One thing I’ve learned about cult-of-personality Bernie voters (this does not encompass all Sanders voters, I hasten to add) is that they seem to actually believe that only one single person will ever be able to represent their political ideal again, and that person is Bernie. No chance that anyone coming up through…

They’re stuck with Trump, full stop. None of their other candidates holds a candle to his popularity with their base; what’s more, their base pretty much reviles most of them these days. The difference between mediocre Democratic politicians and mediocre Republican politicians is that the Democratic base actually under…

I know psych professors who cite him second only to Livia Soprano as textbook cases, no joke.

The thing to remember too is that she didn’t “make it a focal point of her career”. She checked a few boxes marked “ancestry” after she’d been hired, and the university admins did the rest, trying to get PC points for having promoted “law professors of color.”

It’s a real pity; even more so is the fact that voters like yummy here are going to switch over to Trump once Bernie drops out, since causing distress in other constituents is their clearly stated impetus for being politically active at all. Sad.

lol right? Too late and too much imbibed last night; mea culpa for encouraging the nonsense. :)

You know how you can always tell someone who didn’t live through the 2008 collapse?

I missed that post entirely. Link you’re referencing?

Yeah, true. Also realized that with another one I stupidly engaged with in further down the page. Doh. It’s late here and the Camparis were flowing.

I don’t know who you’re voting for in 2020, but I’m voting for the person who fought bitterly against that corporatist in 2008 to win her rightful place leading the consumer protection agency she created, only to lose it to the Wall Street hacks he appointed instead of her.

From your mouth to the Great Widowmaker In The Sky’s ears.

Thank you!

What corporate support has she garnered so far? 

Couldn’t happen to a nicer fellow.

Thanks for that info — any good write-ups or background on this topic you can recommend?

I agree, and your summary is very well written.

Ah. I thought it was from the historical German Iron Front. Which, being an explicitly shitlib organization, would put our friend’s usage of it more in the realm of Irony Front.

I’m sincerely curious: in what calculation is Bernie helped by his supporters calling potential left-leaning voters “shitlib losers”?

That is hands down the most clear and thorough medical explanation of Cheney’s condition I’ve ever read. Cheers, Dr. Valentin.