http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/opinion/ted-cruzs-bitter-end.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 This is about "Ted Cruz's bitter end" this article was swayed more to supporting Trump with the diction he used toward Cruz. Cruz was only pointing out the abyss that America is falling into, just because anyone can become president then that does not mean they should. "Trump told Howard Stern that his effort to steer clear of sexually transmitted diseases was his 'personal Vietnam.'" This only illustrates how unprofessional Trump is compared to his competitors. Honestly, I believe that Cruz dropping out has just made Trump the sole republican candidate because Kasich has very low chance. This election is going to be between Clinton and Trump. Super duper :)
The level of your sarcasm in this post is about the same as mine. I'm not exactly super excited for the future of this country. It's kind of sad that people would actually choose Trump over Kasich, but hey things happen I guess. :/
Honestly the out come of this election is going to be the scariest is has probably every been. Both candidates are scary and the future of this country is looking glommier and gloomier by the day.
It's quite a sight to behold that much I will admit. Seeing Cruz, and later Kasich dropping out of the race, practically handing the nomination to Donald Trump, was something I never would have saw coming. I always thought those tow would fight it out to the bitter end, scraping for delegates to try and deny Trump the nomination for President of the United States.But I suppose with the statistics not fairing too well for them, they decided enough was enough it's time to face the facts, Trump is the nominee, and there's nothing we can do without losing the support of the people.
I share your pain, Lexi. I can't stand either of them. I couldn't stand Cruz either, but he was at least better than Donald Trump. There is absolutely no way Kasich will be able to get the nomination. Trump is going to be the nominee, and he is going to face off against Hillary Clinton. And while Clinton may have an advantage due to being a non-polarizing, well-rounded candidate (other than the fact that she flip-flops more than a damn pancake), Donald Trump has been gaining a lot of support and it is unfortunately possible that he could become the next president. No matter what happens, America is most likely in for a rough four years.
I agree with you Lexi, I feel that nomination is going to Trump for sure. Kasich, god love him, he is a great guy, but he stands no chance against Trump. Cruz was the only chance for this country to stay sane I guess. I feel that this will cause many Republican voters to not show up the the polls to vote. This means to me that Clinton has a good chance of being our next president :/. Pray for us!
This article talks about how Ted Cruz drops out, leaving the one and only Donald Trump to be the presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee. Kasich really does not have a chance if you think about it. This kind of scares me because this leaves Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the choices. This election definitely has to be one that people will never forget, there isn't exactly a great choice to go with here. I'm sort of glad I can't vote yet.
This election is a complete mess, I have no idea what I would do if I was able to vote. I’m disappointed that Ted Cruz dropped out because even if he wasn’t doing well, he still could’ve helped prevent Trump from being elected. I also think it’s a huge sign that there’s a problem if your own party doesn’t like you. There’s just so many issues and this will be an election that people will never forget.
This article is about how the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, is not ready to support Trump. He thinks that Trump needs to "unify all wings of the Republican Party and the conservative movement." Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, thinks that Trump needs to make the first move before Ryan can support him. After hearing Trump's proposal to ban all muslims illegally in the United States Ryan said, "we've got work to do." Ryan said that he hopes to one day support Trump eventually, but Trump need to fully accept the responsibility of the unifying process. Get ready America...
Apparently, Trump and Ryan have already scheduled a meeting together in order to discuss how they can unify the party. I think this will be an interesting session but it could be fairly productive also. If all goes well, Paul Ryan might become Trump's vice president. However, I think that's highly unlikely.
Even if they have a meeting, we all know how stubborn Trump is. There is no say in him actually holding up anything of what he has said to either us or Ryan. He can promise so many things, but until we actually see actions being taken we cant really trust what he is saying. We could never be ready for what is about to happen. Theres only a 50/50 chance of Trump actually being a good president, which is the same for all nominees, but at this point I don't think America will even want to vote in this election voluntarily. If anyone votes, we all know itll be the die hard Trump fans.
Reply to Curtiss: I think its crazy that Donald Trump is the Republican nominee. I remember at the beginning of the primary season when everyone was blogging about how there was no way that Trump would become the Republican nominee, but look at what has happened. I think the fact that other republicans have a problem with Trump really says something about him and his views. Typically, people who classify under the same party tend to have similar, or even the same views. If other republicans don't even like Trump, imagine how people of other parties feel.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/opinions/bernie-sanders-begala/index.html This article is a letter written to Bernie Sanders pleading him not to drop out of the race. Within the last couple of days, the remaining Republicans have dropped out of the race, leaving Trump as the Republican nominee. Some people are fearful that the same may happen on with the Democrats. Based on the most recent polls, Clinton appears to have the lead in the race for the Democratic nominee. The author of this letter makes it pretty clear that he thinks Clinton will get the GOP nominee, but he is urging Sanders to help Hillary Clinton fight against Trump, rather the the other way around.
