Comments on: The Cowardice Of Their Convictions http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/ Reality-based political commentary Mon, 11 May 2026 17:18:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157252 ListenWhenYouHear Sat, 11 Apr 2020 01:21:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157252 Don Harris, <I>What if just 25, 30 or 40% of regular voters using these vouchers? It would probably be much higher than that as the many voters that never contributed before would be likely to use them. And what if 10, 20 or 30% of non-voters used the vouchers? Then they would be more likely to vote. And while there is no guarantee the Dems would benefit, higher turnout generally favors the Dems and Trump is not likely to get many of these non-voters <b>because it is unlikely that he will meet the criteria for taking the vouchers of not taking more than 200 dollars in cash and vouchers from any one donor.</b></i> This is once again one of your rally cry’s to action that sound incredible...until you get to the catch. There is absolutely no chance that your vouchers would pass! None! Zero! You’d be an imbecile if you thought it could! Neither party would pass such a useless program — one that does nothing! <b> Neither candidate meets your criteria of running campaigns that accept only contributions of $200 or less. </b> And do you honestly believe they would allow such idiotic criteria — making it punish a candidate for accepting legally allowed donations simply because YOU think anyone who accepts larger amounts than you deem allowed as being the enemy of the people? NEVER! Don Harris,

What if just 25, 30 or 40% of regular voters using these vouchers? It would probably be much higher than that as the many voters that never contributed before would be likely to use them.

And what if 10, 20 or 30% of non-voters used the vouchers? Then they would be more likely to vote.

And while there is no guarantee the Dems would benefit, higher turnout generally favors the Dems and Trump is not likely to get many of these non-voters because it is unlikely that he will meet the criteria for taking the vouchers of not taking more than 200 dollars in cash and vouchers from any one donor.

This is once again one of your rally cry’s to action that sound incredible...until you get to the catch. There is absolutely no chance that your vouchers would pass! None! Zero! You’d be an imbecile if you thought it could! Neither party would pass such a useless program — one that does nothing! Neither candidate meets your criteria of running campaigns that accept only contributions of $200 or less.

And do you honestly believe they would allow such idiotic criteria — making it punish a candidate for accepting legally allowed donations simply because YOU think anyone who accepts larger amounts than you deem allowed as being the enemy of the people?
NEVER!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157246 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:52:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157246 Maybe, if you offer him a piece of pie ... Maybe, if you offer him a piece of pie ...

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157245 MtnCaddy Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:47:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157245 <b>Don Harris,</b> What was that bet you proposed? The one where you'll give up "Get Real" if you lose? And I have to actively push the Biden Democratic Establishment (big money) campaign to go One Demand? Peace out, Brother, and take care of yourself, K? Please refresh my memory. For the record IMO you are not anywhere close to being the troll that Michale is. Perhaps it's because I'm 100% in favor of what you want to see happen. It's just that that "Get Real" is sooo annoying. Don Harris,

What was that bet you proposed? The one where you'll give up "Get Real" if you lose? And I have to actively push the Biden Democratic Establishment (big money) campaign to go One Demand?

Peace out, Brother, and take care of yourself, K?
Please refresh my memory.

For the record IMO you are not anywhere close to being the troll that Michale is. Perhaps it's because I'm 100% in favor of what you want to see happen. It's just that that "Get Real" is sooo annoying.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157244 nypoet22 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:36:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157244 everyone can have their own pot pie. everyone can have their own pot pie.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157242 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:32:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157242 Might it have anything to do with a four-four ride, I wonder ... Might it have anything to do with a four-four ride, I wonder ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157241 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:32:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157241 I think that might be a record. I think that might be a record.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157240 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:30:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157240 Thanks very much, Don. Thanks very much, Don.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157239 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:30:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157239 … talk about pivoting; he gives it whole new meaning. :( … talk about pivoting; he gives it whole new meaning. :(

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157237 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:30:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157237 Did you see Trumps presser today? It was really something ... Did you see Trumps presser today? It was really something ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157236 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:29:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157236 And, would you like a cup of tea or coffee with that? And, would you like a cup of tea or coffee with that?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157235 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:26:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157235 Here Joshua … join me in enjoying a piece of pie! Here Joshua … join me in enjoying a piece of pie!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157234 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:24:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157234 Indeed. Indeed.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157233 nypoet22 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:17:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157233 and also boring. and also boring.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157232 nypoet22 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:15:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157232 well, there are two kinds of people: those who like pie, and those who are idiotic and stupid. :) well, there are two kinds of people: those who like pie, and those who are idiotic and stupid.

