I was talking to a friend in California who is working with the Bernie campaign. He says the polls are ridiculous and that Trump doesn't stand a chance.

Sat, 2016-06-04 07:21

#59

Aristotleded24

montrealer58 wrote:
I was talking to a friend in California who is working with the Bernie campaign. He says the polls are ridiculous and that Trump doesn't stand a chance.

Maybe not in California, because California will back the Democrats no matter what and is not a factor in Presidential elections. He does stand a chance in swing states (particularly the big ones of Pennsylvania, Florida, and Ohio) because he is popular with a segment of the electorate, and Clinton is not. How many times was Trump's campaign supposed to have flamed out by now only for him to be still standing?

And let's have a fair standard here: if people are scared of things like wars and Predsidents bowing down to Wall Street, why when you look at her record is Hillary Clinton even an acceptable candidate for that office? Put aside who she's running against.

This is the problem with Democrats and the left in the US. If Trump wins the Presidency, people will be organizing to stop Trump's frightening policies the second he is declared elected. Clinton, however, can carry out those exact same identical policies and then it's all about stopping the Republicans from doing the scary things the Democrats do.

Sat, 2016-06-04 08:02

#60

montrealer58 montrealer58's picture

According to my friend, both the Hillary and Bernie campaigns have registered more voters than the Republicans. These voters are not being counted in the polls because they have a bad history of voting in the past. Young people, women, and people of colour are very motivated to stop Trump, and they are now coming out to register to vote. Add to this the natural advantage the Democrats have demographically in the electoral college count, and any Republican candidate would have difficulty winning.

Sat, 2016-06-04 20:09

#61

Cody87

Aristotleded24 wrote:

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNo4i49DoFY]This election fiasco was predicted over 20 years ago[/url]

Sun, 2016-06-05 12:22

#62

NDPP

Hillary Comes Out as the War Party Candidate - by Diana Johnstone

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/03/hillary-and-the-military-industri...

"Hillary Clinton is the clear candidate of the War Party."

Trump, Clinton Will Both Wage Endless Wars as President: Analyst Stephen Lendman (and audio)

http://presstv.com/Detail/2016/06/03/468757/Stephen-Lendman-Clinton-pres...

"There's no question in my mind that she is the most recklessly dangerous US presidential aspirant in American history,' Lendman said..."

Who's the Fascist? - by Margaret Kimberley

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/03/whos-the-fascist/

"Apparently all of the major candidates fit the F word description in some way. Trump's bombast and ignorance make him the easiest to pick out of the crowd but appearances are deceiving..."

Sun, 2016-06-05 21:40

#63

NorthReport

Who cares!

https://twitter.com/PacificStand/status/739471955905019905

Sun, 2016-06-05 21:42

#64

NorthReport

Does it even matter?

https://twitter.com/SamWangPhD/status/739441678893752324

Mon, 2016-06-06 12:11

#65

NDPP

John Pilger on the Threat of WWIII

https://youtu.be/ahEdcuxlN1o

John Pilger gives his take on the threat of WWIII and the candidates

Mon, 2016-06-06 21:33

#66

Debater

The Associated Press and NBC are projecting Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presumptive nominee tonight.

The Clinton campaign wants to wait until tomorrow until the voting is completed.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-hits-magic-number-...

Tue, 2016-06-07 10:48

#67

welder

The corporate media has been in the tank for Wall Street's preferred candidate for as long as she was running..AP announced that Clinton had won yesterday BEFORE the primaries being run today (Ya' think they're in the tank??)...They're counting the super delegates along with the pledged delegates and it's obviously disingenuous...The Democratic convention in July will be a contested convention...

Tue, 2016-06-07 23:37

#68

Aristotleded24

States in Democratic primaries have been called as follows:

Clinton: New Mexico, New Jersey

Sanders: North Dakota

Wed, 2016-06-08 03:17

#69

NDPP

Perfect End to Democratic Primary: Anonymous Superdelegates Declare Winner Through Media - by Glenn Greenwald

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/37308-focus-perfect-end-t...

"This is the perfect symbolic ending to the Democratic Party primary: The nomination is consecrated by a media organization, on a day when nobody voted, based on secret discussions with anonymous establishment insiders and donors whose identities the media organization - incredibly conceals..."

Quite sensibly, less and less voters bother with the disgusting fixed game.

Wed, 2016-06-08 09:29

#70

josh

Aristotleded24 wrote:

States in Democratic primaries have been called as follows:

Clinton: New Mexico, New Jersey

Sanders: North Dakota

Clinton also won California, New Mexico and South Dakota. Sanders won Montana.

Thu, 2016-06-09 14:05

#71

Debater

Obama endorses Hillary Clinton

(also thanks Bernie Sanders for his campaign)

Endorsement Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9W0F2mz1jc

Sat, 2016-06-11 01:31

#72

Aristotleded24

NorthReport wrote:
Article out today in Rolling Stone entitled "Democrats will learn all the wrong lessons from brush with Bernie" and give a big fuck u o the Liberals in the party Unfortunately the author is correct

And the Bernie or Bust crowd will send Clinton the same message in November, assuming she isn't forced out because of indictments.

