tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post2822837403937191773..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: History Made Simpler Than It Ought To Be Allowed To Be Clarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-26898890885790941532016-12-26T15:29:57.637-05:002016-12-26T15:29:57.637-05:00What is this restaurant you speak of?What is this restaurant you speak of?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-48905164383970887702016-12-22T20:25:27.744-05:002016-12-22T20:25:27.744-05:00Honey Badger on Fenimore I. New restaurant. Opene...Honey Badger on Fenimore I. New restaurant. Opened this week. Looks fantastic. Check it out!Mags PLGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784250163261409132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-58852162867453276152016-12-21T09:35:53.518-05:002016-12-21T09:35:53.518-05:00I think the idea that Trump got "crazy number...I think the idea that Trump got "crazy numbers from middle America" is debatable. (Although he sure seems to have gotten a large number of the crazies.) As I understand it, Trump's vote totals were very much like Mitt Romney's. Maybe not the same demographics but largely the same count. So isn't it plausible to argue that Trump's win—the difference between 2012 and 2016— is attributable to Democratic no-shows?<br />A couple of percentage points the other way in a few key states and the big story might be speculation about who'll be designing the president's inauguration dress...diaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-59242347831092076762016-12-20T15:23:55.852-05:002016-12-20T15:23:55.852-05:00There is little appetite for peace, love and under...There is little appetite for peace, love and understanding, I'll give you that.<br /><br />If the non-suppressed voters show no interest in voting, how certain can you be that their votes would align with your world-view? They've already made it fairly clear they want nothing to do with any of it, yes? I'm not sure we're helped by forcing the apathetic to vote, though I keep being told that wider participation means the Left wins. But what of Trump's crazy numbers from middle America? Clearly they were jazzed.<br /><br />It's a question of whose vote is suppressed, and whose vote gets stirred or riled into action, and that is ultimately why it's such a cynical game. And it's probably why true consensus candidates get no traction.Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-51046726620043047242016-12-20T15:12:09.564-05:002016-12-20T15:12:09.564-05:00What's too often left out of the left-right-ce...What's too often left out of the left-right-center discussion is the real heart of the US electorate: the don't know, don't care, doesn't matter anyway, they're all the same, whatever, bloc. Somewhere between 42 and 44% of eligible voters didn't cast a ballot in 2016. Numbers that dwarf the totals of all the candidates. And this happened despite all we heard about the passion the major candidates inspired—albeit a lot of that passion was negative. <br />(We should also be aware that a small percentage of the no-shows were a result of newly passed voter restrictions and we know which major party pushed heavily for those, don't we?)<br />But bottom line, the big winner once again, was "abstain." <br /><br />As far as your other points, I wish I shared your optimism, but I can't find any reason to... diaknoreply@blogger.com