The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The first step in being a white supremacist loony is to get over worrying about how bad it sounds.
With Dame Janet Smith's report, the BBC is engaged in yet another cover-up
BBC management must change radically and fast, despite this latest whitewash
Dame Janet Smith's conclusions about the BBC's management culture during the Jimmy Savile years – published today after a two-and-a-half-year inquiry – make remarkably convenient reading for the current director-general, Lord Tony Hall. The BBC cannot be corporately convicted of conniving in Savile's persistent abuse, concludes Dame Janet. No senior manager knew or should have known.
At the same time, the BBC has sacked 71-year-old DJ Tony Blackburn, apparently over an incident of alleged sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl in 1971. (Blackburn is not, however, criticised in Dame Janet's report, and hotly contests the BBC's allegations. He is threatening legal action.)
On the surface, things look rosy for Lord Hall. He and his lieutenants have escaped censure by Dame Janet, and – with the Blackburn sacking – he can be seen to be taking stern action against anyone associated with the grubby Savile era.
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The first step in being a white supremacist loony is to get over worrying about how bad it sounds.
The BBC a few months ago did a documentary on the current day KKK, was amusing and alarming in equal measure.
We're not talking about the brightest bulbs in the chandelier
I have it on good authority that the Koch brothers have a Tsunami of woe saved up for the Clintons re their 'foundation' and its funding and spending. They plan on no release of this until about 3 weeks before the election...people may be less terrified of Trump if they are persuaded the Clintons are crooks.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
That's only because the Democrats have put away states like Nevada and New Mexico. The "swing states" are predominantly ones that are now must wins for Republicans. Places like Wisconsin and Minnesota and Michigan are actually blue states that the Republicans would have to perform very well in to get to 270.
I rejoined the Conservative Party on Sunday in anticipation of the next leadership election. On Tuesday evening a local party official knocked at the door to speak with me. My Labour supporting partner answered the door!
Places like Wisconsin and Minnesota and Michigan are actually blue states that the Republicans would have to perform very well in to get to 270.
But Trump has the potential to do that, IMO, if up against Clinton. Romney's performance with the industrial working-class was dragged down by the perception he was a rich snob who didn't care about his employees when he was a businessman.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
...Working-class people like to drink alcohol and have sex. They do not understand that these activities are dangerous and need continuous education from left-wing people.
Working-class people need to be protected from newspapers, even though they don’t read them anymore. They are easily influenced and their happy-go-lucky ways can be turned into bigoted nasty ways. Left-wing people are needed to help them use Facebook carefully and not make mistakes.
Many left-wing people have a very nice life, but they like to be sad. To help with this, they choose to be sad for other people. Sometimes these people are far away and sometimes they are nearby, but different to them...
Left-wing people care so much, it makes them hate people who don’t show that they care. These people are right-wing people. Left-wing people have given them a name, it is “Tory scum”. Left-wing people like to shout at the right-wing people and tell them that they are scum, even when they aren’t listening.
Shouting at the Tories is another way to show that they care. Caring is very important to left-wing people.
Left-wing people care so deeply that they don’t have time for thinking and convincing. They use their precious time for shouting about caring..
Nevada would be in play for Trump, given it is a strong state for him.
Surprised any white southerners think it a good thing their side lost the civil war. Interesting thing with Trump he doesn't come from one of the four big regional cultures (New England Yankee, Mid Atlantic Quaker, Highland South Scotch Irish or Lowland South Cavalier), being a New Yorker of recent immigrant heritage, and bizarrely his strength is in the two opposing cultures of the South and Greater New England (its a rivalry going back to the English civil war).
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The first step in being a white supremacist loony is to get over worrying about how bad it sounds.
The BBC a few months ago did a documentary on the current day KKK, was amusing and alarming in equal measure.
We're not talking about the brightest bulbs in the chandelier
Have you read Them by Jon Ronson? There's a wonderful chapter in it where he meets with the new leader of the KKK.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
I rejoined the Conservative Party on Sunday in anticipation of the next leadership election. On Tuesday evening a local party official knocked at the door to speak with me. My Labour supporting partner answered the door!
Dozens of #ISIS fighters surrender to the Kurdish Peshmerga northern #Iraq - https://t.co/k348fFiD4x
IS is crumbling rapidly, lost a chunk of territory in East Aleppo, including the Thermal Power Plant which will now be able to supply electricity to Aleppo, and they are looking to cut their Turkish supply line with the SAA advancing towards the southern shores of Lake Assad.
