2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm Canceling My Subscription to Sunshine Patriot Thom Hartmann's Program [View all]islandmkl
(5,275 posts)appeasement and keeping the Party somewhat together...both of which fly in the face of what is going on...there is not 'one' Democratic Party right now..there are two strong factions, one of which has been shuffled out of positions power for the past 30 years...but has not gone away...
Thom's professed belief that 'Hillary has moved left because of Bernie..' is bordering on fantasy...her history speaks otherwise...
she is saying whatever it takes to whoever it takes to get her prize...and to, seemingly suddenly, come to the conclusion that she has 'changed' or 'adapted' or any other imaginary illusion and that Hillary 'will now be more progressive'...
well fuck...that wouldn't take much, standard-wise, now would it...she can't, and won't, go far enough left to even get her to the (current) center...let alone to the left of what 30 years ago WAS the center...
when the shit hits the fan, the people with the most to lose duck first...those with nothing to lose have nothing to fear...
Thom seems to want to sit on the fence and make amends...that rarely works once the bullets start flying, so to speak...
i listen to him every day...and i like his show and intellect...but he seems to be trying to bulk-up some weakness he is feeling and it appears that he has caved somewhat to a 'surer' position...
which was not his 'persona'...but then again, it's easy to bitch about a dead Ronald Reagan who fucked everything up...but these pundits are all facing the potential of a President Clinton II...and hey...they all have jobs, you know?
...wouldn't want to screw THAT up...