tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post5970298948708803028..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: You Bastards! It's All SherbetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-70594646964062102552020-02-02T07:28:41.160-05:002020-02-02T07:28:41.160-05:00and speaking of bernie - rana foorahar [daughter o...and speaking of bernie - rana foorahar [daughter of an immigrant turkish engineer who grew up in the midwest - professional bio see https://www.ft.com/rana-foroohar] writes<br /><br /><br /><b>Ed [Luce], you do a great job sketching the case for what I think may be the likely outcome — a brokered convention or a fight on the floor. I have always seen the similarities between Trump and Sanders — not factual, but emotional. Both have appealed to a certain number of people who feel sold out by establishment politics (though I hope that this idea has been proven to be utter baloney in the case of the president). Both have risen off the back of a super galvanised base, rather than any ability to seek common ground.<br /><br />I’ve heard from people very close to Sanders (including some who campaigned with him last time around) that he is totally authentic, and yet completely ill equipped to work with others. To quote one person from that former team, “he can’t really be in a room with more than three people at a time”. And that’s coming from someone who is deeply committed to Sanders policy prescriptions. Not good for a future president.<br /><br />That said, these aren’t ordinary times. Millennials want wealth redistribution. Sanders is promising it. He may be the one to bring them out — and bring out the existential fight within the party that the Republicans have already gone through. </b>mistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jspshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786934467640941804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-6752727080218255342020-01-31T12:12:10.788-05:002020-01-31T12:12:10.788-05:00i read the 'bernie's last dance' piece...i read the 'bernie's last dance' piece - generally it's sensible, i think - i agree that there is a small but non-zero chance bernie might get the nomination and win the election<br /><br />i expect to vote for bernie on april 28, 'acela primary' day, in one of several northeastern states voting on the same date in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election<br /><br />in the presidential election in the fall i will vote for brother bernie or whomever brother bernie recommends i vote for - <br /><br />may the creative forces of the universe stand beside us, and guide us, through the Night with the Light from Above<br /><br /><br />and speaking of james tate - i began to search for a poem of his that might contain a particular word but stopped when i got to this<br /><br /><b>Books from James Tate's Desk<br /><br />(various). A collection of the books that Tate had in the working area of his desk when he passed away in 2015. Seventeen books total: a thesaurus and a book of quotations (each with flagged pages); three types of dictionaries; a book of names; a companion to literature; four guide books (three on plants and one on dogs); two history books; a book on Beethoven; an atlas; a guide to the UMass campus; and a Bible. Also the 1978 calendar of Kansas history. A dozen hardcovers; varying editions; used book condition, on average very good. [#034369] $350<br /><br /></b><br />https://lopezbooks.com/elist/174/<br />mistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jspshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786934467640941804noreply@blogger.com