“Electable” means possesing some ineffable, indescribable quality you don’t have to actually identify or explain. It’s a gut feeling when you just “know” everyone else will like the person you happen to like and hate the person you happen to hate. For some reason mainstream pundits and self-described “centrists” are…
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It’s even worse than just “forgetting”. He’s basically implying that there is something about him, something Obama lacked, which can make the difference. It’s pretty obvious to what he is referring.
Butch females and effeminate males don’t change their sex. So sorting them by sex would still put them in to “female” and “male” categories. Conflating gender and sex is what made this whole thing in to this particular “problem”.
Apparently the software has to be able to deduce a self declared attribute which can not be discerned by any outward marker. So some sort of mind reading through linking to the soul which was captured when the photograph was taken? I’m sure we’re just a couple of years away from that technology.
You’re looking at an ideological “problem” with a non-ideological lens. First they conflated “sex” and “gender”. Now they don’t believe in “sex” as a “binary”. So we get insane articles like this which somehow expect everyone to act as if ideological beliefs are “facts” instead of a belief. If you assume their priors…
If this wasn’t directly in response to the gerrymandering decision, then it’s a lucky coincidence.
CA doesn’t need to gerrymander. The demographics are such that the Dems will win there with big state wide majorities without it. The gop needs to gerrymander in more and more states because of the precarious nature of their voting majorities. The whole point is there are going to be more and mroe states where the gop…
It’s pretty terrible. I think the only possible light in the distance is the demographic collapse of the gop’s voter base. And even gerrymandering can’t save them if their voters die off. But that’s years down the road and a lot of damage can be done between now and then. It would also require the Democratic party to…
Not really though. The reason we have trump even though Clinton won a greater absolute number of votes nation wide is the electoral college. Which would exist without gerrymandering. But I guess the voter suppression laws implemented in states which had a gop majority in the state legislature in part due to…
The point of gerrymandering, Sir Votesalot, is that it won’t matter if Dem turnout increases because the districts have been drawn such that they have a slight majority of gop voters. Greater turnout will only help in state-wide races. Which as NC and WI have shown us, the gop is more than happy to completely…
The problem is because of demographic trends the Democratic party doesn’t really need to gerrymander seats in order to stay in power in the states where they are already in power. They could maybe add seats to their majorities. But there aren’t many states where they could get the sort of coherent majorities in the…
What? You’re comparing accusations of forcible intercourse and uncomfortable physical touching to claims the someone on the candidate’s campaign staff (not the candidate himself in any way, shape, or form) might have been unpleasant to their female co-workers? Even trump couldn’t “both sides” that ridiculous…
That’s the whole point of the “electability” con. It’s to make people decide not to vote for the candidate who most aligns with their positions or values. Instead, the argument (which is totally made in good faith...) goes, people should ignore their own values and focus on which candidate aligns with the values of…
Kagan is more than “low key” awful. She’s straight up “in your face” awful when it comes to rulings concerning corporate power. But she is a good example of the difference between republicans and Democrats when appointing justices. As if Merrick Garland was a fire breathing liberal.
Wait, Elena Kagan ruled for corporations yet again? Wow, thanks Obama! Good work on appointing such a good “liberal” justice. I bet the American people totally rewarded him for appointing such a Serious, Sensible, Pragmatic, Moderate justice who rules for corporations, prosecutors, the police, consistently.
But in the end people will need their nation’s currency to pay their taxes. That’s the ultimate reason none of these currencies can ever replace “fiat” money worldwide. Because the government, where ever you live, is never going to allow people to pay taxes in bitcoin or libra or whatever. So there will always be a…
Eastland was a Democrat his entire career! It’s not even making a point about bi-partisan compromise or party polarization. It’s really a mind-boggling choice.
Both of those particular social programs are literally examples of socialism. Both have the government owning and directing “capital”. Both have (well, Medicare less so since Part D under GW Bush) replaced formerly market based, private sector activities with centrally planned government control.
state level republicans saying they can’t do a Medicaid expansion because the republicans at the federal level might axe the funding is just mindblowing chutzpah. They are basically saying we can’t expand Medicaid because the politicians we support and want you to vote for might do something we want them to do.
I think it’s difficult to make comparisons and take lessons from the experience of right wing populist parties in Europe running on anti-Muslim immigrant sentiment vs. American versions running on anti-Black/anti-Latino sentiment.