Bringing Hope And Change To Missouri Democrats. Or Trying, Anyway.

The NY Times has an interesting story about a Missouri Democrat's attempt to bring her party's activist base home to the notion that the state is too conservative for the hard-line stance of the Democratic Party.

It went about as you might expect - being right is more important to the progressives than actually winning elections.

The pro-life Democrat:

She worried that the Democratic Party had moved too far left on abortion. Gone were the days when the party, under President Bill Clinton, called for abortion to be “safe, legal and rare.” She also noticed fellow Democrats showing contempt for her when they learned her stance on abortion.

...

On June 30, when dozens of Democratic State Committee members gathered in a university conference room in Jefferson City to vote on the new platform, Ms. Barry nervously introduced her plank. It said that the party recognized “the diversity of views” on abortion and “we welcome into our ranks all Missourians who may hold different positions on this issue.”

(Full text is here.)

The pro-choice pushback:

“My stomach dropped,” said Ms. Merritt, who had agreed to join the committee after the party’s steep losses of 2016, thinking she needed to do more than criticize from the sidelines.

In her view, Missouri Democrats needed more progressive politics, not less.

“I don’t understand Democrats who quote Truman and F.D.R. and then act like they are terrified to run as an actual Democrat,” said Ms. Merritt, 45, who lives in St. Louis. “You have to believe in something in order for somebody to believe in you. You can’t be such a watered-down thing.”

The fight over abortion in the party, she said, epitomized that. So she sprang into action, talking on Facebook and Twitter with hundreds of angry progressives, some of whom were threatening to stop their donations, calling her fellow committee members, and ultimately the party’s chairman.

“I felt horrified that someone would associate me with that bizarre, regressive anti-woman language,” she said.

The party was trying to placate people who opposed abortion at the very moment that abortion was most under threat, Ms. Merritt said. Days before the vote, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy had announced his retirement and the court had backed anti-abortion pregnancy centers. Missouri, one of the most restrictive states in the country, is now down to one abortion clinic.

“The last thing we needed was for that language to linger,” she said of the plank. “It was a foul stench that needed to be addressed sooner rather than later.”

"Foul stench". Let's pencil her in as "Maybe not open for a calm discussion".

Finally, words of wisdom from an older Democrat about the benefits of compromising:

That is simply savvy politics [referring to Sen. McCaskill ducking the issue during her campaign], said Christopher Kelly, a retired judge from Columbia who served nine terms in the Legislature, several with Ms. McCaskill. He said Ms. McCaskill has a near perfect Democratic voting record on abortion, and believes the struggle points to a larger problem among young progressives.

“They operate in this fantasy,” he said, “that we’re going to have a political renaissance or enlightenment, where everyone is going to decide that their ideas — the ideas of the lefties — are now their ideas.”

He added: “You will not win seats, because even though people might agree with you on some of the issues, you will scare them away. You will seem alien to them.”

He said history does not support the claim that more anti-abortion Democrats in the Legislature translates to less abortion rights. Many of the restrictions have come more recently, he said, since Republicans have gained the majority.

“When you become contemptuous of conservative Democrats, you promote the election of their opponents,” said Mr. Kelly, who believes it was a mistake to scrap Ms. Barry’s plank. “And their opponents are 100 percent worse for the environment, 100 percent worse for working people, 100 percent worse for L.G.B.T. people, for women, for black people, for immigrants.”

I mean, duh. But not for the progressive highlighted here, who gets the last word:

Ms. Merritt admits that some districts may be difficult for Democrats to win, but that is partly because the party has not really tried to persuade people. Candidates need to seize the chance this fall to teach people why Democratic ideas are better, she said.

“I believe 110 percent that if we run on full-throated, unapologetic progressive politics, we will win,” she said.

She added: “At a certain point, when you compromise your values, you are not winning. How far are we going to bend over before we tumble and fall?”

You keep on believing, sweetie. Trump will keep on winning.

The progressives would rather try to amend the Constitution and pack the courts rather than moderate their positions on abortion, guns and immigration. And they will continue to struggle in flyover country. But they'll raise lots of Hollywood money!

