James Zogby points out that the "Democratic" party is barely left wing, it's run by the consultants.
I think Zogby is indeed being Charlie Brown, especially since nothing will change unless there is that alternative voice. And he admit that there is no alternative voice in the "Democratic" party. Instead, the duopoly controls the process.
The reality is that the duopoly makes money off of the fake elections.
The Dems lost again and the blame game is starting, but are they asking the right questions?
I always thought she sounded stoned, but this is a real scary thought if this is true.
Lesser evil voting hurts the voters. It also doesn't help our political discussion.
This is worth a listen if you don't like US politics and want change.
I thought about posting Tulsi Gabbard ripping Kamala Harris on her record for those people who talk shit about 'Orrible 'Arris being "a real lefty". You can look those up since I disagree with Gabbard's direction these days. And there were questions about whether Tulsi was a lefty back in the day.
But as I like to say, most of "the Democrats are the party of the left" wouldn't spot a lefty if they walked up and smashed them over the head with a "smash the state" sign.
That said, Here is Norman Finkelstein who is a true lefty and the subject of "American Radical: the Trials of Norman Finkelstein"
Kamala Harris is in no way a lefty.
It's too bad the Green Party isn't allowed any publicity because we wouldn't hear nonsense about the Democrats being a "party of the left".
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But the democrats decided to run a three time loser who was beginning to show signs of dementia before the election even began. Then they decided to close ranks to prevent Sanders from getting the nomination.
And don't get me into John Fetterman, who should have withdrawn after his stroke, yet remains in office.
So much for the Dems being "wildly lefty" since what Sanders proposes is pretty much taken for granted outside the US. It's only in the US that people want to work themselves to death because they are heavily in debt. Go figure.
But I digress.
Toss in that his running mate, Kamala Harris, pulled out of the running because she was a poor candidate. All the opposition has to do is to address her record and she's cooked.
But two really bad candidates managed to win an election based on "Trump bad".
I'm not so sure about Tim Walz, but I have the feeling that the Dems picked another "winning" line up.
Every wonder why she is being pushed as the "democratic" nominee despite not having campaigned or won a vote?
Because she's 'Orribe 'Arris. She had such a poor showing in 2020 that she had to drop out early on.
And for those on the right who believe she is somehow a radical leftist.
Give me a break. You wouldn't know a radical leftist if they smacked you over the head with a smash the state sign.
There's no real difference between her and Trump.
No surprise here. Well, other than that her father is a true radical leftist. But Kamala is estranged from him and has been for a while. So much for Rita Panahi who is someone I think wouldn't know a real lefty if they smacked her on the head with a "smash the state" sign.
Don't try and raise our hopes with someone who is in no way progressive, Rita.
Rita should stick to Oz politics since she has no idea about US politics.
But that pretty much goes for most of the Sky News Oz crowd.
Alas, this is a clip of a much longer show, but Caleb Maupin is on a few others as well. Rita needs to swot up (do Aussies understand that term?) on US politics before she says ANYONE in the "Democratic" party is in anyway "lefty". Start with Real News Network's piece on Undoing the New Deal: the 1944 Coup against Henry Wallace. Bernie Sanders wasn't the first "lefty" to be torpedoed by the duopoly establishment.
Next, Rita, look up "La France Insoumise", they do have translations of the material on the party. You will encounter something closer to the left that wants to nationalise industries and do things that real leftys like.
But steer clear of AI since it is horrible with languages if you need a translator. Mais je me porterais volontiers volontaire pour ce poste.
And while we're at it, this book has been censored by Amazon, which is a LOT OF POSTS relating to how they are something any freedom loving person should despise. Fortunately, you can buy the book at Lulu (https://www.lulu.com/shop/caleb-maupin/kamala-harris-the-future-of-america-an-essay-in-three-parts/paperback/product-zmkjegd.html?q=Caleb+Maupin&page=1&pageSize=4), buying from something other than the monopoly called Amazon is a strike for freedom.
Do your research, Libertarians, Amazon is everything you claim to despise.
Actually, Lulu is having problems processing the orders for this book.
