A timely takedown of a corporate candidate
Here ya go:
Colin Patrick reviews Doug Henwood's exposé of Hillary Clinton and her long and sordid history as the best friend a ruling class could ever ask for.
For example:
Consider, for example, her vote in favor of the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq resolution that handed Bush the power to wage war in Iraq at his own discretion. Clinton has since described this vote as "a mistake," for the conveniently blame-shifting reason that Bush did not sufficiently pursue diplomatic alternatives to preemptive war.
While the authorization resolution was under consideration, however, Sen. Carl Levin introduced an amendment that would have made any U.S. invasion contingent on a United Nations resolution approving the use of force, giving Clinton a perfect opportunity to show--in deeds and not just words--her aversion to the unilateral use of American military force.
Not only did Clinton vote against the Levin Amendment, which failed by a wide margin, she justified her vote years later with a jingoistic arrogance and a contempt for international law that would not have been out of place in a Bush administration press release, explaining on Meet the Press: "The Levin amendment, in my view, gave the Security Council of the United Nations a veto over American presidential power."
Other examples, already thoroughly covered here at c99%: https://socialistworker.org/2016/08/24/a-timely-takedown-of-a-corporate-...
Also.
The Clintons' shameful hypocrisy on racism
https://socialistworker.org/2016/01/26/the-clintons-shameful-hypocrisy-o...
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Remember,
"We need to look forward".
That pesky past shit is for tree huggers and hippies.
I consider myself guilty.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
The Hippies Were Right!
We were right about Nixon (poliyical corruption, war racketerring), the war on drugs and the environment (Earth Day) and fascist cops.
"They'll say we're disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war." Howard Zinn
Correction:
That's Dirty Fuckin' Hippies, pal!
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKEZoY-TMG4]
And we've always been right!
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon
Not so sure it's timely. Too bad it didn't become known
during the primary, when there was actually a good alternative to vote for.
Jill's a good alternative, but not likely to win.
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If everyone votes for the
If everyone votes for the public good, rather than for evil, Jill will get the most votes and anyone provably cheated in and rejected by the people can, if nothing else, apparently be denied recognition by all other countries.
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
I'm up for it. I plan to vote Jill. My parents are considering
voting for Jill (they're moderate I would say). So maybe I shouldn't be so skeptical.
Still, I'd feel a lot better if Bernie had just won outright.
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It was known.
I posted this graphic many, many, many times for about six months, including here at c99 in a couple of comments. People just do not pay attention.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
True. That's a good graphic and I've seen it before.
Unfortunately this information did not spread widely enough despite all our efforts.
Or maybe it did and the election fraud was bigger than we think.
I do feel like since the primary has been over, the attacks on Hill are much more widespread in the MSM. If they didn't want her, why silent until now?
Not that this post is about the MSM, but I've seen them be more critical since the end of the primaries. Yet they claim to hate Trump and I doubt they're trying to enable Jill Stein or Gary Johnson. It's a little late for them to jump on Hill now!
Of course, I'll change my opinion if they start giving Jill good press.
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Not likely to win
but worth your vote anyway, if not for any other reason than being able to say that we're not involved in unleashing evil on the world.
Isn't that what many of us on c99 having been saying?
This stuff is not new stuff, at least to most of us here. It is a well-written, semi-comprehensive review of mainly Medusa's love for war. In contrast to e.c., I don't think this article would have dissuaded any HillBots from singing her praises, sung to the tune of the "Ballad of the Green Berets."
Yep. The Media Elite Narrative Is The Problem
The M$M complcity in pushing false neoliberal narratives may be the biggest obstacle to corrective political changes.
The left wing noise machine is a quiet whisper in the nose bleed seats.
"They'll say we're disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war." Howard Zinn