So Carl, I guess you've forgotten the role Joe Biden played in the Clarence
Thomas hearing when Anita Hill was treated like garbage by everyone, including
Uncle Joe? His role in that hearing removes any benign gentle intent
attributed to his touchy feely behavior toward the women who have come forth to
complain about it.
The problem with having Donald Trump as a president is that whenever we point
out what other presidents or administrations have done, someone can point to
Trump and then everyone else's sins pale in comparison.
Miriam
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Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 4:20 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Bernie Sanders Removes the Gloves
Okay Miriam,
I misspoke. "Like" was the wrong word. But either Bernie or Elizabeth will
provide a break in the "rape of a nation", that is currently going on. So I
"Like" them both about the same. If I had my druthers, I'd vote for Chris
Hedges. The Military has us in a stranglehold in so far as our international
relations go, so it comes down to which one could do more regarding the
rebuilding of our internal affairs. Joe is far too much of an Establishment
Man for my liking. But regarding his Familiarity with some women, I look at it
as far different from that coarse, crude behavior of Donald Trump.
While I was not a touchy feely sort of a fellow, I did enjoy flirting, and some
of my remarks might well have bordered on uninvited sexual comments. Of
course, now that I'm 84 years old, I only flirt with Cathy. I'll have to ask
her if that's offensive.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/18/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
I suspect that that was Frank's way of telling us that he supports Joe
Biden and that he thinks it's unfair that poor Joe is being accused of
touching women without their permission. And I wonder why you like
Elizabeth better than Bernie when she is much more a supporter of
Capitalism and of Israeli policies than he is.
Miriam
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Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 3:13 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Bernie Sanders Removes the Gloves
I'm going to believe that Frank spoke with tongue in cheek.
While I would vote for Bernie again, and while I think he has a good
chance at pulling off top spot this time around, and while I actually
like Elizabeth Warren a bit better than Bernie, my problem is actually
focused on the Democratic Party. In fact, my bottom line problem is
with the exclusion by both major political parties of a widening
number of Other Political Parties. Since both Democrat and Republican
parties have been taken over by the American Oligarchy, excluding most
of those who are not White, over 21, Land Holders or of great wealth,
supporting any of Their candidates seems to be a Fool's Mission.
We are all under the control of the MC Party. MC stands for,
Militaristic Capitalism. It's a tongue twister of a label, but that
pretty much lays it out.
Capitalism or Militarism are neither one compatible with democracy.
Neither one allows for Free Enterprise. Neither one tolerates Free
Speech, nor free press. Both rule from the top down.
While most religious institutions are structured with the same top
down rule, they cannot coexist with the MC, either.
Capitalism and Militarism cannot exist without one another, they are
in constant battle for dominance. So long as they maintain a balance
of power they are nearly invincible. But eventually one or the other
gains the upper hand and the system falls.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/17/19, Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You can tell Bernie has no chance of getting the nomination because
folks haven't even bothered to accuse him of sexual misconduct.
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Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 3:12 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Bernie Sanders Removes the Gloves
Bernie Sanders Removes the Gloves
Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,
speaks at a rally in Warren, Mich., this month. (Paul Sancya / AP)
On Saturday, the Center for American Progress (CAP), one of the
country's leading liberal think tanks, received a letter from the
current favorite for the Democratic nomination in 2020. "Dear members
of the Board," it began. "I write to express my deep concern and
disappointment with the role that the Center for American Progress
and its affiliated Action Fund arm are playing in the critical
mission to defeat Donald Trump."
The letter's author was none other than Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,
who blistered CAP's affiliate site ThinkProgress for a recent op-ed
that disparaged his physical appearance, as well as a separate video
that suggested that his calls for economic redistribution were
fundamentally hypocritical-this because his book royalties have made
him a millionaire.
Sanders also took aim at the organization's president, Neera Tanden,
for preaching solidarity while "belittling progressive ideas," openly
speculating that "corporate money . is inordinately and
inappropriately influencing the role [CAP] is playing in the
progressive movement."
