mahiwaga

I'm not really all that mysterious

Bernie or Busters and Moderate Republicans

It is interesting that there seems to be more venom reserved for Bernie-or-busters compared to moderate Republicans who think Trump is a disaster but can’t stand the idea of voting for Clinton. Both these demographics’ interests can at least be partially served by voting for Clinton, but for some reason, holding out because you’re a Republican is more virtuous than holding out because you’re a progressive.

Do classical moderate Republicans have significant issues with Cinton’s foreign policy? (I’m definitely not talking about the insane people who keep yelling about e-mails and Benghazi.) Because in my mind, there seems to be a lot of overlap. Maybe even more so than with Obama.

And for the moderates who are truly small government minarchist/libertarian, Clinton’s positions on trade and civil liberties seem far more favorable to their causes than Trump’s.

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Crazification Factor

In light of all the people voting for Trump and all the people refusing to vote for Clinton, this seems apt.

Obama vs. Alan Keyes. Keyes was from out of state, so you can eliminate any established political base; both candidates were black, so you can factor out racism; and Keyes was plainly, obviously, completely crazy. Batshit crazy. Head-trauma crazy. But 27% of the population of Illinois voted for him. They put party identification, personal prejudice, whatever ahead of rational judgement. Hell, even like 5% of Democrats voted for him. That’s crazy behaviour. I think you have to assume a 27% Crazification Factor in any population.

Lunch Discussions #145: The Crazification Factor • 2005 Oct 7 • John Rogers • Kung Fu Monkey

posted by Author's profile picture mahiwaga