With Dame Janet Smith's report, the BBC is engaged in yet another cover-up BBC management must change radically and fast, despite this latest whitewash Dame Janet Smith's conclusions about the BBC's management culture during the Jimmy Savile years – published today after a two-and-a-half-year inquiry – make remarkably convenient reading for the current director-general, Lord Tony Hall. The BBC cannot be corporately convicted of conniving in Savile's persistent abuse, concludes Dame Janet. No senior manager knew or should have known.
Places like Wisconsin and Minnesota and Michigan are actually blue states that the Republicans would have to perform very well in to get to 270.
But Trump has the potential to do that, IMO, if up against Clinton. Romney's performance with the industrial working-class was dragged down by the perception he was a rich snob who didn't care about his employees when he was a businessman.
Trump has far more dodgy business practices in his path than Romney. Apparently he regularly would only pay 90% of bills to small business suppliers - as little as possible so it wasn't quite worth their effort to sue him.
BBC Greece recalls ambassador from Austria amid sharp EU divisions over migrant crisis https://t.co/Or10Q1syic
Did Greece really think that other European nations would be content for them to wave huge numbers of people North?
Why not given that the EU has suggested that Turkey should indefinitely accept large numbers from Syria who get on to Greece following everything Merkel has said? I'm wondering where exactly Merkel etc think these migrants should be.
Greece caused their economic crisis, they haven't caused this migration one.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
What's the motivation behind that particular collection of "swing" states?
Nevada would be in play for Trump, given it is a strong state for him.
Surprised any white southerners think it a good thing their side lost the civil war. Interesting thing with Trump he doesn't come from one of the four big regional cultures (New England Yankee, Mid Atlantic Quaker, Highland South Scotch Irish or Lowland South Cavalier), being a New Yorker of recent immigrant heritage, and bizarrely his strength is in the two opposing cultures of the South and Greater New England (its a rivalry going back to the English civil war).
Would you like to offer odds on Trump winning Nevada in general??
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
What's the motivation behind that particular collection of "swing" states?
The states where the Republicans came within 10% in 2012, with 10 or more Electoral College votes.
...Working-class people like to drink alcohol and have sex. They do not understand that these activities are dangerous and need continuous education from left-wing people.
Working-class people need to be protected from newspapers, even though they don’t read them anymore. They are easily influenced and their happy-go-lucky ways can be turned into bigoted nasty ways. Left-wing people are needed to help them use Facebook carefully and not make mistakes.
Many left-wing people have a very nice life, but they like to be sad. To help with this, they choose to be sad for other people. Sometimes these people are far away and sometimes they are nearby, but different to them...
Left-wing people care so much, it makes them hate people who don’t show that they care. These people are right-wing people. Left-wing people have given them a name, it is “Tory scum”. Left-wing people like to shout at the right-wing people and tell them that they are scum, even when they aren’t listening.
Shouting at the Tories is another way to show that they care. Caring is very important to left-wing people.
Left-wing people care so deeply that they don’t have time for thinking and convincing. They use their precious time for shouting about caring..
Once he's got the nomination sown up, he'll pivot back to sanity / centre as fast as he can. How many of the 49% will take another look at him? My book hopes that a large number will - bright bright green on Trump
A Trump presidency would surely run on the basis of how he feels each morning when he wakes up, A good, mellow night's sleep would be fine. But a tricky night might be the prelude to more irrational days.
Whwreas Obama's presidency depends on whether he shot above or below 80 on the golf course the day before.
I have it on good authority that the Koch brothers have a Tsunami of woe saved up for the Clintons re their 'foundation' and its funding and spending. They plan on no release of this until about 3 weeks before the election...people may be less terrified of Trump if they are persuaded the Clintons are crooks.
Since this sort of allegation (true or not) has been around for decades its a bit naive to think it will have any affect now. The activities of the Koch Bros - a sort of upmarket Ashcroft - can well spur support rather than drain it.
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
Crickey some people really do get upset over very little. I presume the same people who are signing that would never criticise that fact Cameron went to Eton or poke fun at pictures showing him wearing "funny" getup when he was Oxford?
I get more upset by those that sympathise with terrorists or send us to war based upon a lie.
