tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post6309165670932111944..comments2024-03-27T18:00:02.032-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Commentariat Central: Premature Horse Race EditionKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-39326367159263853792019-01-09T20:11:00.738-05:002019-01-09T20:11:00.738-05:00@ Erik
Thanks for that link. Too hot for the MSM...@ Erik<br /><br />Thanks for that link. Too hot for the MSM to touch, I suppose. What a pity the Dems didn't choose him to respond to Trump <br /><br />In his speech he called Trump a liar three or four times. If only he would look Pelosi and Schumer in the eye and say the same thing. we are blessed with enemies on two fronts: The GOP and the Dems.<br /><br />I'm all for voting for Bernie into the White House, but only IF IF IF he campaigns next time under the banner of a Third Party.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-75786228755038296652019-01-09T13:45:50.775-05:002019-01-09T13:45:50.775-05:00“The more you can escape from how horrible things ...“The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it's going to bother you … and then, the worse things get.” <br />~ Frank Zappa<br /><br />So, I watched Trump bleat his bullshit last night, and then saw Pelosi and Schumer give their blessedly brief but typically toothless retort.<br />Their response merely posited that the issues of border security and government shutdown be considered separately.<br /><br />The true counterpoint came from Bernie Sanders, but that didn’t get coverage in the corporate media.<br />Why? Because it sharply challenged the bipartisan status quo and put the real crises we face in proper perspective. <br />It’s worth hearing, then heeding.<br /><br />Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump’s Oval Office Address — January 8, 2019 — <br />https://therealnews.com/stories/bernie-sanders-responds-to-trumps-oval-office-address<br />Erik Rothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-63466077672806197642019-01-08T18:49:41.775-05:002019-01-08T18:49:41.775-05:00Great stuff, Karen. I lose count of your knockout...<br />Great stuff, Karen. I lose count of your knockouts. <br /><br />Some day in the great new tomorrow, when we're all younger and fit to take on more work, I hope you'll launch another blog that explains exactly how you remember all the points of darkness attached to corrupt figures in politics, finance and journalism. Do you have a magic filing system, or do you simply not forget coupled with the gift of instant recall? However you do it, Bravo!<br />Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-69158932662882090642019-01-08T13:58:08.395-05:002019-01-08T13:58:08.395-05:00I sent this comment to krugman’s Warren column:
Me...I sent this comment to krugman’s Warren column:<br />Meredith<br />New YorkJan. 7<br />Just out of curiosity--can Krugman now inform us of the differences in policy between Sen Warren, and Bernie Sanders, for instance? <br />As many readers pointed out, PK conspicuously ignored and then denigrated him for 2016, even tho Sanders only basically wanted to restore the New Deal for the 21st Century. That was deemed too radical in our distorted politics. Then Sanders polled as the most popular politician of 2017.<br /><br />We saw blatant bias that many called out in 2016. So how seriously should we take all this talk for the next election? <br /><br />Even if he wasn't the best candidate, or if disagreed with some of his ideas, the NYT and Krugman didn't even give Sanders' proposals the time of day. No clarification or evidence. <br /><br />And his ideas are actually centrist policy in most other democracies-- like health care for all. Still too radical, PK? <br /><br />And proposals that were once centrist in America:<br />Low cost/ free state college tuition.<br />Higher tax rates on the rich.<br />Sensible regulations on big banks and on campaign finance--etc etc. <br />These were once norms within our lifetimes, now deemed politically left wing. <br /><br />Now PK gives positive feedback on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren? Good. So now please clarify policy differences, just for the record. Seems Warren and Sanders agree more than they diverge. What happened?<br /><br />****<br />So a few replies then bashed Sanders as unelectable, with negative baggage and pie in sky ideas, etc etc.<br /><br />Then came this intelligent, well written reply to them. <br /> <br />Rich<br />Berkeley CAJan. 7<br />@Darsan54, you've missed the point of @Meredith's comment. Krugman was denigrating toward Sanders throughout the 2016 campaign, to a degree that was distressing to Bernie supports (myself included), but now is behind OAC and Warren, who directly benefit from the political space opened up by Sanders' candidacy. The comment by @Meredith wasn't about Sanders being a candidate, but about the inconsistency in Krugman's opinions of him, Warren, and OAC, and the lack of distinction in their wpolicy positions.<br /><br />I think it boils down to Krugman being a fan of HRC and his inability to see then what Bernie was offering. So as he scolds the media for its inability to consider serious policy positions, some of us would like to see him recognize -- publicly -- that he was unduly harsh to Bernie and the "unrealistic" policies he supported, which, largely as a result of his candidacy, are no longer so unrealistic.<br /><br /><br />****<br />I replied:<br /><br />Meredith<br />New YorkJan. 7<br />@Rich....thanks, you sure summed it up well, better than I did. <br />Yes, PK was a fan of HRC, and many readers said she would've picked him as Treasury Secy. She cited his name in debates. <br /><br />Sanders wasn't the best candidate---current ones are better. But Sanders was soundly dissed, as were his ideas.<br /><br />Recently, at a NY book store event, I criticized Sanders campaign to his manager, Jeff Weaver. I asked why didn't Sanders spotlight that he once escorted a bus full of Vermonters to Canada to buy cancer drugs they couldn't afford here? <br /><br />And why didn't he put forth his 2014 senate hearings on positive role models of health care financing abroad, with witness from Canada, France, Denmark and Taiwan? Nothing on it in the campaign---should have been big in our media. I'd run across that unusual event on cspan. That was it.Meredith NYCnoreply@blogger.com