Comments

[Threadkiller]

In other words, Bongino is plagiarizing the "leverage" narrative that Sundance first posited that treats their assumptions as facts to explain why Trump hasn't fired Rosenstein yet.

This is why the comment counters don't want you to engage me.

If you want your own "in other words" listen to Bongino yourself instead of trying to attribute tripe to my words.

[henry]

Interchangeable with Kerry.

[Extraneus]

Actually, he cited an American Thinker piece, I forget by whom.

[Old Lurker]

TK "I had one car fail a draw test because of a broken switch to the glovebox light. The light stayed on with the door closed."

Get serious, Man. Next thing you are going to say is that the little light goes off when you close the refrigerator door.

[Threadkiller]

It never went anywhere. The tow guy said it was a loose battery, he tightened it and it started up, son let it run for about 15 minutes and we thought everything was ok.

Ahhh. Let me know what the shop says if you have any questions.

[Eye Doctor .]

Tommy boy

It is a fact the Mueller and Rosenstein are corrupt.

Your bullshit with not change that

[Threadkiller]

Next thing you are going to say is that the little light goes off when you close the refrigerator door.

There are some conspiracies even I won't touch!

[Old Lurker]

I posted the 3:23 as a funny without thinking.

Then I recalled that my brother bought one of those high dollar refrigerators, you know the ones, and after a week or so it would not keep the milk cold enough or something. Repairmen came two or three times making adjustments, but each time the milk was still not cold enough, and he, lacking the patience you know I possess, was about to demand a new appliance or his money. The last service guy found that the light was NOT going off, bad switch, and now he has cold milk.

[Tom R]

This is why the comment counters don't want you to engage me.

If you want your own "in other words" listen to Bongino yourself instead of trying to attribute tripe to my words.

I was only commenting on Bongino's narrative. No legit reason for you to get offended over it.

[derwill]

If Romney isn’t sitting in on the daily intelligence briefings, he has no business adviding Trump what he should or shouldn’t do. In fact what Romney is doing is reckless behavior and could well be against our national interests. That he would do such a thing is indicative of what a shitty president he would have been and what a shitty senator he’s going to be.

[Jane]

I see nothing about Romney anywhere. Where are you guys getting all this info?

[Dave (in MA)]

"@kyrstensinema can't hide her disgust of Arizona in March 2018."

https://twitter.com/ReaganBattalion/status/1052920424332517376

She thinks different about the people in Arizona.

[Threadkiller]

I'm never offended when you misstate things, Tom. I just get exhausted when the comment counters skip over it to proclaim how friendly the blog used to be.

Your misstatement opens that door. Try to leave me out of it.

[henry]

Jane, Romney has become a latter day twitter sage.

[lyle]

Ecce The Mormon Maverick.

[Tom R]

Romney is just confirming he is a tool of the Uniparty Establishment and repeats whatever talking points they provide to him.

[Eye Doctor .]

Tommy boy

You have been defending Mueller and Rosenstein from the very begining.

The facts show that both of the them have been and are corrupt.

Why do you ask for facts if you are going to ignore them?

[henry]

This may explain a thing or two...

But extraterrestrial life—should it exist—might look “eerily similar to the life we see on Earth,”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billretherford/2018/10/17/extraterrestrials-might-look-like-us-says-astrobiologist/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1837356785&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesTechTwitter#14be3e834f0c

[Clarice Feldman]

Joe Gelman(FB poster)
2 hrs ·
Dear congressional virtue signalers:
Please stop pretending like you’re going to throw the Middle East into total chaos, spike the price of oil to $300 a barrel, throw a $150 billion dollar arms deal in the trash, and throw the world into a recession and Americans out of work... all because Saudi Arabia assassinated a Muslim Brotherhood propagandist masquerading as a journalist.
Please stop pretending that you are SHOCKED that Saudi Arabia isn’t an enlightened Jeffersonian Democracy. News Flash: They kill off their internal critics as casually as you pour your Corn Flakes in the morning, and they’ve been doing it for decades. So have other regimes around the world that we do business with every day, including Turkey, China, Russia, and others.
Khashoggi, who is not a US citizen, isn’t special just because the Washington Post made the mistake of hiring him, and no US citizen should pay the price for that.

