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@AAQ
I am saying the VP could/should not have received info on POTUS medical state unless he approved the release to her by the medical professionals.
If his agreement to release info to her did not include permission to share with others, she should not.I would not ask a third party for this info, but given the opportunity I would ask Biden.
You ignored my question about adding Harris’s husband’s last name to hers
@AAQ
First why do you call the VP Harris-Emhoff, a name she does not use.
My new wife did not take my last name, my daughters do not use their husbands’ last names in their professional lives.Second,
I would not pose the question you ask.
There is the law of the land called HIPAA and unless the President chose to share medical information with the VP, it could not legally be disclosed to her.
Even if legally disclosed to her (by his consent), she could not legally share the information with me@CoffeeA
Being Pragmatic, Biden got the overwhelming majority of votes in the Democratic primaries last spring.
Voters knew they were voting for Biden/Harris and that she would take over if he could not complete a term.
Voters who were opposed to Harris could have voted for another candidate or uncommitted.The Rules of the Party are published and not a surprise, but many people Don other to discover what they say until something unusual pops up.
Having been Rules Committee Chairman in the CT State Democrat Party and on the national Party Rules Committee in the past I am more aware than the average voter.
If delegates chosen by the state parties do not want to vote for Harris, they are not bound to do so. However, the vast majority of delegates will vote for what is best for the Party in order to retain the White House. At this point that seems to be to nominate Harris as the Democrat Presidential Candidate.
This has been the consensus of the many conversations, texts, emails that I have had with colleagues across the country.As I often preach and point out, America is not a Democracy and does not operate as one (with the exception of a few small New England Towns still run by Town Meetings). America is a Republic. Voters elect representatives (in this case delegates) to represent them and the representatives are empowered to cast votes based on current information and developments at the time of the vote. No delegates were elected based in an unwavering commitment to vote Biden. In fact in most states delegates are not elected, but the State Party appoints them based on the results of the primary vote. Again there are also Super Delegates who hold voting rights based on office and may not reflect the results of a primary.
I am not here to electioneer, my explanations are here as an educational service to CR readers. I never try to persuade anyone here to vote for or against a candidate or Party. I have voted a split ticket in virtually every election since 1972.
@Coffee A
It is not about the will of the people, it is about Party Rules which govern who is and how they are chosen to be the party’s nominee.To quote am Old American Express Commercial: “Membership has its privilege”
If you are not a member of the Democrat Party you have no right to determine who the nominee should be (I oppose open primaries).Many of us worked log and hard for our party investing time and money and were wiling to support an incumbent and not show him the door for younger, less experienced people. The President was not convinced to step aside by young bucks, he listened to the reason and experience of senior party members, such as 84 year old Nancy Pelosi ( ho has spent about as many years in Government as Biden).
Many delegates were willing to accept a weakened, aging incumbent as our candidate because it was believed he could defeat EX-President Trump. When it became apparent that was no longer the case it was time for a change. I for one, would rather have had a President Biden running on 5 cylinders than another term of Trump destroying what little is left of our personal liberties.
I don’t know how old you are, or your schooling. I am old enough to have rejoiced when the Supreme Court ruled the forced Christian Prayer I was forced to endure in public elementary school Unconstitutional back in 1962. I was thrilled when President Johnson and the Dems passed the Civil Rights Act. and we could not be legally discriminated against because we are Jews
@lostspark
I do not expect the President to resign and let Harris ascend. The backlash would be too great in a close election.Beshear is a fine choice, but I am not eager to remove a winning D governor who could be the one to choose Mitch McConnell’s replacement if necessary mid term
Coffee
Harris will get the nomination. The phones have been worked and she has more than enough pledged delegates to secure victory in the roll call vote.
BTW, I received a call asking for my vote, I said that my proxy should be called as I have not revoked it yet.The possible alternatives have come out and endorsed her, so as to preserve their Presidential hopes for the future.
The big question is who she will pick as a running mate and how fast?
The sooner the better for her campaign.The current arithmetic says that I should not revoke my proxy and attend in person.
@skripa
You are correct that the money donated to the Biden/Harris Campaign Fund can be used by a ticket that has on of them in it.
It won’t happen, but if someone else (John Doe) got the nomination for President and chose Harris as running mate, that campaign could use the funds.AAQ
If I go, I’ll post
What is interesting is that the D Parties of NC, SC and TN have stated their delegates will vote Harris.
However, state laws and rules don’t apply at the National Convention of a political party. It is decided law that only Party Rules apply. The rues of the Democrat Party state that the delegates at the convention decide the nominee, they are not bound by the state party or primary results (after first ballot or if the candidate is no longer running).
