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45888. arkymalarky - 1/26/2015 2:40:37 AM Calgal often pontificated on what she hadn't read or read about, as did a lot of folks, but this issue would have launched a heated and extended debate back in the day for sure. For now, a look at commentary that's actually attached to the material is what PE seems to be doing best. I hadn't been aware until Bhel posted and I looked at his comments on Edward Baptist's book about slavery and the Southern economy. Scottloar had some excellent comments there, as well. Much of what he posts is about economics, but I looked to see whether he had weighed in on Fukuyama and saw this:
pseudoerasmus.com/2014/11/10/la-longue-puree/#comments 45889. arkymalarky - 1/26/2015 2:42:12 AM I would like to see Slackjaw so he could help me understand what exactly my son-in-law does. 45890. arkymalarky - 1/26/2015 2:44:42 AM we had a free HBO weekend, so I saw Fiorina on Bill Mahr and she actually didn't seem too bad, but she's pretty much an empty chair. I can't imagine her making a lot of impact as a Republican candidate one way or another. 45891. judithathome - 1/26/2015 6:56:51 PM Well, I would hope she wouldn't use her record at H/P as a bragging point.
I thought she was condescending on Maher's show and her way of "lecturing" came across as though she were speaking to very "slow" people who couldn't possibly understand the complicated things up there in the rarified ether where she resides. 45892. arkymalarky - 1/26/2015 7:01:10 PM haha! I took it as she was just too simple to express anything more complicatrd than that. 45893. judithathome - 1/26/2015 8:02:41 PM Really? I've seen her on other shows and always thought she was overly impressed with her "own self" just a tad too much...that and her position.
She is almost sniffing in disgust as she dismisses Hillary's career as SoS...like it was nothing. Pretty ballsy coming from a lady who was fired from her own job. 45894. robertjayb - 1/26/2015 8:14:30 PM Eighteen...Count 'em 18
A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds Republican and Republican-leaning voters scattered among 18 prospective nominees when asked an open-ended question about whom they want the GOP to nominate for president next year. "Undecided" finishes first, at 45%, trailed by 2012 nominee Mitt Romney at 16% and former Florida governor Jeb Bush at 13%.
No one else gets close to double digits, though potential contenders including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and others make the list of those mentioned.
The contrast couldn't be sharper with the other side. A 51% majority of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters name former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as their preferred nominee; 31% are undecided. Just 5% name Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite of progressive activists, and 4% Vice President Biden.
Read a report Scott Walker wowed the GOP's Iowa cattle call. Union-bashing always gets their juices flowing.
45895. robertjayb - 1/26/2015 9:35:39 PM My political fantasy...get your own...
Hillary was my choice before and probably will remain so, barring the unexpected. Elizabeth is my true love but a I fear a no-hoper nationally. Clinton-Warren would be a dream pairing...probably a bad one. I wonder if Hillary isn't a bit too much the corporatist to take that on. The ticket would be fighting against $zillion$ from funds spawned by the Citizens United decision.
At this juncture (thanks, 41) good old Joe Biden seems a reasonable choice. He's known, fairly well regarded, amiable, and his gaffes are forgivable. 45896. robertjayb - 1/27/2015 2:34:42 AM Up above there I was thinking of Biden as Hillary's VEEP, not as the candidate. 45897. robertjayb - 1/27/2015 8:00:58 PM It's not personal, it's just business...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flexing its financial might, the political machine backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch on Monday told its allies that spending across its conservative network would approach $1 billion ahead of 2016's elections.
The stunning sum from Freedom Partners would dwarf expected spending from official GOP committees and many of the hopefuls expected to seek the party's presidential nomination in 2016. The $889 million budget is almost twice what 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney spent from his campaign accounts.
The hefty budget also suggests that the Koch-backed groups are prepared to spend heavily and early to weaken the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Koch-backed groups such as Americans for Prosperity aired tens of millions of dollars in negative ads against incumbent Democratic lawmakers in 2014 and helped Republicans win a majority in the Senate.
Appropriately, The Houston Chronicle carried this article in its business section.
45898. vonKreedon - 1/27/2015 10:21:15 PM Given how many Repubs appear to be running for the 2016 nomination, might this force the Repubs into holding 12 debates rather there expressed lower, and desired, 9 debates? I so hope so, the 2012 debates were much watch TV.
I think that Walker is likely to be the nominee, and I'm nervous about that as I think that Walker has shown himself to be a capable candidate and a dangerous executive. 45899. bhelpuri - 1/28/2015 7:28:45 AM Hillary Clinton and her husband are highly vulnerable to negative advertising. The Koch brothers could probably sway this election the way they could not against Obama. Of course it does depend somewhat on who wins the Repub nomination... 45900. judithathome - 1/28/2015 9:21:30 PM Given how many Repubs appear to be running for the 2016 nomination, might this force the Repubs into holding 12 debates rather there expressed lower, and desired, 9 debates?
Are you kidding me? They don't WANT people to become better acquainted with the candidates.
Hillary Clinton and her husband are highly vulnerable to negative advertising.
At least the Kochs will be precluded from showing Hill and Bill in blackface with bones through noses, stirring boiling pots of "American Values".
45901. judithathome - 1/30/2015 8:01:23 PM
Sen. John McCain Takes A Page From Chris Christi's Playbook
As the protesters were led out by police, McCain said, "I've been a member of this committee for many years, and I've never seen anything as disgraceful and outrageous and despicable as the last demonstration."
Finally, McCain said, "Get out of here, you low-life scum." 45902. robertjayb - 1/30/2015 8:03:17 PM Darn!
WASHINGTON - Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will not run for president in 2016.
Three weeks after unexpectedly saying he was considering a third campaign for the White House, the former Massachusetts governor told members of his staff during a Friday conference call that he is out of race. (AP) 45903. judithathome - 1/30/2015 9:39:53 PM I'm guessing all three of his supporters went over to Jeb. 45904. vonKreedon - 1/31/2015 11:08:19 PM That is disappointing, one less fat cat to fight over the fat cat money. Oh well, I'm still hopeful that Trump and/or Palin will get in for a while. 45905. judithathome - 2/2/2015 10:54:13 PM Palin had better change her meds before she comes in...the ones she's on right now are NOT beneficial.
However, I did love that she showed her ass so nakedly re: her teleprompter. Man, it was like an alien had inhabited her brain when that went down....hahahahaha!!! 45906. arkymalarky - 2/24/2015 4:39:54 PM Our new goosestepping state legislature:http://www.katv.com/story/28181989/arkansas-house-passes-bill-to-soften-social-media-protections 45907. arkymalarky - 2/24/2015 4:40:17 PM http://www.katv.com/story/28181989/arkansas-house-passes-bill-to-soften-social-media-protections
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