Michael O’McCarthy on Last Nights Democratic Debate
Posted in Michael O'McCarthy's Blog, Main Blog (All Posts) on August 8th, 2007 6:40 pm by Michael O'Mccarthy
In two related moments in contemporary history, the Democratic Party machine
aligned itself with the corporate war machine.
Congress gives the Corporate State the wiretap (spying apparatus) it needs for future surveillance of American Citizens.
Hillary Clinton drives forward with the Democratic Party Central Committee’s design to take over the White House in 2008 with Biden, Dodd vying for a place in her administration. Attacking Obama and ignoring both Edwards and
Kucinich the Old Line Party Demo’s positioned themselves before the trade union
movement as the voice of the Democratic — Anti-Republican Party.
Dennis Kucinich was at his very best at the debate - clearly the crowd’s
favorite. His pro-worker position (as opposed to the trickery of “pro-trade
union” corporate sellout bullshit politics of the AFL), spoke volumes about where
the hearts and minds of working people are.
But Kucinich is an opposition candidate without a sufficiently solidified
base strong enough to change the direction of the DP, nor strong enough to form
an alternative. Unless Kucinich and company (his campaign), turn to the
masses and the progressives, he will find himself a lone voice, once again in
the Congress shouting for change. If that’s the role he wants, then he
certainly has it. That the others completely ignored him reflects their contempt for
a progressive agenda and for Kucinich himself.
Michael O’McCarthy
August 8th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Whoever the next President turns out to be, I’m pulling for Biden, has to move America back to the left slowly. Incrementally. Carter moved way too fast, and got blasted. Clinton started out strong, but he learned his lesson after we lost Congress in the following midterm elections.