the signs and portents haven't been good all week long all sorts of GOP maachers have been throwing in the towel and either endorsing or have stopped spending their money on a loser's game.
I strongly doubt Trump's KKK kerfluffle this weekend is gonna attrite his numbers tomorrow nothing else has said has dented his appeal one whit, why should this be any different.
Cruz, Kasich and Rubio are slowly being reduced to largely regional dark horse candidates who seem to have a shakey grip on their home state primaries...why they are staying in at this point is a mystery to me, the vituperation seems to rule out any vice presidential aspirations (although the jury is still out on Rubio he is a cynical little shit to be sure) to say nothing of thwarting Trump's nomination which incredibly looks like a foregone conclusion.
Unless the GOP base rebels this is Trump's to lose tomorrow. But the GOP Base wants blood and red meat and in bigger doses than the leadership has been willing to serve up. In the end this is a fairly anomalous "failure of followership" but then again these people have been fed fantasies for so long is it any wonder they would follow a candidate who is a wholesale vengeful fantasist?
Monday, February 29, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
"Charlie the Chump"
When Governor Baker makes a mistake it's a doozy is all I can say. In a desperate attempt to shore out "brand moderate republican", he foolishly endorsed Chris Christie for President not three weeks ago only to have the NJ Governor bail and then himself endorse Donald Trump for President.
In all, Our Governor looks like a credulous chump....but thats to be expected, despite his high approval numbers Baker is at best a rudimentary politician with a streak of ill luck as well, he could as my aged Irish Mother would say "screw up a two car funeral" given a chance.
In Baker's defense he exactly no one in the GOP race for President who fits even a vague caricature of republican moderation, so he picked the candidate he owed payed off in counterfeit bills and even that simple transaction blew up in Charlie's face.
Its the fact that Baker had to pretend that an avowed pro life pro gun conservative from New Jersey was some sort of Rockefeller Republican is what I find so grimly hilarious.
Right now there seems to be some pressure from the Globe for Baker to "pick someone else" before Trump clears the field. As an entirely disinterested observer I urge the Governor to throw in the towel, endorsing John Kasich is another exercise in futility, the Governor of Ohio will be going Hat in Hand with the rest of them to Trump Plaza to get the best deal they can soon enough...Baker will doing himself a favor and keep mum.
MAYBE if Trump auto destructs at the convention, or rides off to Waterloo in November then Baker can credibly position himself as a survivor and a spokesman for the non-crazies in the GOP...right now there is not much he can do....
In all, Our Governor looks like a credulous chump....but thats to be expected, despite his high approval numbers Baker is at best a rudimentary politician with a streak of ill luck as well, he could as my aged Irish Mother would say "screw up a two car funeral" given a chance.
In Baker's defense he exactly no one in the GOP race for President who fits even a vague caricature of republican moderation, so he picked the candidate he owed payed off in counterfeit bills and even that simple transaction blew up in Charlie's face.
Its the fact that Baker had to pretend that an avowed pro life pro gun conservative from New Jersey was some sort of Rockefeller Republican is what I find so grimly hilarious.
Right now there seems to be some pressure from the Globe for Baker to "pick someone else" before Trump clears the field. As an entirely disinterested observer I urge the Governor to throw in the towel, endorsing John Kasich is another exercise in futility, the Governor of Ohio will be going Hat in Hand with the rest of them to Trump Plaza to get the best deal they can soon enough...Baker will doing himself a favor and keep mum.
MAYBE if Trump auto destructs at the convention, or rides off to Waterloo in November then Baker can credibly position himself as a survivor and a spokesman for the non-crazies in the GOP...right now there is not much he can do....
Friday, February 26, 2016
Scot Lehigh sounds desperate in today's Globe
he really thinks that if Charlie Baker gets into some alliance with John Kasich, then the cause of Moderate Republicanism Is Not Lost....
