(page 1) https://www.politusic.com/2016-election/ Left-leaning political and social articles to help you understand American politics, appreciate music, and laugh at being human. Sun, 29 Jan 2017 15:49:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.politusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pt-square-96x96.png (page 1) https://www.politusic.com/2016-election/ 32 32 Democrats Deserve Donald Trump https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats/democrats-deserve-donald-trump/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats/democrats-deserve-donald-trump/#respond Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:47:10 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17841 POLITUSIC

In the 2016 General Election democrats ate their cake and discovered they have a gluten allergy. Call it getting their just desert. Their wedding cake plate thusly empty, democrats are …

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Best of the Day: News World Finally Catches Up With POLITUSIC https://www.politusic.com/best/best-day-american-news-finally-catches-politusic/ https://www.politusic.com/best/best-day-american-news-finally-catches-politusic/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:49:56 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17716 POLITUSIC

Proper news sites across the globe have been posting about fake news on facebook, and how people running satire websites have made a lot of money – possibly even helping …

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Why Democrats Lose Elections https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-lose-elections/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-lose-elections/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:34:19 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17608 POLITUSIC

As Americans emerged from the fog of the 2016 presidential result, one repeating question heard from all corners has been: Why do democrats keep losing elections? While coming to my own …

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President-Elect Donald J. Trump. Now What? https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/survive-president-donald-trump/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/survive-president-donald-trump/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:25:28 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17434 POLITUSIC

Over the last two days I – along with the majority of voters in this country – have been repeatedly asking… “What the hell do we do now?” When we …

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Republicans Blame Media for Everything. Is GOP Forever Stuck in a Different Reality? https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/republicans-blame-media-everything/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/republicans-blame-media-everything/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:17:45 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17265 POLITUSIC

The rigid right wing of the Republican Party locked itself into a bunkered reality long ago. Their information bubble is incredibly effective at isolating their lives from dissent and differing …

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Democrats, Media Need to Tamp Down Trump Bashing https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/democrats-media-need-stop-attacking-trump/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/democrats-media-need-stop-attacking-trump/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2016 19:34:52 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17243 POLITUSIC

Donald J. Trump’s performance has been a gift to the Democratic Party and cable news alike. Both are making a lot of money as a result of his candidacy. Both …

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Is America Great or Isn’t It? Democrats vs. Republicans vs. American History. https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/is-america-great-not-democrat-republican-american-history/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/is-america-great-not-democrat-republican-american-history/#respond Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:39:33 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17186 POLITUSIC

Is America already great, or do we need to make America great again? This might be the only area in the 2016 presidential election where both candidates are correct: America …

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Political Convention Takeaway: Blame and Bewilderment https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/political-convention-republicans-blame-democrats-appalled/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/political-convention-republicans-blame-democrats-appalled/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:43:29 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17104 POLITUSIC

In 2014 POLITUSIC offered a political theory that the act of assigning blame is a core difference between the development of right wing vs left wing ideology. Two years later, …

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DNC Chair Resigns, Bernie Sanders Becomes Most Powerful Man In The Room https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats/dnc-chair-resigns-bernie-sanders-powerful/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats/dnc-chair-resigns-bernie-sanders-powerful/#respond Sun, 24 Jul 2016 22:11:55 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17091 POLITUSIC

One thing’s for certain: Democrats are morons when it comes to email. DNC Chair Resigns Over Emails Proving Her Own Idiocy The Democratic National Convention hasn’t even started, and the …

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American Voters: Vote Personality Over Policy https://www.politusic.com/politics/theory/american-politics-policy-personality-voting/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/theory/american-politics-policy-personality-voting/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:39:17 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=16892 POLITUSIC

This topic has dominated POLITUSIC gatherings lately: why do so many American voters decide on a candidate based on personality rather than policy? Most voters over 30 will defensively claim …

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Is America Too Obsessed With Celebrity To Have Serious Elections? https://www.politusic.com/politics/dysfunction/america-too-obsessed-celebrity-no-real-elections/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/dysfunction/america-too-obsessed-celebrity-no-real-elections/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:10:56 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=16780 POLITUSIC

The image from this week that (unfortunately) I cannot shake from a sad corner of my mind is of ($80k a year, government paid democrat) Kim Davis: eyes closed, mouth agape …

