Red State/Blue State

Dear Sweet Kelllyanne Conway: A moment of your time, m'dear, before you begin snarking all the way to Capitol Hill. Your statement: "How about the fact that nobody liked your candidate? Or that people didn't connect with her? Or that you should have tried harder to get WHITE working class voters? Well…Facts are sometimes hard to face, aren't they?      Fact: Donald Trump lost the Popular Vote…badly.  According to the latest numbers, Hillary will be the only candidate who has lost by the margin equalling ten winning Presidential Candidates without taking office.        Fact: People didn't connect with Trump-according to your definition. Exit Polls showed that even those who DID vote for him didn't think he was qualified to be Commander in Chief.       Fact: Democratic Candidates try to reach ALL working class people-NOT just the WHITE working class voters. Seig Heil! Why did you make a point to specify WHITE working class? This isn't about

At some point, we started to realize that he wasn't so funny anymore. But Donald Trump does remain a source of amusement to late-night comics and the internet writ large. Some of the tweets are so over the top they're funny. Some of the lies are so blatant, you can't take them too seriously. Bernie Sanders had a different take on the Trump tweets. He warned of the underlying messages embedded in them. The tweet about "millions voting illegally" could really be warning of even more voter suppression in store for us in the next four years. And it also could be a warning for immigrants and minorities of what's in store… That's why it's not really funny anymore. The nonsensical tweet about Boeing is now a serious threat to a major American corporation because Trump didn't like the fact that they spoke out against his threat to get into a huge trade war with China. He still provides fodder for comedians as we roll into the countdown for the

Here's the "short list" of all of Trump's incoming land mines as he hurtles towards his date with Destiny at the Inauguration. List of Donald Trump Landmines 1) Conflicts of Interest- His Business Interests are global 2) Billionaire (& Military) Cabinet appointments 3) Trump's Foreign Affair Shortfalls: The Knowledge Gaps 4) Trump's Mind-set: Bigotry, Racism, Misogyny- Remember how much "the blacks" loved him? 5) Race-baiting  Divisive Language : His Pettiness & Ego 6) The Conspiracy Theories -the weird beliefs-beginning with Birtherism. 7) His Temperament & Tweets & Trade wars -just the Tweets & Marketing that could turn on him 8) Immigration! -Building the Wall 9) Obamacare Repeal- what do you do with 20 million people +? Democratic Strongholds: Hillary's Laundry List of just some of the initiatives that were promoted by her in her speeches and on her website. These should be the bedrock