[Peace-discuss] [Peace] What we're up against

[C G Estabrook]

There’s no mystery why an electorate opposed to expanding war and growing inequality elects another pro-war/pro-Wall St. Senator.

Boss Tweed explained it 140 years ago. ("William M. Tweed [1823-78] was an American politician and political boss of  Tammany Hall, a Democratic party political organization in New York City, associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.") 

• "I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.”  

The choice in Alabama was between a reprobate and a neolib/neocon place-holder. The election of the latter is not a victory for the American people - or the world.

—CGE


> On Dec 14, 2017, at 12:42 PM, C G Estabrook <cgestabrook at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Moore’s wretchedness resulted in the electorate's voting for the same pro-war/pro-Wall Street policies the Congress (including the Democrats) have followed for the last several administrations. 
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> On Dec 14, 2017, at 12:11 PM, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Exactly: As a “Green socialist” I may not support the Democrat Party, but given evil of Mr. Moore, and the Republican Party, especially their record of impoverishment of the people in Alabama. It’s time for a change, Democrat candidate Doug Jones, has an opportunity to do something for that state and his constituents, lets see if he is up to the task. As I have said previously, he prosecuted the KKK successfully in the 70’s for the crimes they committed in the sixties, that everyone else allowed them to walk free. 
>> 
>> According to JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Doug Jones’ victory marks the first time in 25 years that a Democrat has won a U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Tuesday’s special election was highly controversial, pitting Doug Jones against Roy Moore, an accused pedophile with a long history of racism, sexism, homophobia and Islamophobia. 
>> AMY GOODMAN: Tuesday’s vote was highly divided by race and gender, with African-American voters, particularly women, largely responsible for defeating Roy Moore. Overall, 96 percent of African-American voters voted for Doug Jones, with a staggering 98 percent of all black women voting for Jones. In contrast, nearly 70 percent of white voters voted for Roy Moore. A full 63 percent of white women voted for Moore, despite Moore being accused by multiple women of sexually harassing or assaulting them when they were teenagers, one as young as 14. Democratic strategist Symone Sanders, who served as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ press secretary during his presidential campaign, said, quote, “Doug Jones would not have won today without the turnout we saw from African-American voters. … Black women have been absolutely clear in their support for Democratic policies and Democratic candidates. It’s high time for Democrats to invest in that effort,” unquote.
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>> On Dec 14, 2017, at 09:15, Debra Schrishuhn <deb.pdamerica at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Karen
>>> I agree with you. It is definitely a victory to elect a moderate Democrat who is a decent man and citizen over a lecherous, bigoted Republican who totally disrespects the rule of law. 
>>> Deb
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Dec 14, 2017, at 9:35 AM, Karen Aram via Peace <peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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>>>> In the case of Alabama, it sure as hell is. A state with such extreme poverty, that the UN compared conditions in Alabama to that of many nations in sub saharan African villages. 
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>>>>> On Dec 14, 2017, at 06:58, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/dec/14/inequality-is-not-inevitable-but-the-us-experiment-is-a-recipe-for-divergence
>>>>> 
>>>>> It’s not a victory to elect Democrats instead of Republicans.
>>>>> 
>>>>> "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.” [Chomsky]
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