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I think nothing would "unite" the capitalist class more than a "dangerous leftist" getting the nomination --- And I sure hope I'm wrong because I want one of those "dangerous leftists" to get the nomination .... If the ruling class were smart they'd put their eggs in Deval Patrick's or Cory Booker's basket --- both would be quite "safe" for them --- (maybe throw our side a sop by nominating either Elizabeth Warren or -- more likely --- Kirsten Gillibrand for VP) But who knows --- maybe an upsurge will surprise everyone as Obama did in 2008.... On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 4:10 PM, John Reimann <1999wild...@gmail.com> wrote: > What Michael Meerepol posted is an entirely different issue. I was writing > about the crisis within the capitalist class, the lack of interest in this > crisis among socialists, and why we should care. > > I'm looking forward to comments on this issue. > > John Reimann > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 12:42 PM, Michael Meeropol <mamee...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thought experiment -- >> >> (doubt this will happen but....) >> >> The Democratic Party nominates Bernie Sanders for President --- >> >> What does the US ruling class do? >> >> --- we know what it did when the Repugs nominated Goldwater --- the US >> Ruling class went hell bent to support Johnson --- >> >> When the Dems nominated McGovern, the US ruling class went hell bent for >> Nixon .... >> >> faced with Trump vs. Sanders, will they take a risk on Sanders but decide >> Trump isn't "so bad"?? >> >> Another possibility -- Biden gets the nomination and offers the VP to >> Kasich as a "ticket of national unity" to defeat Trump --- >> >> --- what do all the "liberals" (and the miniscule group of leftists) do??? >> >> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 1:44 PM, John Reimann via Marxism < >> marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: >> >>> ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >>> #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >>> #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >>> #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >>> ***************************************************************** >>> >>> ‘“There was polite applause, but a lot of people didn’t clap,” said a >>> club >>> insider privy to the exchange. “There was a lot of talk that [Supreme >>> Court >>> Justice Anthony] Kennedy sold out,” allegedly having agreed to retire >>> from >>> the bench in exchange for President Trump’s picking his conservative >>> former >>> law clerk *Brett Kavanaugh* to succeed him. >>> >>> Who was saying this? Was it the “left” liberals who were saying that >>> Kennedy sold out? Nope. It was the elite of the capitalist class at the >>> Bohemian Club’s annual retreat in Sonoma County, California, according to >>> SF Chronicle reporters Matier and Ross >>> <https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/At- >>> Bohemian-Club-retreat-conservative-crowd-13102110.php> >>> . >>> >>> Matier and Ross continue: ‘In contrast, over at the Owl’s Nest >>> encampment, >>> we’re told TV pundits *Chris Matthews*, *David Gergen *and *David Brooks >>> *lit >>> up the crowd, especially when Brooks lamented the “loss of honesty, truth >>> and civility” during the Trump era, calling it a “disaster and threat to >>> democracy.” >>> >>> ‘“The entire camp erupted into applause,” says our spy.’ >>> This anecdote is a window into what is happening within the mainstream of >>> the US capitalist class. They are in turmoil. Yet all too many socialists >>> wilfully ignore this. They think what's happening is simply a continuum >>> of >>> what happened under Obama. They are greatly mistaken. They are also >>> greatly >>> mistaken that we should not be paying attention. >>> >>> The article contains links to the five news reports (that I know of) that >>> document Trump's role as a money launderer for the Russian mafia. >>> >>> Full article: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2018/07/28/we-dont-care/ >>> >>> John Reimann >>> >>> -- >>> *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black >>> Jacobins" by C. L. R. James >>> Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook >>> _________________________________________________________ >>> Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm >>> Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt >>> ions/marxism/mameerop%40gmail.com >> >> >> > > > -- > *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black > Jacobins" by C. L. R. James > Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
