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In reply to the discussion: Barney Frank thinks Warren will run for president [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)from, "How high should we jump when the banker/owners of our party say jump." to should we jump for the banker/owners of the party just because their checks clear?"
With neighbors going hungry and being forced into the streets I know neither narrative will help them to survive in the short run, but at least one will put us back on track towards a path to a party that thinks the way to help the hungry masses is to raise their food stamp allocations to match the rising cost of food rather than sponsor bills to cut food stamps a bit less than the fascists want to or god forbid reopen the factories that had us all working towards a better life rather than off shoring those jobs for pennies more in profit via free trade.
The path to sanity and humanity must begin with someone that is at least sane and humane. Elizabeth appears at least for now to be such an individual.
Then again, I once thought the same thing about candidate Obama, enough so that I destroyed my credibility with my class by encouraging many of them to vote rather than the usual GOTV tactic of appealing only to middle class and yuppwards (I mean upwards) that represents the efforts of most of the party and party faithful.
We know our broke asses have less than zero influence to the cats running, we also know that voting for anyone is a vote for yet more hunger and homelessness. Nevertheless one should consider that my demographic not only dwarfs all others including the middle class combined with the swing voters, but is also (due to 30 years of bi-partisan policy) the fastest growing demographic on the charts.
Perhaps there is a great untapped voting block among said broke ass's to be worth it for some in the party to cater to more than the middle class. FDR got our broke ass vote, Clinton lost it, and Obama cemented that loss.
It is never too late. So yeah, I hope she runs, and I also hope even more progressive candidates run in the future before it is too late for the most of us