I believe that Bernie should try to win but that probably wont happen. But still I don't think that Trump or Clinton should win so america should just keep Obama tbh. Trumps ideas are too radical and Hillary's ideas are too dumb and Bernie's ideas are a little out there too but he would be the best president in my opinion.
I don't even want to imagine if Bernie drops out. That only leaves Hillary and Trump if that happens and... thats a horrible situation. I may not completely and utterly agree with Bernie but atleast he's not Trump or Hillary, kind of a stupid thing to think, I know. But I feel like either one, Hiliary and Trump I mean, will not make this country progress in any way.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/politics/obama-commutations-sentencing-reform/index.html This article is about how Obama shortened sentences for many people convicted of drug related crimes. I agree with him and think this is a good decision. While doing and selling drugs is illegal and a very bad idea, it’s not violent and the people doing it aren’t usually endangering anyone, so they don’t need to be kept away from the public. There are also way too many people in jail and prison that we have to pay to keep there. This could save a lot of money, and allow these people that were convicted to move on with their lives sooner.
I agree with this being a better idea as well, but even if you find a law stupid or pointless, shortening sentences is for a criminal is like telling a child you're putting them in time-out and taking them out of time-out the second they start crying: they don't learn their lesson and end up repeating what they were doing in the first place.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-republican-resistance/index.html This article is about Trump...... Trump is being attacked by his own party by the senior lawmakers hesitating to support him. Paul Ryan was very hesitant to support Trump and he says he just is not ready. Ryan says that Trump needs to make a plan that the american people will support and be proud of which Trump is not fulfilling at the moment. But personally I believe that Trump will not be able to gain the republican parties support or all of Americas.
For the first time since being re-elected, Obamas approval rating is in the positive for more then two months. The sustained approval for the President comes as more say things in the country are generally going well. Overall, 49% say things are going very or fairly well, 51% very or fairly badly. That's a positive shift since January, when 42% said things were going well. Reviews of the economy have improved by 2 points since February, a change within the margin of error, and remain mostly mixed: 48% say economic conditions in the country are good, 52% describe them as poor. In other words people like Obama or know that he was a better pick then the next one up.
Yeah I am not looking forward to the elections this year. I was super excited when I found out that I could vote for the president, but, after seeing the final candidates, it is not going to be as fun as I hoped it would be. I will probably vote third party or even write in Micky Mouse to see how many votes he gets.
There is still hope left in this world, as Sen. Lindsey Graham has said that he will not for Trump or Hillary. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump's most outspoken Republican critics, says he will not vote for either Trump or Hillary Clinton for president this year. Saying he thinks the Republican Party has been "conned," Graham told CNN Friday that he and Trump don't share the same beliefs. which lead to of course Trump to lash out once again for someone saying what they really think. Trump be so petty that he start saying that "He was a poor representative and an embarrassment to the great people of South Carolina. Judging by the incompetent way he ran his campaign, it is easy to see why his military strategies have failed so badly -- we can't even beat ISIS!"
The possibly of a terrorist attack targeting a nuclear power plant is a very scary thought. Especially the damage Chernobyl has suffered from a accident, imagine a full on attempt to make a nuclear power plant explode to its maximum potential? That would be horrible, perhaps even more so than the original incident. However thankfully it is hard to penetrate the heavy security of a power plant, and the contingency plans in case something comes up. I hope this never happened, though it is a possibility.
It does terrify me that in the modern society the more advanced we become the more dangerous and volatile we become. Almost everything that is modern can be turned into a weapon. I do believe that a terrorist attack would be truly terrifying and i don't really know how the US would react to an event like Chernobyl.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/politics/donald-trump-republic This article starts out in a very true way, "Everyone said it wouldn't happen. Everyone was wrong" and it's true. Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican nominee, and he's not one to be shy about this sort of thing. Trump has already changed his twitter bio and has even tried warming the Hispanics up to him, tweeting that he "love[s] Hispanics." This aricle talks about the difference in this campaign and others before it, and I definitely think there is truth to the weirdness of this campaign. Although initially Trump's beliefs were thought to be a weakness, the fickle man who everyone is talking about was still and is still gaining support-- to an extent.
