The superdelegate system is stupid, but here’s the irony of complaining about it with regard to Bernie Sanders; without the open primaries that are the only thing giving him a chance, they wouldn’t have been created in the first place.

Gawd, Andrew Sullivan’s such a conundrum. He was never, like, sorta-right or sorta-wrong. He was always really, really right, or, more often, really, really fucking wrong.

Seriously; anyone who thought about this premise in the context of the larger gaming world for more than 30 seconds could see some big potential problems with it.

Oh, I didn’t say it was a good plan.

My guess is that she also sees this run as key to winning a legislative position (Senator or House) down the road. Which, I mean, hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, but okay.

In a Sanders vs Trump (or maybe even Cruz) race, where the main candidates are basically all proposing wildly infeasible things, I don’t think a relatively moderate billionaire with a reputation (earned or not) for getting shit done is necessarily as crazy as it sounds. Especially in a Trump v Sanders race, you…

I made this argument in a response, but here’s a slightly longer version.

My counterpoint to that is that, no matter what, her political opponents on all sides will tear it apart, repeat things out of context, cast aspersions on flimsy ground, etc. We’ll get a 5,000 word Gawker hit piece on how “we’re not saying we’re in the tank for Sanders, but we’re totally in the tank for Sanders”.…

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Heh. Agreed.

No, I know that - I’ve had this discussion with friends of mine who read Jacobin regularly. I just find it really weird. It’d be like naming your magazine Bolshevik. It’s like, those people weren’t actually good for left-wing causes, you know?

As a side note, it’s really weird to see liberals quoting from and linking to a magazine called the Jacobin. Doesn’t anyone pay attention to history?

No one’s going to want to talk about it, but I’m all-in with you. I’m Golikehellmachine, and I approve this message.

I... totally and completely agree. Like, I don’t think it’s likely that the 32nd Democratic Debate, Hosted by PlayStation, is going to really change opinions at this point.

Edit: That’s probably harsher than I mean to come across, but somewhere between 5-10PM this evening I hit my limit with Sanders and his supporters, and have lost the capacity to discuss him rationally.

If all of that bothers you, you’re going to be really pissed when you come across Sanders’ campaign manager’s statements.

Ah, I see, so, really, you’re just a fuckwit who wants to yell at people on the internet and demonstrate your imagined reading comprehension superiority. Got it!

Let’s see:

Ah, I see gambling in Oklahoma is as stupid and backwards as drinking (and damn near everything else) in Oklahoma. I’ve only ever played slots or blackjack there.

There are a couple of theories. One is that Avery is innocent, and one of the other men on the property killed her (after all, the property’s chock-full of men who have been convicted of violent crimes and sexual assaults).