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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA Confederacy of Dunces: The Democratic Establishment’s Assault on Sanders Begins
http://commondreams.org/views/2016/01/26/confederacy-dunces-democratic-establishments-assault-sanders-beginsMake no mistake this is about power.
"When a true genius appears in your world, you may know him by this sign; that all the dunces are against him in a confederacy."
Jonathon Swift
Well, its started. You knew it would. The Democratic establishment is going into attack mode as their anointed one Hillary Clinton is in danger of losing.
Take a look at some of the assaults that have been launched within the last five days:
Sandy Goodman, a former producer at NBC Nightly News, published a piece on the Huffington Post, entitled, Voting for Sanders is Voting Republican. The fact that Bernie does better than Hillary against Republicans is an inconvenient fact Goodman ignores in this ludicrous hit piece;
Paul Krugmans column last Friday suggested that progressives voting for Sanders werent being adults and had no idea how change occurred in Krugmans world, change doesnt come from the people, apparently. It comes from party apparatchiks working with the plutocracy;
Thomas Friedman, another New York Times columnist, essentially called Sanders a communist something he knows isnt true, but its a great scare tactic;
President Obama said Bernie Sanders' ideas havent yet been tested and went on to heap praise on Hillary. It wasnt an endorsement, but it came mighty close.
All of these are coming from credentialed "liberals" who have been staunch supporters of the Democratic Party. And therein lies the problem. The Democratic Partys interests are no longer aligned with the peoples interests and they havent been for a long time.
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note: I put "liberals" in quotes. because..........
Elizabeth Warren: Anyone Who Says Change Is Just Too Hard Is in Bed With the Billionaires
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1064813
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A Confederacy of Dunces: The Democratic Establishment’s Assault on Sanders Begins (Original Post)
Ferd Berfel
Jan 2016
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DanTex
(20,709 posts)1. Calling Krugman and Obama dunces. Good move!
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)2. Stop chasing unicorns, Bernie!
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)3. Is she showing how much she cares?
or describing Bill's ....
msongs
(67,199 posts)4. the "true genius" DC insider has rejected democrats in congress for 20+ years. nt