make it thru your day... :D

In the context of an ESTABLISHMENT vs NON-ESTABLISHMENT election, Biden certainly is Hillary..

Plus the question will come out.. How much did Biden know about Obama's plans to spy on the Trump campaign in 2016???

English is my first language, you know. :)

But he can dream about it, I suppose.

In the real world, Biden's already got Pennsylvania locked up. Democrats now have Governors in Wisconsin and Michigan. This race will be very different.

Hillary Clinton is no Joe Biden so don't expect a "retread" of 2016.

But, especially ones like this. :)

It's the first time Biden has come this close and the third time must be the charm!

I'll answer the question with a prediction of my own:

Nobody will beat Biden by lying about, misstating or just plain misunderstanding his record or by lacking the courage to name him.

“Listen to me, the people dying in Chicago, the people dying in Newark are not being done with law-abiding gun owners. We do not need to go after the guns.”
-Senator Cory Booker, 2012

It's THAT simple..

As you frequently state, although not in this column, it is mostly name recognition at this point in the race.

Biden is a strong candidate. Not my favorite, but there is no major issue with him from my perspective.

:-)

-CW