Chuck,
Your friend has good instincts. My own support for Bernie Sanders is
based on the fact that some candidate will be elected with at least
guarded permission by the Empire. But if Bernie keeps edging toward
supporting our World War on Eternal Terror, and cannot find the
strength to face down the Killing Machine, then I'll fall into the
camp of Jill Stein. My simple minded reasoning is that no candidate
could take care of our social reforms and infrastructure challenges,
without dismantling much of our heavy military load.
Actually, I'm leaning more toward digging a cave, building a very
large greenhouse, turning the horse pastures into cow pastures, and
invite all my family to bring shovels and join in the fun.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/20/15, Charles Krugman <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
well if Joe runs it would be another candidate that I couldn't get excited
about. Interestingly though I have a friend who is very pro-Palestine and
very progressive but he isn't supporting Bernie because of his ongoing
support for Israel.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 7:16 AM
To: blind-democracy ; Holly Kaczmarski
Subject: [blind-democracy] what if joe biden runs?
Since I'm usually wrong when it comes to political predictions, I'll
just crawl out here on this old limb with my handy saw.
No, I'm not going to speculate on whether or not Old Joe will run.
But I do have some wondering about what would be his motive for
running.
My first thought was that Joe had a Platform that was not being
addressed by the other candidates in the Democratic Party. But Joe
has been all over the map in his 30 years in Congress and his 8 years
as vice president. So if a track record is any indication, Old Joe
has no particular Platform.
Now if he is running because his handlers feel Hillary could not stand
up to Donald Trump, or whichever clown the Republicans trot out, then
Joe will sink the Democratic Boat, for sure. He would most likely
split Hillary's support, allowing that Socialist Democrat, Bernie
Sanders to reach the finish line. There is no way that Old Joe can
believe he would draw away from Bernie. Even at his wildest, most
Devil-may-care moments, Joe is far too cozy with the Empire to even
pretend to support the social issues being proposed by Bernie.
If he were a "Good Party Soldier", Joe Biden would throw his support
to the Party candidate who stands the greatest chance of winning in
November. At this time, that would be Hillary Clinton. But since
both Parties are in shambles, it looks as if we're in a Political Free
For All.
Carl Jarvis