This article talks about how Donald Trump being the presumptive GOP nominee will essentially ruin the entire party's structure. I agree with this article wholeheartedly. We've seen it time and time again: a political party not being able to fully put support into one candidate. What accomplishments has this lead to in the past? Absolutely none. Being such a polarizing character, it will be extremely difficult for Trump to be able to beat Hillary Clinton. When a large portion of his own party doesn't even like him (meaning they will either not vote or vote for Clinton), puts him in a huge disadvantage. I think it was a mistake by Republicans to not do more to stop Donald Trump, because this might just be a huge blow to the entire party.
Donald Trump being the presumed Republican nominee has doomed the Republican Party especially when it comes to its reputation. Donald Trump will definitely divide the republican and Democratic Party even more than they already are. I predict that their will be a very low voter turnout this coming general election because of the amount of republicans who refuse to support Donald trump.
Trump has and will probably continue to get under people's skins only to make himself look inferior. The republican candidates should have done something more with stopping Trump before it gets really too late.
This article talks about how the "Current national and battleground state polls have Mr. Trump trailing Mrs. Clinton by about 10 percentage points should they face off in the general election.". The article estimates through data that Hilary is expected to win based on polling data and the election of 2008. The delegates she receives will overlap the same states that Obama won. The article then makes a point that For Trump to loose he would have to increase marginal points by 10%. It seems like a lot but any things possible and this election has definetly showed that .
This article talks about the new strategy that Hilary is going towards. After the strong opposition of the Republican Party towards Donald trump, (seen when Paul Ryan said he just wasn't ready to support him ) there has been a confusion within the Republican Party of what to do . Hilary is taking advantage in this , which is extremely smart . Hilary's campaign is repositioning itself. " after a year of emphasizing liberal positions and focusing largely on minority voters, to also appeal to independent and Republican-leaning white voters turned off by Mr. Trump." . If Hilary manages to appeal to to these voters it will let her win. I honestly think it's going to work , undecided republicans have the choice between someone they don't support , Bernie - who stands at the other side of the spectrum , and Hilary . She represents a "safe" choice or atleast a sort of middle ground to compromise
It's interesting to see how fast Trump changes his tone when there are none left standing to oppose him in the race for the Republican nomination for President. With the comfort of knowing he will be the nominee, it seems that Trump is trying to rescind all the attacks, and harmful statements that he has let out thus far, instead opting to replace them with more open statements. One of which being " I love HISPANICS!" while eating a taco bowl. AS if anyone would believe those words after Trump had called hispanics rapists, and generalized them all as people who bring drugs and crime into this nation. It seems That trump takes the people for forgetful fools. People who get shocked over something, then easily forget about it months later. While for some this may be true, not everyone is this gullible. Not everyone forgets those words so easily. These people won't be fooled by the facade Trump puts on, because they know the horrible man that lies underneath.
I agree with you. Trump can't erase what he said and if he mistakes people for fools then he's wrong. I think it's ridiculous that he thinks he can just proclaim his love for Hispanics and act like he never said anything wrong. Also posing with a taco bowl made the matter even worse in my opinion. He's just an obnoxious person overall and his words will not be forgotten so easily.
Like the title says, this article is about how Clinton has no imagination. Brooks stated, "she sounds like a normal Democratic candidate in the noble tradition of Edmund Muskie and Hubert Humphrey, but she doesn’t sound like an imaginative candidate who is responding with fresh eyes to situations today." This basically means that she has the right ideas but not the imagination to pull them off. This whole thing started because she tried taking something back about losing coal production jobs. It seems like both of our front runners are slipping up and trying to recall their previous statements...
In this article it discusses the law in North Carolina that discriminates against transgender people because it banned them from using the bathroom that makes them feel comfortable. I think that transgender people should be allowed to use whatever bathroom they wish to use. I found it frustrating that the excuse that they used was they didn't want to be pressured by political correctness as if being politically correct is a bad thing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/opinion/how-do-you-debate-mr-trump.html?_r=0 This article talks about how much of a town fest the debates between Hillary and trump would be. I feel like the writer of the article is a democrat but like many other democrats they are struggling to come to terms that the election will be between these two candidates. The writer was pretty negative towards Trump but when they talked about Hillary it was sorta like trying to find the positive in a losing situation.