I have sat on the Rules Committee in the past, this will be an interesting year
Whitmer says she will not run, but in the past non-candidates have been drafted.
The CT State Dem Committee seems to be united behind Harris, but cannot direct delegates how to vote. Biden won all the delegates decided by primary and they are now free. The general population does not realize that in addition to primary chosen delegates, each state has a number of super delegates, Senators, Congressmen, etc.The madness has begun………………………….
I had not planned to attend this year’s Democrat National Convention and had tendered a proxy.
I had stated earlier in the CR that if Biden dropped out I might withdraw my proxy and attend.I have had more than 50 phone calls. emails and texts this morning seeking my support for various candidates.
I do not support VP Harris, although I have explained why it would be very hard to remove her from the ticket.
I do not support Newsom
I like Whitmer, Pritzker, Shapiro but think Harris will get the nd.The first Democrat National Convention I attended as a floor guest was 1968 in Chicago when Mayor Dailey’s goons attacked demonstrators in the streets. I attended as a delegate 5 times and thought I was through. It is tempting to attend this historic convention. Each state has different rules regarding those Electoral College Members who have been hosen based on pledges to Biden. Lots of horse trading will be going on
Your comment makes no sense.
Why should the Democrat or an US political party care about “Achenu kol Beis Yisroel?”If you mean Jewish members of the Democrat Party, say so! It is not the party’s place to take stands on items of a religious nature.
This Jewish D does care about Achenu Kol Beis Yisroel and I vote by the individual candidates not a party line. As the 2024 Democrat Party Platform
Will not be adopted until August I cannot say if I will support or oppose it.AAQ
You could not have voted for a Vice Presidential candidate if you wanted.
Only the Presidential Candidate appears on the ballot and is voted for. The VP choice of the party gets a free ride with the winning Presidential candidate.No voter was able to cast a vote for that person since the VP position had no place in the ballot.
I still am an Asst. Registrar of Voters and know election laws and procedures
@AAQ
I am not saying the masses are racist (I don’t apply that word broadly). I am saying that groups have ethnic and other preferences and extend them to voting.Being honest:
We like to live amongst our own kind
We vote for Jewish candidates
We look for and use Jewish professionals (medical, legal, accounting, etc.)
We shop at Jewish owned businesses.Does this make us racist? Not unless we refuse to do any of these things because the person is not of our own kind.
@AAQ
Black support is a real thing, it does not matter that Obama was half white and Harris half Indian.
They sell in the urban ghettos and Black churches. I have seen the voters whipped up by the cleverly and the grassroots get out the vote effort.The descendants of slaves idea is one only considered by the elite, not the masses
@Coffee
There is little or no support for Jeffries. In general members of the House are not nominated for President@CA
Properties are in Trusts, haven’t been in personal name for decades@AAQ
The CT Presidential Primary was in April
The August Primary is for state officesYour named suggestions are interesting but create a huge problem for the Democrat Party (Disclosure: I have been a delegate to the national convention many times).
The heiress apparent (whom I do not support) is Kamala Harris.
The party cannot push her aside for a white male or female candidate without losing what is left of the Black support for the party. They would sit the election out and the candidate chosen would loseGadolhadorah
You are quite wrong about the mechanics.
If a candidate releases delegates, they may vote for others at the convention.
It is not Biden who has a place on the 50 state ballots, but the official nominee of the Democrat Party and that person is not chosen until the convention in August.In most states absentee ballots can be mailed 30 days before Election Day, not soon after the August Convention.
Replacing a named candidate on the ballots after the convention can be tricky.
FYI, I still hold my position as Asst. Registrar of Voters back in CT and have to keep up on the laws. I will be overseeing the August 13 primaries this year.
@CoffeeAddict
I have not yet changed my legal address. Still have a CT driver’s license, own property and pay taxes there.
At this point I still get to CT several times each week@Reb Eliezer
As my mother , the strict grammarian, A”L always said:
Dogs get mad, people get angry.@Coffee Addict
Harris is far from a shoe in for the nomination should Biden release his delegates.
I have already been contacted by operatives for four other contenders interested in the nomination seeking delegate votes and contributions.I had not planned to attend this year’s convention with Biden having the necessary delegates, but depending if and when he withdraws I may revoke my proxy and attend to vote and participate in the deal making.
I was not and am not a Harris fan.
