[Peace-discuss] Don't send a Democrat to the House

[C G Estabrook]

"What Happens If Republicans Keep Control Of The House And Senate?"
<https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-happens-if-republicans-keep-control-of-the-house-and-senate/ <https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-happens-if-republicans-keep-control-of-the-house-and-senate/>>

Did I miss it, or did this establishment site write 2,000 words on this subject without mentioning war?

The US government has succeeded for more than a decade in obfuscating its war-making in the eyes of the only enemy it really fears - the US populace.

—CGE


> On May 22, 2018, at 8:44 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> 
> Mort--
> 
> I have no brief for Davis. (The way to prevent abortion includes providing single-payer healthcare, child allowances, housing & education - not just unfunding it.)
> 
> How do you stand on my real (not rhetorical) question: "Which is more likely to hesitate at Deep State war-mongering, a Republican House, or a Democratic one?”
> 
> On war issues, I don’t think the Democratic party should be given control of the House.
> 
> So I‘ll vote in the most effective way to discourage the election of a Democrat in the 13th IL CD.
> 
> That means voting for the Republican candidate, rather than abstaining. —CGE
> 
> 
>> On May 22, 2018, at 7:59 PM, Brussel, Morton K via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Carl,
>> 
>> I find your arguments for voting for Davis truly bizarre, contorted. On foreign issues Davis will take typical administration positions [e.g., on Cuba, Venezuela, Israel-Palestine, Iran, N. Korea, Ukraine, Honduras, S. America, …empire and militarism,…] , given the evidence available. On domestic social issues Davis is worse than most of the Democrats (but against abortion,  a stance with which you no doubt agree!  Aha!). 
>> 
>> Neither candidate inspires confidence (in me). 
>> 
>> The obvious choice is not to vote for either. 
>> 
>>> On May 22, 2018, at 7:28 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Which is more likely to hesitate at Deep State war-mongering, a Republican House, or a Democratic one?
>>> 
>>> John Pilger wrote in 2016, “The CIA, Pentagon generals, and the pro-war New York Times demand Trump not be elected. These tribunes of 'perpetual war' are terrified that the multi-billion-dollar business of war by which the United States maintains its dominance will be undermined if Trump does a deal with Russian president Putin, then with China’s president Xi Jinping. Their panic at the possibility of the world’s great power talking peace – however unlikely – would be the blackest farce were the issues not so dire…”
>>> 
>>> The Democrats' panic at the threat that Trump would abandon Obama's war provocations produced Russiagate. 
>>> 
>>> They should not be rewarded for that with control of the House.
>>> 
>>> —CGE
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