This article is about the new law passed in North Carolina discriminating against transgender people. The law prevents transgenders from using the bathroom associated with their gender identity. There has already been a lot of backlash and the state has lost business and jobs. The excuse made for this law is that transgenders are sexual predators and this law would protect people from them. I don't think this is the real reason behind this and that the law should be repealed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/opinion/keeping-e-cigarettes-away-from-the-kids.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 This article is about e-cigarettes being a danger to anyone under age. From now on, if under 26 of age one must show ID to be able to purchase some. E-cigs seem to cause less second hand smoking but it still is not decreasing the problem of smoking in general.
This article is a discussion by the author about some things he is taking away from the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's primary campaign. Many in the media are in similar situations with having to start the prices of talking back all of the previous articles written about the extremely small chance they gave Donald Trump to win the nomination, all the way from his announcement to just days before the Indiana primary. The primary process is still extremely new relative to the rest of the American political process and thus there isn't that much to go off of as far as the history of primaries. Trump looks like a complete disregard of the history of primaries, but when there are only 14 primaries in the history of the process, maybe it's not that much of an abnormality and in reality is just the next stage of the process that we haven't seen before. We shouldn't disregard the bistory just because Trump did what had never been done before, but it shows we shouldn't be clinging to the history of he process for predictions as much as we have been doing.
This article is about how many conservative republicans are starting to "believe" in global warming. It talks about how this is monumental stepping stone for cleaner energy because republicans don't normally believe in ideas such as these. The amount of republicans combined with democrats who agree that global warming is a problem opens the door for more opportunities for clean renewable resources. This article felt a little out of place among all the Trump and Clinton articles.
This link is to a very interesting article about death row and inmates point of views. Reading what these people go through on a day to day basis is really, unsettling, because they don't actually do anything. You realize that they spend 10 or so years doing the exact same thing every single day of your life, every minute, ever second is the same, and its hard to understand how they aren't completely insane. A normal teenage kid like myself "going crazy" after being grounded for a week but imagine if you had everything, from your clothes to your hobbies to your freedom, taken from you. For 10 years all you can do is sit and wait to die, that's probably the worse part is that your waiting to die, and suicide is a constant factor. The article is actually 5 parts and i'm going to read all the parts because its pretty interesting.
This article briefly discusses the political nature and long- winded process of appointing a new Supreme Court Justice. The author says it is 100% politically based, but lower court appointments are supposed to be based on experience. The author should know because they were a federal judge in the lower courts until just last week. I believe the author understands and perhaps slightly agrees with the delay of the Supreme Court approval, but they make no delay in pointing out the ridiculousness of not approving district judges. There are a ton of judges in the lower courts that need to be approved and there isn't enough time for Congress to be so petty. District judges are very important because they often uphold rights and most cases don't get appealed. I believe the author says that the district courts see about 35,000 cases while the Supreme Court heard about 70 this past year. This means that often times, a district court ruling is the final say in a case. Clearly they are crucial and need to be approved very soon.
This is a very interesting article about Bernie Sanders possibly not considering taking the VP job to Clinton. I seems has though Sanders is just leaving the door open to anyone and that his main concern is just getting the democratic nomination. I think he should take it because at least we know that someone with good views wold be aiding Clinton even if she is president. But what's really funny is how Trump took to twitter not that long ago and actually quoted from Sanders himself which I found to be shocking. Seeing as how Trump is one sided, that came as a surprise.
This article is about Trump and how he has a huge, white, male voter population. It states in the first sentence that Trump has awful numbers with younger people, women, latinos and African americans who want t vote for him. Now, lets take a minute to think about this. Two out of the four of those types Trump has threatened to deport back to their native country. Trump also doesn't have a very good track record with women in general because he has been stated saying women are for staying at home and taking care of the husband. He signifies woman as slaves to men more than people. Lastly, young voters are becoming increasingly independent or even democratic. So, of course they wouldn't like him. The numbers ae low for a very specific reason.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/opinion/ted-cruzs-bitter-end.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis is about "Ted Cruz's bitter end" this article was swayed more to supporting Trump with the diction he used toward Cruz. Cruz was only pointing out the abyss that America is falling into, just because anyone can become president then that does not mean they should. "Trump told Howard Stern that his effort to steer clear of sexually transmitted diseases was his 'personal Vietnam.'" This only illustrates how unprofessional Trump is compared to his competitors. Honestly, I believe that Cruz dropping out has just made Trump the sole republican candidate because Kasich has very low chance. This election is going to be between Clinton and Trump. Super duper :)
The level of your sarcasm in this post is about the same as mine. I'm not exactly super excited for the future of this country. It's kind of sad that people would actually choose Trump over Kasich, but hey things happen I guess. :/
DeleteHonestly the out come of this election is going to be the scariest is has probably every been. Both candidates are scary and the future of this country is looking glommier and gloomier by the day.
