Hillary Clinton won by double digits in New York.
Sucks.
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It Turns out That There Is an Upside to Cruz Getting the Nomination
Congressman Peter King (R-NY) has said that, “I think I’ll take cyanide if Ted Cruz gets the nomination.”
I don’t think that he means it, but if Cruz gets the nomination, we need to shadow King with a pitcher of red Koolaid.
Hillary Clinton Is the Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Most Wonderful Human Being I’ve Ever Known
Over at Daily Kos, a diary has the best title ever:
Hillary Clinton is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known
By Steven D Monday Apr 18, 2016 · 1:45 PM EST 2016/04/18 · 13:45
I’ve finally come around, after seeing so many diaries on Daily Kos extolling her deserving qualities and virtues, to realizing that Hillary Clinton really is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known. Laugh all you want, but I can prove that she possesses each of those in abundance.
Read the rest, it’s marvelous snark.
Quote of the Day
I believe Hillary Clinton is the George H. W. Bush of 2016.
She notes that, “Bush 41 ran and won as Reagan’s third term, exactly like Secretary Clinton is running for Obama’s third term.”
It is a particularly significant observation because she was a big supporter of Hillary Clinton in 2008.
We Voted Today
Today was the first day for Maryland early voting, so Sharon* and I went to vote.
I noticed three things:
- The oddest campaign sign of the season (see picture) wherein one Ray Bly campaigns as a mentally ill child abuser.
- There were no Hillary Clinton signs outside of the early voting sites.
- Maryland has gone from touch screen to optically scanned paper ballots.
I have to figure that the Clinton campaign has strip mined staff from Maryland for their “firewall” in New York State.
The change from touch screen to optoscan is a good thing in my opinion.
It’s faster, and it retains a paper trail for a possible recount.
*Love of my life, light of the cosmos, she who must be obeyed, my wife.
Bernie Sanders Walks the Union Walk
Bernie Sanders walked the picket line with striking Verizon workers, and then the thin skinned CEO of the telco called the Senator contemptible.
Bernie responded that he welcomed the contempt of the these overpaid CEOs.
It a appears that the membership of the Transit Workers Union Local 100 also appreciated the contempt shown by those CEOs , because their membship overwhelmingly voted to endorse Sanders for the New York primary on Wednesday.
Not a surprise. After all, his opponent was on the board of directors for the virulently anti-union Walmart for years.
I Just Saw the Debates
Hillary and Bernie went toe to toe in Brooklyn.
I was watching, and Charlie was hooting and hollering like it was the denouement of the next Star Wars movie.
He has Hillary pegged as being part of the Empire.
My quick take:
It was the most contentious debate yet.- Wolf Blitzer could be replaced as moderator by a toaster with a not particularly advanced operating system. (I should note here that it is not my intent to offend any toasters)
- Hillary Clinton kept filibustering, and it drove Charlie nuts.
- Hillary Clinton seemed to be seething with barely suppressed anger at times.
- It really is a treat to hear Bernie Sanders say, “Yuge.”
No clue as to what the pundits will be saying in the morning.
Yeah, I Guess Kasich Is the Best They Have
Today, Donald Trump (but you already guessed that) wondered in a speech how former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was doing.
It appears that Trump forgot that:
- Paterno was fired a because he covered up the activities of a serial child rapist.
- Jo Paterno is dead.
Oops:
Speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump mentioned late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died in 2012. Paterno was fired from the school and his statue removed after Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of children came to light. (Reuters)
Pandering to local crowds is a staple of political campaigns everywhere, and Donald Trump’s is no different. But the key to successful pandering is knowing to whom you’re speaking and, of course, what you’re saying.
Trump was way off base on both those counts Wednesday, when he spoke before a crowd of supporters at a rally in Pittsburgh.
“I know a lot about Pennsylvania, and it’s great,” Trump said. Which is standard-issue stuff, but then things got awkward.
“How’s Joe Paterno?” Trump asked. “We’re gonna bring that back? Right? How about that whole deal?”
Paterno, for those who may have forgotten (including, possibly, a certain presidential candidate) died in 2012. (Wait, is bringing him back from the grave an essential part of making America great again?)
His campaign is now claiming that he was asking if the coach’s statue was returning to the State College campus.
No. Trump had a brain fart that makes John Kasich look like Stephen f%$#ing Hawking, only, of course, Stephen Hawking is a far more inspiring speaker.
This Is the Best That They Have?
I am referring, of course, to John Kasich, who gave a speech at a Yeshiva (Jewish religious school), and decided to tell them about an obscure bible story, the story of Joseph:
John Kasich’s travels in New York brought him yesterday to a Jewish bookstore, where he met students of the Talmud. Having thus met people who spend their entire day scrutinizing religious texts, Kasich’s reaction was to ask them if they were aware of facts about those texts that they probably knew as very small children. “They sold [Joseph] into slavery, and that’s how the Jews got to Egypt. Right? Did you know that?” For those who never attended Sunday school, this is a bit like visiting MIT, wandering into a physics lab, and asking people if they ever heard of this guy named Isaac Newton.
