tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post1146650171982537822..comments2023-11-07T04:53:01.453-08:00Comments on Dispatches from the United States of Mordor: Salon.com: "Susan Sarandon was right!"Gerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-43543127973063462642017-03-04T08:52:26.833-08:002017-03-04T08:52:26.833-08:00Yup. NBC chief: "Trump's good for busines...Yup. NBC chief: "Trump's good for business!"Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-33561258740784301562017-03-04T08:02:14.184-08:002017-03-04T08:02:14.184-08:00Goes to show the "hidden socio-political valu...Goes to show the "hidden socio-political value" of <i>branding</i>... Trump's name was worth over half a billion in free news coverage.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-375756339960124732017-03-04T07:56:29.339-08:002017-03-04T07:56:29.339-08:00$1.2 Billion for a losing campaign. Not bad! ;^($1.2 Billion for a losing campaign. Not bad! ;^(Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-65678903763349403352017-03-04T04:20:59.271-08:002017-03-04T04:20:59.271-08:00You would think they'd have learned a lesson f...You would think they'd have learned a lesson from Trump (<a href="http://freebeacon.com/politics/total-cost-of-clintons-losing-campaign-1-2-billion/" rel="nofollow">$ ain't everything</a>)... Oprah in 2020! ;)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-83367850172511708102017-03-04T04:13:34.732-08:002017-03-04T04:13:34.732-08:00The DNC will be incapable of fielding an effective...The DNC will be incapable of fielding an effective candidate in 2 years time, mark my words. Intent on nihilistic destruction of Trump, they will get nowhere.<br /><br />But the donations will keep coming in and that's all that matters. isn't it?Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-2579546634447685902017-03-04T04:10:37.521-08:002017-03-04T04:10:37.521-08:00Too big to fail corporatism is the real economic t...Too big to fail corporatism is the real economic threat.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-81347963484424714392017-03-04T04:09:19.838-08:002017-03-04T04:09:19.838-08:00...just like Trump avoids the battle....just like Trump avoids the battle.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-49510324050591900682017-03-04T04:08:00.571-08:002017-03-04T04:08:00.571-08:00I agree, Bernie was a step away from neoliberalism...I agree, Bernie was a step away from neoliberalism. I just don't think bigger government is anything more than an attempt to avoid the battle to end (vice curb) corporatism.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-21330751823222222762017-03-04T04:05:15.520-08:002017-03-04T04:05:15.520-08:00Bernie wasn't perfect by a long shot. But he w...Bernie wasn't perfect by a long shot. But he was the only progressive on the bill. Perfect candidates don't exist.<br /><br />I really like Nader but he didn't have a cat in hell's chance.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-24856727994146167002017-03-04T04:01:11.120-08:002017-03-04T04:01:11.120-08:00I agree with Susan. I couldn't stomach Romney...I agree with Susan. I couldn't stomach Romney in 2012... who needs more neoliberal globalism? I voted Nader in 2000 because Bush & Gore were more of the same. The two major parties need to smell the coffee. <br /><br />ps - Bernie was a fifties throwback, though. We can't go backwards... we need to push on through! Ending globalism is step 1. Ending corporatism... is where the "war" REALLY begins...Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.com