[Peace-discuss] Singapore & Illinois' 11th Congressional district

[Carl G. Estabrook]

What you say is good and important. 

But at the moment the Democrats are not ‘progressive’ but rather the party of Russiagate and opposition to the Singapore summit - that is to say, the party of war provocations vs. Russia and China. 

And abstention in the fall election probably helps the Democrats to reclaim the House.

I think that should be prevented, and unfortunately the only way to do that is to elect Republicans.

Asked how progressives should vote, Noam Chomsky once said, “I think they should spend five or ten minutes on it. Seeing if there’s a point in taking part in the carefully orchestrated electoral extravaganza.  And my own judgment, for what it’s worth, is, yes, there’s a point to taking a part.”

—CGE


> On Jun 13, 2018, at 9:58 AM, bjornsona--- via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> 
> How about no incumbent need be voTed for? 
> 
> Some of us independents, anarchists, DemExit, libertarians, socialists, Sandinistas,  progressives, near Left, far left, far Right, far Out and/or whatever we or the Owners call ourselves in this moment in time...see nothing but hyper-local voting (school, city, county, library boards) to be  useful or possibly trustworthy. 
> 
> Sure, register, vote. It is important. Go to the polls with your eyes and ears open to pay attention to the level of Cheat. Was it easy or difficult to register? Is there same-day or online registration in your state? May felons vote?  Are absentee ballots counted? What type of ID does it take to register and to claim a ballot at the polls? Are those IDs easy or difficult for the working poor to obtain? Is there early voting and if so, how many days and a re there nights & weekends, particularly Sunday, for the poor and the car-less?
> 
> On voting day: are there enough polling places? Do they open and close at the correct time? Are the election judges representative of the diversity of the ward? Is there electioneering or flat-out lying about the day of election? Look at the ballot. How are candidates listed in each race? Alphabetically, by who turned in their petition first, or by which is the preferred Party candidate? Which races have only one choice? Why would that be? Make a note of the judges' names for later observation of possible corruption. What type of machines or ballots are used and who owns the companies who make them? Dig deeper into shareholders and past owners/scandals behind the machines in previous years. 
> 
> After the election, did the exit poll numbers match the announced winner? If the numbers did not match, was a recount taken? Was the recount fair? Did every candidate listed first on the ballot win? Did every Party-preferred candidate win? Did the candidates with Super-PAC s or dark money win, and which Big Donor-Owners bought those elections? What votes would those Donor-Owners expect to see in the next year? Will we see that happen? Did a single progressive, anti- war, Medicare 4 All, Green, Libertarian or People's populist candidate get enough votes to scare the establishment or even win? 
> 
> That is why I go to the polls. Call me pessimistic, yet I do not expect fair elections with genuine outcomes in the Heart of the Empire responsible for regime change all over the world. It is only in our hearts we wish it were so.
> 
> Sent from my LG Phoenix 2, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
> 
> ------ Original message------
> From: Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss
> Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2018 8:06 AM
> To: peace-discuss;
> Cc: Peace;
> Subject:[Peace-discuss] Singapore & Illinois' 11th Congressional district
> 
> <https://consortiumnews.com/2018/06/13/democrats-put-partisanship-before-prospects-for-peace/> ;
> 
> 'Russiagate' and Korea mean that Democrats shouldn't be given control of Congress in the fall elections - even if it means voting for Republicans.
> 
> —CGE
> 
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