I have it on good authority that the Koch brothers have a Tsunami of woe saved up for the Clintons re their 'foundation' and its funding and spending. They plan on no release of this until about 3 weeks before the election...people may be less terrified of Trump if they are persuaded the Clintons are crooks.
Since this sort of allegation (true or not) has been around for decades its a bit naive to think it will have any affect now. The activities of the Koch Bros - a sort of upmarket Ashcroft - can well spur support rather than drain it.
I'm still waiting for release of the tape where Michelle Obama slams 'whitey'!!
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
It's interesting that eight years of a black President don't seem to have done anything to reduce race as an issue in the US.
I wonder if this is blowblack over the Confederate Flag issue.
In part. One poll I read suggested 60% of White voters in the former Confederacy were opposed to opposed to removal of the Confederate flag from State Houses, but interestingly, so also were 40% of white voters from the rest of the USA.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
It's interesting that eight years of a black President don't seem to have done anything to reduce race as an issue in the US.
I wonder if this is blowblack over the Confederate Flag issue.
In part. One poll I read suggested 60% of White voters in the former Confederacy were opposed to opposed to removal of the Confederate flag from State Houses, but interestingly, so also were 40% of white voters from the rest of the USA.
It's hard to overstate just how central race is to US politics.
The problem for the Democrats is that, for all the (valid) talk of how more ethnically diverse the US is becoming, the crucial swing states for now still have higher than average numbers of the white working-class. In all of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, the WWC population is above the national average.
The only major swing states with a lower-than-average WWC population are Florida and Virginia.
In particular, even if the Hispanics swing more heavily to the Democrats, the problem is they are quite "inefficiently distributed" in terms of the Electoral College: two of the biggest Hispanic populations are in California and Texas, but that's no good in terms of getting extra Electoral College votes since the former is already a lock for the Democrats and the latter is safe for the Republicans.
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
Crickey some people really do get upset over very little. I presume the same people who are signing that would never criticise that fact Cameron went to Eton or poke fun at pictures showing him wearing "funny" getup when he was Oxford?
I get more upset by those that sympathise with terrorists or send us to war based upon a lie.
You'd think that whoever drew up that petition would have spell checked 'Eaton' too, and dropped the extra 'a'.
Once he's got the nomination sown up, he'll pivot back to sanity / centre as fast as he can. How many of the 49% will take another look at him? My book hopes that a large number will - bright bright green on Trump
A Trump presidency would surely run on the basis of how he feels each morning when he wakes up, A good, mellow night's sleep would be fine. But a tricky night might be the prelude to more irrational days.
Whwreas Obama's presidency depends on whether he shot above or below 80 on the golf course the day before.
Is Obama an emotional sports player now?? I thought he was a cerebral college professor who couldn't connect with people??
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
Once he's got the nomination sown up, he'll pivot back to sanity / centre as fast as he can. How many of the 49% will take another look at him? My book hopes that a large number will - bright bright green on Trump
A Trump presidency would surely run on the basis of how he feels each morning when he wakes up, A good, mellow night's sleep would be fine. But a tricky night might be the prelude to more irrational days.
Whwreas Obama's presidency depends on whether he shot above or below 80 on the golf course the day before.
Is Obama an emotional sports player now?? I thought he was a cerebral college professor who couldn't connect with people??
If Obama doesn't play golf to win or better himself then he hasn't the drive to be an effective POTUS.
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
Crickey some people really do get upset over very little. I presume the same people who are signing that would never criticise that fact Cameron went to Eton or poke fun at pictures showing him wearing "funny" getup when he was Oxford?
I get more upset by those that sympathise with terrorists or send us to war based upon a lie.
You'd think that whoever drew up that petition would have spell checked 'Eaton' too, and dropped the extra 'a'.
Once he's got the nomination sown up, he'll pivot back to sanity / centre as fast as he can. How many of the 49% will take another look at him? My book hopes that a large number will - bright bright green on Trump
A Trump presidency would surely run on the basis of how he feels each morning when he wakes up, A good, mellow night's sleep would be fine. But a tricky night might be the prelude to more irrational days.
Whwreas Obama's presidency depends on whether he shot above or below 80 on the golf course the day before.
Is Obama an emotional sports player now?? I thought he was a cerebral college professor who couldn't connect with people??
