tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post5470245860488405699..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: The Time Has Come to Give The LieT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-69714788294426985812016-11-15T16:16:17.800-08:002016-11-15T16:16:17.800-08:00The gap between the leaders and the led has a dime...The gap between the leaders and the led has a dimension that I don't see commented upon. When the next big mass casualty war comes, and it will come, will the working class agree to go and fight? Not only is the leader class entirely disconnected from the led, the leader class does not go and participate in the fight. They haven't done that since Vietnam. We have gotten away it with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-57956871776709823522016-11-14T08:39:27.004-08:002016-11-14T08:39:27.004-08:00@Dan--
You and I are both from Minnesota. That...@Dan--<br /><br />You and I are both from Minnesota. That's the leading state for counties that voted for Obama twice and then flipped for Trump.<br /><br />The question you should be asking isn't whether or not the DFL should be bringing these people *into* the party. It's about why they left in the first place. T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-35311545743276946772016-11-13T19:07:45.287-08:002016-11-13T19:07:45.287-08:00"I am wary of polemic binaries."
Polemi..."I am wary of polemic binaries."<br /><br />Polemic has its uses. Specifically, if its role is to <i>convince people to act.</i> If it's jsut status signaling then it has no point and I have no patience for it. <br /><br />. <br /><br />I think what I expect people to do next is pretty clear though.T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-19002749350595906732016-11-13T09:58:31.838-08:002016-11-13T09:58:31.838-08:00With respect, this analysis is a little too manich...With respect, this analysis is a little too manichean for my taste. I am wary of polemic binaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-61649153646692527372016-11-13T08:56:27.025-08:002016-11-13T08:56:27.025-08:00I'll respond here to both of your posts. First...I'll respond here to both of your posts. First, let me respond to your newest article, where you hammer the factiness of liberals. It's great to point out that the polls were off by two points. It's lovely that you can say liberals were wrong and their world was upside down. Now, the problem is that I'm not sure what you feel is the best replacement for polls and poll aggregates. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13782499078464707797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-14928479445231750612016-11-13T07:45:14.032-08:002016-11-13T07:45:14.032-08:00@Dan--
I don't care about Klein's policy ...@Dan--<br /><br />I don't care about Klein's policy prescriptions vs. Frank's. The difference between the two is not just the policies they advocate, but their grasp on reality. Ezra Klein was an Obama admin, then Clinton campaign, play thing. He lives in the thickest bubble in the country, and did a great deal to create it. He's toxic. <br /><br />Frank, on the other hand, T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-65525881626659443992016-11-12T16:06:35.495-08:002016-11-12T16:06:35.495-08:00I think it's fairly easy to see the problem wi...I think it's fairly easy to see the problem with the Democratic Party today. As it became less and less about unions and the white working class, it was left with the urban areas that have a difficult time extending past the coasts.<br /><br />You identify people like Nate Silver and Vox as core of this problem. In other words, we should get rid of the centrists in the party.<br /><br />But Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13782499078464707797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-33246679059279340122016-11-11T21:35:38.455-08:002016-11-11T21:35:38.455-08:00Coincidentally, I had a twitter discussion on a re...Coincidentally, I had a twitter discussion on a related topic https://storify.com/omarali50/why-trump-won-a-small-part-was-played-by-this<br /><br />I have to think this through, and probably wont for months, but there is more to be said. And not all the illusions are on the Left. The Republicans who beat them because of their idiocies may not have a solution either. The rot may be systemic. omarali50https://www.blogger.com/profile/18339646412159310679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-10972334239749370222016-11-11T20:48:32.209-08:002016-11-11T20:48:32.209-08:00Wonderfully written.
The very idea of seeing Kle...Wonderfully written. <br /><br />The very idea of seeing Klein and the Vox crowd being driven out makes me grin to no end.spandrellhttp://bloodyshovel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-90793410310855299812016-11-11T17:29:45.603-08:002016-11-11T17:29:45.603-08:00Nah Brett, you are still living in the lie. We liv...Nah Brett, you are still living in the lie. We live in an electoral system. Everybody <i>knew</i> that we lived in an electoral system. Everybody said she was going to win an electoral victory. Another leader, or perhaps even this one with a wiser strategy and better judgement, could have won in this system as it is. Whoever wants to be President <i>has to win in the system as it is</i>. <b>T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-17076753824950876762016-11-11T16:22:28.868-08:002016-11-11T16:22:28.868-08:00Good post. There is little chance this will happe...Good post. There is little chance this will happen. The Democrats will continue as they are. They will vilify their opponents and pounce on missteps and mishaps of Trump and Republicans, they will deny the legitimacy of Trump and any Republican and try to make an even stronger negative case against their opponents. The future of the Democrat Party will be a rallying around Michelle Obama and Lexington Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413546490641321620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-42857328366066923182016-11-11T13:13:23.042-08:002016-11-11T13:13:23.042-08:00The story doesn't work. Hillary Clinton won th...The story doesn't work. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote over Donald Trump by well over a million votes, and possibly more as the ballots keep coming in. She lost because of a relic system from 18th century politics, a system that was a joke a mere ten years after the Constitution was ratified. Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-40433937394041724832016-11-11T13:11:21.033-08:002016-11-11T13:11:21.033-08:00First rate analysis, Mr. Greer!First rate analysis, Mr. Greer!J.Scott Shipmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996869930158201105noreply@blogger.com