DeleteIt's quite a sight to behold that much I will admit. Seeing Cruz, and later Kasich dropping out of the race, practically handing the nomination to Donald Trump, was something I never would have saw coming. I always thought those tow would fight it out to the bitter end, scraping for delegates to try and deny Trump the nomination for President of the United States.But I suppose with the statistics not fairing too well for them, they decided enough was enough it's time to face the facts, Trump is the nominee, and there's nothing we can do without losing the support of the people.
DeleteI share your pain, Lexi. I can't stand either of them. I couldn't stand Cruz either, but he was at least better than Donald Trump. There is absolutely no way Kasich will be able to get the nomination. Trump is going to be the nominee, and he is going to face off against Hillary Clinton. And while Clinton may have an advantage due to being a non-polarizing, well-rounded candidate (other than the fact that she flip-flops more than a damn pancake), Donald Trump has been gaining a lot of support and it is unfortunately possible that he could become the next president. No matter what happens, America is most likely in for a rough four years.
DeleteI agree with you Lexi, I feel that nomination is going to Trump for sure. Kasich, god love him, he is a great guy, but he stands no chance against Trump. Cruz was the only chance for this country to stay sane I guess. I feel that this will cause many Republican voters to not show up the the polls to vote. This means to me that Clinton has a good chance of being our next president :/. Pray for us!
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ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how Ted Cruz drops out, leaving the one and only Donald Trump to be the presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee. Kasich really does not have a chance if you think about it. This kind of scares me because this leaves Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the choices. This election definitely has to be one that people will never forget, there isn't exactly a great choice to go with here. I'm sort of glad I can't vote yet.
This election is a complete mess, I have no idea what I would do if I was able to vote. I’m disappointed that Ted Cruz dropped out because even if he wasn’t doing well, he still could’ve helped prevent Trump from being elected. I also think it’s a huge sign that there’s a problem if your own party doesn’t like you. There’s just so many issues and this will be an election that people will never forget.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is about how the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, is not ready to support Trump. He thinks that Trump needs to "unify all wings of the Republican Party and the conservative movement." Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, thinks that Trump needs to make the first move before Ryan can support him. After hearing Trump's proposal to ban all muslims illegally in the United States Ryan said, "we've got work to do." Ryan said that he hopes to one day support Trump eventually, but Trump need to fully accept the responsibility of the unifying process. Get ready America...
Apparently, Trump and Ryan have already scheduled a meeting together in order to discuss how they can unify the party. I think this will be an interesting session but it could be fairly productive also. If all goes well, Paul Ryan might become Trump's vice president. However, I think that's highly unlikely.
DeleteEven if they have a meeting, we all know how stubborn Trump is. There is no say in him actually holding up anything of what he has said to either us or Ryan. He can promise so many things, but until we actually see actions being taken we cant really trust what he is saying. We could never be ready for what is about to happen. Theres only a 50/50 chance of Trump actually being a good president, which is the same for all nominees, but at this point I don't think America will even want to vote in this election voluntarily. If anyone votes, we all know itll be the die hard Trump fans.
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ReplyDeleteI think its crazy that Donald Trump is the Republican nominee. I remember at the beginning of the primary season when everyone was blogging about how there was no way that Trump would become the Republican nominee, but look at what has happened. I think the fact that other republicans have a problem with Trump really says something about him and his views. Typically, people who classify under the same party tend to have similar, or even the same views. If other republicans don't even like Trump, imagine how people of other parties feel.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/opinions/bernie-sanders-begala/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is a letter written to Bernie Sanders pleading him not to drop out of the race. Within the last couple of days, the remaining Republicans have dropped out of the race, leaving Trump as the Republican nominee. Some people are fearful that the same may happen on with the Democrats. Based on the most recent polls, Clinton appears to have the lead in the race for the Democratic nominee. The author of this letter makes it pretty clear that he thinks Clinton will get the GOP nominee, but he is urging Sanders to help Hillary Clinton fight against Trump, rather the the other way around.
