Not so much for the small investor. If you’re an investment house, maybe.
OK, value. It’s a similar concept to opportunity cost.
Really? Is one judge worth taking the risk? There’s no evidence he has any clue fiscally whatsoever, and all kinds that he’s a fuckup. Or are you slavering for the repeal of Roe vs. Wade/gay marriage/ACA?
Yes. Because I want stuff like freedom of the press in the form of Citizen’s United to stand. I don’t want a ban on rifles, pistols, or shotguns. I want proper enforcement of the borders or new law passed to reflect the reality that we don’t care about borders. I want legal consistency and predictability. I want the legislative process respected.
I’m not religious and so I don’t have religious objections to gay marriage. I do have a problem with creative interpretations of law to further a political aim. I prefer conservative courts with the exception of a lack of action on civil forfeiture. If we can get that ruled unconstitutional during Obama’s term I’d vote for Clinton as a symbol of appreciation.
Abortion is a tough one. It’s an exceedingly nasty procedure. And the fetus is human and I like to promote the sanctity of innocent life of certain species. But reality being what it is the unintended consequences of forcing women to carry to term may be a greater net evil. Abortion is a bit out of my comfort zone to have a decisive opinion about.
This is one of many things I’ve read that makes me worry that Trump could win the Bernie Sanders supporters to get the edge on Hillary.
Or maybe he would be both a symptom and a cause. True, Trump is a symptom of a corrupt economic and political system that tried to capitalize on scared and ignorant voters and ended up with a narcissistic billionaire as its spokesperson. On the other hand, all of the important decisions would now be in his hands. A person as egotistical and unqualified for public office as Trump would have serious, long-term consequences. Seeing Trump as nothing more than a system of American decline when he would be actively making decisions to hasten its downfall is willful ignorance.
Bernie’s not just keeping Hillary on the hot seat; he’s keeping the entire democratic party engaged in a fierce and increasingly nasty debate about what to do with all of these Johnny-come-lately activists, who were probably independents before but now want to take over the party and push out those who’ve been engaged in trying to build coalitions and political strategies over the course of years and even decades.
They’re not just after Hillary; they’re coming after Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Next they’ll be after Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, and anyone else who doesn’t support out of control protesters on college campuses and $15 or $18 or $21 an hour fast food workers. And does anyone think they’ll stop there if they can push out party officials? Does anyone think they won’t then be deluded into believing they can challenge Clinton and try to impose purity on the party?
Glad you mentioned that because on that front the people have to realize that it has been a conservative court for decades; that it could become just a bit more liberal is only fair IMHO.
But besides being unfair if the Republicans win we also have to remember that the current Republicans are not the reasonable Republicans of the recent past; they are not only reactionary and a good number of them are bigots, they are also champions of ignorance and here one has to realize the Republicans will be nominating to the SC another conservative that is made from the same insane mold.
So, it should be worrisome what we are likely to get under a more conservative court:
Down goes Roe v Wade to be replaced by medieval views on how to treat women rights, down goes the EPA thanks to the courts siding with the fossil fuel industry and Republicans in their pocket and then we lose almost a decade in dealing with our emissions issue and climate change; and generally we will see more creationism and anti vaccination shown in schools thanks to the kind of Trump followers many moderate Republicans are empowering in this election.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Moderate Scandinavian-style social democracy shall rule the world, and subject you to its hellish reign of higher taxes, lower costs of living, and resilient social safety nets! BWAAH-HA-HAAA!
I thought there was a two click rule for posts like that.
As a reluctant Hillary supporter (I was strongly for O’Malley in the primaries), I have to admit I’m getting a little worried she won’t be able to win, even against The Donald. He would be a disaster as President.
I have to keep pinching myself to make sure I’m not dreaming, in the grip of some hideous nightmare. Are there really that many lunatics out there to give Trump a shot at the Presidency? Or will America overwhelmingly tell this ludicrous man to crawl back under his rock? I guess we’ll know soon enough.
Hillary, I never dreamed I’d be rooting for you. Please, please don’t commit any major gaffes before the election. Trump must not win.
They don’t need to be lunatics, they only need to be dumbasses, and when did we have any shortage of those?
The stark reality is beginning to sink in.
Reich is as clueless about politics as he is about the housing bubble. If you believe him, it was all the banks’ fault.
What is this, the 1970s? The welfare state has been in retreat there for quite some time. Sanders never got the memo.
Anyway, at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if Gary Johnson won. Clinton is now doomed. Trump is also unelectable. The Democrats can still stop Clinton at the convention since she doesn’t have enough pledged delegates, but will they be smart enough to do it? Probably not.
Oh well, if Trump wins you have only yourselves to blame.
Is there an official adaher prediction in here?
No, if only because Trump is her opponent. But normally that IG report would end a candidacy. It still should, if the Democrats cared about things like honesty and transparency.
Aw, shucks, I thought you were gearing up for a “The next president will be someone other than Trump or Clinton” type prediction. And no, the IG report didn’t say anything we didn’t already know: Clinton showed, at worst, poor judgment, but that that was common for Secretaries of State in the early 2000s.
It also shows she lied multiple times. It was not for convenience, it was not approved, and contrary to her team’s hilarious talking points, all SecStates did not do it this way. She exclusively used a private server, which has never been done. And she did it to evade transparency laws.
Trump cannot beat any Democrat alive, except for Clinton.
No, it shouldn’t, because the alternative is so, so much more dishonest, and so much worse in every other way as well.
Since she has not actually clinched the nomination, “the alternatives” are all Democrats.
And if the Republican nominee were someone normal, this race would now be over.