Sanders' letter was likely years in the writing. As the New York Times'
Kenneth P. Vogel and Sydney Ember observe:
"
Mr. Sanders's criticism of the Center for American Progress,
delivered on Saturday in a letter obtained by The New York Times,
reflects a simmering ideological battle within the Democratic Party
and threatens to reopen wounds from the 2016 primary between him and
Hillary Clinton's allies. The letter airs criticisms shared among his
supporters: that the think tank, which has close ties to Mrs. Clinton
and the Democratic Party establishment, is beholden to corporate
donors and has worked to quash a leftward shift in the party led
partly by Mr. Sanders.
CAP has been an inextricable part of Democratic politics since
Hillary Clinton's future campaign chairman, John Podesta, founded the
organization in 2003. As the Times' Vogel and Ember reveal, the think
tank helped draft policy proposals that Barack Obama would ultimately
use for his 2008 campaign, and later served as a feeder of sorts for
his administration. The think tank was expected to serve the same
function for Clinton had she prevailed in the 2016 election; Podesta
and Tanden were among her top choices for White House chief of staff.
Last year, CAP partnered with the American Enterprise Institute on a
project titled "Defending Democracy and Underwriting the
Transatlantic Project,"
ostensibly to study how we can preserve free and open societies amid
a rising tide of authoritarianism. In the process, the think tank
donated
$200,000 to an organization whose most prominent members include
neoconservative Bill Kristol and racial eugenicist Charles Murray,
leading some in progressive circles to wonder "why is the Center for
American Progress betraying the left?"
In a 2013 investigation for The Nation, Ken Silverstein revealed that
CAP has accepted contributions from the likes of Goldman Sachs, Wells
Fargo, Coca-Cola, Citigroup, BlueCross BlueShield and weapons
manufacturer Northrop Grumman, not to mention hundreds of thousands
of dollars from the United Arab Emirates-among the world's most
brutal and oppressive regimes. Tanden, who regularly rails against
Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "proto-fascist," has herself
come under criticism online for cozying up to such strongmen as
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and India's Narendra Modi.
ThinkProgress claims to enjoy editorial independence from CAP, and
Editor-in-Chief Jodi Enda asserted as much in a statement to the
Times, insisting that the group and its action funds "had nothing to
do with the article or video about Senator Sanders or articles
related to any other political leader." She also added that the site
"will not take sides in the Democratic primary." Tanden, for her
part, has called the matter "unfortunate," claiming that "we share
the goal of unity." Still, it's not difficult to imagine the think
tank has a vested interest in preventing Sanders from becoming the
party's nominee. The self-proclaimed democratic socialist is unlikely
to rely on CAP as Obama and Clinton have before him, and so the
threat he poses to Tanden and her ilk is existential: their grip on
power, within the party and the country, is at stake.
Last December, as rumors swirled about Beto O'Rourke's possible run
for president, Tanden accused several prominent Sanders backers of
coordinating attacks against the moderate Texas official. Responding
to an op-ed from the Washington Post's Elizabeth Bruenig, she tweeted:
"Feels a bit orchestrated and clearly they are worried." But as
Sanders cements his frontrunner status, her words increasingly look
like projection. And after watching Democrats lose the White House in
grotesque fashion to a glorified game show host, he refuses to let
bad-faith criticism from purportedly liberal media go unanswered.
Sanders' supporters have not forgotten 2016's contentious primary,
with ample evidence that Democratic elites helped seal his defeat.
While his campaign says he will honor his pledge not to go negative
in ads for 2020, the Vermont senator nonetheless appears determined
to prevent history from repeating itself.
Update: Tanden has since issued the following statement:
"
The orientation of CAP is to positively engage with all political
leaders about the country's future.
ThinkProgress is editorially independent of CAP and CAP Action, which
is what has made it valuable as a news outlet. Similarly, we at CAP
can form our own opinions of their work. We believe the content of
the ThinkProgress video critiquing Sen. Sanders is overly harsh and
does not reflect our approach to a constructive debate of the issues.
Jacob Sugarman
Managing Editor
Jacob Sugarman is the acting managing editor at Truthdig. He is a
graduate of the Arthur L. Carter Institute of Journalism whose
writing has appeared in Salon, AlterNet and Tablet, among other.
Jacob Sugarman