I believe that Bernie should try to win but that probably wont happen. But still I don't think that Trump or Clinton should win so america should just keep Obama tbh. Trumps ideas are too radical and Hillary's ideas are too dumb and Bernie's ideas are a little out there too but he would be the best president in my opinion.
DeleteI don't even want to imagine if Bernie drops out. That only leaves Hillary and Trump if that happens and... thats a horrible situation. I may not completely and utterly agree with Bernie but atleast he's not Trump or Hillary, kind of a stupid thing to think, I know. But I feel like either one, Hiliary and Trump I mean, will not make this country progress in any way.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is about how Obama shortened sentences for many people convicted of drug related crimes. I agree with him and think this is a good decision. While doing and selling drugs is illegal and a very bad idea, it’s not violent and the people doing it aren’t usually endangering anyone, so they don’t need to be kept away from the public. There are also way too many people in jail and prison that we have to pay to keep there. This could save a lot of money, and allow these people that were convicted to move on with their lives sooner.
I agree with this being a better idea as well, but even if you find a law stupid or pointless, shortening sentences is for a criminal is like telling a child you're putting them in time-out and taking them out of time-out the second they start crying: they don't learn their lesson and end up repeating what they were doing in the first place.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is about Trump...... Trump is being attacked by his own party by the senior lawmakers hesitating to support him. Paul Ryan was very hesitant to support Trump and he says he just is not ready. Ryan says that Trump needs to make a plan that the american people will support and be proud of which Trump is not fulfilling at the moment. But personally I believe that Trump will not be able to gain the republican parties support or all of Americas.
Trump doesn't need to win the support of all of America, just those 270 electoral votes, which sadly can probably happen.
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ReplyDeleteFor the first time since being re-elected, Obamas approval rating is in the positive for more then two months. The sustained approval for the President comes as more say things in the country are generally going well. Overall, 49% say things are going very or fairly well, 51% very or fairly badly. That's a positive shift since January, when 42% said things were going well. Reviews of the economy have improved by 2 points since February, a change within the margin of error, and remain mostly mixed: 48% say economic conditions in the country are good, 52% describe them as poor. In other words people like Obama or know that he was a better pick then the next one up.
Yeah I am not looking forward to the elections this year. I was super excited when I found out that I could vote for the president, but, after seeing the final candidates, it is not going to be as fun as I hoped it would be. I will probably vote third party or even write in Micky Mouse to see how many votes he gets.
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ReplyDeleteThere is still hope left in this world, as Sen. Lindsey Graham
has said that he will not for Trump or Hillary. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump's most outspoken Republican critics, says he will not vote for either Trump or Hillary Clinton for president this year. Saying he thinks the Republican Party has been "conned," Graham told CNN Friday that he and Trump don't share the same beliefs. which lead to of course Trump to lash out once again for someone saying what they really think. Trump be so petty that he start saying that "He was a poor representative and an embarrassment to the great people of South Carolina. Judging by the incompetent way he ran his campaign, it is easy to see why his military strategies have failed so badly -- we can't even beat ISIS!"
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/26/opinions/chernobyl-nuclear-safety-opinion-decker/index.html
ReplyDeleteThe possibly of a terrorist attack targeting a nuclear power plant is a very scary thought. Especially the damage Chernobyl has suffered from a accident, imagine a full on attempt to make a nuclear power plant explode to its maximum potential? That would be horrible, perhaps even more so than the original incident. However thankfully it is hard to penetrate the heavy security of a power plant, and the contingency plans in case something comes up. I hope this never happened, though it is a possibility.
It does terrify me that in the modern society the more advanced we become the more dangerous and volatile we become. Almost everything that is modern can be turned into a weapon. I do believe that a terrorist attack would be truly terrifying and i don't really know how the US would react to an event like Chernobyl.
