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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

The Two Parties Today

If you want an accurate picture of where both parties stand today here are two stories that help.

Republicans are worried that convicted felon Don Blankenship might win the WV Senate primary today.  Democrats are also worried that convicted felon Don Blankenship might win the WV Senate primary today.  Republicans are worried he will lose a winnable race, and Democrats are worried that one of the world's worst humans will join the Senate.

The second story is the rapid fall of sexual predator Eric Schneiderman as NY Attorney General.  Within about an 8 hour span, four women came forward with pretty shocking stories, and Scheiderman resigned.  He had been an active force in taking on Trump, so the Trump people wanted to dunk on him, leading Kellyanne Conway to tweet: "Gotcha."  Meanwhile Trump has not resigned 18 months after he was caught bragging into a hot mic about sexually assaulting women.

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