@UJM
I was asked to comment on experience in the past when I was a lawyer in CT
I am now an Ex-CT lawyer as I surrendered my license, but still licensed attorney in NY, MA and FLI just can’t legally identify as a lawyer in connection with the word Connecticut
@AAQ
Absolutely no difference based on insurance
My mother was Title XIX Medicaid
MIL was traditional Medicare
Late wife a Medicare Advantage Plan through State ExchangeThree different hospice companies providing care
All at zero cost to patient providing a equipment and personnel
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Please look at ematai on line or Facebook
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a childhood friend is director of the accociation of Hospices of the USA and has been invaluable proving guidance and law over the years@anon
Different hospices, different rules.
The hospice agency we used in CT for in home, provided all the equipment and found the click arms, billing health insurance.
We hired no one and paid nothing out of pocketMy experiences were at a Catholic hospital (hospital of choice where we lived in CT). No Jewish or government hospitals in the area and far better care than the university affiliated hospital.
As a family law trust attorney I dealt with hospices and associated issues for decades and did not run into what you experienced.
Certainly at the Catholic hospital every effort is made to keep the patient alive as long as possible.It is terrible to be put in the position to discontinue further medical procedures. It happened to me with the late Mrs. CTL. After coding three times in a few years, 140 surgeries, a dozen long term ICU stays in comas in life support, we were presented with one final medical procedure that could be attempted. Both the surgeon and nephrologist agreed with my observation that she could not survive the procedure. 100% medical opinion that she would die on the table in pain.
Decision made to start hospice care in ICU, remove artificial life support and let her die with me and daughters in dignity. Small doses of morphine to handle pain (not hasten death), she passed in two hours with no further suffering.The medical establishment would have been happy to keep billing insurance for things that could not have saved her life. Hashem had a way of let us know her time on earth was up
@JDF007
You got it all wrong.
It doesn’t mean doctors don’t want to do anything. It doesn’t mean a move to another facility in many cases.
It does not mean the patient is not fed.We had Hospice care at home for my late mother, and mother in-law.
Their bodies were worn out and they could not have survived any more medical procedures. They were allowed to pass in dignity in familiar surroundings with family present.
My MIL passed at 10 PM on the third day of hospice care. She actually had a light meal at 6 pm. She was given light doses of morphine to ease her pain.
My mother’s body gave out at 98. Her cancer had eaten away her intestines and free gases were killing her. There was no additional procedure that could save her. We brought her home to die with hospice care. She fell into a deep sleep an Hour after the transfer and died two hours later.Look for the group Ematai on line. They hold on line and in person events in assorted Frum communities dealing with these issues.
Having run a family law and estate practice for decades, I found them to be an invaluable resource in this area.
I skipped high school, undergrad, MBA and Law School graduations.
Nothing more boring than to be in the heat in a polyester gown and mortarboard listening to endless speeches@Chaim87
What was offensive about your June 6 reply was the false statement you made that I copy and paste ….,
I am a septuagenarian who does not copy and paste. I choose my own words carefully.
Anyone who has read my comments and/or posts the last 15 years can see that they are my own words.
I also don’t call names when disagreeing with another viewpoint.That said, I oppose government censorship of the press. The First Amendment to the Constitution which protects us from a government sponsored religion also guarantees this freedom.
I only believe in certain limitations as they apply to national security or protecting privacy ( such as not posting names of rape victims).Back in the day newspapers had political ideology and one bought and read the one you agreed with. Today you chose an online news source you identify with.
I grew up in New Haven and the Jackson Family who owned and published the two local papers were staunch republicans. We didn’t read the editorial pages for this reason, but it was the only source of local news and advertising.
Today almost every daily in CT is owned by Hearst and not worth reading, circulation is in the toilet tans I have no friends who buy the papers. I check obituaries free on line.It is not the job of government to protect us from populist/fascist candidates by censoring the press. That would make the government as evil as the candidate you want silenced.
Yes, the masses may be taken in by the populist, but that freedom of expression and the vote is the spine of our country.
Prosecutors only need to win elections in some jurisdictions. In CT neither prosecutors or trial/appellate court judges are elected
@Chaim87
Re: your June 6th reply.I don’t like lies posted about me.
You may not agree with my political views, I don’t care, BUT despite your lies, I have never copied and pasted liberal or any other arguments. My thoughts expressed are in my own words.
I don’t drink Kool-Aid and I don’t hurl personal insults at others in the CR just because I don’t agree with them.@Chaim
If people don’t buy the newspaper or watch the network, the business fails,
Most US newspapers have folded in the past 30 years.When I was growing up we had 5 newspapers delivered daily and there were three tv networks with a 15 minute nightly new broadcast.
