[Peace-discuss] Naked Capitalism on election

[David Green via Peace-discuss]

Re my letter, thanks! Regarding the NC article, I'm also not one to be inclined to care to speculate about the motives of voters. I think, however, that this article resonates with me because it rejects the Dem/left concern with "dark money" such as is hammered away at by Amy Goodman; there's plenty of money on both "sides." It's refreshing to at least suggest that voters see the Democratic Party of what it is. DG   

     On Friday, November 7, 2014 11:13 AM, "Brussel, Morton K" <brussel at illinois.edu> wrote:
   
 

 It is hard for me to believe anything being expressed about why the election results occurred as they did, except that it is linked to the influence of money, media and ignorance. This is not to say that disgust at the present affairs of state was unimportant. 
—mkb
How admirable was the informative letter by David to the N-G, responding to the N-G commentaries on Illinois finances by Winkel, Dye and Nowlen. Many thanks. One hopes it will register in the public’s consciousness.

On Nov 7, 2014, at 9:44 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

The midterms were not a “wave election” for Republicans, and in fact left policies were adopted by voters. The Democrats did not lose because of technical factors like the electoral map, structural issues with their “coalition,” or even for the reasons put forward by emo-dems. Rather, the midterms were a protest against neo-liberal principles and policy outcomes successfully achieved by Obama and the dominant factions of the Democratic Party: An active protest against Obama’s redistribution of income to the rich, and a sullen refusal to take ObamaCare as the positive good that the political class, refusing to look out the windows as they talk on their cellphones on the Acela, are sure that it is. Finally, Republicans are no less despised than Democrats, and in 2016 it may well be their turn to be subject to the cycle of massacre. Only a cat of a different coat…. http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/11/midterms-2014-red-wedding-democrats.html
 _______________________________________________
Peace-discuss mailing list
Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss




 
   
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/attachments/20141107/3a0d7622/attachment.html>