[Tom R]

TK,

When I make a misstatement I will make sure and let you know so you can increase your Win/Loss record by one.

In the meantime I'll stick with my accurate statement that Bongino is plagiarizing the "leverage" narrative that Sundance first posited (and multiple pundits have since repeated).

Have a MAGA day.

[Eye Doctor .]

I say we send all the reporters at the Washington Post over there to find out what happened.

[JimNorCal]

Sorry if already posted. I find myself nodding in agreement as I read this new piece by Codevilla.
https://americanmind.org/essays/our-revolutions-logic/

[Eye Doctor .]

Tommy boy

You don't make misstatements.

You spread total bullshit!

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

From a different angle:

https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1052963636224958466

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

I agree with the comment by Clarice @ 03:38 100%.

[Eye Doctor .]

Tommy boy

Pointing out the truth that Rosenstein is corrupt is not plagiarizing, jackass!

[Beasts of England]

'You guys playing cards?'

[Extraneus]

Here, Jane. MM linked it earlier.

America can't excuse & minimize the brutal & gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a US resident & columnist. Our country is defined by human values, by principle above convenience, & by commitment to morality. We must subject the perpetrators of this outrage to withering sanction.

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) October 18, 2018

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

No Deborah Burlingame, thinks Prince Salman routine is a mirage, but she has the credentials to say so.

[JimNorCal]

"I say we send all the reporters at the Washington Post over there to find out what happened."

I find myself in agreement with L'il Eye Doctor

[Beasts of England]

I enjoyed the podcast - just recently started listening to a few of his. I don't agree with everything he says or necessarily all of his conclusions, but I often appreciate his points and angle of attack.

[Beasts of England]

Thanks, Mitt!! You're awesometastic! 😍

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

https://www.weaselzippers.us/400028-ole-miss-professor-calls-for-harassing-republicans-at-restaurants-sticking-fingers-in-their-salads/

Apparently still employed. Why?

"Ole Miss Professor Calls For Harassing Republicans At Restaurants, Sticking ‘Fingers In Their Salads’"

[Jim Eagle]

Soros/Styer Limited, couldn't stick a shiv in Trump & Team over Kavanaugh, and now they think Khashoggi will be the winner. Since they have the MSM on their side, and no one gives a fat f**k about Benghazi as an allegory, then this will not go away until, either Trump sanctions SA (ain't going to happen) or Trump unleashes his Queen's Army of Insults.

We are now thinking because CP Mo let women drive, the Sand Box is the mirror image of 1776. Unbelievable, and another indictment of our higer education producing idiots instead of critical thinkers.

[Jim Eagle]

That professor would end up with broken fingers if he ever did that to my salad or even Mrs. JiB's. What a maroon.

Does he really think there will be no payback? See what I mean about educating idiots instead of critical thinkers.

[Tom R]

I enjoyed the podcast - just recently started listening to a few of his. I don't agree with everything he says or necessarily all of his conclusions, but I often appreciate his points and angle of attack.

I am confident Bongino is on the MAGA team but he is also a Fox contributor and all the pro-Trump Fox contributors appear to be in lockstep promoting the same narrative about Rosenstein. That causes me to assume they are all being provided with a specific set of talking points to repeat.

[Eye Doctor .]

Yeah Tommy boy

It could not possibly be because everyone knows Rosenstein is corrupt could it?

No you would rather malign anyone that states the obvious truth about Rosenstein.

You truly are a jackass.

[Miss Marple]

Car update.

The nice tow truck guy again came and started it with his jump box. The battery strap was broken ( which my son forgot to tell me) so the battery has been rattling around on its base for who knows how long. It is a miracle it didn't die on me when I was driving out to the airport!

Anyway, I took it to the garage my sister uses which is about 5 miles south of here. My neighbor's boyfriend followed me and brought me home.

So right now we have one operational car until I get mine back or my son gets his running. However, at least I am getting something fixed!