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ReplyDeleteThis article starts out in a very true way, "Everyone said it wouldn't happen. Everyone was wrong" and it's true. Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican nominee, and he's not one to be shy about this sort of thing. Trump has already changed his twitter bio and has even tried warming the Hispanics up to him, tweeting that he "love[s] Hispanics." This aricle talks about the difference in this campaign and others before it, and I definitely think there is truth to the weirdness of this campaign. Although initially Trump's beliefs were thought to be a weakness, the fickle man who everyone is talking about was still and is still gaining support-- to an extent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/farewell-grand-old-party/2016/05/06/7bee1b3c-13ca-11e6-93ae-50921721165d_story.html
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how Donald Trump being the presumptive GOP nominee will essentially ruin the entire party's structure. I agree with this article wholeheartedly. We've seen it time and time again: a political party not being able to fully put support into one candidate. What accomplishments has this lead to in the past? Absolutely none. Being such a polarizing character, it will be extremely difficult for Trump to be able to beat Hillary Clinton. When a large portion of his own party doesn't even like him (meaning they will either not vote or vote for Clinton), puts him in a huge disadvantage. I think it was a mistake by Republicans to not do more to stop Donald Trump, because this might just be a huge blow to the entire party.
Donald Trump being the presumed Republican nominee has doomed the Republican Party especially when it comes to its reputation. Donald Trump will definitely divide the republican and Democratic Party even more than they already are. I predict that their will be a very low voter turnout this coming general election because of the amount of republicans who refuse to support Donald trump.
DeleteTrump has and will probably continue to get under people's skins only to make himself look inferior. The republican candidates should have done something more with stopping Trump before it gets really too late.
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ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how the "Current national and battleground state polls have Mr. Trump trailing Mrs. Clinton by about 10 percentage points should they face off in the general election.". The article estimates through data that Hilary is expected to win based on polling data and the election of 2008. The delegates she receives will overlap the same states that Obama won. The article then makes a point that For Trump to loose he would have to increase marginal points by 10%. It seems like a lot but any things possible and this election has definetly showed that .
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This article talks about the new strategy that Hilary is going towards. After the strong opposition of the Republican Party towards Donald trump, (seen when Paul Ryan said he just wasn't ready to support him ) there has been a confusion within the Republican Party of what to do . Hilary is taking advantage in this , which is extremely smart . Hilary's campaign is repositioning itself. " after a year of emphasizing liberal positions and focusing largely on minority voters, to also appeal to independent and Republican-leaning white voters turned off by Mr. Trump." . If Hilary manages to appeal to to these voters it will let her win. I honestly think it's going to work , undecided republicans have the choice between someone they don't support , Bernie - who stands at the other side of the spectrum , and Hilary . She represents a "safe" choice or atleast a sort of middle ground to compromise
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/opinion/campaign-stops/trump-tries-to-take-it-back.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see how fast Trump changes his tone when there are none left standing to oppose him in the race for the Republican nomination for President. With the comfort of knowing he will be the nominee, it seems that Trump is trying to rescind all the attacks, and harmful statements that he has let out thus far, instead opting to replace them with more open statements. One of which being " I love HISPANICS!" while eating a taco bowl. AS if anyone would believe those words after Trump had called hispanics rapists, and generalized them all as people who bring drugs and crime into this nation. It seems That trump takes the people for forgetful fools. People who get shocked over something, then easily forget about it months later. While for some this may be true, not everyone is this gullible. Not everyone forgets those words so easily. These people won't be fooled by the facade Trump puts on, because they know the horrible man that lies underneath.
I agree with you. Trump can't erase what he said and if he mistakes people for fools then he's wrong. I think it's ridiculous that he thinks he can just proclaim his love for Hispanics and act like he never said anything wrong. Also posing with a taco bowl made the matter even worse in my opinion. He's just an obnoxious person overall and his words will not be forgotten so easily.
Deletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/opinion/clintons-imagination-problem.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteLike the title says, this article is about how Clinton has no imagination. Brooks stated, "she sounds like a normal Democratic candidate in the noble tradition of Edmund Muskie and Hubert Humphrey, but she doesn’t sound like an imaginative candidate who is responding with fresh eyes to situations today." This basically means that she has the right ideas but not the imagination to pull them off. This whole thing started because she tried taking something back about losing coal production jobs. It seems like both of our front runners are slipping up and trying to recall their previous statements...