But it gets even better: He then went to a Jewish bakery, and drew an analogy between the blood of the Pascal lamb, and the blood of Jesus:
If Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s visit to Hasidic Brooklyn this week had yielded only one amusing moment, Dayenu – it would have been enough.
But, thank God, there were many in the Republican presidential candidate’s visit to a Jewish bookstore, shmura matzah bakery and Hasidic school in Borough Park on Tuesday.
“It’s a wonderful, wonderful holiday for our friends in the Jewish community – the Passover,” Kasich told reporters after emerging from the matzah bakery, a box of the fresh-baked stuff in hand.
Yes, Jews are known to love The Passover, almost as much they love The Pre-Election Drop-By from vote-seeking politicians.
Flanked by Hasidic publicist Ezra Friedlander, Kasich then launched into a brief appraisal of the links between Passover and, um, the blood of Jesus Christ.
“The great link between the blood that was put above the lampposts” – er, you mean doorposts, governor — “the blood of the lamb, because Jesus Christ is known as the lamb of God. It’s his blood, we believe …”Kasich’s only saving grace was that his remarks kept getting interrupted by the subway rumbling on the elevated tracks overhead.
Talking about Christ’s blood during a visit to Borough Park? Oy vey. Please, somebody, prep this guy. Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn want to hear about food stamps, affordable housing, Medicaid. Ix-nay on the Esus-jay.
This is definitely the silly season in politics.
Remember though, that according to all the “very serious people” Kasich is the only adult in the proverbial room.
I would say, “The stupid, it burns!” but this wasn’t even the stupidest thing that a Republican said today.
Take a guess who it was who was even stupider. No peeking.
Bill Clinton Tried for Another Sistah Soulja Moment
Yes Bernie, He Does Owe Us an Apology
I’m sure that all of you read about Bill Clinton’s confrontation with Black Lives Matter protestors:
Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday faced down protesters angry at the impact his 1994 crime reforms have had on black Americans and defended the record of his wife, Hillary Clinton, who is relying on the support of black voters in her quest for the presidency.
The former president spent more than 10 minutes confronting the protesters at a campaign rally in Philadelphia for his wife over criticisms that the crime bill he approved while president led to a surge in the imprisonment of black people.
The Democratic race for the Nov. 8 election has become increasingly heated as Hillary Clinton, stung by a string of losses in state contests, has traded barbs with her rival for the party’s nomination, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, over who is better prepared for the White House.
In Philadelphia, several protesters heckled the former president mid-speech and held up signs, including one that read: “CLINTON Crime Bill Destroyed Our Communities.”
………
Bill Clinton, 69, who was president from 1993 to 2001, defended her 1994 remarks, which protesters say were racially insensitive, and suggested the protesters’ anger was misplaced.
“I don’t know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped on crack and sent them out on the street to murder other African-American children,” he said, shaking his finger at a heckler as Clinton supporters cheered, according to video of the event. “Maybe you thought they were good citizens. She (Hillary Clinton) didn’t.”
“You are defending the people who kill the lives you say matter,” he told a protester. “Tell the truth.”
The worst thing here is not that Bill Clinton has lost his sh%$. It’s that he hasn’t lost his sh%$.
It has been clear that the Clinton campaign has realized that their attempts to present themselves as being progressive are not working.
They have been tacking right for the past few weeks, and this is Bill Clinton trying for another Sistah Soulja moment, wherein he reinforces his position with rich and comfortable white people by sh%$#ing all over black people.
Much like his crime bill and his disastrous welfare reform, when the Clintons are politically threatened, they throw minorities under the bus.
What the Hairy Saroff Said
Heh
My hirsute brother observes that while Bernie supporters may see the invitation of Sanders to a talk at the Vatican, it is also wrong on a number of levels:
I have a feeling that the latest campaign news, Bernie Sanders plans short hiatus from New York campaign trail to speak at the Vatican, will make so people happy.
I am not one of them.
Whatever virtues the current Pope has, to my mind this is inappropriate.
The Pope is a foreign leader (Prince Bishop of the Vatican City State), so he (like Netanyahu) should have no role in American elections.
Go read the rest.
He’s right, even if it made the Clinton’s heads explode.
Ted Cruz Makes Geraldo Rivera Make Sense
Rivera has observed that Ted Cruz’ attack on “New York Values” is actually an anti-Semitic code:
Geraldo Rivera appeared on Fox & Friends this morning to defend his statement on The O’Reilly Factor Thursday night that Ted Cruz is an anti-Semite, and that his words to the voters of Iowa proved him to be such.
Steve Doocy began by asking, plainly, “Geraldo, why do you think Ted Cruz is antisemitic?”
“First of all, Steve, good morning,” Rivera replied. “In terms of this Ted Cruz situation and this ‘New York values’ situation, when you say ‘New York, money, and media,’ what do you need really before you get to the caricature — the dog-whistle — the code-word, of what this man is trying to say?”
“What do you need? A cartoon of someone with a big nose from another era?” he asked. “This was designed to bring to the heartland the negative impression of greedy New Yorkers trying to take money out of people’s pockets.”
“The association is indelible, and undeniable, and you can’t explain it [away],” Rivera continued. “There are a million ways to put down socialism and liberalism and excessive government spending and the welfare state — a million ways without suggesting that you’re talking about a particular group of people.”
When pressed about Cruz’s later appearances in Jewish community centers, River replied that “what you say in the matzah ball factory is different from what you say in Iowa.”
Of course, I noted this 4 months ago, but Geraldo is kind of slow.
Quote of the Day
This latest spat in the Democratic primary contest is so sublimely, universally stupid that it’s hard to believe that Mark Penn didn’t have a hand in it somewhere
Pretty much.
Sanders Wins Wisconsin
As of right now, it looks like it’s by double digits.
So he beat the predictions by about 9%.
Woo hoo!
It’s On
Bernie and Hillary in Brooklyn 14 April at 2100EDT:
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have finally agreed to have a high-stakes debate in Brooklyn on April 14 starting at 9 p.m., five days before New York Democrats vote in the April 19 primary.
The debate will be held at the Duggal Greenhouse on the Brooklyn Navy Yard, hosted by CNN and moderated by Wolf Blitzer. CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash and NY1 political anchor Errol Louis will join in the questioning of the candidates. The debate will also be covered by NY 1, which serves the New York Metropolitan Area.
Brooklyn is an auspicious place for the two candidates to meet, as Sanders grew up in Brooklyn, and Clinton’s campaign headquarters is in downtown Brooklyn. This will be the first debate between the two candidates since the Univision-Washington Post debate in Miami on March 9.
I will be watching.
The Night of the NCAA Finals? Seriously?
The Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns are negotiating a time for their New York debate, and Hillary wants it tomorrow night, while the NCAA basketball finals are on the air:
The Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns are still negotiating over the timing of a debate before the New York primary on April 19th, with no resolution in sight.
Mrs. Clinton’s campaign released a statement Saturday saying they had offered the Sanders campaign three possible dates for what would be the ninth debate between the Democratic presidential hopefuls.
All were rejected, Clinton press spokesman Brian Fallon said in a statement.
“The Sanders campaign needs to stop with the games,” Mr. Fallon said.
In a statement issued later, Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said the dates and locations proposed by the Clinton campaign “don’t make a whole lot of sense.”
“We have proposed other dates which they have rejected,” he added.
“We hope we can reach agreement in the near future,” Mr Briggs continued. “The people of New York and America deserve to see and hear a debate on the important issues facing the state and country.”
In his statement, Mr. Fallon said the Clinton campaign agreed to debate on April 4th, April 14th or April 15th.
The Clinton campaign’s 15th suggestion is in the morning.
They really don’t want to debate.
Notice a Pattern?
A site unaffiliated with the Clinton Campaign details her, and her campaign’s speaking engagememts:
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Date
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Location
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Event Type
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Speaker(s)
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| April 1, 2016 | Newtown, Pennsylvania | Fundraiser | John Podesta |
| April 1, 2016 | Syracuse, New York | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 1, 2016 | Syracuse, New York | Organizing Event | Hillary Clinton |
| April 1, 2016 | Appleton, Wisconsin | Organizing Event | Bill Clinton |
| April 1, 2016 | State College, Pennsylvania | Fundraiser | Laura Rosenberger |
| April 1, 2016 | Tenafly, New Jersey | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 2, 2016 | Madison, Wisconsin | Organizing Event | Cecile Richards |
| April 2, 2016 | Washington, Connecticut | Fundraiser | Daniel Kurtz-Phelan |
| April 2, 2016 | Boston, Massachusetts | Fundraiser | Michelle Kwan |
| April 3, 2016 | Los Angeles, California | Fundraiser | Bill Clinton |
| April 3, 2016 | Los Angeles, California | Organizing Event | Bill Clinton |
| April 6, 2016 | Washington, DC | Fundraiser | Gary Gensler |
| April 6, 2016 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 6, 2016 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 7, 2016 | Denver, Colorado | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 7, 2016 | Bexley, Ohio | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 7, 2016 | El Paso, Texas | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 7, 2016 | San Antonio, Texas | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 7, 2016 | Dallas, Texas | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 7, 2016 | New York City, New York | Fundraiser | De’Ara Balenger |
