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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: William Rivers Pitt, Truthout [View all]SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)79. I see what he did there.
The Why so many? question has the wheels spinning within the minds of some of my less-trusting compatriots, many of whom, for full disclosure, also happen to be supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). They strongly suspect the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Death Star of centrist Democratic Party ambition, is so deeply freaked out by the popularity of Sen. Sanders and, to some extent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts that they have deployed an old-school tactic to thwart him known as the Favorite Son Strategy.
This ploy involves getting high-profile politicians from big-delegate states to run for the same office, usually in order to deny a different candidate an avenue to victory. On spec, my nervous compatriots have a case: Sen. Kamala Harris is running out of California, Senator Bennet out of Colorado, Senator Gillibrand out of New York (with New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio also contemplating a run), Senator Booker out of New Jersey, and former Rep. ORourke out of Texas.
If Sanders wins those primaries, he has a good shot at the nomination. If he loses them, hes all but done. Having so many Favorite Son/Daughter candidates definitely harms his chances. The DNC screwed him once before, and the practice itself is hardly without precedent.
So it's a game of big money rigged against one of the people who has made millions off of his Presidential run and funneled millions more to pollsters with family connections.
This is a hit piece on Democrats.
Sad because it there really is a good article to be written about the campaign industry. Seems this author isn't up to the job.
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LOL. Reliable kicks if nothing else: how soon will this OP hit 200 replies, half of them reviling WP
Hekate
May 2019
#130
No I did not, did I? You asked why would anyone bring his writings here, and I...
Hekate
May 2019
#132
I didn't know this. I haven't read his stuff in a long time and feel no reason to ever read it.
rusty quoin
May 2019
#15
So sad. He was a major force for good in early DU . Wrote important stuff on .Iraq War
bobbieinok
May 2019
#32
Make NO mistake a LARGE group wants desperately to make sure NO Democrat sits in the WH
Eliot Rosewater
May 2019
#77
That was a choice meltdown, and ugly as sin. None who witnessed it will ever forget.
Hekate
May 2019
#133
Ah gee, William Rivers PITT, that POS USED CAR SALESMAN, who refused to vote for
still_one
May 2019
#13
Conspiracy theories about the DNC, claims everyone is corrupted by money except one guy.
betsuni
May 2019
#26
Yes. Love Bill Bill Moyers and that piece of Will's was the finest I've ever seen posted.
Autumn
May 2019
#39
Reading this guy talking about addressing climate change, is rather like listening to...
NNadir
May 2019
#113
Obviously you are the expert and understand all. I look forward to learning from your wisdom
Autumn
May 2019
#124
I grew up in a time when science and engineering were highly respected in this country.
NNadir
May 2019
#148
Like all technologies, the internet can be a powerful force for good, and a powerful force for evil.
NNadir
May 2019
#155
would you say that stopping the climate crisis isn't going to happen? That's how i feel.
Kurt V.
May 2019
#153
I believe that it is technically feasible to address climate change but that it represents...
NNadir
May 2019
#161
i appreciate the reply. i work at a science and technology university. (staff not faculty) .
Kurt V.
May 2019
#162
Well, what one considers as an "unhinged rant" says considerably more about the accuser than...
NNadir
May 2019
#160
Yes it is. OPs are posted written by people that have been banned for homophobia and antisemitism.
Autumn
May 2019
#31
And racism, I believe he was the guy who called Obama a "piece of shit used car salesman" (his word)
George II
May 2019
#33
If there's anything I associate with White Dudes ... it's Used Car Salesmen ...
mr_lebowski
May 2019
#40
I have no ifea why you act like people are lying and making things up about Pitt
obamanut2012
May 2019
#105
There are no excuses for calling Barack Obama a "piece of shit used car salesman"....
George II
May 2019
#88
Is there a point to this? Since it's an opinion piece should it not be in "Editorials...."?
George II
May 2019
#38
Pitt was the first person to welcome me to DU when I first joined after W's selection
wasupaloopa
May 2019
#43
It's hard to reconcile the early encounters with a young high school teacher with the guy who...
Hekate
May 2019
#137
That is the same line the phone callers use to make your day miserable from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
katmondoo
May 2019
#66
He famously posted that he felt marriage equality was about a licence to have butt sex
dsc
May 2019
#164