2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Blaming Sanders: Why Democratic Party Unity is Officially Impossible [View all]raging moderate
(4,297 posts)Bill Clinton was captured on tape agreeing with Paul Ryan that you only have to do the math to see that the Republicon push against the poor is necessary. Of course, the Clintons are NOT Republicons, and they are not really center-right in this country. I made enough phone calls and walked enough neighborhoods for the Democrats to know that. (Bernie Sanders did not start this fire, and he is not my Leader. He is just saying a lot of things I came to think while I was working for Democrats all those years). I realize that a Democratic candidate must walk a fine line to avoid triggering the jingoistic and Randian sentiments which have been carefully spread through the American public.
However, a case can be made that the Clintons have sometimes been slightly too open to the influence of far-right ideas which sound innocent but are really a cloak for some pretty nasty schemes to consolidate wealth, comfort, and power for a tiny minority at the top. There was that email to Hillary thanking her for changing President Obama's mind about sending military intervention to suit the convenience of a wealthy corporation. I realize that part of the State Department's business is to encourage US business interests abroad, but also these far-right elitists are expert at using flattery and access to luxury to sway government officials to do their bidding. Couldn't Hillary Clinton think about what we have been trying to say and maybe make a few changes just to acknowledge that we may have noticed some problems that she could correct? I have sometimes wondered whether the Clintons have been drinking out of the Republicons' water glasses by accident. This elitism is contagious, you know.
And, if you guys are going to go along with Might Makes Right, could you not also adopt the ideal of Noblesse Oblige? True nobility is shown by mercy, and there is a moral obligation of good sportsmanship for the winners of a contest.