Electrolyte Orchestra

Somehow any break in legislative gridlock always results in furthering the Republican agenda.

He ran on Hope & Change, then governed with a bait and switch entrenchment of the oligarchy. Some might compare him accurately to a Used Car Salesman (I will stop short of the POS part.)

He defeated HRC in large part due to a grassroots, youth-led ground game. That actual hope morphed into Bernie’s political revolution. He helped form it, now…[Read more]

The entry of Patrick and Bloomberg to the race makes me think there are monied interests that aren’t satisfied with the current crop of Dem candidates.

It makes sense that these two pull votes from Biden the most, followed by whomever had been previously supported by those monied interests, namely Warren, Mayor Pete, and K Harris. Those funds for…[Read more]

This is just to poison the well on the progressive agenda, but rest assured, the law would only apply to that agenda.

It won’t apply to any future bailouts, nor future military expenditures, nor new tax breaks for investors.

Ted Bundy with a healthy dose of Al Bundy.

Also an invaluable way of filling time and  – not – discussing actual issues in the Primary. The Centerists lose when the electorate hears real discussion on the issues.

I needed that. Cheers !

He’s still here actually, in a pantsuit, feeling pressure to run again.

I believe it is the last one. Joe has been at this a long time. He’s watched the US topple regimes and watched the spoils go to ‘connected’ others. It hardly ever bites them in the ass, so why should he worry.

By this time, Joe had probably already been told that its Hillary’s turn, and though he is sitting VP, he needs to sit 2016 out. Allowing…[Read more]

Marx postulated that communism is a logical conclusion to capitalism. It requires an extended period of capitalism during which time the society becomes highly industrialized. The capitaist phase creates two things : the maufacturing capacity and infrastructure to create goods and services very efficiently. China and the Soviets tried to skip…[Read more]

Very well put. Voters will inevitably choose a few lemons now and then. That is among the downsides to democracy. At least it’s up to the voters, and they get to choose again every 2/4/6 years.

Policy by unnamed lifetime members of opaque alphabet agencies leaves no recourse ever and will quickly be worse than even 4-8 years of The Donald.

He won’t endorse Bernie. He and Harris are in it this time to up theirs name recognition. They both plan to be on the national stage again in 4-12 years,  both angling to be party darlings. Endorsing Bernie is a kiss of death among party bigwigs. A parting shot at Bernie is more like it.

Couldn’t agree more.  Once the CIA starts dictating US policy, it reduces elected officials, President included, to window dressing – a new flavor every few years – a shiny object to argue about. The business of state continues as planned no matter who we vote for. Step out of line, get spied on and taken down.

Trump sucks, but enlisting a golem…[Read more]

I haven’t seen that comparison nor a loyalty oath, though I haven’t been looking for it. I’ll keep an eye out.

Warren is much closer to Obama than HRC. In the 80’s both were/would have been Reagan Republicans. Both believe the system is fine, just needs a bit of tweaking. Both surround themselves with too many establishment Dems who steered/will…[Read more]

Clinton demanded that the field be cleared for her in 2016, and the party complied. The sitting VP didn’t run, even though she ran on continuing Obama’s legacy. No other democratic ‘heavyweights’ threw their hats in the ring.

Only the hippie Senator who’s been in the political wilderness for two decades decided to run, and that was because he…[Read more]

Shouldn’t there be some layers of plausible deniability between the high profile personal lawyer of the President of the United States and someone else who offers $900,000?  Shouldn’t one in his position be dealing with $900 million? $90 million at least?

Nope. Rudy is personally brokering $900 K,  in 2019?   How two-bit are these people?

The cognitive disonance between that Merrill statement and the full court press attempted walk back of HRC’s quote is painful. They resemble the GOP of the 90s-2000’s more and more each day.

Other than a couple social issues, these DNC people are essentially GOP. He was National Field Director for the DNC in 2016. Let that sink in, a guy with this attitude was tasked with trying to unite the party and pull in undecideds.   Way to go buddy, he squandered a more than 2-1 dollar advantage. What’s the point of starting a superPAC if y…[Read more]

So any third party challenger is evidence of Russian meddling?  Those Russkies have been busy.  After all, John Anderson in 80 was used to elect Reagan in a diabolical 13 dimensional chess move to collapse the Russian system thus paving the way for Putin in the late 90s’. Jesse Jackson was a plant to get Reagan his second term.in 84. They c…[Read more]

Incrementalism is the key. Evolving away for all your previous votes, stances and statements is important too. Most important, especially for those fundraisers, is having both a public position and a private position. They donate a lot more when they know any trace of a policy to help average Americans one may say during campaign speeches is…[Read more]