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SLO County Elections: A Letter From The Lessers https://www.politusic.com/politics/slo-county-elections/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/slo-county-elections/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2015 17:16:57 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=16827 POLITUSIC

Dear Upper Middle Class of San Luis Obispo County,   Believe it or not, we have something in common. Rich, poor, or comfortably in the middle, it’s undeniable that anyone …

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Rand Paul: Rules? I Don’t Need Rules! https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/rand-paul-caucus-kentucky-pays/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/rand-paul-caucus-kentucky-pays/#respond Sat, 22 Aug 2015 23:25:19 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=16750 POLITUSIC

When you get an entire state party to change how it nominates a president you know either you have power, or your party can’t find anyone better. This is where …

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Beginning Of The End. Trump’s Poll Numbers Signal The End Of An Empire? https://www.politusic.com/politics/beginning-of-the-end/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/beginning-of-the-end/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:48:47 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=16726 POLITUSIC

As I watch the non-stop coverage of Donald Trump I wonder. Currently the cameras are fixed to the sky – at  Trump’s giant name-tagged jet performing a fly-by over an …

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Why Is Donald Trump Winning, Leading GOP Polls? https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/why-donald-trump-winning-leading-gop-polls/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/why-donald-trump-winning-leading-gop-polls/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:23:58 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=16689 POLITUSIC

While most democrats I know brush this question off with a simple, “because the right-wing republican base is full of ignorant hee-haws who like bombastic a**holes“, I have a couple …

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SLO County Supervisor Race https://www.politusic.com/politics/slo-county-supervisor-race/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/slo-county-supervisor-race/#respond Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:18:41 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=15896 POLITUSIC

Analysis of SLO County politics. SLO county supervisor races and candidates. Election Updates (click link to jump): Welcome & Introduction (if you’re new read first so you have context) Republicans vs. …

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Ted Cruz Running For President, Thinks He’s John Lennon https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/ted-cruz-running-for-president-imagine-liberty-university/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/ted-cruz-running-for-president-imagine-liberty-university/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:57:40 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=15834 POLITUSIC

Ted Cruz wants the faithful at Liberty University to imagine all the people having Ted Cruz as their president. (I would file that under, “imagine there’s no heaven”.) If John …

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Republicans Hate Rich People? https://www.politusic.com/best/republicans-hate-rich-people/ https://www.politusic.com/best/republicans-hate-rich-people/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:52:56 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=13231 POLITUSIC

Ultimately, we’ll want to file this one under “republicans have no new ideas”, but for today it earns a best spot on POLITUSIC: Republicans hate rich people. The Republican Party …

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Hillary Clinton Out of Touch With Real Americans https://www.politusic.com/rants/hillary-clinton-out-of-touch/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/hillary-clinton-out-of-touch/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:01:08 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=13264 POLITUSIC

Hillary Clinton, wealthy, rich and out of touch with real Americans. “Flat Broke”… don’t get me started… If you’re like me, then you’ve seen Hillary Clinton out on all these friendly …

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Don’t Reward the Mediocrity and Self-Imposed Fiscal Crises of the U.S. Congress https://www.politusic.com/rants/us-congress-dont-reward-mediocrity-and-self-imposed-crises/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/us-congress-dont-reward-mediocrity-and-self-imposed-crises/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:24:35 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=7173 POLITUSIC

Let’s face it: the Republican Party is a fractured mess. After the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, allowed the more extreme and non-compromising part of his party complain and …

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Got Facts? Burst the Bubble: How to Overcome Conspiracy Theory Politics for 2014 Election https://www.politusic.com/politics/theory/got-facts-how-to-overcome-conspiracy-theory-politics/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/theory/got-facts-how-to-overcome-conspiracy-theory-politics/#respond Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:42:54 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=6616 POLITUSIC

I’m grateful that when NBC called Ohio for Obama the first thing our election night party did was change the channel to see how Fox News was handling themselves – as …

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Democrats: Don’t Waste Time. What You Need To Do For 2014, 2016. https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats/democrats-dont-waste-time-start-now-for-2014/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats/democrats-dont-waste-time-start-now-for-2014/#respond Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:30:57 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=6531 POLITUSIC

Besides being (usually) spineless because they want to appear reasonable and empathetic, one of the Democratic Party’s biggest problems is complacency. STOP IT! Get back to work! Democrats, it’s your job …

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