Sat, 2016-06-11 02:49

#73

NDPP

Obama Endorses Clinton...

https://youtu.be/nDV0Lprx018

"Hails her 'judgement' despite Benghazi investigation"

A Debasing Spectacle: Behind and Beyond the Latest Quadrennial Carnival - by Paul Street

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/10/a-debasing-spectacle-behind-and-b...

"Both parties play the game that Christopher Hitchens called (in his 1999 book on the Clintons) 'the essence of American politics...the manipulation of populism by elitism.

The second function is more broadly systemic and ideological. It is to sell the illusion of democracy through elections..."

Sat, 2016-06-11 22:08

#74

NorthReport

The future of the Democratic Party

Tulsi Gabbard launches petition to end the Democratic superdelegate process

Sun, 2016-06-12 12:46

#75

Rikardo

Louisviile helps Clinton but Orlando helps Trump. Seems to me that, even without Bill's speech., M. Ali's funeral helps the Democrats. But a Muslim killing 49 in Orlando could help Trump. Didn't anyone have a gun to shoot this guy? Ali was a "good" Muslim but the killer a really "bad" one.

Sun, 2016-06-12 20:20

#76

Cody87

Rikardo wrote:

Didn't anyone have a gun to shoot this guy?

Apparently, the Orlando shooting happened in a gun free zone.

Although I'm loathe to look at such a tragedy from a political angle, I'd guess that this will also play in Trump's favour. He can attack not only Islam but also gun control.

Sun, 2016-06-12 21:44

#77

josh

Cody87 wrote:

Rikardo wrote:

Didn't anyone have a gun to shoot this guy?

Apparently, the Orlando shooting happened in a gun free zone.

Although I'm loathe to look at such a tragedy from a political angle, I'd guess that this will also play in Trump's favour. He can attack not only Islam but also gun control.

Huh? The guy was able to purchase an AR 15 even though he was on an FBI watch list. And Florida has loose gun laws. It was not a failure of gun control, but a failure to have gun control laws.

Mon, 2016-06-13 00:31

#78

NorthReport

Maybe that kind of reasoning is what stands for meaningful dialogue in the USA, but come on now, this is Canada and I could not agree more with josh.

Americans it appears, murder more of of their fellow citizens than any other country I am aware of, for one reason only - the power of the NRA to block any meaningful gun control legislation in the USA

Mon, 2016-06-13 00:48

#79

NorthReport

Article out today in Rolling Stone entitled "Democrats will learn all the wrong lessons from brush with Bernie" and give a big fuck u to the Liberals in the party.

Unfortunately the author is correct

Mon, 2016-06-13 00:52

#80

NorthReport

Let's not buy into this right-wing indictment nonsense and Bernie's supporters will have no choice that to vote for Clinton otherwise they will get Trump as President

Aristotleded24 wrote:

NorthReport wrote:
Article out today in Rolling Stone entitled "Democrats will learn all the wrong lessons from brush with Bernie" and give a big fuck u o the Liberals in the party Unfortunately the author is correct

And the Bernie or Bust crowd will send Clinton the same message in November, assuming she isn't forced out because of indictments.

Mon, 2016-06-13 11:20

#81

NDPP

US Election: 'The Dystopian Empire's First Empress'

http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/06/13/us-elections-the-dystopian-empires...

"It was her turn. Somewhere a few wisemen had decided this. The only problem was a logistical one. It was the perennial dilemma of legitimizing and celebrating this choice with a staged plebiscite.

The exercise of one's democratic rights in a preordained election is to stay away from the circus..."

Mon, 2016-06-13 12:44

#82

NorthReport

Wasserman Schultz On way out as chair of democratic national committee
According to real clear politics article today

Mon, 2016-06-13 12:54

#83

swallow

Cody87 wrote:

Rikardo wrote:

Didn't anyone have a gun to shoot this guy?

Apparently, the Orlando shooting happened in a gun free zone.

Although I'm loathe to look at such a tragedy from a political angle, I'd guess that this will also play in Trump's favour. He can attack not only Islam but also gun control.

Much as speculating about the effect on an eledction of this hate crime makes me sick to my stomach:

There was an off-duty police officer with a gun presentas security; he failed to take down the murderer. This fact will of course have no effect on the hatemongers who dominate the Republican party.

Mon, 2016-06-13 14:52

#84

bekayne

Apparently Trump just said that the shooter was born in "Afghan"

Mon, 2016-06-13 22:17

#85

iyraste1313

NEWS FLASH!: With Five Million Votes Still Uncounted and/or Unreported in the Democratic Primary, Sanders Could Still Win California! June 11, 2016 - 7:45pm — lindorff Demand that results be reported as the ballots are counted by: Dave Lindorff

FLASH! The Los Angeles Times, actually a Hillary Clinton backer, reports that not just under 3.5 million votes, as reported on election night, but 8.5 million votes were actually cast in the California Democratic primary -- a turnout of 47%. According to the LA Times article, the Secretary of State of California, Alex Padilla, concedes that 2.5 million of those votes, mostly mail-in ballots from young people and hispanic voters, or Bernie's strongpoint, have been counted, and another 2 million have yet to be counted by local county officials.

