tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2637929602608614127..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Cranky Independents for Trump (Like Jim Webb)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-25198358514361431612016-03-06T10:08:04.063-05:002016-03-06T10:08:04.063-05:00On the issue of the left-right, blue-red divide, I...On the issue of the left-right, blue-red divide, I just read and now highly recommend this long, brilliant essay: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/. Worth reading all the way to the end, which made this reader squirm, and rightly so.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-58430647068807399312016-03-05T14:02:47.280-05:002016-03-05T14:02:47.280-05:00How does Trump lead the next closest contender by ...How does Trump lead the next closest contender by more than 20 points in Michigan? How does that happen? To me he's a charlatan and quack moving from town to town selling elixir out of the back of a wagon.Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-87032052283838861922016-03-05T13:02:26.621-05:002016-03-05T13:02:26.621-05:00Hear, hear, David!Hear, hear, David!pootrsoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975929246429466067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-5145836288952261332016-03-05T12:01:05.826-05:002016-03-05T12:01:05.826-05:00I suppose a big question is, can the gap between l...I suppose a big question is, can the gap between liberals and angry working-class whites be bridged? Can the liberals convince themselves that the latter aren't simply full of hate, and can the working-class whites convince themselves that the liberals aren't simply full of contempt? Is the problem just perception, or are both perceptions, for better or worse, all too accurate? Could either side put aside the accuracy of its perceptions for the sake of political alliance? All are, after all, fellow Americans. Or perhaps that is no longer the case.<br /><br />Perhaps a start would be for liberals to start advocating hard for ex-coal miners to get the pensions they are owed by bankrupt coal companies (an issue raised in the article you cite), just because they're owed them. And perhaps the NYT should have a "tell us your stories" blog about working-class unemployment.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com