Force The Vote Hypocrisy
Remember the reasoning why we couldn't do Force The Vote on Medicare For All?
Because it was certain to lose, and if we put it up for a vote and lost then it would be discouraging.
That's what we were told by "very intelligent people" (aka Smart MotherFuckers).
Let's just ignore how discouraging it was that we couldn't even get a vote on it.
Fast-forward to the front page of Bloomberg today.
A lot of pundits seem baffled about why Democrats are forcing a Senate vote over the filibuster that seems certain to doom their cherished voting rights legislation. Party leaders rarely bring up bills unless they have the votes to pass them. But this one seems pretty obviously the correct move.
Oh! So NOW it's OK for the Democrats to, ahem, Force The Vote.
Gee, I wonder what could possibly be the difference in these scenarios? (cough corruption cough)
Well, I'm sure one of those Smart MotherFuckers will explain it to us. Unless they just ignore it and hope we don't notice.
Well, we noticed.
Comments
What?
No Jimmy Dore video about him being Right all along?
Disappointing
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
I never disagreed with Jimmy over Force The Vote
And I said that right here.
In fact, I emailed him with a link to this essay.
Where I started having problems with Jimmy started immediately AFTER Force the Vote.
His response lacked nuance. Which is fine for some anonymous blogger like me, but not so much for someone with so many followers.
And then he went all in on vaccines.
Force the vote
Glad you sent Dore an email. He will most likely have something to say about it and he has a wider audience. Democrats are worthless.
-Greed is not a virtue.
-Socialism: the radical idea of sharing.
-Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962
Jimmy did a show on it
That video was a "look back" on Force The Vote
This is a new development.
But thanks. A look back puts it into context.
I credit Dore
with Force the Vote as a political phrase as political strategy before anyone else. Absolutely shakes people up.
People who dislike him, or hate him, have adopted that universal phrase to politics and policies.
Let's put his brilliance to good use.
Oh! Except for our Dems. They would only use it when they know it will lose.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
amazing that anyone considers the Democrats a real party
that is, a possible ally. Give it up, already. How many times do we need to say "that's the last straw!"?
We could fill c99 with stuff like this about Dems, we could do the same with the GOP. Where does it get us?
quite possibly nowhere
venting helps with equalizing pressures
the duopoly does us no good
and progressives can't shake their own shadows
pitchforks, torches and clubs aren't too popular
seems strikes and shutdowns are
one of our most useful options these days
question everything
How can you ask this? We cant have a new publ"Medicaid for all"
All they coiuld create is a medicaid for all loan to the destitute for healthcare. A loan, not insurance and not a grant.
Our worst enemy is ourselves. Bill Clinton created the WTO in 1995, after that we could only create new commercial entities, people cant have anything that reduces corporate profits, thank the previous Administrations for locking in commercial entities with TREATIES. If you are very very poor and have no assets they can get very minimal healthcare but if it turns out people lied and have assets, you'll have to payback those benefits at the uninsured rate and you may be guilty of a felony and be enslaved, as it perfectly legal if you have been convicted of a serious crime. Also they will claw it back out of your account. Which will silence you and prevent your being able to travel. Toll roads will only be open to those with mooney not those with nbegative balances which could immobilize people for years and will can be turned into barriers to travel for the poor that immobilize them for entire lifetimes..