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In reply to the discussion: By Ditching the Public Option, Obama Gave His Enemies a Path to the Supreme Court [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)Let's say we pilloried Joe Lieberman, obviously we had an excuse.
Let's say we want to twist his arms
How are you going to deal with him when he pulls the race cards, both Obama's, and his own.
Yes, I know not all Jews are zionist, but there are already people from Lynn evelyn de Rothschild on down (to people that need not be namned here) that call for Jews to withold donations until he agress to serve Israel. They do that why, because the money talks.
I use him as an example, I could have as easily used Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who, despite the fact that James O Keefe tried bugging her office, still serves the Oil industry willingly, even though her borther Moon still has not buried all the bodies after Katrina.
The point is, when a Congress critter has their constiuency locked, the president becomes just another face. That is the evil of money in politics, of frankly, of democracy itself. If you are really going to arm twist, you better be sure you have an angle, especially since money makes sure the congress critters have greasy limbs.
Oh, and as far as LBJ's mythical arm twisting, please, the man limped out of office because, despite the fact that HE did more for the poor than ANYONE since FDR, despite the fact that HE signed the civil rights act, many people just kept pining for JFK. LBJ did nto run, and we Democrats had a fine convention where a bunch of Circus Clowns like Abbie Hoffman pulled the camera time away from real issues we had, and enter Nixon.
My solution, we need to keep the gop out of the white house, but we cannot expect change until we apply pressure at the local levels. That means unity, but of course, that is not sexy. Now how some people are cheering on Dennis K to not support Marcy Kaptur, just because she won and he did not. Where are the feminists coming to HER defense?