Curb Your Authoritarianism? The 2016 Conventional Wisdom Thread (Elections, Part 6)

xxp it was on their podcast a few weeks ago I don't remember which one

That’s why they are much more enthusiastic about the Affordable Care Act—which has helped minority Americans the most— than white progressives who have either been lukewarm or, in some cases, even hostile to health reform because they don’t believe it was radical enough.

The first time Obama was on Daily Show as president, Stewart said, to his face, that his actions were "timid."

At the time, I remember sitting there like What The Actual Fuck, Jon. There's a whole cottage industry devoted to demonizing this man's every initiative, questioning his parentage, and linking him to terrorism. Nigh on half the government declares openly that they hope he fails, and that their main goal is to make everything he proposes dead on arrival.

Meanwhile the problem for a significant number of (mostly white) liberals is that he hasn't already gotten single-payer health care in place, closed Guantanamo, and replaced the Pledge of Allegiance with the Internationale?

failing to close guantanamo is pretty bad tbh

Agreed! But Obama's alleged "timidity," apparently considered without the context of the forces arrayed against him, is a specific type of blindness.

yes, blind to the fact that he didnt wanna do what Stewart wanted him to, cuz he's not a liberal

I think - and it already feels like a million years ago - that there was frustration at how he appeared to make concessions and compromises to the ACA before the negotiations even began, thus weakening his position and making it seem like he got less than he could have by giving away to much at the start.

puffin otm

Yup

really doublin' down on Never Criticize a Democrat Ever huh

State Dept insisted on adding a stock trader (and top Clinton Foundation donor) to an intel advisory panel -- an old story revived by more emails "relayed to ABC News via the conservative political group Citizens United."

““Raj was not on the list sent to [the Secretary of State]; he was added at their insistence” reads one 2011 email from Wade Boese, Chief of Staff for the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, to a press aide.

Fernando’s appointment even confused some staffers, the emails reveal. One press aide wrote internally, “it appears there is much more to this story that we’re unaware of,” and “it’s natural to ask how he got onto the board when compared to the rest of the esteemed list of members.”"

http://time.com/4364109/state-dept-emails-clinton-rajiv-fernando/

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clinton-donor-sensitive-intelligence-board/story?id=39710624

Nice how suddenly John Stewart is a liberal when you need him as a cudgel to beat Democrats. Why don't you stick to movies and baseball and other things you actually understand, or at least pretend to?

Its true i have never criticized a democrat. Good catch!

Xp

Also love TRUE PROGRESSIVES willing to be stalking horses and useful idiots for the right wing. Well done! I admire your purity!

Nice how suddenly John Stewart is a liberal

OK... (adds Phil D to brainless list)

Clintonistas here really do have a lil bit of Stalinist in them, i find

lil bit

Love to hear Warren ripping into Trump on my Facebook feed, but I worry that she's not being heard outside the liberal echo chamber. I'm coming around to the idea that she'd make a great VP pick. It would be nice to have her on the national stage.

Her Trump speech the other day got a ton of play on CNN, which is pretty middle of the road.

Glad to hear it. I don't watch cable or TV news. My news diet consists mainly of the NY Times so I'm not sure what is getting covered in the mainstream.

is there even a mainstream anymore? I understand people are still watching the network evening news. What's that like?

It seems to me that Dr Jill Stein has gotten little attention here, so i'll just leave this

“Trump says very scary things—deporting immigrants, massive militarism and, you know, ignoring the climate,” Stein said in an interview with Democracy Now, according to a transcript. “Well, Hillary, unfortunately, has a track record for doing all of those things."

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/6/9/green_partys_jill_stein_what_we

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/283037-green-party-candidate-draws-parallels-between-clinton

Lol who is criticizing trump for massive militarism

always good to remind myself that jill stein is not an option bc she's an extraordinarily confused person who makes bad arguments and seems to have gaping holes in her understanding of the world, and not just bc in a first past the post system only one of 2 candidates are going to win and she's not one of them.

the democrats are as bad as the republicans. except they're worse bc bill clinton and nafta bred extremism which is what makes people vote republican who are actually worse. therefore we shouldn't be afraid to vote third party bc fear of republicans just leads to voting for democrats which naturally just leads to voting for republicans so let's just skip right ahead to the electing republicans part. also we should switch over to ranked voting and it will apparently only require the signing of a pen. whose pen can independently change our electoral system idk but maybe this is inside information she doesn't want to share until after she's elected. oh, and bernie should join the green party but she thinks his many many years of being a loyal democrat (???) might not let him.

