A reality based independent journal of observation & analysis, serving the Flathead Valley & Montana since 2006. © James Conner.
Democratic Presidential debate. Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, and Bernie Sanders square off in Charleston, SC, tonight at 2100 EST. NBC News is broadcasting the debate, which also will be streamed live on YouTube. I’ll be watching and may Tweet my reactions (@jrcflatheadmemo) during the debate.
This debate may get dirty. Sanders’ strength has spooked HRC’s campaign. Her inner Lady MacBeth has surfaced. She can’t pull herself up, so she intends to push Sanders down. She’s on the attack, making dishonest claims about his health care proposals.
Several mainstream news organizations this weekend reported that HRC’s campaign underestimated Sanders’ appeal. That’s true — but those reports failed to observe that HRC’s campaign overestimated her appeal. She’s an incredibly ambitious, self-righteous issues technician, not a master politician. She thinks like a corporate attorney, which is all she would be had she not married Bill Clinton. Now there’s a danger she could become the Democratic nominee for President.
Two small fry Malheur occupiers arrested. One was busted in Burns by the Oregon Highway Patrol for driving a federal truck he boosted from the Malheur refuge. The other was arrested in Maricopa County, AZ, on an outstanding, nonfederal, warrant. They weren’t charged with occupying the refuge illegally, so the arrests present them as petty criminals, not heroic revolutionaries.
Meanwhile, the occupiers continued their campaign of petty vandalism. Yesterday the Doofus Brigade removed surveillance cameras from telephone polls. What’s next? Taking out a police drone with birdshot?