Now news delivery is quite different.I never read a print newspaper as the news is state before it is delivered
The USA is NOT a Democracy, It is a Republic….big difference
Democracy, one person, one vote
Look at the US Senate: a Senator from Wyoming represents approx 290,000 people, one from California represents approx 19,600,000#2 Don’t confuse the Federal Judicial system and state systems. Trump was charged with 34 counts of violating NY State Law and prosecuted by the State. There are 50 states with different legal systems. It has nothing to do with the US system of Democracy. OJ and Cosby were tried for State crimes in Pennsylvania and California under their state legal systems,
#3 Free Speech/Freedom of the Press…this applies to Government action. Permits to protest are a local government issue, except if the protest is to be held on Federal land.
If you don’t like the lies told on a particular network, don’t watch. No viewers equals no revenue and they may go out of business, News organizations don’t have to prove truth of everything they report,
Being Devil’s advocate, why should American newspapers be restricted in what they print because hostages from another country are being held? You talk about ‘OUR” hostages and that applies to our unique status as Jews, but not to the vast majority of Americans.#4 GUNS, I don;t think any private citizen in the US should have one, Proponents of the Second Amendment conveniently forget that it talks about a well organized militia, That means the national Guard. I have no objection to Guard members, law enforcement, Corrections offices having guns. I even would allow private ownership of long rifles and shotguns for hunting purposes in rural areas, but no semi-automatics or bumpstocks.
For those that claim they enjoy target practice. I would allow ownership of guns that must be kept locked up at a licensed gun range and never allowed to leave the premises,
#5 ELECTIONS
see my first comments, get rid of the Electoral College that makes the value of the voter in Wyoming work XXX ties one in California, NY or Florida.
Then: States, not the Federal Government decide who can run for office and who can vote. There is not a countrywide standard.
In CT, which I just left after more than 70 years. Convicted felons lose their vote, BUT after completion of their sentence, probation, ordered restitution they can petition for restoration of voting rights. Once a registered voter they can run for office. This the CONVICTED Mayor of Bridgeport who served 9 years in FEDERAL prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city got his vote back and was returned to office three times.
In some states, convicts can vote from prison, in others they never get their voting rights back.The Supreme Court ruled this year that Trump could not be kept off the Ballot in Colorado, despite states havings these rights. If Trump was not seeking a Federal position the decision might have been different.
How to fix this? Constitutional Amendments, bt most fail. Remember the ERA failed to be ratified by the required number of states and women to not have equal rights across America. The ERA was enshrined into the MA, CT, NY and NJ constitutions decades ago,
Disclosure: I have practiced law for decades, I teach Government and Law
I don’t politic in the Coffee Room, but will explain the system and correct misstatements of fact and/or law.Our US system has flaws not envisaged in the late 1700s, but it is ne of the best systems in the world.
@coffeeaddit
This Democrat never starts treads on political topics, whether or not based on current events. I only comment on threads.
In most cases I may eplain the law or how the system works under the constitution but don’t politic for a candidateThe Rav of any 501 (c)3 organization (Tax exempt in USA) had better not be making official endorsement of candidates or urging congregants to vote one way or the other from the pulpit in shul or school bulletins, etc. or risk the organization losing its tax free status.
@Chaim 87
NOT my title, I am not the OP. I replied to a comment
@Always
I was quite specific about the NY DA, etc.
You conflate this with a story about Merrick Garland who is a Federal official.
Trump was tried and convicted on state charges.
Biden is Garland’s boss@Akuperma
#1 do I believe Trump is guilty of the NY charges? Yes
Do I want him incarcerated? NO
Ford did the right thing pardoning Nixon so the country could move forward.
#2 you ascribe far to much power to Biden. He does not control the NY State Governor, the NY County DA or the judge. These are elected state positions, Biden has little influence in the state party.I am proud to live and practice law in a state that does not elect judges. These should not be political positions as subject to party influence and campaign donors
@Lostspark
CTLawyer has substantially removed himself from most of social media.
Preoccupied with upcoming marriage and disposition of a lifetime of stuff in the compound before my relocation to NY.
Effective this year, I no longer active in politics.
There are more important things in my life at this time..That said, I will not vote for Trump but am not a Biden supporter this time around. Wish we had better choices this year.
@crazy
Have to disagree with you about hidden not being Democrats or Republicans.
Without party affiliation one loses a great deal of power. In most states primaries are not open to non-members of the party and you have no say in who is nominated to run for office.