[Miss Marple]

Oh, and the tow guy didn't charge me this time, either! There are really nice people in this world!

[Pinandpuller]

IOW Continue Obama Policy

[Pinandpuller]

O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick

[Pinandpuller]

Ann Coulter's Twitter feed is pretty good today:

Daniel Horowitz
‏@RMConservative
For my entire life, as Saudi Arabia was run by terrorists, the media and political elites were in bed with them. Now that Iran, Turkey, Qatar, Muslim Bros are the problem - and new Saudi regime is actually fighting them - they hate the Saudis. #AmericaLast #BadGuysAlwaysWin

[Pinandpuller]

@FreeBeacon

Top Hollywood Publicist on O’Rourke: I Haven’t Seen Los Angeles This Excited About a Liberal Politician in Years

@Cameron_Gray Cameron Gray Retweeted Free Beacon
I’m almost positive that Los Angeles isn’t in Texas

[Pinandpuller]

Not Fake News: Ana Cabrera is a lying liar.

[Pinandpuller]

Miss Marple

I don't know why the don't remind people to check their battery water levels at the same time as smoke alarm batteries and Spring Forward/Fall Back.
I know I neglect it.

[Pinandpuller]

*they

[Jim Eagle]

I thought earlier GUS was bragging about the Phelan Anal Gland Discharge being limited here? Where did he get that fantasy?

[Miss Marple]

Pinandpuller,

You know, I used to do that when I was younger. Then I got lazy and just let the guys at the repair shop do it whenever I took it in.

I ad completely forgotten about doing that!

[Old Lurker]

Don't need no stinkin Rule of Law, do we?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/obamas-operation-choke-point-finally-unmasked

[henry]

Pin, I have a sealed battery. Nothing checkable.

[Extraneus]

We need an avenger as AG, OL. Remember the car dealerships? Those guys never got even, either.

[Pinandpuller]

That is a good option, henry. Especially in your cold country.

I worked briefly for a farmer's COOP one spring many years ago. They had an auto shop and one of the guys was adding water to a battery without PPE and he got acid in one of his eyes. I guess they called him Blinkey after that.

In chemistry was it never add water to acid or always add acid to water? Never do anything without eye protection. That much I remember.

A long time ago now too, my battery died. I pulled it out and carried it and my daughter and walked my son to Auto Zone and bought a new one. Repeat in reverse. They never pick the optimum time to go to heck.

[middyfeek]

@Neo - Scott Wallace not Bob Wallace. He is the grandson of Henry Wallace who was VP during Roosevelt's third term. At least a socialist and some said a Communist.

When Roosevelt decided to run for a fourth term (as if there was ever any doubt), the first order of business was to get Henry Wallace off the ticket. That's how Harry Truman eventually became President.

[Pinandpuller]

There's unfriending and unfollowing. For the first time in my adult life I might try unacknowledging.

[Old Lurker]

The cancer is everywhere, Ext.

[DrJ]

never add water to [concentrated] acid

This one, because of heats of solution. For dilute solutions it doesn't matter.

[henry]

Pin, your new neighbors can't be shot. Alligators living in Tennessee.

https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Several-sightings-confirm-it-Alligators-are-now-in-Tennessee-497702771.html?fbclid=IwAR34m0XjK7R8_rvRoe-mqmCAvSH6Fu3hJeBrfrLw_pf96QTyfx-6FDErBVI

[Stephanie, Nene, Not your Normal Grandma]

Weren't the Gators in Tennessee's shit a couple of weekends ago? /ducks

[Extraneus]

Mike Pence Vows "There Will Be Consequences" If Saudis Ordered Khashoggi's Killing

I don't get it.

[Pinandpuller]

The first time I lived here someone in Milan I think called TWRA to report a gator. They scoffed but sure enough he was right.

BTW did you know there are at least three ways to say 'Milan?'

[Bunky is now Savotage!!!]

Limbaugh seemed spooked today trying to articulate how the left will use the dismembered columnist against Trump. The last thing you expect Rush to be is hesitant but he was a bit. I think there is IC knowledge of what happened that will be released and spun against the President. By knowledge I mean SIGINT.