| April 8, 2016 | Forth Smith, Arkansas | Fundraiser | Bill Clinton |
| April 10, 2016 | McLean, Virginia | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 10, 2016 | Washington, DC | Fundraiser | John Podesta |
| April 10, 2016 | Villanova, Pennsylvania | Fundraiser | Valerie Plame |
| April 11, 2016 | Glen Cove, New York | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 11, 2016 | Mount Kisco, New York | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 11, 2016 | Washington, DC | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 11, 2016 | Washington, DC | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 11, 2016 | Washington, DC | Fundraiser | John Podesta |
| April 12, 2016 | Miami, Florida | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 12, 2016 | Miami Beach, Florida | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 12, 2016 | Manalapan, Florida | Fundraiser | Hillary Clinton |
| April 12, 2016 | Brooklyn, New York | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 12, 2016 | New York City, New York | Fundraiser | Entrpreneurs for Hillary |
| April 13, 2016 | Princeton, New Jersey | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 13, 2016 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 13, 2016 | Erie, Pennsylvania | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 13, 2016 | Washington, DC | Fundraiser | Bill Clinton |
| April 13, 2016 | Washington, DC | Fundraiser | Bill Clinton |
| April 14, 2016 | Brooklyn, New York | Fundraiser | John Podesta |
| April 14, 2016 | Newton, Massachusetts | Fundraiser | Bill Clinton |
| April 17, 2016 | London, England | Fundraiser | Jake Sullivan |
| April 17, 2016 | London, England | Fundraiser | Jake Sullivan |
| April 21, 2016 | Westport, Connecticut | Fundraiser | Bill Clinton |
| April 25, 2016 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 25, 2016 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Fundraiser | Chelsea Clinton |
| April 28, 2016 | Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico | Fundraiser | Melanne Verveer |
| April 28, 2016 | New York City, New York | Fundraiser | John Podesta |
| May 2, 2016 | Washington, DC | Fundraiser | John Podesta |
Notwithstanding the campaign’s claims, I don’t think that they have managed to harness the power of the small donors.
H/t Naked Capitalism.
This is a Good Old Fashioned Rat F%$#ing
Some how or other, the Washington, DC Democratic Party managed to be a day late with filing Sanders’ name to get him on the DC Democratic primary:
As a result of a registration error committed by the District of Columbia Democratic Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders won’t appear on the Washington D.C. ballot.
The Vermont senator’s name won’t appear on the ballot because the party submitted the requisite paperwork one day too late, according to NBC’s Washington affiliate, News4.
Both the Sanders’ campaign and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s campaign paid the $2,500 fee to appear on the June 14 Democratic primary ballot on time but the district’s Democratic Party failed to inform the Washington D.C. Board of Elections until March 17, one day after the deadline.
Yes, a “registration error”.
I call yet another rat f%$#ing by the Democratic Party establishment.
This is a New Level of Low
The Clinton campaign is saying that they won’t debate Sanders unless he stops criticizing her:
A top aide to Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Monday dodged questions about setting up a debate with Bernie Sanders in New York, saying it depends on the senator’s “tone.”
“This is a man who said he’d never run a negative ad ever. He’s now running them. They’re planning to run more,” Joel Benenson, Clinton’s chief strategist, said on CNN. “Let’s see the tone of the campaign he wants to run before we get to any other questions.”
After winning a trio of states over the weekend, Sanders on Sunday called for a debate in New York ahead of that state’s April 19 primary. The Vermont senator is looking to cut into Clinton’s delegate lead and says he has the “momentum” heading into the latter half of the race.
The pair faced off in a Miami debate earlier this month, and a Sanders campaign letter on Sunday said the two campaigns had agreed to a California debate in May but had not agreed to terms on a debate in April, according to The New York Times.
How long before someone says, “If she can’t debate Bernie Sanders, how can she stand up to Vladimir Putin?”
Never mind, I just did.
Yep, Hawaii Too
With around 70%:
Senator Bernie Sanders routed Hillary Clinton in all three Democratic presidential contests on Saturday, infusing his underdog campaign with critical momentum and bolstering his argument that the race for the nomination is not a foregone conclusion.
Mr. Sanders found a welcome tableau in the largely white and liberal electorates of the Pacific Northwest, where just days after resoundingly beating Mrs. Clinton in Idaho he repeated the feat in the Washington caucuses, winning 73 percent of the vote. He did even better in Alaska, winning 82 percent of the vote, and in Hawaii, he had 71 percent with a few precincts still be counted, according to The Associated Press.
While the party establishment may not like this, it is a good thing.
The Republicans in general, and Trump in particular, have gotten a lot more ink, and now that Clinton’s primary campaign seems less a coronation, the Democrats, and Democratic ideas, should start getting some coverage.