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2016 Postmortem

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Meteor Man

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Sat May 7, 2016, 03:46 PM May 2016

The End of The Democratic Party [View all]

Over at Counterpunch Robert Urie explains Charles Koch's endorsement of Hillary and why it spells doom for the Democratic Party:

As Bill Clinton, whose policies Mr. Koch preferred to those of George W. Bush, and Barack Obama have demonstrated— it is socially liberal Democrats who have been the better proponents of Wall Street’s neo-capitalist takeover precisely because they accomplish with stealth economic policies what Republicans attempt more straightforwardly through politics.

. . .

As Charles Koch’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton suggests, Mrs. Clinton’s role is to keep the unwashed masses in their place, not to affect substantive political ‘change.’

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The question back for both Democrats and Republicans is: how responsible is it to put forward an ossified political order as the only choice in the face of its four decades of conspicuous political and economic failures? Hillary Clinton is the candidate of this failure— just ask Charles Koch.


[link:http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/06/hillary-clinton-and-the-end-of-the-democratic-party/|
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The End of The Democratic Party [View all] Meteor Man May 2016 OP
I can't wait. wendylaroux May 2016 #1
Link Please....Looks like an interesting read. n/t KoKo May 2016 #2
Link fixed Meteor Man May 2016 #3
It is, isn't it? CentralCoaster May 2016 #19
Off topic: Love that Hillary pic in your sig! vintx May 2016 #20
By all means, use it! CentralCoaster May 2016 #22
Charles Koch never endorsed Hillary. This is a lie. Trust Buster May 2016 #4
"It's possible' Clinton is preferable" 99th_Monkey May 2016 #6
Please read the article Meteor Man May 2016 #7
Soft endorsement Meteor Man May 2016 #8
Koch's endorsement, Jeb Bush's donors, Kissinger's her "mentor" .... what next? 99th_Monkey May 2016 #5
Another RW fantasy. JoePhilly May 2016 #9
And not even a particularly interesting one. They are COLGATE4 May 2016 #10
First time voter, last time voting in this party. Joob May 2016 #11
One election jamese777 May 2016 #12
Abraham Lincoln? Meteor Man May 2016 #13
Why do you call it "one election" when the NeoCons have been in power for nearly Cal33 May 2016 #14
Koch did not endorse Hillary, nor would she ever accept it if she did Tarc May 2016 #15
Now we have a right-wing Demopublican party and a far right RepubliTea Party. FDR must be proud. Vote2016 May 2016 #16
Trash thread. Meh, this might as well be Freeperville. MoonRiver May 2016 #17
I said right here on DU, many months ago, that DWS and HRC were determined to silvershadow May 2016 #18
You and hundreds of others here CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #21
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