Bernie Sanders burst on the scene talking about a revolution. But for any of Bernie’s ideas to see daylight, much less work, an actual revolution was needed, where the voting populace rose up in a body and swept away the Ancien Régime – starting with the centrist, third-way, DLC, blue dogs in the Democratic Party – en route to crushing the GOP and taking back the House and the Senate, so that President Sanders could lead a liberal Congress to sweeping reforms unprecedented since the early FDR years.

Unfortunately, most people viewed this as more of a metaphorical revolution, where the conversation got moved far to the left in anticipation of winning just for showing up against a fragmented Republican Party. In fact, the true revolution has already happened: Antonin Scalia died with a Democrat in office. In order to lock the revolution in place, all we need do is elect any Democratic President, then a whole plethora of evil can be undone: SCOTUS decisions, like Citizen’s United and Buckley v Vallejo, Heller, Michigan v EPA, and a host of unconstitutional states’ laws – basically, the entire ALEC playbook, plus bathrooms – can be shoved back into the festering pit of sewerage whence they came.

What this leaves is Bernie Sanders at the head of a Revolution of One because, while he correctly read the mood of discontent with the choices, he ended up not being that choice, so much. What’s more,this outcome was predicted last fall, by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), “…a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research at the intersection of religion, values, and public life.”

Last November, PRRI released their 2015 American Values Survey aptly named “Anxiety, Nostalgia and Mistrust.” In it, they asked specifically about the appetite for continuing the Bush and/or Clinton “dynasties.” Here is their summary of those results (emphasis added):

More than six in ten (61%) Republicans—including 64% of likely Republican primary voters—and nearly seven in ten (69%) Tea Party members say that electing another Bush or Clinton would be bad for the country, compared to 42% of Democrats overall and 39% of likely Democratic primary voters.

Further on in the summary, they characterize the state of the Democratic race, saying Hillary Clinton was supported by 55% of Democratic respondents, while Sanders and Biden (who dropped after the survey was conducted but before the survey was published) total about 40%.

To date, the popular vote percentages in the primary race: Clinton 56, Sanders 42

To date, the pledged delegate percentages in the primary race: Clinton 55, Sanders 45

Latest national poll released May 5, Clinton v Sanders:  Clinton 54, Sanders 42

What this tells us is that, since Sept-Oct of last year (the period of the survey), the pro-Clinton / anti-Clinton numbers have not changed. Thus we can characterize the “Revolution” as more of a protest, whether against Hillary qua Hillary, or as an avatar for more-of-the-sameism. While conceding that Bernie Sanders qua Bernie Sanders has done very well, Bernie Sanders as the Clinton alternative had a national hard ceiling he never broke through.

I encourage you all to read the survey, it’s a compelling snapshot of voter attitudes, with much that is cautionary, but MUCH to build on, during the second half of the Clinton “dynasty.”

Okay, so Donald Trump ain’t picking Chris Christie to be his vice president.

No, sireee.  But don’t let your guard down.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will serve as the chairman for Donald Trump’s transition team should the billionaire businessman win the presidential election this fall.

“Gov. Christie is an extremely knowledgeable and loyal person with the tools and resources to put together an unparalleled Transition Team, one that will be prepared to take over the White House when we win in November,” Trump said in a statement announcing the decision.

So, be prepared for a whole helluva lot of bridge closures in DeeCee if Trump wins.

You can hardly blame North Carolina for being so concerned about bathrooms.  After all, they are full of crap.

North Carolina on Monday filed a lawsuit against the federal government in response to a letter from the Justice Department that gave the state until the end of the day to scrap a controversial law regarding access to public bathrooms or risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.

To his semi-credit, Governor Pat McCrory explains that he understands how the federal government can say that you can’t have black and white bathrooms, but the toilet stops at transgendered people.  Why?

“We can definitely define the race of people. It’s very hard to define transgender or gender identity,” McCrory said.

Yes, indeed, Governor, you can see if someone is black or white, but you cannot see winkies or home plate. Obviously, this is way too complicated for your average Republican Governor who is drooling for an excuse to see genitals.  Or maybe just drooling.  I dunno.

Don’t Republicans have enough people to hate without adding people who need to pee?

John McCain.

McCain starts out by chastising party leaders for not backing Donald Trump, saying they are “out of step” with voters. But then he demands an apology from Trump for saying tacky things about POWs.  Not for himself, you know, but for others.

Ask if he would campaign for Trump, McCain said …

“A lot of things would have to happen. I think it’s important for Donald Trump to express his appreciation for veterans, not John McCain, but veterans who were incarcerated as prisoners of war.”

He added: “I’d like to see him retract that statement. Not about me, but about the others.”

Yeah, John, not about you.

As long as we’ve got apologizing on our minds, I might as well tell you about this:  McCain says he has “no regrets” about wanting to put Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency.

“I don’t often make a comment like this. But she was treated terribly by what we know as the mainstream media and that’s the only thing I will ever resent about my presidential campaign is her treatment by the media. It was disgraceful.”

John McCain has lost what was left of his damn mind.  John McCain has some apologizing to do.

And now McCain is suggesting Joni Ernst, pig castrator, as running mate for Trump.  Yep, John McCain has all the credentials needed for a vice presidential consultant.  Joni Ernst, the Koch Brothers house pet who also believes that Planned Parenthood needs to die, is a great idea, John.  Joni Ernst is Palin Palin with a serious haircut.

Okay, so I go on a cruise and Ted Cruz drops out of the Presidential race.  Can I go on a Trump?

I was in Mexico and heard stories about how much American are hated because of Trump.  I wish I’d brought a tee-shirt that said, “Hey, Amiga, I Hate Trump As Much As You Do.”

By the way, I discovered that you can buy a three bedroom casa with a swimming pool on the beach in Yucatan for $150,000.

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So they way I figure it, if Trump is elected President, I can live well in the Yucatan.  Also on the plus side, Trump’s gonna build a huuuge giant wall just to keep all the rednecks and rightwingers out of Mexico.  I’ll even send him a thank you note for that.

I notice this morning that Rick Perry, Dick Cheney, and Bob Dole all endorsed Trump.  That’s the brain and morality trust of the Republican Party.

In fact, Perry is practically begging to be Trump’s Vice President.  Oops and Poops – what a ticket!