<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3101">"The <a class="edited-link-editor" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3102" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/13/the-politics-of-triangulation/">strategy of triangulation</a> has been moving Democrats, Republicans and public discourse to the right for three decades but rarely do we see this kind of direct evidence of intent.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3104" dir="ltr">The sad, truly tragic, truth is that without Trump, or his kind, the Democrats would lose one of their main forms of control over voters. Without Trump they might be forced to have a message, offer a positive program, or mobilize the millions of occasional voters and non-voters. But to do so would be to serve the people and that is incompatible with endless war and the rule of the corporations."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3105" dir="ltr"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3106" dir="ltr"><a class="enhancr2_4f9e28a2-3e8c-6ec5-cd9c-910e4da2ec0c" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3274" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/11/elevating-trump/">Elevating Trump</a></div><div><br></div><div class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" id="enhancr2_4f9e28a2-3e8c-6ec5-cd9c-910e4da2ec0c" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false" data-size="medium" data-type="yenhancr" data-embed-url="" data-category="article" data-url="http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/11/elevating-trump/"> <a class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3297" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/11/elevating-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> <table class="card-wrapper yahoo-ignore-table" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3296" style="max-width:400px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3295"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3294"> <td width="400" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3293"> <table width="100%" class="card yahoo-ignore-table" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3292" style="max-width:400px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3291"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3290"> <td class="card-primary-image-cell" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3289" background="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/PNl2exUE7eVVYy8DMY.efw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2016/10/24120120029_38478f1764_z.jpg.cf.jpg" valign="top" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/PNl2exUE7eVVYy8DMY.efw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2016/10/24120120029_38478f1764_z.jpg.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" bgcolor="#000000"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/PNl2exUE7eVVYy8DMY.efw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2016/10/24120120029_38478f1764_z.jpg.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3288" style="width:100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" valign="top"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3287"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3286"> <td id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3285" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png" valign="top" style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" bgcolor="transparent"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--> <table height="185" class="yahoo-ignore-table" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3284" style="width:100%;height:185px;min-height:185px;"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3283"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3282"> <td class="card-richInfo2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3281" style="text-align:left;text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td class="card-actions" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3325" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top;"> <div class="card-share-container"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table align="center" class="card-info yahoo-ignore-table" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:95%;max-width:380px;border:1px solid #e0e4e9;border-bottom:3px solid #000000;margin-top:-40px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;"> <h2 class="card-title" style="font-size: 16px; line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">Elevating Trump</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">The new evidence provided by Wikileaks’s Podesta files makes a convincing case that the Clinton team wanted extr...</div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3348">My comment: from national top to local bottom, the Democratic Party has become a rather sad and pathetic spectacle in its own right. DG</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476198753232_3327"><br></div></div></body></html>