I think he kept it strictly to economic terms and…cultural. I think he did not want to address race. At all. A few times he did that he got clobbered by hate mail and deleted the comments section 🙂

I think you don’t know how to change your oil too? 🙂

Lets not confuse things. Trump used various themes of Race in the same way that Nixon and Reagan did to attract support from Whites who are susceptible to such appeals. His core supporters are motivated politically by racial appeals more than anything. If economic angst were their primary motivator, they would have been Bernie supporters.

That’s not to say that sensible proposals to address the very real employment issues that the “Reformed Broker” so superficially touches on is not important. In the upper midwest, between 5 and 15% of white voters (depending on the geography) who voted for Obama voted for Trump. Race is not the primary factor in how they vote, and proposals along with an honest outreach effort could split these voters from the Trump. Today’s NYT has an article by Jared Bernstein that outlines some of the proposals that could do this.

Caballero LOL

I think Huxley was…right 🙁

Ummm, Trump used to say while campaigning that he will have a plan to defeat ISIS in his first 30 days of his administration…still waiting.

Terrorism will never end. It has been with us…for ever.

In one week, we lose more to gun violence in the US than all 3 recent terrorist attacks in the UK.

I think there is a lot happening behind the scenes to prevent more attacks. We just don’t get to know about them.

Have a great week!

I will party with Bluecat

Besides understanding it is a small group and the talking about how terrorists wont break us. Is there anyone actually working on a plan? Doesnt ever seem like there is an end game to this

Bluecat, you are a nasty hateful person bro. I love your mock moral high ground on whoever you disagee with. You must be a blast at parties.

I don’t think nations necessarily elect the leaders they deserve. But I do think they deserve the leaders they elect.

Ingy-How’s the weekend going, Caballero?

Are you putting together a points-and-miles trip to the French Open finals? That would be way cool-I hear it’s in Paris this year.

They look very interesting, thanks.

I need to finish tomorrow’s post after watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals.