And this is what I miss most about the journalling format - longer posts, with room for discussions and exchanges and conversation. Actual opinions, not smart soundbytes.
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hth has something to say about what people mean when they say Bernie Sanders can't get things done
Bernie Sanders is only an effective President on the back of the Bernie Sanders Revolution. And guys, I'm sorry, but that Revolution -- which I want! like lots of people want it! -- will take time. Will take years. Will involve coalition-building and stacking lower offices, then eventually stacking Congress. The party as it is, right now, hates Bernie as much as he hates them.
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beatrice_otter On the Virtues of Showing Up and Paying Attention
Presidential elections always bemuse me. You know, I get it; it's the highest political office in the nation, and very symbolic, and the President of the United States does have a lot of power both within and outside of the US. But the thing is, he is only one cog in the governmental machine. A very important cog, true, but just one of them. He cannot do his job without the rest of the machine, and the rest of that machine is made up of a) elected officials, on a federal, state, and local level, and b) bureaucrats appointed by those elected officials. Which means that it's pointless to get the guy on top elected--if you don't also elect people to Congress and your state legislature who support the President's policies, he's not going to be able to actually accomplish any of them.
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Hillary Clinton bynicki
I remember that she has been weak and petty and too proud and overly expedient and cold and militant and altogether imperfect. And I remember when she has been strong, and smart and humble and worked for unpopular causes and brokered peace and kept the world in balance.
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hth has something to say about what people mean when they say Bernie Sanders can't get things doneBernie Sanders is only an effective President on the back of the Bernie Sanders Revolution. And guys, I'm sorry, but that Revolution -- which I want! like lots of people want it! -- will take time. Will take years. Will involve coalition-building and stacking lower offices, then eventually stacking Congress. The party as it is, right now, hates Bernie as much as he hates them.
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beatrice_otter On the Virtues of Showing Up and Paying AttentionPresidential elections always bemuse me. You know, I get it; it's the highest political office in the nation, and very symbolic, and the President of the United States does have a lot of power both within and outside of the US. But the thing is, he is only one cog in the governmental machine. A very important cog, true, but just one of them. He cannot do his job without the rest of the machine, and the rest of that machine is made up of a) elected officials, on a federal, state, and local level, and b) bureaucrats appointed by those elected officials. Which means that it's pointless to get the guy on top elected--if you don't also elect people to Congress and your state legislature who support the President's policies, he's not going to be able to actually accomplish any of them.
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Hillary Clinton by
nickiI remember that she has been weak and petty and too proud and overly expedient and cold and militant and altogether imperfect. And I remember when she has been strong, and smart and humble and worked for unpopular causes and brokered peace and kept the world in balance.
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