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

[Carl G. Estabrook]

You mean that it makes no difference whether the Democratic party or the Republican party runs the House of Representatives?


> On May 23, 2018, at 7:13 AM, David Enstrom <daenstrom at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all the insight, Carl, and I sincerely mean that.  
> That said, the question you pose means nothing to me. 
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 1:44 AM Carl G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:
> What would it mean to have “given up on electoral politics”? And why do you think I’d done it?
> 
> But I have yet to hear an answer to the question, 'Which is to be preferred in 2019, a House controlled by the Democrat or by the Republican party, and why?'
> 
> Your answer should be well-spelt, grammatical, and contain the term ‘Russiagate’…
> 
> —CGE
> 
>> On May 22, 2018, at 10:43 PM, David Enstrom via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>> 
>> Bizzare and contorted about sums this string up bery nicely.  Carl I thought you and given up on electoral politics.  I guess I was mistaken.  
>> 
>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:28 PM Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net <mailto: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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