I mean this is laughable on the face of it, Kasich IS NOT a moderate, he clearly identified himself as a conservative at the Town Hall Event I attended. Kasich's moderate republican cred is solely derived from his own disinclination to howl vulgarities...he'll happily burn books or witches or whatever once elected, he'll do it with a bland lithium-style smile as well.
Baker's endorsement of Kasich would in turn be a fruitless expenditure of political capital on the part of the Massachusetts Governor, unlike the Christie endorsement which was as I said, repayment of a political debt at pennies on the dollar.
Besides, Kasich is swimming in deep conservative rapids right now I doubt he wants the backing of the allegedly moderate Governor of Massachusetts and anyway Kasich is toast next tuesday.
Sorry Scot....the Shades of Bill Scranton, Milton Eisenhower and John Volpe will not burst the bonds of death this election year.
I mean this is laughable on the face of it, Kasich IS NOT a moderate, he clearly identified himself as a conservative at the Town Hall Event I attended. Kasich's moderate republican cred is solely derived from his own disinclination to howl vulgarities...he'll happily burn books or witches or whatever once elected, he'll do it with a bland lithium-style smile as well.
Baker's endorsement of Kasich would in turn be a fruitless expenditure of political capital on the part of the Massachusetts Governor, unlike the Christie endorsement which was as I said, repayment of a political debt at pennies on the dollar.
Besides, Kasich is swimming in deep conservative rapids right now I doubt he wants the backing of the allegedly moderate Governor of Massachusetts and anyway Kasich is toast next tuesday.
Sorry Scot....the Shades of Bill Scranton, Milton Eisenhower and John Volpe will not burst the bonds of death this election year.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Amidst the National GOP's Lurch towards
Outright Falangism, Governor Baker is not so quietly trying to purge the republican state committee of it's egregious wingnuts. The Globe of course is all happy sighs at the prospect they tend to get giddy every time the moderate republican brand surfaces somewhere.
Of course this also gives Governor Baker an unparalleled opportunity to do some off the books fundraising in quest of said purge....that fundraising BTW is not good news as far as I am concerned.
Massachusetts is a state with a political culture that is far too easily penetrated by corrupt practices....and raising money in secret for a public purpose is always a bad precedent given said milieu.
I'll be curious as to what Baker thinks constitutes a "republican moderate" if he pulls the purge off, these days the bar is set pretty low, witchburners like John Kasich can be rebranded as a moderate simply by declining to yell and throw tantrums in public.
Pretty sad really....but lets face it, "moderate republican" doesn't really mean anything anymore, moderates have either left the party or don't vote or else they make an annual bad bargain with some candidate who holds them all in disdain.
Of course this also gives Governor Baker an unparalleled opportunity to do some off the books fundraising in quest of said purge....that fundraising BTW is not good news as far as I am concerned.
Massachusetts is a state with a political culture that is far too easily penetrated by corrupt practices....and raising money in secret for a public purpose is always a bad precedent given said milieu.
I'll be curious as to what Baker thinks constitutes a "republican moderate" if he pulls the purge off, these days the bar is set pretty low, witchburners like John Kasich can be rebranded as a moderate simply by declining to yell and throw tantrums in public.
Pretty sad really....but lets face it, "moderate republican" doesn't really mean anything anymore, moderates have either left the party or don't vote or else they make an annual bad bargain with some candidate who holds them all in disdain.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
You just know Jeb Bush
is crashing around his house right now in a stupid vile rage throwing things and cursing Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, His Brother, His Backers and anyone else involved in his candidacy...thats in between the pathetic crying jags.
I'll bet his Mom cut him dead when he withdrew, La Famiglia Arbusto doesn't tolerate failure after all....
Meanwhile Marco Rubio is campaigning like a Sidekick Run Amok, someone needs to explain to the Boy Wonder that if he keeps coming in third he isn't gonna get anywheres. Frankly Marco looks like he needs to have very basic concepts explained to him in very simple terms.
