tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post2683115554909809633..comments2024-03-07T19:25:22.346-08:00Comments on Last Men and OverMen: Lawrence O'Donnell is Now a Glenn Beck AcolyteMike Saxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-60650446288752256552015-12-18T10:42:22.716-08:002015-12-18T10:42:22.716-08:00Well, yes that's my point-I'd like to beli...Well, yes that's my point-I'd like to believe there is a deeper layer at work. I came into this having a lot of respect for Lawrence but he's been disappointing throughout the campaign-unless like you say, there's this deeper onion he sees. LOLMike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-74368717976914820072015-12-18T10:39:34.884-08:002015-12-18T10:39:34.884-08:00"...he just sounds stupid." ... Ah, but ..."...he just sounds stupid." ... Ah, but perhaps he only *sounds* that way, because he's one onion layer deeper Mike! Lol.<br /><br />(Actually, I'll have to take your word for it, because I didn't see the show)Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-88676249741908134742015-12-18T10:38:17.881-08:002015-12-18T10:38:17.881-08:00Right some will no doubt say the optics 'stink...Right some will no doubt say the optics 'stink' or what have you. But what can you do-if Bernie's staff hacked Hillary's info, that's wrong .<br /><br />Put it this way-if it were Hillary's team that did it the Bernie fans would not be saying it's no big deal and the DNC should just forget about it. Mike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-5131404511451219272015-12-18T10:36:04.547-08:002015-12-18T10:36:04.547-08:00One thing you have to keep in mind and we saw this...One thing you have to keep in mind and we saw this with the econ debates as well. To build a system you can't be consistent in every particular. <br /><br />That's one thing that works for Trump-he has a very simple story. Some may disparage it but it works because it's simple and doesn't have too many qualms and buts and ands. <br /><br />Buts an ands stop you from that simple story. Like Sumner's NGDP or other econ models. <br /><br />I just laugh because Lawrence just sounds obsessed with someone criticizing Trump so much that he's now embracing Glenn Beck<br /><br />Overall though this primary has given us some strange bedfellows, i admit. Mike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-38093029708456177152015-12-18T10:35:40.955-08:002015-12-18T10:35:40.955-08:00On Bernie: I explain in your latest that I don'...On Bernie: I explain in your latest that I don't know much about the Bernie thing, but to someone like me (who just heard a 5 minute piece about it on NPR) it didn't come off as very fair.<br /><br />That's why I say it "looks bad." Sure, Bernie should have to follow the rules like anyone. But I'd hate to see this turn into right-wing propaganda that Clinton doesn't play fair.Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-82382120150627725242015-12-18T10:31:34.286-08:002015-12-18T10:31:34.286-08:00I don't think Lawrence is going to hurt Trump ...I don't think Lawrence is going to hurt Trump but that wasn't what this post was about. <br /><br />As to Bernie I just wrote about that. I don't have your take at all. Why is it unfair to say that the data is witheld until he explains why his campaign was stealing Hillary's data? It's a legitimate charge that must be answered. <br /><br />I don't agree that Bernie having to follow the same rules as anyone else is stacking the deck. <br /><br />On Lawrence he just sounds stupid. I feel sorry for him is all. But I still hold a grudge against what he did on Emailgate. Mike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-56025985275678920982015-12-18T10:29:06.290-08:002015-12-18T10:29:06.290-08:00Mike, you write:
"Wow, so you are really mak...Mike, you write:<br /><br />"Wow, so you are really making common cause with a guy who says that Obama has a deep seated hatred for white people? Talk about strange bed fellows."<br /><br />Lol!... Mike, that's a very ironic thing for you to say isn't it? You (and I suppose) of all people... we're "making common cause" with Trump! In the primary (of course)... onion layers Mike! Onion layers. :^D<br /><br />But don't let me interrupt... it's still entertaining!Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-61329198485781081202015-12-18T10:24:38.766-08:002015-12-18T10:24:38.766-08:00Mike, you write:
"you want to knock Donald T...Mike, you write:<br /><br />"you want to knock Donald Trump all day, fine, but wait till he wins the GOP primary first, you simpleton, you!"<br /><br />Well, I suppose it depends on how many layers of the onion you want to descend right? If a luke warm GOP voter happens to see Lawrence (an admitted socialist) knocking Trump, then does that really hurt Trump?<br /><br />You could argue that if all us anti-GOP folk were to have a secret strategy session and decide on a united public attitude to put forward, looking like we're terrified of Trump would probably be the best one for getting Trump nominated, don't you think?<br /><br />In truth it probably has very little influence one way or the other. As for him being critical of Clinton, again, he's an admitted socialist, so it's only natural that he'd be biased towards Sanders and against Clinton. If you were a Sanders guy, would you be interested in those emails?<br /><br />Which brings up something I heard on the radio today: I think Hillary can beat Sanders without much of a problem, so it makes me sad to hear that the deck has the appearance of being stacked unfairly against him in a couple of respects: his aid (who's since been fired) misusing some records now has the Sanders campaign being punished by being denied access to some DNC data? That sounds bad. Also, the fact that the debate is being held on Saturday during a football game... again, it sounds bad. I think it'd look better if instead of the deck being stacked against Sanders, it was the exact opposite: i.e. he was given every consideration.... and then still lost of course, but given every consideration on the way there. Lol.Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.com