If Obama doesn't play golf to win or better himself then he hasn't the drive to be an effective POTUS.
So the criticism is that he don't play golf for the right reasons??
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The first step in being a white supremacist loony is to get over worrying about how bad it sounds.
The BBC a few months ago did a documentary on the current day KKK, was amusing and alarming in equal measure.
We're not talking about the brightest bulbs in the chandelier
Was that the one where their outfits were made from polyester? Not the smartest choice of material when carrying lit torches around and burning crosses.
For someone in Trump's position to win the Republican nomination from a standing start, he would need a campaign that created huge media visibility and galvanised support as a maverick and outsider; there's no way he could use the "establishment" tag to win and lack of media visibility is invariably fatal for any candidate, let alone an outsider.
His campaign has been perfect for this. This is Phase 1.
For a Republican candidate to win the Presidency, he or she needs to win swing voters and uncommitted voters. This is Phase 2. In addition, there's nowhere else for his current supporters to go, so all he needs to do to hang on to them after the nomination is secured (assuming it is) is to ensure they either have enough belief that "he's just saying those things" when he appeals to the demographics needed for Phase 2, or at least not turn them off enough to make them sit on their hands.
The acid question will be if he can pull off that shameless screeching handbrake turn successfully. I find it hard to see how to do it, but given his record to date, I really can't say he won't pull it off. At the very least, it'll be interesting to watch the attempt.
Top disc jockeys and executives at the BBC were caught up in a sex scandal more than 40 years ago.
More than 40 years ago, the corporation’s top disc jockeys and executives were caught up in the most tawdry of allegations — that in return for playing their records, music companies hired prostitutes for them.
The BBC launched an independent inquiry led by a QC (sound familiar) .The conclusions of that inquiry have remained locked away for four decades (sounds familiar).
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
In fact it's the petition which misunderstands the real function of PMQs which is to give the Opposition a chance to subject the Prime Minister to some chin music. Cameron (like any PM) would be delighted to replace it with a gentle net, which is what an exchange of straight factual questions and answers would amount to.
Top disc jockeys and executives at the BBC were caught up in a sex scandal more than 40 years ago.
More than 40 years ago, the corporation’s top disc jockeys and executives were caught up in the most tawdry of allegations — that in return for playing their records, music companies hired prostitutes for them.
The BBC launched an independent inquiry led by a QC (sound familiar) .The conclusions of that inquiry have remained locked away for four decades (sounds familiar).
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
38 degrees is basically a lefty organisation. I have known people who were prompted to write to their MP only for him to reply that the stated cause was entirely incorrect. An organisation for the unthinking mass.
Although I beat the New Thread notification, if anyone knows about the Swiss situation atm, I'd be grateful:
Slightly off topic, can't find a clear current status on Google over how Swiss efforts to restrict free-movement are going, just snippets that don't give a full picture:
Other than the above, which doesn't seem totally up to date, I've seen something about a 2017 deadline on the current bilateral deals, and something about EU early in 2015 not wanting to enter negotiation on free-movement.
Are Switzerland likely to withdraw from EFTA and renegotiate static trade deals?
Any relevance to the options Britain are likely to have available post any Brexit?
As I understanhd it, the Swiss government is inclined to recommend a fresh vote to withdraw their objections to free movement (which only passed narrowly) but it's against the Swiss tradition to simply ask for a revote, so they're searching for some sort of middle ground. No decisions yet.
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
If I were Corbyn or one of his supporters I would be delighted by what Cameron said yesterday.
I don't think Cameron's jibe came across well. It was one of those odd situations in which one agrees with what someone says (Corbyn certainly does look a state and should sing the national anthem) but one still doesn't think they should have said it. That was my reaction anyway.
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The first step in being a white supremacist loony is to get over worrying about how bad it sounds.
The BBC a few months ago did a documentary on the current day KKK, was amusing and alarming in equal measure.
We're not talking about the brightest bulbs in the chandelier
Was that the one where their outfits were made from polyester? Not the smartest choice of material when carrying lit torches around and burning crosses.
There are dozens of different Klans now, most of them comprising one man and his dog. The Klans are generally regarded as a joke by the more hardline groups, such as the Aryan Brotherhood.
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
We've discussed quite a few bits of this poll of Labour members, but it's really an anorak's dream, worth looking at in detail if you're interested - e.g. breaking down who supporters of JC and the ABC candidates would go for now.
