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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:17 PM Mar 2015

Salon.com: 2016's untold story: How the election could bring a new wave of progressive warriors

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http://www.salon.com/2015/03/10/2016s_untold_story_how_the_election_could_bring_a_new_wave_of_progressive_warriors/

"As America marches inexorably toward a presidential election that will almost certainly feature another Clinton, possibly pitted against yet another Bush, a sense of resignation and fatalism has taken hold among many observers on both the progressive left and the anti-establishment right. While Jeb and Hillary would trade barbs on such perennial wedges issues as abortion and same-sex marriage, and Clinton may be more supportive than Bush of what passes for a social safety net in this country — just don’t mind that bit about ending welfare as we knew it, and try not to focus on that pesky vote for bankruptcy “reform” — neither Wall Street-friendly candidate poses a threat to the plutocratic powers that be. Indeed, the masters of the universe can’t quite decide which of the two they’d prefer to see elected. Either way, they rest assured, they win."
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Salon.com: 2016's untold story: How the election could bring a new wave of progressive warriors (Original Post) LiberalElite Mar 2015 OP
They win aspirant Mar 2015 #1
Not unless the frogs notice they are being slow boiled Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #2

aspirant

(3,533 posts)
1. They win
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 08:13 PM
Mar 2015

and "We The People" lose.

The UPROAR is building and Fast Track and TPP may just put us over the top.

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