:)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157230 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:11:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157230 Well, here's what I think is idiotic and boring - lumping everyone and their opinions into the same pot. Well, here's what I think is idiotic and boring - lumping everyone and their opinions into the same pot.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157227 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:37:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157227 SF Bear, This one is definitely for you. Enjoy - hope it cheers you up some! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=prism+take+me+to+the+kaptin&qpvt=prism+take+me+to+the+kaptin&view=detail&mid=3BA7BB3E3E45F2301AD13BA7BB3E3E45F2301AD1&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dprism%2Btake%2Bme%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bkaptin%26qpvt%3Dprism%2Btake%2Bme%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bkaptin%26FORM%3DVDRE Wow. That link looks scarier than it really is, I promise. It's just a pretty decent audio of a old tune from 1977, written just for you. But, remember, if you ever start watching a video of PRiSM performing this one or any other and you don't see a big blonde-hair street fighter front and center, then just forgettaboutit! SF Bear,

This one is definitely for you. Enjoy - hope it cheers you up some!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=prism+take+me+to+the+kaptin&qpvt=prism+take+me+to+the+kaptin&view=detail&mid=3BA7BB3E3E45F2301AD13BA7BB3E3E45F2301AD1&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dprism%2Btake%2Bme%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bkaptin%26qpvt%3Dprism%2Btake%2Bme%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bkaptin%26FORM%3DVDRE

Wow. That link looks scarier than it really is, I promise. It's just a pretty decent audio of a old tune from 1977, written just for you.

But, remember, if you ever start watching a video of PRiSM performing this one or any other and you don't see a big blonde-hair street fighter front and center, then just forgettaboutit!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157225 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:28:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157225 Was that really necessary? Was that really necessary?

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157224 John From Censornati Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:05:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157224 Don, Your trolling is idiotic and boring. It's just astonishing that your project is going nowhere! Don,

Your trolling is idiotic and boring. It's just astonishing that your project is going nowhere!

]]> By: SF Bear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157223 SF Bear Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:05:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157223 Yeah, I can donate money to candidates in those troubled states ( Amy did you get my last check?) but what good will it do if the democratic voters are disenfranchised by the GOP control of the state legislature and courts? What good does it do to send money to Wisconsin or Georgia? I supported Stacy Abrams but without the missing 300,000 voters what chance did she have. Your saying "Don't give up, and Keep on fighting does nothing to change the situation that we are SCREWED! You offer no concrete steps that can lead to a Democratic victory because there are none. We are about to enter a new Dark Age where science is rejected and the masses are kept under the thumb of a Plutocracy with a president for life just as in Russia. Yeah, I can donate money to candidates in those troubled states ( Amy did you get my last check?) but what good will it do if the democratic voters are disenfranchised by the GOP control of the state legislature and courts? What good does it do to send money to Wisconsin or Georgia? I supported Stacy Abrams but without the missing 300,000 voters what chance did she have. Your saying "Don't give up, and Keep on fighting does nothing to change the situation that we are SCREWED! You offer no concrete steps that can lead to a Democratic victory because there are none. We are about to enter a new Dark Age where science is rejected and the masses are kept under the thumb of a Plutocracy with a president for life just as in Russia.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157218 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 17:15:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157218 I was thinking of you, Don, as I posted … with PRiSM's Take Me To The Kaptin top of mind, naturally. I was thinking of you, Don, as I posted … with PRiSM's Take Me To The Kaptin top of mind, naturally.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157215 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:43:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157215 Otherwise, you may as well pack up and find another world. Otherwise, you may as well pack up and find another world.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157214 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:41:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157214 Well, just because you happen to be lucky enough to live in an enlightened state, doesn't mean there is nothing that can be done to improve the situation in other states, does it? There is ALWAYS something that can be done about it - regardless of what, where or who 'it' is, no? Well, just because you happen to be lucky enough to live in an enlightened state, doesn't mean there is nothing that can be done to improve the situation in other states, does it?

There is ALWAYS something that can be done about it - regardless of what, where or who 'it' is, no?

]]> By: SF Bear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157212 SF Bear Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:00:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157212 EM -- I live in San Francisco, 7% of us voted for Mr. Trump. The problem is not here or in most other states, the problem is in those states controlled by the GOP. They prevented a black woman from becoming governor in Georgia because her opponent threw 3000,000 black voters off the rolls just before the election. In North Carolina they prevented thousands of black people from voting. The atrocities go on and on and with the GOP control of the courts in those states and Moscow Mitch's control of the Senate there is NOTHING that can be done about it! EM -- I live in San Francisco, 7% of us voted for Mr. Trump. The problem is not here or in most other states, the problem is in those states controlled by the GOP. They prevented a black woman from becoming governor in Georgia because her opponent threw 3000,000 black voters off the rolls just before the election. In North Carolina they prevented thousands of black people from voting. The atrocities go on and on and with the GOP control of the courts in those states and Moscow Mitch's control of the Senate there is NOTHING that can be done about it!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157211 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:53:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157211 SF Bear, Your future will indeed be bleak if you do nothing. SF Bear,

