For Sale: One Progressive Vote

[Barack_America]

Putting this in terms DLC/PPI/Third Way candidates will understand.

Listing date: 6/8/16 at 21:00 EST
Listing end: 11/8/16 at 19:30 EST

For purchase, one reliable progressive general election vote (100% historic general election participation!). Prime Michigan location.

Cost:

1. Commitment to overturn of Citizens United vs. FEC
2. Firm commitment to addition of public option to ACA
3. Unequivocal support of women's right to choice, including 3rd trimester terminations
4. Cessation of current Mid East conflict involvements
5. No further military involvement in regional conflicts, inclusive of regime change
6. Support for $15 per hour minimum wage
7. Commitment to end pursuance of TPP
8. Support for legalization of marijuana and decriminalization of drug addiction
9. Selection of VP candidate and cabinet members with established track records of support for above.

Price is firm. "Or best offer" inquiries will NOT be considered.

Also available, rare progressive bonus package of campaign donations, voter registration and canvassing!

Cost:

1. Firm support for single payer healthcare
2. Pledge to promote a ban on fracking
3. Clear dedication to reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act
4. Pledge to support free tuition for public college and university education
5. Release of all transcripts of speeches given to financial institutions

[onehandle]

1. The DLC hasn't existed for years. nt

[Fumesucker]

2. Yeah, it's called the Progressive Policy Institute now

Love the Orwellian name.

[Aerows]

45. I'll take this opportunity to say the word "Samsung"

and see what happens.

[JonLeibowitz]

53. ???

Is that their donor? I'm confused.

[zentrum]

14. They don't need it anymore.

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They transformed the core of the Democratic Party from within. Job done.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

27. Right. That was the time when all of the Democratic Leaders were replaced.

[NorthCarolina]

34. In name only. -nt-

[rhett o rick]

57. You wasted your number one response slot on that? Not even sure what your point is.

If you are pretending that the DLC isn't still alive and well with another name, you are only fooling yourself.

[MADem]

60. They pull that old canard out every time they want to fling mud (or worse).

Give them enough spinning room, and they will have the Newly Evil Elizabeth Warren holding secret DLC meetings in a shed behind Hillary's house!



Where's that bus?

[underthematrix]

3. Don't you have to be 18 to vote?

[Barack_America]

29. Oh my, you flatter me.

Thank you. I've been finding too many grey hairs lately so this really is appreciated.

[Fumesucker]

4. The price of progressive votes is too damn high

[LibDemAlways]

20. Ok, then. The vote and

contribution will no doubt be offered to another buyer more willing to accept the terms. No problem.

[Delver Rootnose]

36. Or maybe you sell.....

...yours too cheaply!

[Barack_America]

48. Excellent point.

[Hydra]

5. LOL, good post

Amazingly, that would have been easy in a people oriented party.

[Barack_America]

7. No one can ever say my vote was not offered.

There it is, in plain terms. The "bonus package", may be a stretch, but I think the general terms are very reasonable.

[Paka]

23. Most certainly reasonable.

My terms are a good match for yours.

[kpola12]

6. I like it.

[Chan790]

8. I'm not for sale.n/t

[BootinUp]

9. The primary is over. Welcome to democracy. nt

[Barack_America]

12. Actually, had intended to post in GDP. Apologies.

Will consider self-delete.

[AlbertCat]

19. The primary is over. Welcome to democracy.

All bought and paid for.....

The best that Goldman Sachs can buy!

[pengu]

39. This primary wasn't democracy

Not even close.

[NYC Liberal]

10. What is the DLC?

You're not referring to that organization that disbanded 5 years ago, are you?

[Barack_America]

11. Picky picky.

Edited just for you.

[Hydra]

13. lol

DLC member asked who DLC is. "How you get to America?"

[djean111]

51. Well, Billy bought all the DLC files and now we have the Third Way.

And the Third Way hates Warren enough to write a pissy little diatribe against her in the WSJ (she is "getting out of hand", what dismissive tripe), and advises the New Democrat Coalition (of DINOs).

Same shit, different name. Not too hard to figure out, really! I think the Democratic Party is gone, baby, gone.

[midnight]

15. I like all of these, but would like to see almost two decades of war end.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/02/911-weve-had-four-wars-middle-east-theyve-all-been-disasters

[Doctor_J]

16. If they intended on pushing for ANY of these issues, Hillary wouldn't have been forced on us

Her actual governing ideology will be very similar to that of Paul Ryan. more privatization, more prisons, more war, more money for the insurance and PHARMA executives, more fracking.

[Barack_America]

18. "Pennsylvania close; Sanders supporter unity would make it not close"

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_PA_60816.pdf

They may not have a choice.

[PADemD]

41. I seriously doubt Hillary will win PA.

In my little rural corner of PA, there are many tea party people and confederate flags flying.

And I think Pat Toomey will beat Katie McGinty. McGinty came in fourth in the governor's race. I was shocked that she won over Joe Sestak. In every poll, he was 16% ahead of her.