I agree with Southam (a sadly rare event these days) that Jeremy's team were chuffed by the "what my mother says" thing - indeed they've posted the exchange on social media. Cameron's remark was one of those snappy Westminster snarks that goes down big with insiders but makes the wider public recoil. "Serious Oppo leader talking about the NHS vs the PM dodging into talking about his mum and how people ought to dress".
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The first step in being a white supremacist loony is to get over worrying about how bad it sounds.
The BBC a few months ago did a documentary on the current day KKK, was amusing and alarming in equal measure.
We're not talking about the brightest bulbs in the chandelier
Was that the one where their outfits were made from polyester? Not the smartest choice of material when carrying lit torches around and burning crosses.
Yup. They had some very poor knowledge of history.
I'd urge some caution on PBers placing too much reliance on Clinton/Trump nationwide and state polling during the nomination phase.
Obama had some poor poll numbers in swing states at this stage in 08 and bagged the lot plus North Carolina and Indiana.
Obama also had charisma, freshness, a motivated African-American vote, hope and change.
Hillary, by contrast, hasn't.
I'd still make Hillary favourite but not by any great margin.
But Trump's birther nonsense will send African Americans strongly to her side.
Why?
African-Americans are largely already on her side. Her problem is not that they might vote for Trump; her problem is that a lot of those who voted for Obama might not vote for anyone.
NPXMPX2..The PMS answer was to a question from a Labour Backbencher and was not in any way reLated to a serious question from Corbyn..they both got what they deserved..if you cant take it then STFU...
“I have listened to what has been said by Tony Hall and others today in connection with the publication of the Dame Janet Smith Report.
“I repeat what I told Dame Janet when I voluntary gave evidence to assist her and the BBC. What I said in my earlier statement regarding the alleged meetings with Brian Neill QC and Bill Cotton Junior 45 years ago still stands.
“Given Dame Janet Smith’s concerns of a culture of fear in coming forward at the BBC, the fact that I have been scapegoated for giving my honest account and best recollections of those events 45 years ago - which I felt was a whitewash - what whistleblower at the BBC would ever come forward when they see the way they have hung me out to dry.
“Sadly today’s news agenda should have been about the survivors of abuse carried out within the BBC but, by sacking me, they have managed to take the focus off those who have suffered so much.
“My lawyers are now considering all statements made by the BBC about me today and we will be taking action.”
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The first step in being a white supremacist loony is to get over worrying about how bad it sounds.
The BBC a few months ago did a documentary on the current day KKK, was amusing and alarming in equal measure.
We're not talking about the brightest bulbs in the chandelier
Was that the one where their outfits were made from polyester? Not the smartest choice of material when carrying lit torches around and burning crosses.
Yup. They had some very poor knowledge of history.
Some of them have quite fetching green hoods. Elmore Leonard called them "the coneheads' Spring collection."
The scariest Trump polling was around 20% of Trump supporters were upset the confederacy lost the civil war.
20% also believed the slaves should not have been freed, and 17% "weren't sure"...
That's very funny.
Not sure if funny is the word.
The sad thing is many of these people probably do know their history, they do know what the South was, and yet they still support it over the union.
Race relations in the US appear to be going sharply backwards.
I think "weren't sure" is funny. How can you not be sure ffs?
I'm not sure to be honest
It's those who think they shouldn't have been freed, but know how bad that sounds so aren't sure of trusting their own opinion. The others either don't realise it sounds bad or don't care.
The first step in being a white supremacist loony is to get over worrying about how bad it sounds.
The BBC a few months ago did a documentary on the current day KKK, was amusing and alarming in equal measure.
We're not talking about the brightest bulbs in the chandelier
Was that the one where their outfits were made from polyester? Not the smartest choice of material when carrying lit torches around and burning crosses.
Yup. They had some very poor knowledge of history.
Some of them have quite fetching green hoods. Elmore Leonard called them "the coneheads' Spring collection."
You weren't sure if they were a spoof.
Obama is a secret Muslim doing the bidding of the Jews was the sort of thing you'd hear.
The key for Trump's performance is that independents dislike Hillary more than him, although republicans are not comfortable with him. My estimate is that he will lose 20% Romney voters to minor parties or abstention and around 5% to Hillary, Hillary will lose 10% Obama voters to minor parties or abstention and 10% to Trump.
