But the Democrats didn't actually lose because in the presidential vote,
they won the popular vote. And the way our senate and house are set up, the
structure favors rural states with small populations. They get 2 senators
just like states with huge populations. And the congressional districts are
gerymandered, just like the state senate and assembly districts are. And
then there is all of the evidence about votes that were stolen, just like in
2004 and 2000. So if you're talking about the will of the majority of
Americans it was thwarted.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Driscoll
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 4:26 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible Democratic
Leader at the Worst Possible Time
Carl:
Good old Chuckie Schumer was the star performaer on all three news shows on
TV this morning. He had a message for the republicans now in power in all
three branches of government. to wit : "If you just cooperate with us
Democrats we will make you a success. Of course you will have to vote for
our programs." Someone needs to tell Charlie that they lost!
Richard
On 11/20/2016 9:00 AM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
Too bad we keep getting stuck on Party Labels. Given the fact thatelected office.
both Major Political Parties are bankrolled by mostly the same money
sources, there is a guarantee that the rich will remain in control.
Why is it so difficult for many American working class people to
understand that when both major parties are beholden to Wall Street
and the huge War Profiteers, that they, the Working Class, will be
left to rummage among the crumbs. The Oligarchy will do all it needs
to do in order to protect its control. And that control especially
includes the lives of the Working Class.
How much we receive back as our share of the profits from our labor,
the quality and affordability of our medical care, the safety we have
in our streets, the privacy of our working class people from spying by
the Oligarchy, the cost, always rising, of educating our children, the
kinds of work our children can expect to secure, the safety of
products and goods sold in our marketplaces, the cost of security in
our old age, in other words,Our Quality of Life is totally controlled
by that entity we know as, "The Government". But this fully owned
political body is merely the front organization for the Oligarchy,
freeing their greedy hands to do as they please. None of the major
political parties will risk biting the hand that feeds them. Even
Bernie Sanders, who took very little of the "tainted" money, could not
have changed much in this "Safe Haven" of the Rich.
It is past time for us to examine ways of changing our value system,
so that money is no longer the bottom line. Quality of Life for All
should be our new bottom line. By changing what we define as,
"Success", we could turn the present Ruling Class into a very small
Minority. If we turned their vast hordes of wealth into a liability,
insisting that they spend down through heavy taxes, to rebuild our
nation's infra structure, provide quality schools and free education,
cover the increase of the living wage, and provide medical care for
all, their life style would not change significantly, but ours would
improve immensely. And before someone protests that this would amount
to robbing the rich, remember, they became rich by taking most of the
profits from our labor. Of course, since the Oligarchy owns both the
House and the Senate, and controls the Supreme Court, and now the new
president, we have only one choice. That choice is not a violent
overthrow. Violent overthrows always end in disaster. We need to
establish a priority list, rolling up our sleeves and preparing for
hard work. We can change the consistency of this unfriendly
government by supporting like-minded candidates at the ground level.
By training ourselves to be involved, we will set a new standard. We
will have a vested stake in a new government. Properly arranged, our
involvement could take less time each week than we use to read wordy
emails...like this one.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/19/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dick, That's only because you don't like either. But I don't think
that all of the Democratic party are worthy of contempt, only the
corporate Democrats. I want to support the progressive wing of the
party. That's why I'm opposed to Schumer. He is like an old fashioned
Republican. Old fashioned Republicans cared about business interests,
but not about everyday people like my family and me. My father was a
factory worker.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard ;
Driscoll
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 10:12 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible
Democratic Leader at the Worst Possible Time
All:
I voice an opinion to the effect that the election of Charles Schumer
to the Minority Leader of the Minority Democrat Party in the Senate
are truly worthy of each other.
Richard
On 11/18/2016 7:40 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
And for some of those reasons, I voted for the Green PartyAmerica."
candiddate for the US Senate in New York.
Miriam
Schwarz writes: "When Barack Obama leaves the White House, New York Sen.
Chuck Schumer will almost certainly be elected Senate minority
leader
- and therefore become the highest ranking Democratic official in
Senator Chuck Schumer. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible Democratic Leader at the Worst
Possible Time By Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
18 November 16
When Barack Obama leaves the White House, New York Sen. Chuck
Schumer will almost certainly be elected Senate minority leader -
and therefore become the highest ranking Democratic official in America.
That's a terrible roll of the dice for Democrats, because Schumer
might as well have been grown in a lab to be exactly the wrong face
for opposition to Donald Trump:
. Schumer, who's just about to turn 66, grew up in Brooklyn and went
to the same high school as Bernie Sanders. Then their lives diverged:
Schumer, the smartiest of the smartypants, got a perfect score on
the SATs and then went to Harvard and Harvard Law School. He was
elected to the New York State Assembly at 23, the U.S. Congress at
29, and the U.S. Senate at 47. He's never had any adult job outside
Partnership.
