[Peace-discuss] Naked Capitalism on election

[Jenifer Cartwright via Peace-discuss]

     Absolutely, Mort Brussel, it's ignorance/failure to realize that as bad as the Dems are, the Repubs are far, far worse. Staying home or voting 3rd party is a vote for the Repubs, tho' you'll brag about doing that, as if it somehow makes you A Superior Person, instead of an ignorant show off. Get over yrselves -- this is not about you, it's a looming crisis (think 2000 and what the Bush presidency bro't us). 

     Get ready for WW III and loss of: food stamps; social security; supported healthcare; medicare; medicaid; unions; minimum wage; subsidized housing; environmental protection; widening of the income gap; The Middle Class. 



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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…. 
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>http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/11/midterms-2014-red-wedding-democrats.html
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