That would close the gap from 4 points to 3 points and it will be determined by what new voters that come in play and geographically. The geographical playground then matters, Trump could lose a lot of die hard purists in areas like Kansas or Nebraska and it would not hurt him, Hillary can pile a lot of hispanic votes in California and it won't do her any good.
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I had a feeling this would happen
#FlyingScotsman #virgin #virgin trains https://t.co/thYlXVC2B0
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/fl/florida_trump_vs_clinton-5635.html
Virginia is massively for Hillary.
Trump levelish, but rising in PA.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/pa/pennsylvania_trump_vs_clinton-5633.html
NC barely HRC.
It is very very tight.
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BBC management must change radically and fast, despite this latest whitewash
Dame Janet Smith's conclusions about the BBC's management culture during the Jimmy Savile years – published today after a two-and-a-half-year inquiry – make remarkably convenient reading for the current director-general, Lord Tony Hall. The BBC cannot be corporately convicted of conniving in Savile's persistent abuse, concludes Dame Janet. No senior manager knew or should have known.
At the same time, the BBC has sacked 71-year-old DJ Tony Blackburn, apparently over an incident of alleged sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl in 1971. (Blackburn is not, however, criticised in Dame Janet's report, and hotly contests the BBC's allegations. He is threatening legal action.)
On the surface, things look rosy for Lord Hall. He and his lieutenants have escaped censure by Dame Janet, and – with the Blackburn sacking – he can be seen to be taking stern action against anyone associated with the grubby Savile era.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/12172997/With-Dame-Janet-Smiths-report-the-BBC-is-engaged-in-yet-another-cover-up.html
We're not talking about the brightest bulbs in the chandelier
God loves a sinner come to his understanding
On Tuesday evening a local party official knocked at the door to speak with me. My Labour supporting partner answered the door!
Dozens of #ISIS fighters surrender to the Kurdish Peshmerga northern #Iraq - https://t.co/k348fFiD4x
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Surprised any white southerners think it a good thing their side lost the civil war. Interesting thing with Trump he doesn't come from one of the four big regional cultures (New England Yankee, Mid Atlantic Quaker, Highland South Scotch Irish or Lowland South Cavalier), being a New Yorker of recent immigrant heritage, and bizarrely his strength is in the two opposing cultures of the South and Greater New England (its a rivalry going back to the English civil war).
Meanwhile Dems have kept powder dry on Trump. They will unleash as soon as Rubio has no path back.
Greece caused their economic crisis, they haven't caused this migration one.
Please discourage David Cameron the Prime Minister of our great country from tarnishing his office by using the despatch box to administer insults to other members of the House of Commons during PMQs.....
....Why is this important?
Having watched PMQs for decades, today, 24th Feburary 2016, underlined what a farce it has become. The Prime Minister has now fallen so low as to mock the way people dress. Although this may be common behaviour on the playing fields of Eaton, it completely debases his high office and our great country.
Despite some wonderful innovations from the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Ministers behaviour has worsened, and he continues as he did in 2010 to not answer straight questions to which the British public deserve straight answers. There seens to be a misconception from the Prime Minster that PMQs is a time for levity whereas it performs an essential constitutional function for British citizens to get information directly from the Prime Minister. In short it is time the Prime Minister grew up and lived up to his responsibilities to the people of Great Britain.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/improve-the-conduct-of-the-prime-minister-at-pmqs?bucket=&source=twitter-share-button
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The activities of the Koch Bros - a sort of upmarket Ashcroft - can well spur support rather than drain it.
I get more upset by those that sympathise with terrorists or send us to war based upon a lie.
Britain First Falls For Spoof Queen Twitter Account
http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/9315530?1456407873
Well this is pretty grim. Jim'll Fix It staffer's account of the BBC in the 70s: https://t.co/hYcprH8Rfw https://t.co/i0EQxEpokn
1 second ago
Elizabeth Windsor @Queen_UK
Gained a new fan today - someone calling himself "The Screaming Eagles".
MP for Daventry and former East Midlands MEP Chris Heaton-Harris will vote for the UK to Leave the European Union. https://t.co/ZyoGTyHh7m
Obama had some poor poll numbers in swing states at this stage in 08 and bagged the lot plus North Carolina and Indiana.
His campaign has been perfect for this. This is Phase 1.
