Life is no brief candle to me.
It is sort of a splendid torch
which I have got hold of for a moment, and
I want to make it burn as brightly as possible
before handing it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
Tweet of the Day
Voting for Donald Trump is stupid enough;a politician who endorses him has sold his own integrity & credibility-explaining his dumbass crap?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
I swear to God when I listen to Trump speak, I think that he's doing satire because it is so far out there, he can't possibly be serious.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
I halfway expect him to pull out of the race saying: I made my point. For the past year I've said the craziest shit, and people vote for me.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
It's like I want to pull one of the Trump kids aside and say, "Does he really say this crazy shit at the dinner table?"— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
And then you hear one of his kids compare waterboarding to a college hazing prank, and you realize--"Oh my God! It's hereditary!"— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Authoritarianism is bipartisan. The Democrats have the economy in a regulatory chokehold, and the Republicans fear monger away our liberties— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
I'm happy to see #NeverTrump has taken off, although it seems to have been co-opted by a number of Trump-bashing progressives.Principle 1st.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Donald Trump is like the mirror image of Obama. They are both narcissists with a certain charisma and confirmed Statists.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Obama and Trump are different. Obama is well-mannered and even-tempered, more articulate and principled. Trump is better suited as a dealer.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
With the exceptions of Texas and possibly Arkansas, Cruz seems to have slipped to third in the RCP polls; he may be done after Tuesday.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Kasich and Carson are effectively done. I suspect Kasich will hang on until the Ohio primary mid-March, but Trump leads in the last RCP poll— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
I believe that Thursday's debate damaged Trump ahead of Super Tuesday, but is it enough for Rubio to win any of the states? Ad buys may help— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
I wonder what @GeorgeWill thinks of Chris Christie endorsing Trump. Will wrote a favorable op-ed on Christie a few weeks back, but not Trump— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
I wonder whether @marcorubio would consider a third party bid. Let us recall that David Duke was shunned by the GOP in his Louisiana races.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Trump, who has not even been a registered Republican for most of the time since 2000, should never have eligible to run for the nomination.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Thin-skinned Trump is always complaining about something--the RNC, the media, his competitors, the Pope. Man up! Stop being a whiny bitch— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Trump also is very insecure. He constantly feels the need to talk about how rich he is, how many people he employs, etc. Totally unnecessary— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Another Trump habit that highly annoys me: he's constantly bashing successful American companies, like Apple, Amazon, Nabisco, and Ford.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Let us be clear: if I am a businessman and I need an employee,it doesn't matter to me if the qualified worker is local or from another state— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
If I make chocolate, I need a plentiful supply of market-priced cocoa beans. Local beans may not be available, could be limited or costly.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Under autarky, I could never achieve desired scale because I'm constrained by the local supply of cocoa beans; the product would be costly.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
Now the local producer of cocoa beans may object to cocoa bean imports because his product isn't competitive.Consumers want low cost,variety— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
It may well be that the local cocoa producer could switch to crops better suited to the climate and soil infeasible in more tropical areas.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
The dollars the foreign cocoa producer earns make their way back to America enabling investments or the purchase of American goods.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
The local cocoa producer corruptly engages in rent-seeking (lobbyists) to protect their market share at the expense of consumers.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
"Mommy!The strange orange monster with short stubby fingers is holding my face.I can't push him away: don't let go." pic.twitter.com/6gzC41S76E— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 27, 2016
I as a conservative Democrat left the party over the Bork nomination rejection. I will leave the GOP when Trump clinches the nomination.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 28, 2016
I am pleased to see the University of Missouri fire Melissa Click ("I need some muscle over here") who attempted to block a student reporter— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 28, 2016
@hughhewitt @realDonaldTrump Wrong.The nomination of an ill-tempered, unqualified, incompetent, anti-liberty fascist is un-American.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 28, 2016
It looks like Trump cultists resent the #NeverTrump rebuke of the ill-tempered, unprincipled, unqualified, incompetent fascist buffoon— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 28, 2016
A recent Facebook thread discussed Bernie Sanders' "democratic socialism"; I pointed out that this was a non-Statist left-libertarian idea.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders in fact supports a Statist vision of an expanded social welfare system of positive rights with limited property rights.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 28, 2016
Image of the DayAnother person suggested that Bernie Sanders is a social democrat, while I've used the term social liberal or left-fascist.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 28, 2016
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Political Potpourri
Hillary Clinton, who had edged Sanders by a too-close 5-6% a week ago in Nevada, crushed Sanders in SC with almost 75% of the vote, heavily supported by majority black Dems statewide. This sets up Clinton nicely for a crushing sweep at least through the delegate-rich South next Tuesday. At Election Betting Odds, Clinton now has upped her numbers to 92% for the nomination and 58% for the general election, while Trump is now rated 74% and 25% respectively. Interestingly, Cruz only is given about a 1% chance vs. Rubio's 18% for the nomination. Some have characterized the Texas contest as must-win for Cruz, and I agree. Reuters shows Trump at nearly half the vote, with Cruz at 25, and Rubio at 20, actually trending down since Thursday.
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