2016 Democratic Presidential Primaries

[dpareja]

Jesus Christ, Queen, calm down.  He asked a simple question, no need to bite a dude's head off.

Considering the number of times people here (including myself) have basically said that you can't be a socialist and support Clinton, I'm not at all surprised she'd be frustrated (to say the very least) by anything even seeming to insinuate that.

[RavynousHunter]

Jesus Christ, Queen, calm down.  He asked a simple question, no need to bite a dude's head off.

Considering the number of times people here (including myself) have basically said that you can't be a socialist and support Clinton, I'm not at all surprised she'd be frustrated (to say the very least) by anything even seeming to insinuate that.

I suppose.  The rage train's starting to wear, is all.

[The_Queen]

Jesus Christ, Queen, calm down.  He asked a simple question, no need to bite a dude's head off.

I'm not angry, Lizard's just being a disrespectful little shit. He wants to be passive aggressive towards me, he wants to challenge me on my views, he wants to go full Paragon in this thread, he wants to call me dumb for having a simple disagreement on politicians of all god-damned things, and then he acts as though I owe him some sort of explanation on my views when I've already explained them. Again, I'm not angry: I simply want to know where he gets off being such a pretentious and entitled ass towards me.

ETA:

Jesus Christ, Queen, calm down.  He asked a simple question, no need to bite a dude's head off.

Considering the number of times people here (including myself) have basically said that you can't be a socialist and support Clinton, I'm not at all surprised she'd be frustrated (to say the very least) by anything even seeming to insinuate that.

A large part of it is this, and a smaller part of it is that I'm not about to play this game where I have to justify myself or my views to someone on the internet, let alone someone who has been acting the way Lizard has been acting of late. I have nothing to prove to him, and it's disrespectful for him to act as though I'm some sort of oddity (ErMerGerd, der Herllery Serperter on the internert) who owes him some sort of explanation for my views.

[davedan]

Also Lizard's conversational skills are to put it euphemistically fucked. Half the time he doesn't fucking make sense. Then he goes back and edits or deletes what he's said so your post ends up looking like  a cock in a nunnery. It's justified by some heavy breathing teenage angst that is frankly fucking annoying.

[dpareja]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sanders-clinton-democratic-platform-1.3597020

Basically, the 15-member committee that sets the Democratic Party platform will have six Clinton appointees, five Sanders appointees, and four Wasserman Schultz appointees. (By the rules of the Democratic Party, the chair of the DNC, Wasserman Schultz, can nominate all fifteen.)

Now I'm waiting to see which media outlets spin this as "Sanders gets some say in Democratic platform," which spin it as "Democratic platform to be written by socialist," and which spin it as "Clinton and Wasserman Schultz get to ignore Sanders in writing Democratic platform."

[davedan]

When was the last time the unsuccessful nominee was allowed to appoint members to the platform committee?

[The_Queen]

When was the last time the unsuccessful nominee was allowed to appoint members to the platform committee?

I'm not looking it up, but I would be seriously surprised if Hillary didn't get a few members in her 2008 bid. These inner workings of politics rarely get media attention, because they're dry and boring. I couldn't find anything definitive, but this article says a Clinton supporter and member of the Platform committee endorsed McCain in 2008.

[davedan]

OK so it isn't something outrageously different to what they've done before. On the otherhand what's with the Democrats and throwing the toys out of the pram? The Republicans won't, just watch after all the handwringing they are all going to line up behind the Oompa loompah with the overactive pituitary.

[Askold]

Wow, you folks are getting a bit hostile over these elections. And it's not like anyone here supports Trump or any really offensive agendas.

[Dakota Bob]

OK so it isn't something outrageously different to what they've done before. On the otherhand what's with the Democrats and throwing the toys out of the pram? The Republicans won't, just watch after all the handwringing they are all going to line up behind the Oompa loompah with the overactive pituitary.

Didn't most of them already do that? It's not like Trump would be the weirdest candidate they've supported.

[Dakota Bob]

Aw shit this could be fun

[Damen]

Yeah, Trump changed his mind and backed out. Sanders, for all intents and purposes, called him a pussy.

[Askold]

...Aww.

That would have been a win-win situation for everyone. Both the Sanders and Trump fans would have claimed that their dude won and Clinton could have claimed moral victory by claiming that Sanders lost the debate while talking about him or that Trump made a fool of himself because he went to a debate with someone who won't even be the Democrat nominee.

Now Trump might suffer from this being used against him in the latter way and the rest of us missed a funny debate.

[Ironchew]

Hillary presidency predictions:

"Guantanamo bay" renamed "Harriet Tubman bay"

Police will be required to shoot black people in a gender neutral way.

More female drone pilots.

From now on feminine hygiene products will be exempt from trade embargoes.

When granting pardons to war criminals she will be sure to make a statement about the importance of equal pay.

Eight years from now I'll call you on those failed predictions. Clinton's neocon foreign policy will cause enough suffering without you getting all hyperbolic about it.

[davedan]

Does anyone really think Hillary's foreign policy is going to be drastically different from Obama's? Hardly capable of dropping more bombs on Syria and I can't imagine the US has the stomach for any more ground troops overseas?