That’s not the person she is. Never has been.

We can demand all we want, but they don’t have to listen to us. We don’t have any power.

I don’t think it’s wise to try to humiliate him.

We also gotta stop focusing on Hillary and her feelings and her experiences, though. She’s history, love her or hate her, and if we’re going to win in the future, it’s not going to be by constantly relitigating the past.

I hope this election teaches everyone about what NOT to do in 2020!

This is true, those of us who have them constantly forget they even exist. We’re terribly unaware of them.

I think it’s a fairly small percentage of Jill Stein voters who voted for her because of her personal magnetic charisma.

Okay, thanks for your information. I had been under the impression that the state constitution restricted the legislature’s ability to raise income tax rates (not that they want to, obviously).

Oh when I read your comment I assumed it would be a Georgia O’Keefe deal but nope.

Boy, with someone this great on her side I can’t understand how it is that Clinton lost.

Yeah. That’s the biggest PR problem Democratic politicians face, they always end up being elected to fix the other team’s fuckups. Engler created a massive structural deficit and the state constitution makes it very difficult to raise income taxes even if there is a willingness to do so (and with a Republican…

I’m really appreciating the insight you are sharing here, thanks for all of these posts.

It’s not that there aren’t any good charter schools; of course some people who have good intentions and the needed expertise have started charter schools. It’s just that lots of people who don’t have those things have done it also.

Thanks for making this point.

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See, this is one thing I don’t understand. Why don’t they teach these languages in schools? I don’t mean reservation schools but public schools across the nation. It’s the best way to keep a language alive.

I think there hasn’t been a lot of awareness of the issues facing Native people prior to this. As far as language preservation goes, that’s an issue I personally care about a lot but Native people have pointed out to me that selectively supporting language preservation means excluding groups whose language has died…

You did not acquit yourself well here.