So yeah right now it's Trump's race to lose, that is pretty amazing just from a historic standpoint, unless the GOP is willing to countenance some pretty savage skullduggery out in public at their convention as well. I doubt the Anti Faction has the guts quite frankly....and we as liberals dismiss Trump's general election potential at our peril.
I'll bet his Mom cut him dead when he withdrew, La Famiglia Arbusto doesn't tolerate failure after all....
Meanwhile Marco Rubio is campaigning like a Sidekick Run Amok, someone needs to explain to the Boy Wonder that if he keeps coming in third he isn't gonna get anywheres. Frankly Marco looks like he needs to have very basic concepts explained to him in very simple terms.
So yeah right now it's Trump's race to lose, that is pretty amazing just from a historic standpoint, unless the GOP is willing to countenance some pretty savage skullduggery out in public at their convention as well. I doubt the Anti Faction has the guts quite frankly....and we as liberals dismiss Trump's general election potential at our peril.
Monday, February 22, 2016
I've noticed a want ad in the Sunday Globe
(and yes be amazed that the Globe still runs want ads) wherein Stop-n-Shop is soliciting new hires specifically cashiers, grocery clerks, meat cutters the whole schmeer to work if and when a work stoppage occurs....
In other words, Stop-n-Shop is interviewing scabs.
Apparently they anticipate a strike at some point this year a'la Market Basket.
This is appalling.
Anyone who can actually interview at this point for a possible scab gig at a grocery store has to be at rock bottom in this life. It's disgraceful that the very poorest of the poor are now being marshaled to do the working class out of their jobs, because believe me, grocery store work is no path to riches of itself.
So we may be faced with yet another job action at a grocery chain in the near future.....and the usual cynical responses are already being prepared in advance.
In other words, Stop-n-Shop is interviewing scabs.
Apparently they anticipate a strike at some point this year a'la Market Basket.
This is appalling.
Anyone who can actually interview at this point for a possible scab gig at a grocery store has to be at rock bottom in this life. It's disgraceful that the very poorest of the poor are now being marshaled to do the working class out of their jobs, because believe me, grocery store work is no path to riches of itself.
So we may be faced with yet another job action at a grocery chain in the near future.....and the usual cynical responses are already being prepared in advance.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Jeb We Hardly Knew Ye
Jeb Bush has finally seen the handwriting on the wall and suspended his campaign after a dismal showing today in The South Carolina GOP Primary. At his height he spent 150 million U$D on campaign adverts that called Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio & John Kasich a bunch of traitors and immature jerks. Meanwhile Jeb went from town to town in New Hampshire like a sanctimonious prig decrying the vulgar tone of his opponents.
In truth, based on what I saw of him, Jeb's heart was never in it, a bunch of jobbers convinced him 2016 would be easy pickin's and the Former Governor of Florida, like a damn fool, believed them.
I think he stayed in the race this long out of irrational hatred and envy of Marco Rubio (his onetime protege) and perhaps a childish fear of disappointing his notorious cold and withholding Mother.
In then end Jeb went down like a punk, putting his ancient Mother and clownish Brother out on the campaign trail, begging audiences for applause and pretending to universal disbelief that he was God's Own Angel.
I don't know what will happen this year but seeing a charter member of the La Famiglia Arbusto Crime Family finally get their Comeuppance has been precious and lovely indeed to see.
In truth, based on what I saw of him, Jeb's heart was never in it, a bunch of jobbers convinced him 2016 would be easy pickin's and the Former Governor of Florida, like a damn fool, believed them.
I think he stayed in the race this long out of irrational hatred and envy of Marco Rubio (his onetime protege) and perhaps a childish fear of disappointing his notorious cold and withholding Mother.
In then end Jeb went down like a punk, putting his ancient Mother and clownish Brother out on the campaign trail, begging audiences for applause and pretending to universal disbelief that he was God's Own Angel.
I don't know what will happen this year but seeing a charter member of the La Famiglia Arbusto Crime Family finally get their Comeuppance has been precious and lovely indeed to see.
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