<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Spike, you can find anything you look for on the net. If there is a big fight among democrats about socialism, it has not leaked into my awareness yet.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">And as John says, there is so much boiling up in the near future that none of us should care.<br></div><br>Keith<br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 1:10 PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8059156527343274478"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-8059156527343274478WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Keith Henson <<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>> <br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-8059156527343274478m211640273517966498gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">>>… his opposition party was fighting itself and still is.  The guy who won in those two cycles was seen as a better socialism-fighter. spike</span></b></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…I don't see this as a factor. If you can justify this as a serious concern of people who voted I would like to see it.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Keith<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OK, heeeeere ya go:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://x.com/RedWavePress/status/2083989588956045523" target="_blank">RedWave Press on X: "Democrat Strategist James Carville: “I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker. I can tell you that right now. If he becomes a force in the Democratic Party, I’m out of here. I have no intention of ever being in the political party with that guy.” “I think that a https://t.co/lrbZErgeo7" / X</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This is the Australian take on it, mate:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=bill+maher+saying+his+vote+is+in+play&&mid=27F0FA3F43D2D5F2AD5E27F0FA3F43D2D5F2AD5E&churl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fchannel%2fUCO0akufu9MOzyz3nvGIXAAw&mcid=86B48EF370824809A96139239E5E2DF7&FORM=VRDGAR" target="_blank">Bing Videos</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Here’s Bill Maher saying it out loud:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=bill%20maher%20saying%20his%20vote%20is%20in%20play&mid=1CA3A6F79BF41060B3EE1CA3A6F79BF41060B3EE&ajaxhist=0" target="_blank">Bing Videos</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: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