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The Warren side of the party is in ascendancy. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this message pushed hard in 18 and 20.

by aaronbrethorst 9y ago

chrisweekly 9y ago
Here’s hoping.
- aaronbrethorst 9y ago
  The third plank is a list of antitrust proposals in line with what Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has called for the party to adopt. Facing rising corporate inequality and markets increasingly dominated by a tiny handful of firms, Democrats will propose a new federal office and federal guidelines that would aim to make it more difficult for companies to merge and easier for federal regulators to call attention to their “anticompetitive” behavior. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/24/16017570/democrats-better-deal-explained https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/24/16017570/d...
ihsw2 9y ago
Warren sold out to Clinton, Trump et al will use this to great effect. Clinton turned everybody that touched her into shit and that will be her enduring legacy.
- rrhd 9y ago
  Well until the republicans realize that no one gives a shit about Clinton anymore. I think history will be more kind to her. Hell, GWB has a positive approval rating among democrats now.
- 0xFFC 9y ago
  The best opportunity for something true and meaningful like Justicedemocrats[1] to come and revitalize the Democratic party. 1) https://justicedemocrats.com/ https://justicedemocrats.com/
- komali2 9y ago
  Clinton to me is just par for the course politician, the difference being she failed to defend herself from an absurd volume of rhetoric from the Republicans. So I would restate your sentence - "Republicans turned everybody that Clinton touched into shit." Spend ten years tearing into any politician (they're still demonizing Clinton!) and I guarantee you'd find them in the same boat she is now.
  - aaronbrethorst 9y ago
    Ten years? That Vince Foster bullshit started back in 1993. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Vince_Foster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Vince_Foster
    - ckcameron 9y ago
      If you consider the press and rhetoric she was getting for overturning death row convictions early in her career you could say they have been doing this to her for over 40 years. She is an intelligent woman and very effective as a litigator, which has made the right regard her as an extreme threat since they became aware of her. I find it amazing and inspiring that she was able to survive politically and thrive despite ever-increasing smear tactics and baseless character gutting the GOP attempted on her. I find it sorely disappointing that after 40 years of it, the right finally succeeded in taking her down. Regardless of which side of the aisle I am on, as a feminist, I am awe struck by her and think she has done an unfathomable amount to advance the interests of women and all those resisting patriarchy globally. I also hardly consider her a run of the mill politician. She brought the single-payer fight to the hill. She lost, but the current ACA had a lot of its legwork done by her efforts in 1992-1994. If we ever get single-payer, we will owe a lot of it to her.
      - 0xFFC 9y ago
        Yeah, I believe people in Libya believe the same. It is always fascinating to see how much people bought to the media outlet rhetorics. She is the only reason I totally abandoned the democratic party and went independent.

The Warren side of the party is in ascendancy. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this message pushed hard in 18 and 20.

chrisweekly 9y ago

Here’s hoping.

aaronbrethorst 9y ago
The third plank is a list of antitrust proposals in line with what Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has called for the party to adopt. Facing rising corporate inequality and markets increasingly dominated by a tiny handful of firms, Democrats will propose a new federal office and federal guidelines that would aim to make it more difficult for companies to merge and easier for federal regulators to call attention to their “anticompetitive” behavior. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/24/16017570/democrats-better-deal-explained https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/24/16017570/d...

ihsw2 9y ago

Warren sold out to Clinton, Trump et al will use this to great effect. Clinton turned everybody that touched her into shit and that will be her enduring legacy.

rrhd 9y ago
Well until the republicans realize that no one gives a shit about Clinton anymore. I think history will be more kind to her. Hell, GWB has a positive approval rating among democrats now.
0xFFC 9y ago
The best opportunity for something true and meaningful like Justicedemocrats[1] to come and revitalize the Democratic party. 1) https://justicedemocrats.com/ https://justicedemocrats.com/
komali2 9y ago
Clinton to me is just par for the course politician, the difference being she failed to defend herself from an absurd volume of rhetoric from the Republicans. So I would restate your sentence - "Republicans turned everybody that Clinton touched into shit." Spend ten years tearing into any politician (they're still demonizing Clinton!) and I guarantee you'd find them in the same boat she is now.
- aaronbrethorst 9y ago
  Ten years? That Vince Foster bullshit started back in 1993. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Vince_Foster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Vince_Foster
  - ckcameron 9y ago
    If you consider the press and rhetoric she was getting for overturning death row convictions early in her career you could say they have been doing this to her for over 40 years. She is an intelligent woman and very effective as a litigator, which has made the right regard her as an extreme threat since they became aware of her. I find it amazing and inspiring that she was able to survive politically and thrive despite ever-increasing smear tactics and baseless character gutting the GOP attempted on her. I find it sorely disappointing that after 40 years of it, the right finally succeeded in taking her down. Regardless of which side of the aisle I am on, as a feminist, I am awe struck by her and think she has done an unfathomable amount to advance the interests of women and all those resisting patriarchy globally. I also hardly consider her a run of the mill politician. She brought the single-payer fight to the hill. She lost, but the current ACA had a lot of its legwork done by her efforts in 1992-1994. If we ever get single-payer, we will owe a lot of it to her.
    - 0xFFC 9y ago
      Yeah, I believe people in Libya believe the same. It is always fascinating to see how much people bought to the media outlet rhetorics. She is the only reason I totally abandoned the democratic party and went independent.