Hillary For President

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

The B & I team are like the SF 49er fans. You only hear from them after a victory. Now that the Niner's are tanking big time, nary a word.

Me, Ice and every woman in the United States. You must be a gas around the dinner table or do you take your meals in your 'mancave'?

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Me, Ice and every woman in the United States. You must be a gas around the dinner table or do you take your meals in your 'mancave'?

Actually I eat out almost all the time and the restaurants (usually small and privately owned) that know me still welcome me. So I must not be a menace to their other customers.

You on the other hand seem to be exude an aroma .........Emily Litella.
[nailer, may I? ]

Edit: Bob, honestly I do annoy a few of my close friends who are all devoted HB's of which I am very proud of.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by finnbow

And that somehow makes you an authority on the Air Force? I personally managed the construction of 5 Air Force nuclear missile sites in Germany. I'd say I've had far more interactions/experience with the Army and Air Force than you could even begin to imagine.

So fucking what?

You were a civilian.

That's like saying you know all about baseball because you watch it on TV.

[nailer]

Made me laugh out loud.

[Rajoo]

Me too and precious.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

So fucking what?

You were a civilian.

That's like saying you know all about baseball because you watch it on TV.

And emptying bed pans makes you an expert?

[donquixote99]

UNDERSTANDING TRUMP: by George Lakoff

https://georgelakoff.com/2016/07/23/...nding-trump-2/

Lakoff is a cognitive scientist at UC Berkely. He's got a simple model for conceptualizing where conservatives and liberals are coming from, and combines that with other observations of cognitive science to distill some handy tips.

Most of the piece is a fairly in-depth analysis of 'how Trump has been doing it,' in cognitive terms. But he finally has some suggestions for campaigning against him. Like me, he feels Hillary needed to go positive, instead of trying to disqualify Trump with negativity. But he says the content of the positive message needed to be the progressive values themselves. What values? Lakoff lists some near the end of this: " Empathy, devotion, love, pride in our country’s values, public resources to create freedoms. And adulthood."

I do recognize that Hillary's 'Stronger together' slogan is absolutely along the suggested lines, but the fact is, Hillary isn't fluent in values, she talks wonk.

[donquixote99]

Also, do read Lakoff's two follow-up pages:

Understanding Trump’s Use of Language

It's not word salad--cognitively, he has evolved very effective methods.


Understanding Trump’s Name

Sound symbolism-wise, Trump is very fortunate is his name. But borrowing from his own tactics, this can be taken from him be renaming him. Many have indeed tried this, but Lakoff's insights have led him to a real devilish substitute:

Twimp

Lakoff doesn't add a first name. I suggest, along the same lines, 'Dimold Twimp.'

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Me, Ice and every woman in the United States. You must be a gas around the dinner table or do you take your meals in your 'mancave'?

Hillary has got the Man Hating Feminazi and Pencil Necked Beta Male vote in the bag. I'll give you that.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Hillary has got the Man Hating Feminazi and Pencil Necked Beta Male vote in the bag. I'll give you that.

Give Bob a break, while blinded by the truth, he is also weak in math.
If every woman is for Hillary, how come she is still at 45% when 49% of the women are Democrats?

Hey Bob, just read that Hillary's niece is going to vote for Trump, though she has been a lifelong Democrat. Don't want to hurt your feelings by quoting her verbatim, but let me tell you, it was not nice. So she neutralizes one of your two votes.