Noam Chomsky just came out in support of Bernie!!!! Update: Corrected information, see post

[dixiegrrrrl]

Last edited Wed Jan 27, 2016, 12:11 PM - Edit history (1)

Saz facebook feed.

UPDATE:
The site saw had a misleading headline:

Bernie Sanders Just Picked Up Support from the World’s Most Renowned Intellectual

body down in the body it says

Chomsky stated that he would ultimately back Clinton in the general election, though he did not endorse her so much as malign the competition.

http://usuncut.com/politics/noam-chomsky-says-bernie-sanders-has-best-policies/

I plead midnight posting madness........

So, yeah, Chomsky's remarks could be construed as support, even tho he says he will vote for Hillary to ensure Republicans do not win.
Which I think is the wrong reason for voting......ever notice how we alway seem to be forced to vote AGAINST something rather than FOR something?

I want a ballot that gives the option to vote for "None of the Above"

[hollysmom]

1. well, that counters his Salon article today! He must have been reading the comments

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Yeah, I thought he donated to Bernie, but said Hillary had the best chance, or something. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Pls. see my corrected post...n/t

[Ed Suspicious]

2. Hill people were claiming him just yesterday I think. I knew than Bernie has been a long time

admirer of Chomsky. I thought the feeling might be mutual.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. To quote Slip Mahoney from The Bowery Boys, "The feeling is paramutual, I'm insured!" nt

[draa]

5. This seems appropriate.

[bobbobbins01]

6. Weird, I thought he already did that weeks ago.

But I'll still take it.

[senz]

7. I thought so, too. There was a thread about Chomksy in GD-P

two or three months ago? Maybe he had just mentioned Bernie?

[TIME TO PANIC]

8. K & R !

[Peace Patriot]

9. dixiegrrrrl, I just rec'ed, then un-rec'd, this OP because...

...you don't provide a link.

Please clear up the confusion, and provide a link to back up your OP title. It's too important a matter to let it remain muddled. I just visited Chomsky's Facebook page and I don't see anything there. What do you mean by "Saz facebook feed"?

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. My bad...I found the link....

and it had a misleading headline:

Bernie Sanders Just Picked Up Support from the World’s Most Renowned Intellectual

body down in the body it says

Chomsky stated that he would ultimately back Clinton in the general election, though he did not endorse her so much as malign the competition.

http://usuncut.com/politics/noam-chomsky-says-bernie-sanders-has-best-policies/

I plead midnight posting madness........

[Peace Patriot]

17. Thanks! Just gave you a rec.

Very interesting statement by Chomsky, and yes, it is an endorsement of Sanders (see below) with some qualification, and he certainly does not endorse Clinton (but would vote for her against any Republican). Chomsky is worried about our rigged system, as I am, and as we all should be. It's not just rigged by Big$ and the BigLies media, it's actually quite directly riggable by the privately owned 'TRADE SECRET' code in all our vote-counting systems, put in place during the 2002-2004 period. He doesn't mention the latter, though he really should. He says that a New Dealer candidate, like Bernie Sanders, "doesn't have much of a chance" in "our system of mainly bought elections."

It should also be clarified who he was talking about ("the competition&quot in the following: "Chomsky stated that he would ultimately back Clinton in the general election, though he did not endorse her so much as malign the competition." He was talking about the Republican creep show, not Sanders. He does NOT malign sanders but says that he mostly agrees with him.

"Chomsky said that 'If he (Sanders) were elected, I think he would – of the current candidates – I think he’d be the one who would have, from my point of view, the best policies.'”

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. if he is so worried about "our rigged system" then supporting people who are part of the rigging

does not make sense.

[studyshare]

10. K&R

[SecularMotion]

11. Chomsky on Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders has the best policies of the Democratic presidential contenders, but does not have a real chance to win.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/noam-chomsky-bernie-sanders-policies-election-160125180058899.html

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Yeah..I corrected the OP..see above. n/t

[demmiblue]

12. I haven't seen anything anywhere regarding this. Do you have a link? n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. Hey demi..pls see my corrected OP, above. n/t