Since the Democrats are not competeing.

[Plane]

     Since the Democrats are not competing, is the Republican contest more interesting?

     Will Hillary get mentioned at the top of the page without saying anything substantive?

   I know a lot of the press is eager to give advantage to the Democrats , but they loose readers and watchers by being boring.

[Xavier_Onassis]

It is amusing to watch the Republicans tear one another to shreds.

[sirs]

Who exactly has torn who "into shreds"?

[Xavier_Onassis]

They have not yet started, but it is likely that this will happen.

Marco Rubio was preened for politics by Jebby, and now he has turned on Jebbie and has suggested that the days of Jebbie's generation have passed.

Of course, Rubio has not come up with even one single idea or policy, other than hateObama hateObama and of course hateHillary hateHillary.

[sirs]

They have not yet started, but it is likely that this will happen.

ahhh...I see....so it must be just as amusing to watch democrats tear other democrats to shreds.  So goes politics

And let's not forget to laugh at Hillary's campaign plank.....look, I ride in a van and order from Chipotle's, when I'm not in a windstar jet, and raking in millions

[Xavier_Onassis]

Riding in a van and ordering Chipoltle must be some sort of sin in your hopeless mind.

[sirs]

Missing the point of course completely.  Hillary probably doesn't remember the last time she pulled up in a van, and ordered something from Chipotle's.  In fact, its probably never happened in her public life.  But now we're supposed to believe that she's just "one of the people", based on the most transparent of photo-ops

So, no it has nothing to do with ordering Chipotle's while riding in a van.  Its the WHO

[Xavier_Onassis]

Who on Earth gives a damn?  It makes no difference whether a future leader of this country orders food from Chipolte's or rides in a van or not.

Even is Hillary lived her life exactly however the poo you live yours, you would still be bitching about it.
No one cares about this except you, sirs, and you are not all there.

[Plane]

Is Hillary a member of the 1%?

Does she fit in that standard?

Is she exceptional or typical?

[Xavier_Onassis]

FDR clearly belonged to the 1%, but he did more for the other 99% than most, if not all presidents in history. The issue is not what social class Hillary might belong to, but that she will act on behalf of the average citizen if elected.  I think the presidential salary and the perks that come with it  automatically put every president and her/ his family in the top 1%.

This is a stupid argument and a non-issue,

I think is is almost a sure thing that the various GOP candidates will engage in negative campaigns against the rest, because, lamentably, more people vote AGAINST than vote FOR any politician in this country. That is because of the nature of the media: they always want a sensational story, and positive stories are not by nature sensational.

Harpers Index, said the following:

"Percentage of Americans and Chinese who believe that their government 'is on the side of the average civilian': 12, 80."

So 80% of Chinese think their government is on their side, while only 12% of Americans believe this.

China has four times the population and the press reports much less on corruption and graft there, so it might make sense if these figures were reversed.

[sirs]

Who on Earth gives a damn? 

Apparently the same folks who were tripping all over themselves in trying to portray Romney as "out of touch" with "regular folks.  It seem to matter quite significantly when he was at some store, or eating with other ordinary citizens

And if she lived her life like mine, she'd be the 1st person I'd endorse for President, Professor Wrong-again.  Nor is any of this about me, Dr Deflection   

[Xavier_Onassis]

Strangely, the requirement that any President of the United States should be required to live a "life like sirs" does not strike me as in any way any sort of adequate test.

[Plane]

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Harpers Index, said the following:

"Percentage of Americans and Chinese who believe that their government 'is on the side of the average civilian': 12, 80."


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That is very interesting!

I would have guessed a lot lower number than 12%.

What amount of that 12% do you suppose to be Democrats?

Because on this question I would expect Thomas Jefferson to be in the 88%.

[sirs]

Strangely, the requirement that any President of the United States should be required to live a "life like sirs" does not strike me as in any way any sort of adequate test.

amazing...the professor brings up the idea of Hillary living like me.  I respond to it, demonstrating how much in error he'd be, with his notion, and then he turns around implying it was my "requirement".  Utterly amazing the disconnect from all forms of rational debating ability

[Xavier_Onassis]

You do not even bother to read the drivel you post.

Amazing!