Tue, 2016-06-14 01:30

#86

NDPP

swallow wrote:

Cody87 wrote:

Rikardo wrote:

Didn't anyone have a gun to shoot this guy?

Apparently, the Orlando shooting happened in a gun free zone.

Although I'm loathe to look at such a tragedy from a political angle, I'd guess that this will also play in Trump's favour. He can attack not only Islam but also gun control.

Much as speculating about the effect on an eledction of this hate crime makes me sick to my stomach:

There was an off-duty police officer with a gun presentas security; he failed to take down the murderer. This fact will of course have no effect on the hatemongers who dominate the Republican party.

Who will also no doubt be making hay of the fact the shooter was apparently a registered Democrat...

Tue, 2016-06-14 08:39

#87

NorthReport

Clintons lead increases to 7%, 49% to 42%, in latest national poll

Tue, 2016-06-14 17:09

#88

NorthReport

I am no big fan of Clinton but it sure looks like she has Trump's number as Bloomberg has just released a poll today showing Hillary with a massive 12% lead

The universe is unfolding as it should

Tue, 2016-06-14 19:43

#89

NorthReport

The right wing press in the USA are now paying the price for their lack of solidarity

Trump has now kicked WaPo off the campaign bus

Tue, 2016-06-14 21:33

#90

bekayne

Ken Burns on Trump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze5DZn_F310

Tue, 2016-06-14 23:05

#91

bekayne

A Trump Rally in Greensboro "Anger in here is palpable"

https://storify.com/case_face/a-trump-rally-in-greensboro-anger-in-here-...

Wed, 2016-06-15 18:51

#92

NorthReport

Gee, Trump is about as popular as Mulcair.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-15/national-poll-part-2

Wed, 2016-06-15 18:52

#93

NorthReport

Trump Hands Clinton a Key to the Millennial Vote

http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-15/trump-hands-clinton-a-...

Wed, 2016-06-15 19:50

#94

NorthReport

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/15/new_polls_donald_trump...

Sat, 2016-06-18 14:12

#95

NDPP

Hillary's Agenda Here and Abroad Intertwined: 'Full Spectrum Dominance' Around the Globe, A Swelling Precariat At Home

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/17/hillarys-agenda-here-and-abroad-i...

"Hillary Clinton will offer no surprises. Her consistent record in the context of the Party's rightward gallop allows us to infer with iron confidence what we can expect from the Monstress on both the foreign and domestic fronts..."

Sun, 2016-06-19 13:09

#96

contrarianna

Faint hope:

WikiLeaks Issues 'Torrent Insurance' Encrypted File With Dead-Man's Switch

Quote:
The upcoming document dump from WikiLeaks, as Snowden has theorized, could be an extremely big story, and not just pertaining to the upcoming presidential election. As in previous years, it could reveal government secrets, connections between government donations and policies, or conspiracies to overthrow governments.
....

Clinton has consistently denied that she did anything wrong pertaining to her email server. And more recently, has ignored the Guccifer 2.0 DNC hack. If, however, the WikiLeaks file dump contains incriminating evidence of government wrongdoing while she was Secretary of State, or if the files contain evidence of a rigged Democratic primary race, it could cast a dark shadow on her quest for the White House.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3220132/wikileaks-issues-torrent-insurance-encr...

If the news comes out soon and is bad enough, most delegates could switch, to Bernie or even Biden, either of which could beat Trump and would be better than the bloodthirsty hawk.

Sun, 2016-06-19 18:11

#97

bekayne

For those waiting for word from Chachi:

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/06/18/scott-baio-suggests-obama-musl...

Sun, 2016-06-19 19:39

#98

Mr. Magoo

Quote:
The pre-release “torrent insurance” is currently encrypted and unreadable, but the file WikiLeaks issued evidently comes with what is called a dead-man’s switch. What this means is, if the U.S. federal government attempts to stop the data dump, the torrent insurance file has a key that is automatically activated under the right circumstances. Therefore, if the data dump does not occur on schedule, everyone who had downloaded the torrent insurance file would be automatically issued a key to unlock the file.

Um, OK, but why not just release it? Doesn't information want to be free any more? What's with "I've got a secret"?

Sun, 2016-06-19 21:55

#99

bekayne

Mr. Magoo wrote:

What's with "I've got a secret"?

Showmanship!

Sun, 2016-06-19 23:12

#100

NorthReport

Article in Miama Herald:

If it talks like a Hitler, and walks like a Hitler....

Mon, 2016-06-20 00:04

#101

NorthReport

Paul Ryan leaving the door open to Republican convention revolt

How is that Dump Trump campaign going for you Paul?

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