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Not Counting Genocide— Is That Even Possible— Are Things That Bad? They Will Be If Trump Is Elected
I was involved in the efforts to end the war against Vietnam, both on campus and beyond. I lived it. So did Bernie. Mitch Landrieu, on...
Howie Klein
May 6, 202410 min read
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Have You Ever Met Any Intelligent, Well-Informed People Who Vote For Trump Or Follow The QAnon Cult?
You Can Blame It On Fox— Or The Disinvestment In Public Education People who haven’t made up their minds which candidate is the greater...
Howie Klein
Apr 30, 20245 min read
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The Threats Trump Poses To Our Country Are Very Real... And Dire
Last night was the annual White House Corespondents Association Dinner. Most of the jokes were at Trump’s expense. MC Colin Jost, for...
Howie Klein
Apr 28, 20245 min read
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Trump Was The Worst Resident Ever— So Why Isn't Biden Pulverizing Him Yet?
When you discount GOP fake polls, Biden is slightly ahead in national polling. Even the Real Clear Politics polling average, which revels...
Howie Klein
Apr 12, 20246 min read
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Bite The Pillow And Make The Best Of It— Biden Will Be The Democratic Nominee In November
Do You Think He's Better Than Trump? Siena is a decent polling firm for the New York metro and teh NY Times uses them and gives them a...
Howie Klein
Mar 3, 20249 min read
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I'm Loathe To Do So For Several Reasons (Like The Gaza Genocide) But I Plan To Vote For Biden In Nov
Let's Look At Existentialism I never thought I’d vote for a lesser of two evils candidate again. In 2012 I didn’t vote for Obama; in 2016...
Howie Klein
Feb 13, 20247 min read
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Voters Deserve More Than A Choice Between A Lesser And A Greater Evil-- And They Know It
(Although Trump Is The GREATEST Evil, Not Merely A Greater Evil) Generally speaking, Republicans are so terrible that no matter how bad...
Howie Klein
Dec 5, 202310 min read
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2024— Not Another Lesser Of Two Evils Election… Way Beyond That
March, 1933 Germany Had One Last Chance To Save Itself From Naziism-- 17,277,180 People (43.9%) Voted For Hitler & That Was The End...
Howie Klein
Nov 30, 20236 min read
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Most People Agree Trump Is Unfit For The White House-- But Will That Keep Him Out?
Voters Will Choose The Lesser Evil In This Ultimate Showdown In an essay this morning about how Biden could win reelection next year, Ron...
Howie Klein
Nov 24, 20238 min read
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Are Voters Persuaded That Trump Is So Monstrous That They'll Vote For Biden Despite Not Liking Him?
A Classic Lesser Of 2 Evils Election We had no Republicans where I grew up; they seemed like alien beings. I don’t think I ever met one...
Howie Klein
Nov 20, 20235 min read
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The 2024 Greater Evil Is Also America's Greatest Evil Ever-- And It's Not Old Joe Biden
Jennifer Rubin’s column on Sunday, A Wasteland: Political Coverage Ignores The Threat To Democracy, was one long kvetch about mainstream...
Howie Klein
Nov 14, 20238 min read
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A Rock And A Very Hard Place
-by Patrick Toomey This must-read Chris Hedges piece crystallizes the dilemma that any informed person of humane instincts must face in...
Patrick Toomey
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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At The End Day Is It All Rupert Murdoch's Fault & Did Bill Clinton Ruin America By Making The Deal?
On Thursday, Oliver Darcy remarked on the derangement at the right-wing MAGAfied media outlets, noting that “Millions of Americans are...
Howie Klein
Aug 5, 20235 min read
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There Are Some Dems Worth Voting For--Even If Not Jared Golden, Then Certainly AOC & Aaron Regunberg
When I talk to new candidates for Congress, what I really want to know— but can’t ask them right off the bat— is if they’re attitude...
Howie Klein
Jul 30, 202313 min read
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The Party of the Big Club
In what was a culmination of his storied comedic career, George Carlin gave this epic riff, “It’s a Big Club, and you ain’t in it” -by...
Patrick Toomey
Jul 17, 20234 min read
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Our Only Green Party Endorsee... So Far
Washington’s second congressional district— Snohomish, Whatcom, Skagit, Island and San Juan counties— is a super-safe D+16 seat. Biden...
Howie Klein
Jul 6, 20234 min read
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Trump's Not Just Poison For America-- He's Also Poison For The Republican Party
I don’t know a single person who wants Biden to run for reelection. I don’t know anyone excited about voting for him. But virtually...
Howie Klein
Jun 26, 20233 min read
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Republican Candidates Are Very Wary Of The Trump Kiss Of Death Going Into The 2024 Cycle
Writing for the Washington Post yesterday, Michael Scherer, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement reported what most political observers already...
Howie Klein
May 23, 20238 min read
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My Granddad Told Me There Was only One Thing Worse Than The Democratic Party-- The Republican Party
How Many Dems Will Refuse To Back Biden's Shitty Deal With The GOP? GOP crackpots— both nationally and in red states— are passing...
Howie Klein
May 21, 20234 min read
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The Problem With The Dems' Lesser Evil Strategy Is That Some Voters View The Republican As Less Evil
Establishment Democrats have so little faith in what the party is supposed to stand for that they count on a lesser of two evils approach...
Howie Klein
May 8, 20236 min read
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