tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post4924565088372524145..comments2024-03-28T18:11:29.865-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Word: How Democrats should talkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-82814475927874230572017-01-02T07:16:12.908-05:002017-01-02T07:16:12.908-05:00The Democrats are busy reconstructing Kander's...The Democrats are busy reconstructing Kander's image in an effort to fool a broader public unfamiliar with him into believing that Jason ought be considered another viable 'progressive' option to head the DNC should Ellison's efforts get shot down. Folks shouldn't fall for it, Kander comfortably fits the standard DLC 'centrist' mold as one most friendly to US foreign adventurism, eager support of Bibi's Israeli policies, etc.<br />Caveat emptor---how many more fast talking Barrys before folks catch on? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-38139676611435463032017-01-02T06:51:58.847-05:002017-01-02T06:51:58.847-05:00Problem with Kander is that he is just that, all t...Problem with Kander is that he is just that, all talk and not much more. In other words, pretty much a typical Missouri Democrat of this modern era. His 'progressive' bona fides were certainly revealed by the campaign ads run during his challenge to Senator Blunt (there's a perfect politician's name for you, describes him to a 'T', but we digress). Memorable is the spot where Army Captain/Afghan vet Kander assembles an assault rifle on camera while blindfolded. Indeed, such was the essential thrust of his campaign. Kander had no problem joining his fellow Democrats in the state with their condemnations of Senator Sanders. He was right up there with Claire McCaskill---Madam Slick's loyal surrogate, in accusing Sanders of being " a candidate more interested in platitudes and dreams than in specifics and realities." Doing so, mind you, while demonstrating his (Kander's) fidelity to not only AIPAC but also Missouri's Christian Zionist base.<br />http://jasonkanderforsenate2016.com/2016/04/08/bernie-sanders-smears-israel/<br /><br />Jesus Christ, Sam, enough of this embarrassing service to the Democratic Party and their mendacious revisionism.<br />What ever happened to attempting to report something resembling the truth? The Democratic Party in Missouri, pretty much on the whole, couldn't move fast enough to distance themselves Sanders' populist agenda. They've been resistant to anything approaching those ideas for decades, now. Their typical rejoinder to constituents calling out the party for its neoliberal/DLC embrace would be to suggest writing a letter to the editor---anything, just go away. Missouri's drift away from 'bell-weather' status to deep red lunacy owes much to Democratic indifference. Regular working class folks have no advocate with them. Democrats of the region consider their main allegiance to the likes of Cargill, Tyson, Boeing, Monsanto, ADM, Lockheed, et al, and not to the tens of thousands of the once well paid members of the working class who's decent jobs long ago migrated to distant lands, a migration facilitated and encouraged by policies and trade deals implemented by the Democrats. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com