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Sharon L Bonney's avatar

The first sentence of your next-to-last paragraph is something that I devoutly wish could happen. But I cannot see it happening all at once. And with the Biden administration bad and a Trump administration worse, it is hard to even conceive of a pathway toward it. The only person speaking out now is Bernie Sanders. Four years ago the Democratic moderates did not think he could beat Trump, so they (Buttigieg and Klobuchar) threw their support to Biden. Now it is Biden who is polling badly. The only person I can see saving us now is Sanders. (It is assumed that Kamala will do as badly or worse against Trump than Biden.) He has stayed out of primaries in deference to Biden and because he is a year older. However, he comes across as younger and feistier than Biden. The only way I can see a hope for Gaza is for the Democratic Convention, if Biden continues to poll badly and lose the young voters because of Biden's well known Zionism, to draft Sanders. The idea is not so far-fetched; in 2016 the republican party considered turning to Romney but the voters were adamant.

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CarbonCopy's avatar

Bernie is nothing more than a shill for Genocide Joe. Period. He is a trap just like practically every candidate for president including Trump who is the biggest trap of all! Trump is stood up by Evangelicals the Zionist HORDE and he has development contracts for the stolen Palestinian land. He will do nothing for all these people who expect some sort of retribution for the crimes of this administration and Rhino's.

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Sharon L Bonney's avatar

I agree about Trump. That is why I focused on Bernie, who at least has it right on Palestine/Israel. And at this point, given that he has the support of the young people who have given up on Biden because of Israel, Bernie might have a better chance of defeating Trump than Biden.

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CarbonCopy's avatar

That whole crowd Bernie, AOC etc have already pledged their unending support for the Genocider Biden. In the end Bernie will bend over again and vomit out his supporters to the Zionist Nazis that control our government. Democrats and Republicans are nothing but ZioNazis and Evangelicals. They are the enemy of the entire world. Bernie too.

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Rob Roy's avatar

Sorry, Bernie caved into stepping aside for Hillary when he was the one who could have beaten Trump. Obama talked him into making that cowardly decision. Vote Jill Stein if you want no more wars and support for Palestinians.

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

Jill Stein is the answer. People, planet and peace. Energetically pro-Palestine and anti-war. Pro worker and pro meeting the climate crisis head on. The US needs her--the world needs her.

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Rob Roy's avatar

Yes. Surprised Bobby Kennedy hasn't been eliminated like his dad and uncle. But that's because MSM won't give him any air time. I'd vote for him, figuring, since he's smart, he could learn the truth about Israel and could be convinced to support healthcare for all. He, too, would stop these forever wars, close bases, bring those troops home to repair this falling-apart infrastructure. He's basically like his father, a decent man who has won many cases against poluters.

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JennyStokes's avatar

What bullshit......RFK he will support the Zionists. Just because he is a Kennedy means nothing.

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Rob Roy's avatar

Well, do either of the proposed nomination folks (Biden and Trump) say they will shut the over 800 UNNECESSARY military bases around the world? Does either say the first thing they would do if elected is free all the whistle blowers beginning with Julian Assange. Bobby says these things among many other promises that the other two venal incompetents would never say. So, yes, he's stupid on Israel, but as I said he can learn. As for taking on corporations, polluters for some, all his working life, as an environmental lawyer, NO other president has EVER done that, AND he wins his cases. Trump and Biden don't give a shit about the environment...look at the permissions to build Biden has given, for one example, to the biggest plastics maker, Formosa, just the other day. Trump and Biden are so bad, electing a rock would be an improvement. Kennedy has a brain, they don't.

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bill wolfe's avatar

Have you listened t Jr.'s pro-Israel rants? He also explicitly said he will not support medicare for all and his vaccine work has him in total war with the medical complex so he would never be able to craft a medicare for all program. Yes, he won many lawsuits against polluters, but his environmental policy relies on market forces and capitalism, which are the sources of the climate crisis and ecological collapse. I was interested in him when he first announced and emphasized corporate capture of government as a key problem, but he's since run away from that message and policy. He also alluded to meetings with Pompeo (interview with Tucker), which was very disturbing.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Because RFKjr is nowhere near getting power. And besides, assassination is so over the top. Something like out of "Yes, Minister" is less messy.

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Patricia's avatar

She’s be “removed” and “disappeared” before she could make a move.

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Pauline P Schneider's avatar

Biden walks with that shuffle that Tim Conway used to do mimicking a very elderly person. Biden isn’t pretending to be very elderly, he’s positively fossilized.

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Tony's avatar

The whole idea of orange man bad biden a lilttle less bad is the point if looking in the mirror same thing

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karl pomeroy's avatar

A Trump administration worse?? What evidence do you have to back that up? Were there any new wars during Trump's term? Of course not.

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Realist's avatar

"A Trump administration worse?? "

He was just terrible differently.

"Were there any new wars during Trump's term?"

Were any wars ended during Trump's term?

Of course not.

All Presidents, for decades, have acquiesced to the Deep State. That is since that CIA bullet hit JFK in the head, spewing his brains over the trunk of the Presidential limo.

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russian_bot's avatar

karl asked "new wars", Realist. Not "old" or "existing" ones. Is English your native language?

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Patricia's avatar

Perhaps more to the point,

Is it the native “tongue” of those who wrote the algorithm for this site(?)…

That is the origin of the issue

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russian_bot's avatar

What does any algorithm have to do with the issue of Realist bringing up something that was not in the original claim by karl?

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Realist's avatar

You are a dense bastard.

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Rob Roy's avatar

The answer is not Bernie. He stepped aside for Hillary when, in fact, he was the one who could defeat Trump. He appealed to the same voters as Trump and they preferred him. Obama called him in and for three hours convinced Bernie to foolishly step aside. Cowardly on Bernie's part. Vote Jill Stein if you want no more wars and support for Palestinians. Notice how the Dems and Repubs called her a "Russian asset" for going with a group of thirty to Russia on a peace seeking mission.

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Sharon L Bonney's avatar

I don't know what you mean by "step aside" when Bernie carried his opposition to Hillary all the way to the Convention, when she had already won enough delegates for the nomination. If he had dropped out when he should have and campaigned for her with enthusiasm she would have won in November. And if Jill Stein had not run Hillary would have won on November. Whatever you think of Hillary she would have been better than Trump. The reason I bring up Bernie now is that I can't see anyone else actually getting the nomination at the Convention and beating Trump. And that is because he is right about the Gaza war.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

The Ds are hooked on corporate cash flow. Sanders proved they could get as many campaign funds without corporate. The DNC found this very threatening to their skills as corporate fund raisers. They hosed Sanders as they would rather lose the election than have these skills become obsolete. Nothing has changed since.

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Slightly Lucid's avatar

Of course they knew he could beat Trump. The poll numbers in both 16 and 20 were clear. That’s why they sandbagged him; the donor classes pressed leadership with threats that they would back Trump over Sanders because of Sanders threat to reimpose glass-steagall and to enforce anti-monopoly law.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Yes, the collusion seems to run deep. There is only so much the general public is privy to. From my understanding, most politics/decisions are conducted in back-room deals - away from the prying eyes of the public. The idea of the "power elite" is to maintain their status quo and hegemony - to ensure that their interests will always supercede the interests of everybody else.

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Rob Roy's avatar

Caitlin, I replied here twice. Apparently, it couldn't be printed. Rob

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karl pomeroy's avatar

Are you saying there is censorship here, Rob? If so, I hadn't seen it.

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