I have repeatedly stated that all politics is local. I have been a member of my town’s Democratic Town Committee for years. I have been an elected member of town government. That could not have happened if I was unaffiliated.
I have been a delegate to the past twenty state conventions and 4 national party conventions. I have given up those seats and hope younger people get involved.I always vote candidate not party line, splitting my ballot.
I will vote against a particular candidate for President this year, but don’t consider myself a supporter of the other.
Unlike 2016 and 2020 I shall not contribute to a Presidential campaign fund@drp
Don’t reply, but don’t make false accusations.
I did not call you a five year old, I said calling names like a five year old.
My words are chosen carefully.
No one (who you do not pay) owes you a direct answer to any question.
I often spend time away from the coffee room and upon return may not visit previous threads.I don’t act as in 1944, a decade before my birth.
I shall not vote for the serial adulterer, election denier, grifter under any circumstances. That does not mean I shall vote for anyone else. In November I shall decide.I disagree about white male evangelical Christians not being a threat to world Jewry. If they destroy American Jewry, then Israel has lost its biggest source of political and financial support.
As for liberalism, most Jews in The US are not frum. Liberal action such as the Civil Rights Act and doing away with forced Christian prayer in public schools benefited Jews.
I got an Ivy League and Law School education. My older brother was legally told that the Jew quota was closed when denied admission by Princeton.My younger brother didn’t have to leave the country for medical school as our uncle did.
There is a difference between liberal and leftist.
Despite it all, I wish you a zissen Pesach, Chag lasher v’sameach.
@drp
Grow up and stop call names like a five year old.You may not like a liberal viewpoint but that does not make all who hold them loony libs.
My political views are socially liberal and fiscally conservative.
I vote the candidate and not a party line.
I have voted R and D for President, Senator, Congressman. And local offices.
As a long term member of my Democratic Town Committee, delegate to state and national Conventions; I am free to vote for any candidate I choose, but cannot make a public endorsement of a candidate running against my party’s nominee on state or local ballot.I voted against Trump and am glad I did. He represents the worst of male white Christian nationalism which endangers Jews in America.
None of this has anything to do with his criminal trial. I had posted repeatedly that I don’t want him behind bars, citing Ford’s pardon of Nixon as the best for the country.
Time to forget Trump and move forwardSorry, there would not be physical evidence of an assault.
Assault is threat of imminent physical harm or danger. It is not the same as battery which is the unwanted of unlawful touching of another.
Assault is the perception of the person sensing the attack.
I I raise my arm in a fist and move towards you, it is assault, if I make contact with you it is battery. In most jurisdictions the crime charged is assault and battery.I am merely explaining the legal concept of the crime and in no way expressing an opinion on this particular trial.
@DaMoshe
On Columbia Law Schools website the LLD does not exist.
This does not mean that the University could not have issued an honorary degrees that cannot be earned I. Real life@SACT5
Sorry about stretching out populationHave been a Lamont supporter/delegate from his initial decision to run statewide.
A decent man, definitely not radical left.Lieberman abandoned his Democratic roots but didn’t have the guts to switch parties.
edited That didn’t end a friendship.
@nish……
I never mentioned Trump.
I corrected square’s misstatement that these people were employed by President Obama when they were in fact government employees.@Squareroot
quoting an article from Right wing Murdoch CT Post about internal CT Democratic Politics, what a joke.I am probably the best qualified in the CR ti speak to Lieberman/Lamont history.
I knew Joe Lieberman very well for 55 years. I worked in his first campaign, a primary to unseat State Senator Edward Marcus in 1970, and many campaigns after that. I was a delegate at the National convention that nominated the Gore/Lieberman ticket.
My friendship and support continued through the middle of his second term in the Senate. He may have been pro-Israel, but he ignored the needs and wishes of his constituents as he gained prominence in Washington.Current Governor Lamont was not backed by the party’s left fringe, but by middle of the road Old school Dems who had been abandoned by Lieberman moving to the right and becoming a awk on foreign policy. I was a delegate a the state convention that denied Lieberman the renomination. He was no longer the best man to represent the citizens of CT.
He had enough name power to win the general election as an independent, Similar to Lowell Weicker’s run for Governor. Lieberman was not sent to the Senate to represent the Jewish people, the interests of Israel, etc. He was sent to represent the 5 million residents of CT.
I knew both of Lieberman’s wives, all his children, his mother, sister and Hadassah’s parents. I attended his funeral (invited by his son Mathew). Just because his politics moved on the right and I didn’t support him in his third run for Senate, did not end a 55 year friendship.