[Extraneus]

Kristen Bell says ‘Snow White’ kiss sends controversial message about consent

The 38-year-old actress and mom of Lincoln, 5, and Delta, 3, told Parents magazine that she had a serious conversation with her kids about the infamous kissing scene in “Snow White.”

“Don’t you think that it’s weird that the prince kisses Snow White without her permission? Because you cannot kiss someone if they’re sleeping!” she told the magazine.

lol

[Extraneus]

Kelly, Bolton get into obscenity-laced shouting match outside Oval Office

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security Adviser John Bolton got into a heated argument Thursday outside the Oval Office, according to multiple reports.

The obscenity-laced shouting match between the two men was over the recent surge in illegal border crossings, according to CNN.

The fiery exchange had some White House aides worried that one of the men would resign. But officials insisted that neither was quitting, Bloomberg reported.

It was unclear if President Trump heard the ruckus outside the Oval Office.

[Extraneus]

Mexican Riot Cops Deployed For Caravan Showdown After Trump Snaps Fingers

Hundreds of federal police in riot gear fanned out on the international bridge in Suchiate, on the Mexican-Guatemalan border, as the caravan of several thousand Honduran migrants trekked toward the crossing.

Guatemala also sent police reinforcements to its side of the border, after Trump threatened to cut aid to the region, deploy the military and close the US-Mexican border if the migrants were allowed to continue.

A first group of several hundred migrants arrived late Wednesday in the border town of Tecun Uman, Guatemala, where they overflowed a local shelter, leaving many to sleep in the town square or on the street, an AFP correspondent said. -AFP

[henry]

"multiple reports". More leakers found?

[anonamom]

Joan, often when I work I do not read every post, but I am so happy I got to see yours from this morning!
Thank you.

How is your husband faring??

[Jane]

Everyone says Kushner is phenominal at foreign policy, and very good friends with the Saudi Prince. I'd leave it to him.

I really don't understand all the freakedoutness.

[Clarice Feldman]

It's pure politics, Jane.

[Miss Marple]

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ut/pr/grand-jury-returns-superseding-indictment-shamo-case-adds-distribution-fentanyl-count

More on the drug crisis. Knowingly selling fake pills with markings imitated of real drug companies; laced with Fentanyl shipped from China.

[Extraneus]

I apologize for not bolding Lincoln and Delta in the 5:26.

“Every time we close Snow White I look at my girls and ask, ‘Don’t you think it’s weird that Snow White didn’t ask the old witch why she needed to eat the apple? Or where she got that apple?’ I say, ‘I would never take food from a stranger, would you?’ And my kids are like, ‘No!’ And I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m doing something right,'” Bell said.

She’s not the only actress who’s questioning Disney movies. Keira Knightley recently told Ellen DeGeneres that her 3-year-old daughter, Edie, is “banned” from watching “Cinderella” and “The Little Mermaid.”

The 33-year-old actress said the 1950s Cinderella character “waits around for a rich guy to rescue her. Don’t! Rescue yourself. Obviously!”

And when it came to “The Little Mermaid,” Knightley questioned the film’s message about relying on a “prince charming.”

“And this is the one that I’m quite annoyed about because I really like the film, but ‘Little Mermaid,’” she said. “I mean, the songs are great, but do not give your voice up for a man. Hello.”

[Threadkiller]

Kabuki on steroids:

Freedom Caucus Demands Rosenstein Resign 'Immediately'

“I think at this particular point, Rod Rosenstien’s priorities are misplaced,” Meadows told reporters, The Hill reported. “His unwillingness to come before Congress and allow us to conduct proper congressional oversight, along with the other information that we’ve learned over the last week or so, would indicate that Rod Rosenstein has not displayed the candor of which would support one’s theory of actually believing that he has been open and honest in all regards.”

"So with that, I think that it’s time that Rod Rosenstein steps down,” he added. “He should do so immediately and in doing that, I think it would serve the country well, it would serve this president well.”

https://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/886981/16

[Jim Eagle]

Jane, see my 4:03. That's what it is all about. Another target to shoot at, and miss. Once this one passes, they will find another.

