tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post7707767847375596983..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: A Democrat Defends the White Working-ClassBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-73508109536271372852015-01-15T19:05:12.086-08:002015-01-15T19:05:12.086-08:00The Nation: Are Democrats Trolling the Left?
&quo...The Nation: Are Democrats Trolling the Left?<br /><br />"The Democrats are seizing on the opportunity to be progressive at a moment when it’s cheap and easy; being out of power (or in Obama’s case, term-limited) they won’t have to pay the price in campaign dollars or blowback that would come from pursuing [more progressive] policies in an environment in which they could actually become law. After all, when Democrats controlled all of Congress and the presidency, it’s not like they made a move on paid sick leave or a financial transactions tax or any of a host of other ideas that would have helped out the middle class. (Which isn’t to diminish the very real accomplishments of that Congress.) Now they can stoke the fire and garner the goodwill of the left, without having to deal with the downside."<br /><br />http://www.thenation.com/blog/195225/perhaps-most-important-question-about-democratic-party-right-now<br /><br />* In other words, to now hear "Moderate/Third Way/Blue Dog Democrats talk as though they were "progressive", is as usual, total B.S.<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-20614827047542283502015-01-10T15:59:59.958-08:002015-01-10T15:59:59.958-08:00the republicans, as usual, are full of shit ... of...the republicans, as usual, are full of shit ... of course it was their plan all along to obstruct ALL of Obama's initiatives, economic or otherwise, no matter what the cost to the american worker...<br /><br />the real question is if there really is an "economic recovery"? for a large percentage of American citizens i think the answer would be NO! <br /><br />So what are they taking credit for? To the extent that jobs have been added, you have to look at the TYPE of jobs that may have been added. What percentage are decent jobs that will support a middle class standard of living and how many were shitty retail jobs that force workers to take help from the government, in essence alleviating the tax burden on giant corporations.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840237717017411534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-65931089521311183182015-01-10T06:02:25.420-08:002015-01-10T06:02:25.420-08:00Last year Mitch McConnell was saying [paraphrased]...Last year Mitch McConnell was saying [paraphrased] that we had a recovering economy “in spite of Obama's polices”.<br /><br />Also: Jon Stewart makes merciless fun of Mitch McConnell for taking responsibility for US economic growth – “It’s easy to assume that Mitch McConnell is saying that people felt so inspired by the moment, he switched the nameplate on his office door, then he invented time travel and went back to 2009 and started spending and hiring again.”<br /><br />http://www.salon.com/2015/01/09/jon_stewart_makes_merciless_fun_of_mitch_mcconnell_for_taking_responsibility_for_us_economic_growth/ <br /><br />That’s what the GOP will do going forward. If the economy gets better, they will say it’s because of Democratic policies that the GOP had opposed (like the minimum wage) – and if the economy gets worse, they’ll say it’s because of policies that the Democrats have already implemented (such Obamacare, etc.). <br /><br />And with the GOP, as far as Obama is concerned, he is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-3194801721480913292015-01-09T20:24:24.143-08:002015-01-09T20:24:24.143-08:00I'm not hopeful of Jim Webb's ideas for on...I'm not hopeful of Jim Webb's ideas for only one reason. FOX news seems to have an iron grip on RED state white folks...<br />No matter how much his or Elizabeth Warrens policies make rational sense it seems to be a lost cause.<br /><br />I believe Fox News has that much power over impoverished whites and i'm not sure the previously mentioned candidates can really get a loud enough megaphone to overcome that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com