. He possesses the same impressive political acumen as Hillary
Clinton's 2016 campaign, sagely explaining "For every blue-collar
Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two
moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can
repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin."
. Schumer's done more than anyone except Bill and Hillary Clinton to
intertwine Wall Street and the Democratic Party. He raises millions
and millions of dollars from the finance industry, both for himself
and for other Democrats. In return, he voted to repeal the
Glass-Steagall Act in
1999 and voted to bail out Wall Street in 2008. In between, he
slashed fees paid by banks to the Securities and Exchange Commission
to pay for regulatory enforcement, and eviscerated congressional
efforts to crack down on rating agencies.
. Schumer has long been the Democrats' point man in efforts to craft a
bipartisan deal to slash taxes on multinational corporations.
. Schumer voted for the Patriot Act in 2001, and sponsored its
predecessor, the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995. During a
Senate hearing, Schumer explained that "it's easy to sit back in the
armchair and say that torture can never be used. But when you're in
the foxhole, it's a very different deal." In certain cases, he said,
"most senators" would say "do what you have to do." Schumer also
defended the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims
across the region, which Trump has cited as a national model.
. In October 2002, Schumer voted for the Iraq War by giving George W.
Bush authority to invade. In a speech explaining his vote, Schumer
warned of Iraq's imaginary yet "vigorous pursuit of biological,
chemical and nuclear weapons."
. Schumer voted against Barack Obama's deal to limit Iran's ability to
enrich uranium and potentially develop a nuclear weapons program.
. Perhaps worst of all, Schumer gave Anthony Weiner his start, first
hiring him on his staff, then encouraging him to run for office and
then endorsing Weiner in the race for Schumer's seat when Schumer
was running for the Senate in 1998. Thanks, Chuck.
Are there any positive things about Chuck Schumer? Well . he did
vote against NAFTA in 1993, and while he's supported other trade
deals since, he made negative noises about the Trans-Pacific
elected office.Also, he's a talented matchmaker with as many as 11 marriages to hiscredit.
And he's the second cousin once removed of Amy Schumer, which youvalid.
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18 November 16
hen Barack Obama leaves the White House, New York Sen. Chuck
Schumer will almost certainly be elected Senate minority leader -
and therefore become the highest ranking Democratic official in America.
That's a terrible roll of the dice for Democrats, because Schumer
might as well have been grown in a lab to be exactly the wrong face
for opposition to Donald Trump:
. Schumer, who's just about to turn 66, grew up in Brooklyn and went
to the same high school as Bernie Sanders. Then their lives diverged:
Schumer, the smartiest of the smartypants, got a perfect score on
the SATs and then went to Harvard and Harvard Law School. He was
elected to the New York State Assembly at 23, the U.S. Congress at
29, and the U.S. Senate at 47. He's never had any adult job outside
Partnership.. He possesses the same impressive political acumen as Hillary
Clinton's 2016 campaign, sagely explaining "For every blue-collar
Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two
moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can
repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin."
. Schumer's done more than anyone except Bill and Hillary Clinton to
intertwine Wall Street and the Democratic Party. He raises millions
and millions of dollars from the finance industry, both for himself
and for other Democrats. In return, he voted to repeal the
Glass-Steagall Act in
1999 and voted to bail out Wall Street in 2008. In between, he
slashed fees paid by banks to the Securities and Exchange Commission
to pay for regulatory enforcement, and eviscerated congressional
efforts to crack down on rating agencies.
. Schumer has long been the Democrats' point man in efforts to craft a
bipartisan deal to slash taxes on multinational corporations.
. Schumer voted for the Patriot Act in 2001, and sponsored its
predecessor, the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995. During a
Senate hearing, Schumer explained that "it's easy to sit back in the
armchair and say that torture can never be used. But when you're in
the foxhole, it's a very different deal." In certain cases, he said,
"most senators" would say "do what you have to do." Schumer also
defended the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims
across the region, which Trump has cited as a national model.
. In October 2002, Schumer voted for the Iraq War by giving George W.
Bush authority to invade. In a speech explaining his vote, Schumer
warned of Iraq's imaginary yet "vigorous pursuit of biological,
chemical and nuclear weapons."
. Schumer voted against Barack Obama's deal to limit Iran's ability to
enrich uranium and potentially develop a nuclear weapons program.
. Perhaps worst of all, Schumer gave Anthony Weiner his start, first
hiring him on his staff, then encouraging him to run for office and
then endorsing Weiner in the race for Schumer's seat when Schumer
was running for the Senate in 1998. Thanks, Chuck.
Are there any positive things about Chuck Schumer? Well . he did
vote against NAFTA in 1993, and while he's supported other trade
deals since, he made negative noises about the Trans-Pacific
Also, he's a talented matchmaker with as many as 11 marriages to hiscredit.
And he's the second cousin once removed of Amy Schumer, which you
might see as good or bad, depending.
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