Krystal Ball Quotes:
For a long time, Americans have bought into the meritocracy, the American dream ideal. But when we watched banksters completely destroy our economy and get bailed out while ordinary homeowners were intentionally left to have their homes seized and lives destroyed, it kind of made people think.
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Most of you probably already know this but for those who don’t, I was a bit of a trailblazer in the field of salacious photos released without consent.
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I find it so astonishing how poorly a lot of politicians handle negative whatever in the press. You have to just get it all out there. You have to be totally, uncomfortably honest.
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I haven’t ruled out another run for office at some point.
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Yes, health care is an election issue. It’s also a moral imperative especially in a wealthy nation.
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Once we accept our own basic worthiness we cannot help but see the basic worthiness of every other human.
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But the truth is the meritocracy is a lie. Those born into wealth and privilege will always be able to game the system for their own benefit and their children’s own benefit.
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And if you are going to truly stand with workers, it also means embracing solidarity, not attempting through lame talking points to pit union workers against non-union workers.
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There’s no dignity in hiding from an undignified story. You don’t want to die the death of 1000 cuts. Just get the whole thing out… the entire thing, every detail, answer the questions and move on.
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Kentucky has long been Democratic at the state level but that trend had completely reversed in the Trump era.
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If there is any state that typifies prototypical ‘Murica’ where the trucks and the guns are big and the social safety net is oh so small, it’s Texas.
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Being a host or a guest or a pundit, you really want to say something that’s interesting and potentially provocative, that’s going to stick with people. The last thing you want to say when you’re a politician is something provocative.
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It can be really lonely running for office, especially if you’ve never done it before and especially when all the normal channels of power are basically closed to you.
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If you want to understand why something is happening in America just follow the money.
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People may not have the right to know about your personal, private life or any detail about any potentially embarrassing photo, but they do have the right to know whether you are honest, candid and forthcoming.
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Maintaining an employer model of healthcare means handing bosses another weapon they can use against their workers. One more way they can drain union strike funds. One more way that the power dynamic is asymmetric.
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For a while under Donald Trump, it was possible to believe that we could go back to a more functional, less rancorous time. This desire was expressed most eloquently at John McCain’s funeral services.
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Now in a lot of rural towns in Kentucky, the school system is the heartbeat of the community, not to mention one of the major employers.
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If you hang around political talkers or strategists much, you’re likely to hear a lot about authenticity. This is supposed to be the golden currency which we all look for in our leaders.
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I know that we are supposed to believe that once voters learn the truth about medicare for all they are going to suddenly turn on it but it’s not like the scary industry talking points are a secret.
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Conversely, conservatives assume that humans are fundamentally lazy and prone to immorality. In this view, the entitlement system coddles and rewards laziness. This cynicism spills over into their view of government and government ‘bureaucrats.’ It also spills over into their political tactics.
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