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Sunday, July 31, 2016
Tighten the loophole SHARE
A Vermont newspaper shows how "Sellout Sanders" could do penance to his disappointed followers. Its editorial explains how to "overturn Citizens United," a main reason Sanders gave for endorsing Clinton in his Convention capitulation speech. He can do it without her, without winning a presidential election, without enacting a constitutional amendment, without appointing Supreme Court justices, and without even leaving Vermont for awhile. Instead of stumping for plutocracy, the Senator could remain home and use his new influence there to get his state legislature to solve the problem of money in politics by adopting an amendment to its ethics rules. After passing this reform in Vermont, BS could return to the Senate in 2017 and use any influence his surrender gained from Corporate Democrats to enact it there.
Tighten the loophole SHARE
A Vermont newspaper shows how "Sellout Sanders" could do penance to his disappointed followers. Its editorial explains how to "overturn Citizens United," a main reason Sanders gave for endorsing Clinton in his Convention capitulation speech. He can do it without her, without winning a presidential election, without enacting a constitutional amendment, without appointing Supreme Court justices, and without even leaving Vermont for awhile. Instead of stumping for plutocracy, the Senator could remain home and use his new influence there to get his state legislature to solve the problem of money in politics by adopting an amendment to its ethics rules. After passing this reform in Vermont, BS could return to the Senate in 2017 and use any influence his surrender gained from Corporate Democrats to enact it there.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
After Indiana: Sanders Wins Another Purple State, and Emerges from a Haze of Bad Strategy and Rigged Delegate Math SHARE
Rob Kall's comment on this OEN piece suggested further development of the "idea of a decision at the convention to re-apportion counting of delegates from closed primary states." This article expands on that suggested rule change in light of Sanders' significant, even strategic, change of tone in negotiating with the DNC on Friday. This article attempts to explore the missing middle in the ongoing debate over the false dichotomy whether to "vote for Clinton" or to select one of the options for abandoning the Democrats. The real question is what would the Democrats have to do before the election to demonstrate that it is worth saving from the results of disunity that its leadership is now courting.
After Indiana: Sanders Wins Another Purple State, and Emerges from a Haze of Bad Strategy and Rigged Delegate Math SHARE
Rob Kall's comment on this OEN piece suggested further development of the "idea of a decision at the convention to re-apportion counting of delegates from closed primary states." This article expands on that suggested rule change in light of Sanders' significant, even strategic, change of tone in negotiating with the DNC on Friday. This article attempts to explore the missing middle in the ongoing debate over the false dichotomy whether to "vote for Clinton" or to select one of the options for abandoning the Democrats. The real question is what would the Democrats have to do before the election to demonstrate that it is worth saving from the results of disunity that its leadership is now courting.
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton: the Queen of Chaos and the Threat of World War III SHARE
“'voting for Hillary because she is a woman' makes no sense to me at all. Yes, women should get together for causes that affect women in general: equal pay for equal work, equal recognition of abilities, reproductive rights, maternity leave and child care, that sort of thing. But Hillary Clinton is an individual, she is not women in general. Women together might fight for women’s right to be elected President, but that right exists. It cannot be reduced to one particular woman’s right to be President.The President of the United States is not a purely symbolic position. It involves crucial decision-making powers. Hillary Clinton has demonstrated dangerously poor judgment in fateful questions of war and peace. That should disqualify her." - Diana Johnstone, author of Queen
of Chaos: The Misadventures of Hillary Clinton
( 2015 )
Hillary Clinton: the Queen of Chaos and the Threat of World War III SHARE
“'voting for Hillary because she is a woman' makes no sense to me at all. Yes, women should get together for causes that affect women in general: equal pay for equal work, equal recognition of abilities, reproductive rights, maternity leave and child care, that sort of thing. But Hillary Clinton is an individual, she is not women in general. Women together might fight for women’s right to be elected President, but that right exists. It cannot be reduced to one particular woman’s right to be President.The President of the United States is not a purely symbolic position. It involves crucial decision-making powers. Hillary Clinton has demonstrated dangerously poor judgment in fateful questions of war and peace. That should disqualify her." - Diana Johnstone, author of Queen
of Chaos: The Misadventures of Hillary Clinton
( 2015 )
