Exactly. This is what those little bag clips are for. This is the stupidest “hack” I’ve seen in a long time. 

Oh gawd are you one of those conspiracy theorist Bernie bros? Yeah, no thanks 

But Bernie didn’t win Iowa, Mayo Pete did.

Blatantness of what? Moderates strategically agreeing that less of them would be smarter, and putting their weight behind who they perceive to be the strongest candidate with similar views (Biden)? I fail to see anything unethical going on, just pragmatism and approaching politics strategically (to win). 

I’m not saying people shouldn’t comment. I guess I’m just surprised that people still feel so intensely about it. Especially people who might not even have been alive when it happened. 

I guess I don’t understand why people still expect an apology from a guy who was president over 20 years ago? Like, let it go and accept he will never say what you want to hear and just put him down on your list of irredeemable asshole and move on. But that’s just me.

Uh, I know that. But clearly they thought Allen’s book was worth publishing and/or would make money. 

I totally agree. I never blamed her for it st all, or for staying in her marriage. And honestly I also thought it was nobody’s fucking business because unlike republicans, Clinton wasn’t legislating what people could or couldn’t do in their bedrooms or trying to impose a “family values” conservative Christian agenda. 

Yeah, seriously.

No, I didn’t ignore the rest of what you wrote but it amounts to the same thing: you think that no publisher should have published his book because you don’t think the world “needs” to hear what Allen has to say and there’s probably no self reflection in it and because he’ll probably try to improve his reputation and…

Right. And that’s entirely their choice. And I’m sure if enough people make a stink about this book maybe they’ll reconsider, or maybe they won’t care and would rather gamble on Allen’s notoriety and the fact that Allen is still very popular outside the US (the parent company of both Hachette USA and the company…

Books aren’t published based on “need” or whether or not a writer is “deserving” (whatever that even means, because different people need different so-called needs and whether or not a writer is deserving depends on who you ask). They’re published based on interest or a publisher’s belief in a writer. And personally I…

You can’t control what other people spend their money on, and honestly I’m more bothered by the need to censor what people are allowed to publish than I am by the prospect of a woody Allen memoir that I don’t plan to read anyway. Woody Allen is reportedly worth 80 million. And if this sells well (and I’m not sure it…

It’s not being published by Hachette but by a sister imprint with whom they have an agreement to not interfere with what they each choose to publish. I understand why Ronan is upset but I also respect the publishers’ position. 

I have no intention of reading Allen’s memoir but I also don’t have an issue with it being published. If people don’t want to read it, don’t buy it and don’t read it. Simple as that. 

Exactly. The majority of Democrats are moderates. Just because Bernie supporters are louder than everyone else, doesn’t mean they’re a majority. It also doesn’t mean they actually show up to vote. 

You’re assuming the same white suburban women who voted for Trump are the same ones who voted for Biden, which is kind of a stretch. There may be some overlap but I bet it’s minimal. I’d say white women in the US are probably about evenly split among Democratic and Republican parties.

You’re surprised politicians make deals amongs themselves? That’s literally the nature of politics. The moderates just realised they stood a better chance if they backed one candidate, and Biden was always going to be the one to lead in Super Tuesday states so yeah, they probably came to an agreement. I don’t think…

As Super Tuesday indicated, it is those voters who are going to decide the Democratic primary. Though they may have been quiet, perhaps they were there all along.

Bernie needs to stop using the word “socialism” because a) he’s not a socialist, he’s a social democrat, and b) saying “socialism” loses presidential elections in the US because you have to appeal to a majority to win.