For a Republican candidate to win the Presidency, he or she needs to win swing voters and uncommitted voters. This is Phase 2. In addition, there's nowhere else for his current supporters to go, so all he needs to do to hang on to them after the nomination is secured (assuming it is) is to ensure they either have enough belief that "he's just saying those things" when he appeals to the demographics needed for Phase 2, or at least not turn them off enough to make them sit on their hands.
The acid question will be if he can pull off that shameless screeching handbrake turn successfully. I find it hard to see how to do it, but given his record to date, I really can't say he won't pull it off. At the very least, it'll be interesting to watch the attempt.
Top disc jockeys and executives at the BBC were caught up in a sex scandal more than 40 years ago.
More than 40 years ago, the corporation’s top disc jockeys and executives were caught up in the most tawdry of allegations — that in return for playing their records, music companies hired prostitutes for them.
The BBC launched an independent inquiry led by a QC (sound familiar) .The conclusions of that inquiry have remained locked away for four decades (sounds familiar).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9623109/Jimmy-Savile-Secret-of-BBCs-first-sex-scandal.html
Hillary, by contrast, hasn't.
I'd still make Hillary favourite but not by any great margin.
http://election-data.co.uk/#/
I agree with Southam (a sadly rare event these days) that Jeremy's team were chuffed by the "what my mother says" thing - indeed they've posted the exchange on social media. Cameron's remark was one of those snappy Westminster snarks that goes down big with insiders but makes the wider public recoil. "Serious Oppo leader talking about the NHS vs the PM dodging into talking about his mum and how people ought to dress".
African-Americans are largely already on her side. Her problem is not that they might vote for Trump; her problem is that a lot of those who voted for Obama might not vote for anyone.
Obama also had poor scores throughout his terms with white working class where Hilary scored well in the primaries.
Clinton and Trump both have plenty of baggage but the Trumpster has so much excess baggage that Ryan Air would be salivating at the prospect.
Presently I don't see any Obama 2012 state in the Trump column.
“I have listened to what has been said by Tony Hall and others today in connection with the publication of the Dame Janet Smith Report.
“I repeat what I told Dame Janet when I voluntary gave evidence to assist her and the BBC. What I said in my earlier statement regarding the alleged meetings with Brian Neill QC and Bill Cotton Junior 45 years ago still stands.
“Given Dame Janet Smith’s concerns of a culture of fear in coming forward at the BBC, the fact that I have been scapegoated for giving my honest account and best recollections of those events 45 years ago - which I felt was a whitewash - what whistleblower at the BBC would ever come forward when they see the way they have hung me out to dry.
“Sadly today’s news agenda should have been about the survivors of abuse carried out within the BBC but, by sacking me, they have managed to take the focus off those who have suffered so much.
“My lawyers are now considering all statements made by the BBC about me today and we will be taking action.”
Clinton 61 - Sanders 29.
Obama is a secret Muslim doing the bidding of the Jews was the sort of thing you'd hear.
Trump 45
Hillary 43
Trump 43
Hillary 44
Favourability numbers
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/us/us02182016_Urpfd42.pdf
Hillary 37/58
Trump 37/57
Scared/Enthusiastic by party
http://www.suffolk.edu/documents/SUPRC/2_17_2016_tables.pdf
Dem
Hillary 8/36
Trump 62/4
Rep
Hillary 2/60
Trump 17/28
Ind
Hillary 35/5
Trump 33/16
Latest Ohio polls
Trump 39
Hillary 37
http://www.bw.edu/Assets/stories/2016/ToplineReport_Ohio Election Poll_Feb24-FINALx.pdf
Trump 44
Hillary 42
Favourables
Trump 35/59
Hillary 37/57
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/ohio/release-detail?ReleaseID=2326
The key for Trump's performance is that independents dislike Hillary more than him, although republicans are not comfortable with him.
My estimate is that he will lose 20% Romney voters to minor parties or abstention and around 5% to Hillary, Hillary will lose 10% Obama voters to minor parties or abstention and 10% to Trump.
That would close the gap from 4 points to 3 points and it will be determined by what new voters that come in play and geographically.
The geographical playground then matters, Trump could lose a lot of die hard purists in areas like Kansas or Nebraska and it would not hurt him, Hillary can pile a lot of hispanic votes in California and it won't do her any good.