The Dems haven't learned their lesson, but then again there are the people who will "vote blue no matter who" even if the candidate is terrible.
For me, Sanders 2016 run was a confirmation of how bad the process is. The duopoly is pretty bad with the Dems being open about how bad the electoral process is.
Not only will they push a candidate, they will push a candidate who hasn't gone through the process of campaigning for office. But that is because Kamala Harris is an awful candidate. I was surprised they picked her to be veep in 2020. Even more surprised when Biden-Harris won the election.
Anyway, Sky New Australia has a good piece on how bad she is and how she is dividing the party, but that began the moment Hilary Clinton ran for president in 2008. I have a long piece on why I don't like the Democrats.
And the Republicans are pretty much the same thing. It takes culture war issues to give the appearance of a difference.
As I said, get ready for Trump II.
All the people who are thankful that she is running are going to be in for a nasty surprise.
No, I will not vote for a duopoly candidate--especially not this one.
She makes Hilary Clinton look consistent.
Sort of a repeat of the previous post, but a bit more in depth.
What I find interesting sort of goes to my comment in the previous post about the Democratic Party being in no way lefty. They ran when Sanders was running: and he is nothing compared to the left once one leaves the the United States.
Yet, he frightens the Democrats and Fox News loves to say how "socialist" the opposition happens to be.
But don't mention medicare for all...
In the conceptual blog post on how US elections are rigged, the Democratic Party and it's joke primary elections is a prominent feature. The Democrats would rather lose with someone like Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, et al than run someone like Bernie Sanders.
And while Sanders calls himself a "socialist", he's pretty centre on the political spectrum. After all, he does represent a historically red state (and I don't mean that in the way the rest of the world does, which is socialist, communist, and beyond--except for Anarchists, who are black). So, the despite the Fox News attempt to make "socialism" a "bad" word, most people like it.
At least in its more moderate incarnations. On the other hand, maybe people in the US are total idiots.
I mentioned La France Insoumise, the ultra left party, which "won" in the last elections. I have to wonder what people in the US would think about things like:
Even if some of those ideas didn't gain too much traction, it would be fun to see them being debated in an intelligent and informed manner.
I couldn't agree more with what Russell is saying here:
One thing is for sure – the Democrats more interested in bringing him down than understanding what led to his rise.Toss in addressing the issues surrounding this mess brought to us by the duopoly.
I strongly believe that there will be a radical reshaping of US Political system since it really isn't a Democratic Republic, or even the promised republic, by any stretch of the imagination. The founders knew there would have to be systemic changes, but the system has stagnated such that it is a one party system.
Three Arrows has a really super analysis of how the system will collapse: and it isn't from the duopoly kayfabe.
Which is what Trump was really talking about, Not "Kovfefe".
Cut the distractions and work for change.
This video needs to be seen since both parties like to demonise the other while neglecting their own faults. Meanwhile, people are being conned with "hot button" issues.
Seriously, how long would it have taken the US to have adopted serious gun regulation if there wasn't an obscure passage in the US constitution relating to militias?
Of course, it helps to have helpful people keeping the regime running.
There are a lot of reasons I left Facebook. One of them is the hope that we can bankrupt these billionaires who made their money off of us.
No, it's not socialism where people get money from not working: that's capitalism.
"What's a weekend?"
Nothing like watching Fox News and being told about some péché mortale done by the "Democratic" party. Or the reverse on MSNBC, that is the "Republican" party is bad. Problem is that BOTH parties are pretty much the same thing, which is why they need those "Hot button", "culture wars" issues to differentiate themselves the same way Pepsi does from Coke.
Bad news: it's the big donors who call the shots otherwise Bernie Sanders would be well into his Second Term by now (there's a post simmering on why Sanders would have been more popular than most people think, but the short form is that he represents what was historically a red state and was popular with a focus group of Fox News viewers!).
Big money needs to be removed from US politics as one of the top reforms. Although that gives Tucker Carlson something to act surprised about when a Google consultant works to install an FTC head.
Anyway, the elections are not free and fair on a secret ballot by any stretch of the imagination in the US.