Your future will indeed be bleak if you do nothing.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157210 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:52:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157210 ICYMI, Linda Greenhouse's piece in the NYTimes the other day, analyzing the SCOTUS decision on Wisconsin: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/opinion/wisconsin-primary-supreme-court.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage ICYMI,

Linda Greenhouse's piece in the NYTimes the other day, analyzing the SCOTUS decision on Wisconsin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/opinion/wisconsin-primary-supreme-court.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

]]> By: SF Bear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157209 SF Bear Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:48:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157209 Chris - Of course this is awful, despicable, etc. but the reality is that there is nothing we can do about it. Wisconsin proves they will do anything necessary to rig the system to insure victory including killing people. Their control of the local government in battleground states insures enough votes in the EC to insure Mr. Trump wins. Biden may have a 5 to 10 million vote majority but he will lose. There are enough GOP states to insure a GOP Senate. In a second term he will cement in place his dictatorial powers forever. We are doomed to live in an authoritarian state we just don't know it yet. Our future is bleak . Chris - Of course this is awful, despicable, etc. but the reality is that there is nothing we can do about it. Wisconsin proves they will do anything necessary to rig the system to insure victory including killing people. Their control of the local government in battleground states insures enough votes in the EC to insure Mr. Trump wins. Biden may have a 5 to 10 million vote majority but he will lose. There are enough GOP states to insure a GOP Senate. In a second term he will cement in place his dictatorial powers forever. We are doomed to live in an authoritarian state we just don't know it yet. Our future is bleak .

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157208 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:45:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157208 Chris, In view of the recent SCOTUS decision on the Wisconsin primary, do states have to pass legislation in order to protect the health of voters? Can federal legislation do the trick? Chris,

In view of the recent SCOTUS decision on the Wisconsin primary, do states have to pass legislation in order to protect the health of voters? Can federal legislation do the trick?

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157206 John From Censornati Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:14:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157206 BTW - don't think it's lost on the GOP that people of color are disproportionately dying from covid-19. They will consider that an incentive to end the stay at home orders ASAP. BTW - don't think it's lost on the GOP that people of color are disproportionately dying from covid-19. They will consider that an incentive to end the stay at home orders ASAP.

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157205 John From Censornati Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:08:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157205 "And now they're reduced to openly fighting against making the voting process safe in the age of coronavirus. That's downright pathetic" Pathetic is an especially inappropriate description for their behavior. Vile, destructive, nauseating, and malignant all work. "They're not even trying to convince anyone that theirs is the better way any more." They never believed that it was. They were just doing what they were paid to do. Now their voters don't even care. They just want trolls who will say nasty things about the people they hate. That's it. The rest of us had better wake up to what we're up against before it's too late (if it isn't already). "And now they're reduced to openly fighting against making the voting process safe in the age of coronavirus. That's downright pathetic"

Pathetic is an especially inappropriate description for their behavior. Vile, destructive, nauseating, and malignant all work.

"They're not even trying to convince anyone that theirs is the better way any more."

They never believed that it was. They were just doing what they were paid to do. Now their voters don't even care. They just want trolls who will say nasty things about the people they hate. That's it. The rest of us had better wake up to what we're up against before it's too late (if it isn't already).

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157194 ListenWhenYouHear Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:43:11 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157194 Let’s not forget how the GOP used mail-in voters in NC. They would offer to pay people to sign up for absentee ballots, then they would go and collect the ballots and “cast them” on the person’s behalf — often without the person filling the ballot out or signing it themselves. The result was districts with housing projects suddenly voting Republican in large numbers thanks to absentee ballots. Let’s not forget how the GOP used mail-in voters in NC. They would offer to pay people to sign up for absentee ballots, then they would go and collect the ballots and “cast them” on the person’s behalf — often without the person filling the ballot out or signing it themselves.

The result was districts with housing projects suddenly voting Republican in large numbers thanks to absentee ballots.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/09/the-cowardice-of-their-convictions/#comment-157193 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:56:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18368#comment-157193 Would you say, Chris, that the same analysis can be applied to the recent SCOTUS decision on the Wisconsin primary? I mean the conservative majority couldn't even put any of their names down on the paper the decision was written on! Would you say, Chris, that the same analysis can be applied to the recent SCOTUS decision on the Wisconsin primary?

I mean the conservative majority couldn't even put any of their names down on the paper the decision was written on!

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