2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Krugman Desperately Invokes Bloomberg Doomsday Scenario to Scare Us into Backing Hillary [View all]Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)I don't want blame Krugman for the meme. For one thing, I have too much respect for him and for another, it is a fact that Bloomberg is thinking out loud about running as an independent, regardless of who reports it. It is not Professor Krugman by Mr. Bloomberg himself invoking this scenario. If anyone is a villain in this story, it is Michael Bloomberg.
As far as I am concerned, the difference between Hillary Clinton and a Republican is that Hillary has a better record on matters pertaining to making America a more inclusive society than do racists, misogynists, sectarian bigots and homophobes like Donald Trumo, Ted Cruz, etc., etc. Otherwise, they all favor a social hierarchy that favors the rich over the rest of us and will pursue basically the same policies that for the last 35 years have eroded the American middle class. It is a disastrous, unsustainable program and the only viable presidential candidate who has the courage to stand against it, Senator Bernie Sanders.
That is why I am supporting Senator Sanders for President. I will vote for the Democratic nominee but I have no time or money for another establishment candidate who will support deregulation and free trade and wink at banking fraud. I will not support those policies if such a president is elected, even if he or she is punitively a Democrat, but will dedicate myself for my remaining years to the termination the worldwide power of oligarchs and their political stooges.
Power to the People; this land belongs to you and me.