The US needs to start practising what it spend a good portion of the 20th Century telling other countries to do while pretending they were pratising what they were preaching. Here's this from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
See also:
This is pretty good too:
Yes, I am still of the opinion that Trump will win again in 2020 and that any other outcome is wishful thinking.
Trump supporters are (1) still fairly solidly behind him, (2) not very vocal in their support, and (3) going to be more inclined toward him that a Biden-Harris ticket. Let's toss in that most voters have pretty much already decided who they will vote for and will not switch.
Biden supporters are the case in point. Trump derangement syndrome has literally set in. How to tell if you have it: would you be vaccinated if Donald Trump announced there was a vaccine for corona virus?
Remember that any approved vaccine would have to pass FDA regs.
Biden is unscrutinised and even when scrutinised things like #metoo and "Believe all women" goes down the shitcan when it's Tara Reade. And never mind all the videos out there. Same goes for the allegations of bribery from Ukraine and China.
"But Trump..."
On the other hand, can the allegations that Trump "mishandled" the pandemic lockdown play that well with voters who are having to actually deal with the lockdowns? I have the luxury of their being an inconvenience, but this is a hardship for a lot of people.
The proper course of action would indeed be things like medicare for all, universal basic income, job security, and other "socialist" programmes. Toss in contact tracing and a lot of other things which people in the US would balk at.
Despite what Fox and Sky News Australia say, Biden is in no way willing to do the necessary steps to truly handle Covid-19. I would also guess that Harris wouldn't either. It seems to be one of the qualfications for being a Democratic nominee that you have a public and private position. Biden has made it clear that nothing will change if he is elected, but there will be lots of committees and investigations.
I'm not sure how persuasive Biden and Harris are to the people who will really decide the election: the actual undecided voters. On the other hand, both Biden's and Harris's campaigns were considered dead until the "super Thursday" miracle. Then what was previously left for dead was declared the hope for the US.
The prognoses are still not good, but we can't criticise the chosen ones or we are somehow "helping Trump win".
Wouldn't running a couple of the shittiest candidates imaginable (even shittier than Hillary Clinton) count as "helping Trump win". "Trump bad" only works with the sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrome and not uncommitted voters.
Or voters who want to hear real policies and agendas instead of what one would expect someone who has been in the US legislature to spew out.
Given the possible outcomes.
A Trump win is the better choice since real reform can only come from having to make compromises and changes to the system. The "lesser evil" system is how we got into this mess. Case in point, the Presidential Debates, which at one time were run by a non-partisan body, the league of women voters, but are now run by the "Commission on Presidential Debates", a partisan body.
The two party system sure as fuck isn't how we will get out of the current mess in US poltics. And it would have made a lot more sense to work on electoral reform the past four years than chase imaginary Russians.
I am not swayed by polls and am still firm in the belief I stated back in June that Trump will get another four years. Time has added new reasons to the ones I mentioned in that post. The Democrats should have trashed any hope on Biden after the failed attempt to impeach Trump.
I am very familiar with Ukraine and the criminals in that case were the Bidens who saw the cess pit of corruption that is Ukraine as their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. But Biden and the Democrats have put their hopes in the fact that Trump derangement syndrome will blind people to how
Biden changes his stripes more than a chameleon in a Skittles factory. And he’s doing it again by claiming the mantle of unity in this election. Today’s Biden is a made-for-media candidacy untested by interactions with his base.
Another thing which will effect this election are the silent Trump supporters. I'm not sure if the silence is due to fear, or a lack of media attention to anyone who supports Trump.
Anyway, I already voted and it wasn't for either Trump or Biden. I doubt that Rachel Maddow will bother with trying to get a third party voter on her show, but I gave up on her once she began to push Hillary Clinton and then went on to push that Russia was responsible for Trump's win.
The DNC needs to have a purge if the Russians were responsible for their failures in 2016 and 2020.
Maybe the Dumbocrats will take a serious analysis of what went wrong if I am correct, but I am not hopeful. I know they will continue to blame everyone and everything except themselves.
Have some fun predicting who will win the election here. I think Trump since most of these states are "pro-gun" or effected by the riots.
