Comments on: Some Thoughts on Politics http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/06/12/30/some-thoughts-on-politics/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Elayne Riggs http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/06/12/30/some-thoughts-on-politics/#comment-137864 Elayne Riggs Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:23:10 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/06/12/30/some-thoughts-on-politics/#comment-137864 "..they shake hands and go out for a beer together." And it's not just that way between Democratic candidates, but between Democrats and their Republican rivals as well. All rich people belong to that "shake hands and go out for a beer" mentality where they will <i>always have more in common with each other than they ever will with us</i>. And that goes for satirists and media pundits as well. “..they shake hands and go out for a beer together.” And it’s not just that way between Democratic candidates, but between Democrats and their Republican rivals as well. All rich people belong to that “shake hands and go out for a beer” mentality where they will always have more in common with each other than they ever will with us. And that goes for satirists and media pundits as well.

]]> By: k http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/06/12/30/some-thoughts-on-politics/#comment-137812 k Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:56:37 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/06/12/30/some-thoughts-on-politics/#comment-137812 You're still home sick? You’re still home sick?

]]> By: brendancalling http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/06/12/30/some-thoughts-on-politics/#comment-137800 brendancalling Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:55:54 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/06/12/30/some-thoughts-on-politics/#comment-137800 <i>But if you’ve never been where those people have been, you probably won’t be able to anticipate their problems. Maybe you’ll support a piece of legislation that causes poor people more harm than good, and you’ll never even notice.</i> You mean legislation like NAFTA, which sent the blue collar jobs to mexico, or PRWORA,which took away welfare benefits and refused to include "education" as a "work activity"? That's why I'm so flabbergasted when working class people support the Clintons. And you can't say I've "never been where those people have been", because I'm there RIGHT NOW. And numerous members of my extended family have been there since the 1990s, unable to find a job that employs the manual skills they have. The DLC Democrats, which includes the Clintons, have not stood up for democratic core constituencies like the poor or unions or minorities. They did great harm to them. I'm not giving them another shot at making more mistakes. But if you’ve never been where those people have been, you probably won’t be able to anticipate their problems. Maybe you’ll support a piece of legislation that causes poor people more harm than good, and you’ll never even notice.

You mean legislation like NAFTA, which sent the blue collar jobs to mexico, or PRWORA,which took away welfare benefits and refused to include “education” as a “work activity”?

That’s why I’m so flabbergasted when working class people support the Clintons. And you can’t say I’ve “never been where those people have been”, because I’m there RIGHT NOW. And numerous members of my extended family have been there since the 1990s, unable to find a job that employs the manual skills they have.

The DLC Democrats, which includes the Clintons, have not stood up for democratic core constituencies like the poor or unions or minorities. They did great harm to them. I’m not giving them another shot at making more mistakes.

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