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The Democratic Party needs to fire Donna Brazile , and replace Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi . Pandering to rich people who are less odious than their more conservative counterparts is not going to win elections; listening to the needs and concerns of the working class will.

Before I get into the nitty-gritty, I just want to highlight a few things (that I may or may not elaborate on in this post): Anyone who claims that Hillary Clinton lost due to factors outside of her and/or her campaign's control is suffering from denial.  Anyone who claims that Donald Trump's only supporters are/were racists and sexist deplorable people were not paying attention. Anyone who claims that Barack Obama was either (A) the worst president ever; or (B) completely without fault in this election is wrong. However you may feel about the electoral process (the primaries, the debates, the electoral college, campaign finance reform), you need to know one thing: nothing will change until the people push... hard ...for change. Okay, with that out of the way, let's start! Trump won. Clinton lost. That's the bottom line. But what happened? One theory is this: Clinton used the Democratic Primary rules to screw Bernie Sanders out, Trump rode a wave of frus...

Been longer than a minute, huh? I dare you to watch the clip and not get pissed off .  When you can wreck a hotel room and catch less hell than someone who didn't put their heart over their hand during the national anthem, then you have privilege .  An example of why it's hard for Democrats to fully support Hillary Clinton .

Scandals ? His put Clinton's and Bush's to shame . Screwed-Up Economy ? Started under him , but if your were rich back then you're even wealthier now. Declining Middle Class ? If you believe that having strong unions meant having a strong Middle Class, then yes .  The AIDS epidemic ? He didn't create it, but he ignored it until it was no longer a "gay person disease." The War On Terror ? In a strange twisted way, Bush was stuck trying to clean up a mess Reagan started . (Bonus points for using the then-revered Osama bin Laden for help).  The Rise in Gun Violence/Gun-Related Crime ? His policies kicked the crazy and mentally unstable people out of the hospitals an onto the street , and made it harder for them (or any potentially new patients) to get back in. Remember how the NRA is on this "it's not the guns we should blame for all of these mass shootings, it's that crazy people who get the guns" shtick? Ever wonder where the crazy peo...

Brock Turner, student athlete of Stanford U and aspiring Olympic swimmer, has been serving his six- month sentence for being convicted of sexual assault of an unconscious woman. He tried to blame his raping nature on alcohol, his school and women in general . Unfortunately for him, the prosecution has information contradicting his claims at being an alcohol novice . In other words: he fucking lied . USA Swimming has pretty much made him a pariah . His father claims that this is much ado over " 20 minutes of action ." Six months is lenient. Considering the discovery of his hard-core partying, his proclivity to blame everyone but himself and his dad's disgusting attempt to equate rape to the proverbial hook-up, Turner deserves everything a delusional criminal would have coming.

Kenneth Starr, the former special prosecutor who wanted America to believe that Bill Clinton's lies about his sex life was important enough to call for impeachment, was demoted by Baylor University for "his handling of sex assault cases ."

I'm not going to try and write a long, detailed diatribe regarding Secretary/Senator/Former First Lady's chances. I'm not going to even talk about the primary really, even though now the shoe's on the other foot (i.e., in 2008 she was behind Obama and didn't want to give up while in 2016 she's all but kicking Bernie Sanders out of the race). Her camp claims that Bernie and/or his camp is being mean to her. Her camp wants his to stop, and preferably apologize via dropping out. OK; fine. Well here's my simple observation: if she thinks Bernie is "being mean," then she will lose in the general election. Donald Trump has cut through the Republican Primaries like a buzzsaw. That guy does not care who he offends, and his base and supporters will feel no sympathy for him attacking Clinton. There's a chunk of the Democratic Party (made up of liberals/progressives, die-hard Bernie supporters, Black Lives Matter supporters, etc.) who won't supp...

Because he can't seem to get more than a sound bite elsewhere...

Chris Evans is a lovable cocky bastard : He'll say or do something smart-assed, but he really has the best of intentions. He really does. He just thinks that it's his duty to point out your many character flaws. Case in point: Not Another Teen Movie , Fantastic Four and the Sequel , and The Losers . Partially subverted in Captain America: The First Avenger , but resurrected in The Avengers , where he seems to slip back into the familiar role (check his confrontation with Robert Downey Jr./Tony Stark/Awesome McFanchisesaver). Guys Cheat on Maura Tierney : Case in point: Liar, Liar and Semi-Pro . Tierney's an attractive actress who tends to play smart, savvy women. Naturally, this means her Significant Other will sleep around behind her back. Interesting thing is in both movies it was something that happened prior to the events of the film, implying that even the director's don't think people would buy that someone would cheat on Tierney in-movie, but ...