Where I come from, we call that a close race, especially this early on when we’re not even at the halfway point. Obviously in the coming weeks, things may change, but for now, it’s still close.
The South is virtually the Clinton’s backyard, and no one at all should be surprised that Hillary did well there. But, many of the upcoming primary states will be more favorable for Sanders.
And while I’m on the subject, nothing beats going outside and actually voting, or getting face-to-face commitments to vote from family and friends, but anyone who wants to help make the next round of primary states more favorable for Sanders can phone bank here: https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/phonebank
AGAIN, for clarity: Super delegates do not actually cast their votes until this summer in Philadelphia, at the Democratic National Convention, in JULY. And unlike “earned” delegates (that’s regular people like you and me) who have already voted in the primaries, THEIR “votes” (the ones they that haven’t made yet) can still change from the candidate they pledged, to the candidate who has popular support.
Until very recently, most reputable media outlets did not include super delegates in their overall delegate vote counts, or at least they made it a point to clarify the difference between unalterable “earned” delegates who have already cast a ballot, and “pledged” super delegates who haven’t even voted, and who may yet change their pledge to vote with the people.
(If you still think that a promise to vote is the same thing as an actual vote, then consider this analogy: an acquaintance asks you PayPal them $500 today, and they “promise” to pay you back. But they quietly add the condition that they’ll pay you back IF things go well for them. Only then will they repay you. Later on. In July. Probably. Suddenly that promise doesn’t seem quite as secure, does it?)
ALSO: Please note that on Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton largely won the reliably red states, the same states where Democrats don’t have a prayer of winning in the general election. On the other hand, Bernie Sanders won in traditionally Democratic states. More importantly though, he won in some hotly contested swing states. This is an extremely salient (and under reported) point, because it punches truck sized holes in the false, but popular media narrative that Sanders is somehow a “risky” vote for women and/or Black people; or that Sanders is somehow unelectable, despite the fact that Hillary has much higher unfavorability rates than does Sanders, and despite the fact that in poll after poll, Sanders repeatedly does better than Clinton against Trump, Cruz and Rubio.
Contrary to the Clinton campaign’s slick political messaging, the fact is that Bernie Sanders is the candidate who has a better chance of beating the Republican nominee in November.
Finally: Yes, Hillary won Massachusetts, a traditionally blue state, by razor thin margins. But the impact of Bill Clinton illegally campaigning for Hillary INSIDE of polling places cannot be over-emphasized, especially in close races. His Secret Service detail caused voters additional wait times, and may have turned some voters away for security reasons. I have no doubt Sanders would have won the state if not for Bill Clinton’s “accidental” tampering.
It’s a no-brainer that he intentionally used his Secret Service entourage to manipulate the outcome, beyond simple pro-Hillary campaigning.
I want to applaud Ashley Williams, the #BlackLivesMatter protester who confronted Hillary Clinton and demanded an apology for Clinton’s use of “superpredators with no conscience and no empathy, who need to be brought to heel” when she used dog whistles to refer to Black youths as little more than animals, as she advocated for Bill Clinton’s notorious 3-Strikes crime bill (which disproportionately targeted and imprisoned Black people).
Clinton replied, “You know what? No one has ever asked me about this before. You’re the first one to ask me about it.”
Besides noting the obvious problem with Ms. Clinton apparently needing to be publicly prompted before it ever even occurred to her to apologize for saying something so casually racist, if there are people who have spoken to her about this, then I hope they feel sufficiently empowered to step forward and make Mrs. Clinton have to explain her obfuscation.
I find it very hard to believe that no one at all has ever spoken to her and never asked about this before.
And once again, all respect to Ms. Ashley Williams. Disruptive action protests take a lot more than planning and coordination - it also requires guts. I’m a soon to be 32 year old Black man who is an inch shy of 6 feet tall, tipping the scales at 185 pounds, and I seriously doubt that I would have had even half the courage needed to do what Ms. Williams so bravely did.
From Bree Newsome to Sandra Bland and beyond, my people are stepping up and speaking out, and I am so proud.
Thank you.
So her only response was, “Huh…You know you’re the first one to confront me on my dislike towards the Blacks.” Really?
Hillary does not fuck with us and is not here for us. Don’t be fooled.
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Using a static background you can also imitate a camera tilt to change perspectives. This is a background using somewhat simple perspective to take an eye level shot and turn it into an upshot.
Using this background, character A can run towards eye level cam, leap and come down closer to cam and kick character B, then stand up in an upshot.
This is really basic cinematography and the basics can help make a board really work and saves the background designers from having to do too many bgs in a short amount of time.
Since TV animation tends to have smaller budgets than feature animation, we are often times limited in the kind of animation we can do in terms of backgrounds. Here are a couple workarounds I have to show movement in a background.
The first is a tracking shot into cam where our Character is running without gaining away or from cam (but they could if you wanted) The foreground is the ground plane which is just a simple looping set of lines. The BG is actually a static image that would slowly drift down towards the horizon line imitating movement away from the background.
The second is also a tracking shot where the character is more in profile. This one requires some soft focus and low detail background drawings (usually not a lot, maybe 3 looping images. I only used 2 here but the theory holds.
The last one only requires a single background layout, but we use the camera to imitate action as it pulls out over a static image.
This is all based on my own experience rather than hard rulesets, so you know as usual take it with a grain of salt.
The image above is a reaction to my painting of Bernie Sanders. Apparently, having a political opinion is not something an artist is allowed to express freely if he wants his custom brushes business to flourish?
But seriously, let’s talk about this. This - this right here - this is why we have a real gridlock in Washington. And this is why Americans refuse to cooperate with one another. If somebody simply expresses the tiniest word of support for a candidate that another person does not like, then instead of starting a friendly conversation or even a lively (but polite) debate about some real issues, there is instant animosity and an absolute, sometimes violent refusal to even acknowledge that we may actually have more in common than we think.
Let’s think about that. And let’s remember that we’re all in this together.