Meantime, we are witnessing the greatest sedition in American history and no one gives a flying f**k.

[Extraneus]

Democratic victory in November would put Trump under microscope

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - If Democrats win control of the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate next month, nearly every aspect of Donald Trump's presidency could face swift examination – from his long-elusive tax returns to possible business ties with Russia and conflicts of interest, congressional sources say.

[Er, those are "aspects of his presidency"?]

While numerous probes have been expected if Democrats win a majority in the Nov. 6 elections, the sequencing and scope of their inquiries has only begun to emerge in recent talks among party leaders and prospective committee chairs.

Leaders are clear about what's not on the agenda: impeachment of Trump – at least until the outcome of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections and possible Trump campaign collusion with Moscow.

[Sure they are.]

But congressional aides say Democrats would move quickly to obtain Trump's tax returns to look for business ties to Russia and possible conflicts with the Republican president, his family businesses and U.S. government interests, along with a possible examination of his handling of security clearances.

The House is able to access tax returns of citizens they don't like? Why haven't they been doing that for past two years? Not who we are?

[Porchlight]

Lincoln and Delta?

Amazing that the left made fun of Sarah Palin's kids' names.

[Miss Marple]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/jaw-dropping-thousands-line-up-in-cold-for-president-trump-rally-in-missoula-montana-photos-and-video/

Amazing crowd for a sparsely populated state. Lots of photos and videos.

[Clarice Feldman]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-fears-the-fed-1539895826?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb

[Miss Marple]

Saw a comment on Twitter that we are living through a Sun Tzu /Saul Alinsky death match.

[Clarice Feldman]

Heh, MM!

[Clarice Feldman]

Jane--see what I mean? the wapo, NYT, Corker and Romney?

[Clarice Feldman]

Also, Jane, the disgusting idiot, John Brennan.

[Clarice Feldman]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-moves-cruz-rally-larger-venue-after-unprecedented-demand-for-tickets

[GUS]

Clarice at 3:38 was awesome.

The MFM FULL COMMIE LIBTARD MEDIA loves them some babies dead EACH AND EVERY DAY. These babies are themselves dismembered at the PLANNED BABY KILLING CONSULATES in every major city. You and I are paying for it. Then some of the babies parts are negotiated over $ALAD and WINE. This behavior seems perfectly normal to the FULL COMMIE MFM.
They also ADVERTISE on the side bar HERE at JOM.

PLEASE DON'T LET THEM TAKE AWAY MY PLANNED PARENTHOOD the ads say.

Did I hear some MO-BRO-HOOD SCUM got offed??? Excuse me if I don't weep.

[Clarice Feldman]

The problem with carpetbagging:https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/18/donna-shalala-florida-castro-912087

[JM Hanes]

"White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security Adviser John Bolton got into a heated argument Thursday outside the Oval Office, according to multiple reports."

Such a shouting match doesn't bother me a bit. What I want is to see the weasel(s) feeding this stuff to the press perp walked out of the White House.

[Jane]

SO Clarice you are saying the liberal media is wining?

[Pinandpuller]

Listening to Rush consistently for two weeks it feels like one segment per show is Kim Komando. Thanks Kashoggi.

Kashoggi must be like gif/jif but I stay away from CNN so I haven't heard the latter.

[GUS]

JACK!!! Whatever happened to LOOSANUS WARD?????

POOOOOOOF SHITCANNED.

He can read us though.

[Miss Marple]

JM Hanes,

I need to find that Melania Trump interview. According to what I read, she said that there are people in the White House she doesn't trust.

I need to hear what she reall had to say.

[henry]

New thread

[Jim Eagle]

God, I am surprised me and my associates ever got anything accomplished without a shouting match from time to time. I guess in the realm of newspapering and reporting, these things never happen. Everyone is in lock step.

Well, I guess I am reaching here. So, I'll just drop the subject.

[Captain Hate]

Don't need no stinkin Rule of Law, do we?

Written by Ken Blackwell for Mike DeWine to use against Choad Cordray.