When Jill Stein compares Trump and Clinton on deportations, it's probably worth quoting that politico piece from upthread:

Minority voters have been watching in horror as millions of Republican voters choose Trump either because of, or despite, his open bigotry. The Sanders supporters who toy with the idea of shunning Clinton in November and allowing Trump to become president to force a revolution that Sanders couldn’t deliver are playing with fire. To minority voters, Trump’s candidacy feels like an existential threat. It’s one thing for Republicans to either ignore or embrace his racism; the party already seems unwilling or incapable of making the kinds of adjustments it must to attract more non-white voters. It’s quite another for white Democrats to not appreciate how liberal minorities feel about the possibility of a Trump presidency and what that would say about the state of racial progress in America. It would be a slap in the face, the latest sign that a kind of white privilege—throwing a temper tantrum because they don’t get their way despite how much it hurts people of color—is deeply rooted within liberal, Democratic ranks as well.

Yeah I mean immigrant advocates have been plenty unhappy and outspoken about Obama's deportations, but they're not going to say there's no difference between him and Trump (or the GOP in general).

Dont worry morbz is here to do it for them

excellent! where did i do that? just show me, genius.

I voted for Stein last time and don't see the point of doing it again even though she endorsed BDS last week. Lupe Fiasco all the way.

Dude u just linked to a jill stein post directly equating hillary's immigration policies w trump's like 5 posts up

LINKED you sodding fool

Oh so were trying to draw "attention" to her cuz u disagree? Clear as mud.

re Politico (Tiger Beat on the Potomac, as Chas Pierce calls it) quote: again, Trump "forces a revolution" with the "magic wand" that libs denied Sanders.

and for Phil D and others of his "shushhhhhh the truth on HRC" stripe:

@ggreenwald Apr 29

Is it really necessary to spend next 6 months pointing out that "criticism of Clinton" ≠ "support for Trump"? Just get a different tactic.

you guys should align with the Canadian Fanboy's centrist embrace of Mitt "Free Stuff" Romney above. Maybe send some money to Debbie W-S to look after your interests.

Yes. One person after another as of late calls you out for the creep you are. You should definitely redirect your attention to me.

gooble gobble

kansas is going blue??

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/11/just-in-new-zogby-poll-shows-trump-is-about-to-turn-this-very-red-state-to-dark-blue-stats/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

That didn't last long.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/us/politics/meg-whitman-likens-donald-trump-to-fascists-at-republican-retreat.html

Morbs, the 'newly-politicized college freshman shouting powerful truths at the squares whose views are actually more nuanced than said freshman wants to believe' shtick is growing a little tiresome.

xxp and utah maybe? http://www.sltrib.com/news/3993058-155/poll-trumps-unpopularity-could-swing-utahns

OL, militarized corpo-Dems don't care how nuanced you are as long as you vote for them. You might as well be 80 million Lena Dunhams.

"The first time Obama was on Daily Show as president, Stewart said, to his face, that his actions were "timid.""

This is why I never watched that dude. Really, who the fuck are you to even talk, you lazy upper-middle-class soccer-major Jersey "comedian" who gets paid millions to stroke the superficiality of the politically vaguely-aware?

Nice how suddenly John Stewart is a liberal when you need him as a cudgel to beat Democrats. Why don't you stick to movies and baseball and other things you actually understand, or at least pretend to?

― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Saturday, June 11, 2016 8:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

actualol

he's not a war criminal, at least. but i understand why that more respectable than being Jon Stewart.

howd ya dig Larry Wilmore's "you like raining bombs from long distances" line, gabby?

Always fun to revisit this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCfMgqnq2uo

and for Phil D and others of his "shushhhhhh the truth on HRC" stripe:

@ggreenwald Apr 29

Is it really necessary to spend next 6 months pointing out that "criticism of Clinton" ≠ "support for Trump"? Just get a different tactic.

You're so fucking dumb I don't know how you don't choke on your own toothbrush. If you find yourself passing on oppo research from Citzens United, you may want to take a deep breath and consider whose work you're actually doing.

Don't worry, the real Stalinists will reveal themselves as soon as Sanders endorses Clinton, which he will.

think yr arg miiiight be with ABC News

or the Clintonmonster

so are we every going to get the chance for morbz-free discussion or is this pretty much it through november

If us ilx arent able to ignore dr strawbius then us ilx is looking for a dr strawbius to pay attn to imo

howd ya dig Larry Wilmore's "you like raining bombs from long distances" line, gabby?

― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Sunday, June 12, 2016 10:31 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"howd ya dig" his calling the President a "nigga"? the other "joke" was slightly more professional than but almost as deeply unserious as anything you've ever posted, including the implicit suggestion that wilmore, fellow fetus-botherer and resident of richer-than-beverly hills-san marino (he "commutes" to manhattan), is any less of a privileged nonentity than the better-educated stewart.

how'd you like that mass shooting this morning?

On a relevant note, my Veep shortlist down to two names, I think: Biden and Franken. Always a bridesmaid, that Tim Kaine.

looking forward to a locked thread of horrifying gabbneb/morbs exchanges

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