tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3835599803114624533..comments2024-03-18T21:09:10.627-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/19/24: Can we bring our divided continent back together?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73097505595592584402016-06-03T18:07:06.712-05:002016-06-03T18:07:06.712-05:00No they're not. I voted for Jim Edgar. To thin...No they're not. I voted for Jim Edgar. To think that Hillary Clinton is bad in the way that Donald Trump is bad is to be blinded by partisanship. If Bernie Sanders, through some tragedy, became the nominee, I'd happily point out the irrational, almost insane sheen to his position. Though it wouldn't make him worse than Trump. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3833735832496224322016-06-03T17:43:26.610-05:002016-06-03T17:43:26.610-05:00I for one have had it with all those who try to &q...I for one have had it with all those who try to "reason" their voting for Trump. Far as I know, there's NEVER been a candidate running for President of the United States that is so undeserving of the country's support. Anyone who claims they're voting for him, or know others who are voting for him, because they can't stand Hillary Clinton -- I don't care how "good" or "decent" a Republican they are -- better be prepared to take the blame if he's elected. He is everything that America does NOT represent, and it will be your shame if he becomes our President.<br /><br />SandyK<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63771765004935362332016-06-03T15:16:35.362-05:002016-06-03T15:16:35.362-05:00It's less about coming together, more about ac...It's less about coming together, more about accepting our differences yet still be able to co-exist. It's not our country or their country to take back.<br /><br />It's too bad our political system allows the rabid minorities on both sides to control our politics to the point that moderate has become an evil word. What's amazing is how both parties have turned upon themselves, as if they can't move any farther to their respective cliffs. It's like how an angered dog will turn on the closest person or animal next to him if he can't reach the enemy on the other side of the fence. Truly frightening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41660980638839774542016-06-03T12:24:04.120-05:002016-06-03T12:24:04.120-05:00The primaries are over! You don't have call ou...The primaries are over! You don't have call out your party as you vote now. Please, please vote for a government that will do just that! Govern!!Tom S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04976079581280071356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47494082376519062262016-06-03T11:51:41.571-05:002016-06-03T11:51:41.571-05:00It is worth noting that more Republicans have vote...It is worth noting that more Republicans have voted against Trump than for him. (Granted, not all the alternatives were any more admirable.) Now they're all stuck with him, whether they voted for him or not. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75176394727648973212016-06-03T11:26:03.839-05:002016-06-03T11:26:03.839-05:00Nicely said. Republicans have opposed if not cond...Nicely said. Republicans have opposed if not condemned every single action of President Obama over the last 7 years and as a last thumb to the eye refuse to even talk about considering his nominee for the Supreme Court. Demons you call them and demons they are. Even Hillary's bad reputation is largely the result of their incessant and virulent attacks on her character. <br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53109122558561265532016-06-03T09:44:29.856-05:002016-06-03T09:44:29.856-05:00My main point is not so much about Trump as about ...My main point is not so much about Trump as about your demonizing all Republicans as anti-immigrant, anti-gay, anti-woman, etc. It's just not true, and I feel such a posture is unworthy of you and can serve to undermine your greater position. <br /><br />To address the Trump issue, though, I feel sorry for Republicans this year. As you state, their options are limited. To vote for a possibly dangerous buffoon, to vote for the opposite party's candidate (whom many of them despise, as do many Democrats, for reasons not limited to misogyny), to essentially throw their vote away on a third-party or write-in candidate, or to not vote for president at all. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32395920164055658212016-06-03T09:28:27.488-05:002016-06-03T09:28:27.488-05:00And yet there he is. You either support him, allo...And yet there he is. You either support him, allow him, or oppose him. Is there a fourth thing? Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1014235466313132622016-06-03T08:48:06.203-05:002016-06-03T08:48:06.203-05:00Perhaps another thing that continues to divide us ...Perhaps another thing that continues to divide us is the tendency to select the worst qualities of the worst examples of the "other" and treat them as if they're the defining characteristics of that group. All Republicans, certainly not the ones I associate with, do not fit the description above. Not a single person I've spoken to is happy about Trump. (That said, I'm sure at least some of them will vote for him because they don't like Clinton and/or disagree with her policies, if not her goals.) Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41675248165124291382016-06-03T08:22:13.331-05:002016-06-03T08:22:13.331-05:00What I don't get is why a good number of Veter...What I don't get is why a good number of Veterans seem to be pro-Trump when he hid out in college during Nam and none of his offspring went into military service. It's like he is some pied piper. All of his followers can't be idiots. It must be about anger at the establishment/disillusionment. And no matter what he says or does, nothing sticks. He's the new Teflon candidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17528396038688929462016-06-03T07:35:48.822-05:002016-06-03T07:35:48.822-05:00We could come together if we weren't beset by,...We could come together if we weren't beset by, of well if not pure evil, at least the forces of not at all niceness. Just imagine Trump supporters gathered for a political rally, and protesting them are pint sized people in colorful Central American ethnic cloths, wielding flutes and mandolins, and playing sad mournful melodies. Little stick like children with large doe eyes could hold signs saying "please let stay." I bet even the hardest hardcore Trump supporter's heart would melt, saying awe what were we thinking, of course they can stay. But nooooo, we have burly men with ink up one arm and down the other, smashing through barriers, waving Mexican flags, throwing eggs, yelling, and attacking Trump supporters. Not the best way to unify and win hearts and minds, not at all.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77335636964101740862016-06-03T07:06:51.872-05:002016-06-03T07:06:51.872-05:00Yes, I recall reading that in the book and well pu...Yes, I recall reading that in the book and well put. (By the way, your wife has lovely hair.)Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-92152279990368159112016-06-03T05:42:21.348-05:002016-06-03T05:42:21.348-05:00Yes, I mention it in the Chicago book -- Ridgeland...Yes, I mention it in the Chicago book -- Ridgeland Avenue in Oak Park also refers to it.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54570627446126477392016-06-03T00:24:54.063-05:002016-06-03T00:24:54.063-05:00Neil, did you know a different Continental Divide ...Neil, did you know a different Continental Divide goes right through Chicago?<br />It's where they dug the I&M Canal in the 1840s at the Chicago Portage, which where the South Ashland Bridge is.<br />East of there, the water flows to the lake & the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic & west of there, it goes to the Mississippi & the Gulf of Mexico.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com