Up in Eastern PA where my Brother lives, I saw Rand Paul lawn signs ... my Brother is for Trump!!!
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://triblive.com/opinion/salena/9843407-74/sanders-clinton-democrats#axzz3y8OrzLAW > Can the clown cars converge on the center-right? > > SOMERSET > > Three cars in a row with Bernie Sanders bumper stickers passed the traffic > signal on the old Glades Pike in the center of town. A few Sanders signs > marked houses and mobile homes along the 160-mile drive from Pittsburgh to > here and back. > > It's an anecdotal observation, for sure — but you didn't see any Hillary > Clinton stickers or signs on the entire rural drive, either. > > Elections aren't just about comparing which candidate has the most visual > energy. But elections are always about contrasting yourself with your > opponents; voters want to know what sets you apart from everyone else. > > Seemingly every headline in the national news, daily if not hourly, is > about what Donald Trump said and how his Republican rivals differ with him. > > It is, quite frankly, astounding that in the other race that has become > the Democrats' nomination battle between Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie > Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, no one has asked > Clinton to explain how she differs from Sanders' socialist ideology. Not > one question, even though Sanders shockingly is the frontrunner and Clinton > shockingly isn't in the primary season's first two nominating contests. > > Is this the case because Trump is sucking all of the oxygen out of the > other campaigns? Or is it because Democrats are treated differently by the > national media? > > All fair questions because, goodness knows, if someone was running as an > anarchist in the Republican field, Sen. Marco Rubio or Gov. John Kasich > certainly would be asked how their views contrast with anarchy. > > > > On the Republican side, Trump's worldview is seen through his absoluteness > — either everything is going to be fabulous, or someone is a horrible > person. His rivals constantly have to contrast themselves with that > ridiculousness. > > > > Sanders views the world as a connected string of injustices; he believes > the country would be better under a socialist government that provides > everything for the masses for free and bills the middle class and the > wealthy. > > Clinton doesn't need to critique Sanders' personality — but she has not > been pushed to critique his ideology or called upon to declare that her > worldview is not the same as his. > > And, honestly, she couldn't do that anyway. She and the party's > establishment are terrified that the Democrats' base has become as crazy as > Bernie. > > She was burned once before by being the second most liberal Democrat in a > presidential race – when she ran against Barack Obama in 2008 – and she > isn't going to let that happen again. > > Meanwhile, the national media allows her to get away with such a strategy > by not asking what separates her from Sanders. > > Where are the newspaper columns suggesting that Bernie is dragging Hillary > to the left? There aren't any. No one is forcing Clinton to take a more > moderate stance because, if she has to pitch as far left as Sanders does to > win the nomination, then Democrats certainly will not win the general > election with a candidate who campaigned to be more socialist than the > socialist. > > Which leads to an underlying question that is rarely discussed: Have > Democrats gone so far left that socialism really is their prevailing view? > Is that what is being hidden from the public, by not forcing Clinton to > express her true worldview instead of the far-left pitch that Sanders > embodies? > > Certainly the press and pundits are glossing over the possibility that the > party's base has embraced the notions that it is OK to be complacent, that > government should run everything in our lives, that safe zones are OK to > suppress free speech and that government's giant safety-net beats > individual creativity or responsibility as incentives to achieve success. > > Both political parties are realigning and allowing their furthest wings to > drive the clown cars. > > Someone on one political side or the other needs to make the personal > sacrifice of their aspirations in order to take a stand where most of > America is — slightly center-right and strapped in their seats until > Election Day. > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbm81cW0yBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NTM4NTY3Mzg-> > > > [image: Yahoo! 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