Democratic Primaries

You may have noticed people possess an extraordinary capacity to believe what want to be true is true. People who enjoy seeing themselves as a beleaguered and persecuted minority, possessed of a superior insight and understanding lesser mortal cannot fully appreciate, will manage to conduct their affairs in such a way they can see that view of themselves reflected back at them in the world around them. It is how they want to feel, what makes them feel good, and outside of themselves there is no help for it. The old tattoo tag 'Born to Lose' is appropriate for a much wider circle than old biker gangs and such....





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."