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/opinion/restoring-bathroom-sanity-in-north-carolina.html
ReplyDeleteIn this article it discusses the law in North Carolina that discriminates against transgender people because it banned them from using the bathroom that makes them feel comfortable. I think that transgender people should be allowed to use whatever bathroom they wish to use. I found it frustrating that the excuse that they used was they didn't want to be pressured by political correctness as if being politically correct is a bad thing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/opinion/how-do-you-debate-mr-trump.html?_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how much of a town fest the debates between Hillary and trump would be. I feel like the writer of the article is a democrat but like many other democrats they are struggling to come to terms that the election will be between these two candidates. The writer was pretty negative towards Trump but when they talked about Hillary it was sorta like trying to find the positive in a losing situation.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/opinion/restoring-bathroom-sanity-in-north-carolina.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is about the new law passed in North Carolina discriminating against transgender people. The law prevents transgenders from using the bathroom associated with their gender identity. There has already been a lot of backlash and the state has lost business and jobs. The excuse made for this law is that transgenders are sexual predators and this law would protect people from them. I don't think this is the real reason behind this and that the law should be repealed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/opinion/keeping-e-cigarettes-away-from-the-kids.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis article is about e-cigarettes being a danger to anyone under age. From now on, if under 26 of age one must show ID to be able to purchase some. E-cigs seem to cause less second hand smoking but it still is not decreasing the problem of smoking in general.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-four-things-i-learned-from-the-donald-trump-primary/
ReplyDeleteThis article is a discussion by the author about some things he is taking away from the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's primary campaign. Many in the media are in similar situations with having to start the prices of talking back all of the previous articles written about the extremely small chance they gave Donald Trump to win the nomination, all the way from his announcement to just days before the Indiana primary. The primary process is still extremely new relative to the rest of the American political process and thus there isn't that much to go off of as far as the history of primaries. Trump looks like a complete disregard of the history of primaries, but when there are only 14 primaries in the history of the process, maybe it's not that much of an abnormality and in reality is just the next stage of the process that we haven't seen before. We shouldn't disregard the bistory just because Trump did what had never been done before, but it shows we shouldn't be clinging to the history of he process for predictions as much as we have been doing.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/opinions/sutter-conservatives-climate-election/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is about how many conservative republicans are starting to "believe" in global warming. It talks about how this is monumental stepping stone for cleaner energy because republicans don't normally believe in ideas such as these. The amount of republicans combined with democrats who agree that global warming is a problem opens the door for more opportunities for clean renewable resources. This article felt a little out of place among all the Trump and Clinton articles.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/04/opinion/how-to-keep-your-sanity-in-solitary.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis link is to a very interesting article about death row and inmates point of views. Reading what these people go through on a day to day basis is really, unsettling, because they don't actually do anything. You realize that they spend 10 or so years doing the exact same thing every single day of your life, every minute, ever second is the same, and its hard to understand how they aren't completely insane. A normal teenage kid like myself "going crazy" after being grounded for a week but imagine if you had everything, from your clothes to your hobbies to your freedom, taken from you. For 10 years all you can do is sit and wait to die, that's probably the worse part is that your waiting to die, and suicide is a constant factor. The article is actually 5 parts and i'm going to read all the parts because its pretty interesting.
http:/www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/opinion/americas-trial-court-judges-our-front-line-for-justice.html
ReplyDeleteThis article briefly discusses the political nature and long- winded process of appointing a new Supreme Court Justice. The author says it is 100% politically based, but lower court appointments are supposed to be based on experience. The author should know because they were a federal judge in the lower courts until just last week. I believe the author understands and perhaps slightly agrees with the delay of the Supreme Court approval, but they make no delay in pointing out the ridiculousness of not approving district judges. There are a ton of judges in the lower courts that need to be approved and there isn't enough time for Congress to be so petty. District judges are very important because they often uphold rights and most cases don't get appealed. I believe the author says that the district courts see about 35,000 cases while the Supreme Court heard about 70 this past year. This means that often times, a district court ruling is the final say in a case. Clearly they are crucial and need to be approved very soon.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-vice-president/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting article about Bernie Sanders possibly not considering taking the VP job to Clinton. I seems has though Sanders is just leaving the door open to anyone and that his main concern is just getting the democratic nomination. I think he should take it because at least we know that someone with good views wold be aiding Clinton even if she is president. But what's really funny is how Trump took to twitter not that long ago and actually quoted from Sanders himself which I found to be shocking. Seeing as how Trump is one sided, that came as a surprise.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/politics/donald-trump-white-voters/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is about Trump and how he has a huge, white, male voter population. It states in the first sentence that Trump has awful numbers with younger people, women, latinos and African americans who want t vote for him. Now, lets take a minute to think about this. Two out of the four of those types Trump has threatened to deport back to their native country. Trump also doesn't have a very good track record with women in general because he has been stated saying women are for staying at home and taking care of the husband. He signifies woman as slaves to men more than people. Lastly, young voters are becoming increasingly independent or even democratic. So, of course they wouldn't like him. The numbers ae low for a very specific reason.