I agree that what Trump and Kavanaugh (allegedly) did was much, much worse, but let’s not pretend what Weiner (heh heh) and Clinton did was no big deal. IIRC, Weiner was at least communicating with underage girls regarding sex, and Clinton took advantage of his position and thus took advantage of Lewinski when he got…

It’s somehow worse than that; up until fairly recently, the US wasn’t just neutral on the tobacco industry, it was sometimes quite supportive of it:

THEY ARE GENTLEMENS CLUBS FOR THE CLASSY AND SOPHISTICATED GENTLEMEN

I wasn’t joking at all. Lots I could reply to from your comment I’m sure, but just a couple points for now:

As fucked up as it all is, maybe we should actually be surprised it wasn’t always this bad - or worse. There was a time when CBS, NBC, etc. ran their news as a “loss leader” to add prestige to their networks. And as far as TV went, there were like 5 networks, and maybe only 3 or 4 mattered anyway. As far as televised…

the campaign needs to have workable,

agree 100% with all of this.

I think his success shows there are lots of people in Wisconsin who are at best stupid marks and suckers, at worst disgusting bigots and trolls, but I agree, overall the people of WI probably deserve someone far better.

I literally LOL’d. Take a bow, Ascii!

Since were all going there

This guy knows what’s up.

Honestly, aren’t we getting to the point where that wouldn’t be that bad, and in fact might be a big improvement? Also, consider how much foreign meddling/interference we’re guilty of: from election meddling to military aid/intervention and straight-up coups and assassinations. From Vietnam to East Timor to pretty…

I just keep hoping against all hope that we get something comparable to the Nuremberg Trials for this administration. And I know I’m not alone here either, but all signs point to all Republicans in congress being Ride or Die bitches for the Grifter in Chief. At least Dems are poised to retake the House in 2018 *knocks…

That’s all the more reason to campaign on general, broad (and yes, vague) messaging and inspiring slogans, like both Sanders and Trump did, as opposed to the more wonkish approach favored by Clinton (my apologies for explicitly bring up the 2016 election, it just seemed like the easiest way to make my point.) If…

Of course “drain the swamp” was Drumpf’s. He also campaigned on better and more affordable healthcare, and promised “Mexico will pay for the wall.” He lied bigly and often; my point was that the “drain the swamp” slogan was really popular, it’s just that apparently progressives/Dems and Republicans tend to have a…

I agree - the Dems being a “big tent” party (or as Jesse Jackson called it, the “Rainbow Coalition”) is more than just branding. Lots of different interest groups, which is why we probably shouldn’t expect - or insist - that “identity politics” should be relegated to their place in the back of the bus; that women, POCs…

ok but that doesn’t really address primaries, which are maybe more important than ever for reasons which should be obvious but what the heck:

I hate that I can picture this very argument happening in a Silicon Valley boardroom Starbucks over half-caf soy lattes.

This is like the Tea Party saying they weren’t really Republicans

Despite the string of words “we’re all actually going to die because Democrats...”, your take isn’t really all that hot - it’s jalapeno w/o the seeds hot at best - certainly not habanero or Carolina Reaper hot or anything. Sure, on the face of it, it may sound like absurd alarmism, unless you realize that: