David Sirota: Beto O'Rourke is the NEW Obama. And That's The LAST THING We Need
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David Sirota: Beto O’Rourke is the NEW Obama. And That’s The LAST THING We Need
”…Perhaps the fuzziness around O’Rourke’s political positions isn’t a mistake. Maybe it is designed to obscure facts about his record that may prove to be inconvenient in a Democratic primary. After all, this is a lawmaker who abruptly backed off unequivocally supporting Medicare for All, aligned himself with the party’s Wall Street faction, voted to gut financial regulations, supported Republican-crafted tax cuts, boosted the fossil fuel industry – and then broke his own pledge to reject donations from oil and gas executives…”
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“…The alluring idea is that we never actually have to answer that haunting question of labor lore: “Which side are you on?” Obamaism leads us to believe that we do not need to choose, and that we can actually have it all – as long as we always make sure to line up behind policies that appease the super-wealthy. It is, in other words, the ideology undergirding the argument recently put forward by former vice-president, Joe Biden, who insisted: “I don’t think 500 billionaires are the reason why we’re in trouble … the folks at the top aren’t bad guys.” It is easy to understand the political utility of this third-way legend: it lets Democrats continue raising gobs of cash from satisfied corporate donors and moguls, and it at least provides voters with more palatable rhetoric than what the Republican party offers. And yet the record of third-way policies over the past few years have made painfully clear that Obamaism’s refusal to choose a side can be a nihilistic choice unto itself…”
Must Read article. It’s not just about Beto, but about our values & how our movement get hijacked.
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December 22, 2018 at 3:23 PM #3825
It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.--Eugene Debs
Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.--Harry Truman
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December 22, 2018 at 4:04 PM #3843
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December 22, 2018 at 4:12 PM #3847
Hopefully no one will ask me to be “pragmatic” and vote for the blue no matter who.
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December 22, 2018 at 4:18 PM #3850
is progressive and therefore he doesn’t have to run: my guess is Gillibrand or Sherrod Brown next, and maybe a desperate feint to Warren knowing she won’t let herself get burned again
they know they don’t have enough donuts and bots to stop a Sanders run against even Biden the moment MBNA Joe opens his mouth and starts demanding we reinvade Syria to “uphold our commitments” and “ensure that those who died didn’t do so in vain”
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December 22, 2018 at 5:42 PM #3888
decide not to run because he is too corrupt, Obama moved to future neoliberal Beto, because he isn’t corrupted enough yet and still has time to wow people with his alleged charisma, good looks, and skateboarding prowess.
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