[Volaris]

52. And if that's what we get, the next proto-fascist the gop puts up to run for President

Won't be quite so attached to the 'proto' prefix. The anger of middle-america and the working poor (us or them, it's still anger) isn't going away with More Of The Same.

[zeemike]

17. The thing is, they don't need your vote anymore.

They have the two they want and a winner will come from that even if only 10 people vote.

The rest is just theater...fills a lot of empty TV time.

[AlbertCat]

22. The thing is, they don't need your vote anymore.

Indeed.

Like someone on this very site said: (paraphrasing) "So don't vote for Hillary. I don't care, 'cause some PoC or woman will crawl thru broken glass to cancel yours out."

So see.... Hillary doesn't need any help.

[MindPilot]

44. That was made perfectly clear to me Monday night.

MSM to CA & NJ Bernie supporters: "don't bother to vote; we've already chosen for you."

Either Hill or Don--doesn't matter--big money wins and that's what's really important.

[LiberalLovinLug]

21. Sanders should have a demand list like this

Or something close.

I'm afraid thats the only way a good portion of Sanders voters will vote for Hillary.

[Barack_America]

30. We'd be a lot better off if all progressives did.

At least that's my opinion.

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. K n R

[Dustlawyer]

25. Love the list, thanks! I would add my most important price, Publicly Funded Elections!

I would trade all of the others for this one if I had to. That's because this one attacks the ROOT PROBLEM! If they cannot legally buy our politicians will will regain Representative Democracy and can vote to pass the rest of the list. We can start seriously attacking Climate Changeand transition to renewable energy!

Of course you might have to bust up the media, cable, and banking oligarchies. Audit the Pentagon and use the expected enormous savings on waste, fraud, and abuse on public education, health care, etc. We must lastly change the tax code to eliminate the favoritism the wealthy and big corporations get!

So much mess to clean up, with at least 40 years worth of all laws favoring big money that the, hopefully soon to be previous owners of our government, fixer upper!

[Barack_America]

26. Excellent contribution.

I was thinking this morning how much of a difference just shortening our election cycles could have.

[phazed0]

28. Where do I sign? nt

[Scuba]

31. K&R

[pampango]

32. If Trump and the tea party are for it, I'm against it. And vice versa.

That said, I live in Ohio. I was always going to vote for the Democratic nominee.

[annabanana]

33. kickerooni . . . . .n/t

[ChisolmTrailDem]

35. Is there a political party that embraces all of this? nt

[Barack_America]

42. There may be.

[Jack Rabbit]

37. Suggestions

Add:
10. Support for a long term plan to supplement and supplant fossil fuels with renewable energy sources by 2050.

Also, transfer bonus points 1, 2 and 3 to the main list.

[GoneFishin]

38. Awesome post. Sounds like a very reasonable offer. nt

[Jopin Klobe]

40. Yeah, well ...

... #5 in the "bonus" package is a deal-breaker ...

[Barack_America]

50. The "bonus package" is a significant upgrade.

Upgrades are costly!

[Blue_Tires]

43. Won't a ban on fracking just encourage more coal use?

Just askin'....

And while noble in theory, I still have yet to be sold on free college tuition... I could get behind a 60-75% slash, though...
I dunno... I work at a university, and way too many students are paying tens of thousands now and can't be bothered to take academics seriously because they're too busy doing the Greek thing or chasing girls...

[Cassiopeia]

46. I'm sure Hillary will be along to "promise" all that and more.

Her top donors will pay hundreds of people to cross their fingers for her.

[skh500]

47. Did we forget NAFTA?

Shouldn't we make the repeal of NAFTA #2???

According to Jim Hightower in his newsletter "The Lowdown", we have lost 50,000 + US factories since NAFTA was signed in 1994. Which translates to something like a loss of 5 million jobs to offshoring.

We've all heard about Carrier moving to Mexico and now Nabisco is crossing the border!! But just think
Nabisco will only have to pay a salary of a little over $4.00. Per week. You read that right ................
PER WEEK.

What's that? 50¢ an hour? Think so.

[PatrickforO]

49. Sign me up! That's the price of my vote as well.

Awesome post. And I'm sick of people saying the DLC hasn't existed in many years - the ideas behind it are still alive and kicking our asses via the DNC and all of the Third Way empty suits.

[Triana]

54. I would add: Firm commitment to expanding (not cutting in any way) Social Security. n/t

[Barack_America]

58. Absolutely.

Oh my, the price is going up!

I like it.

[amborin]

55. No regime change, no support of abusive regimes such as Saudi Arabia, etc...

[roamer65]

56. Only reason I may vote for Hillary.

The "flying monkey right" hates her with an utter passion.

If I vote for her, it will be to continue the retribution for the eight years of Bu$h.

[George Eliot]

59. Makes my heart hurt. Thanks.

[Cassiopeia]

61. We hated the first dynasty family

let's inflict ours upon them!