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Well that, and the New Testament insistence on lowering corporate tax rates.

 

This is a monumental day.

Mike Lupica, for the first time in 28 years, made me laugh at something he's written or said.

I'm stunned. I need to have a cake made.

 

She'll make you one soon as her husband gets back with the express lane list of ingredients.

 

Dush totally has to be pronounced = dooche.

 

It’s odd how few elections Republicans can win without shenanigans. It’s almost as if the public is rejecting their policies.

 

I posted this earlier and brought it up again when somebody mentioned Republicans putting up candidates with no real qualifications for the job. All Nixon has on her side is name recognition. Most of what I've read focuses on the possibility of her becoming the first female governor of New York, or the first who was openly gay. Those factors could get her some votes, but none of them actually qualifies her for the job.

I'd be happy to see a qualified Democrat challenge Cuomo, regardless of the person's gender or sexual orientation. But a minor celebrity who hasn't even run for public office before? Not interested.

 

They didn't want to do it, because they knew they'd lose. There's a significant minority of New York Democrats who loathe Cuomo and will support Nixon just because of that. Not enough to win, but enough to make him work for it. But a candidate like Nixon was more likely to appear to fill that void than an experienced pol, because experienced pols care about not losing.

 

I don't really see the value in making him work for it, though perhaps she can force a valuable discussion about education. She is an advocate for public education, which is a target for both parties in recent years.

 

What does anyone anywhere think a "qualification" for politics might be?

The whole point of the Republic at the founding was the chance for any citizen from any background to serve their term and then return home.

 

At the very least, one shouldn’t be a stark raving moron without even basic human decency who may or may not be a traitor to this country.

 

One can hope.