“Another example of giving the game away in few words came two nights ago when the liberal-elitist ‘Inside Elections’ political analyst Stuart Rothenburg spoke on the PBS NewsHour. ‘The Democrats as a party’ Rothenburg told NewsHour host and Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) member Judy Woodruff, ‘are divided between the Bernie Sanders wing and Hillary Clinton wing, the pragmatists and ideologues.’
For Rothenburg, the Clinton wing members are the ‘pragmatists,’ the realistic adults who want to ‘get things done’ (one of the great neoliberal president Obama’s favorite phrases and claims). The Sanders folks are ‘ideologues,’ a pejorative term meaning people who are mainly about ideology and who are carried away by their own flighty and doctrinal world view.
This was a slap (an ideological one I might add) at the more progressive and social-democratic faction of the Democratic Party – a blow masquerading as ‘objective’ and detached political analysis.”
Paul Street, Giving the Game Away
If you watch this relatively short video much of what has been puzzling you about the failure of our political system will be made clearer.
Franklin Roosevelt could work tirelessly for the common person because he was already comfortable in his own skin with regard to his own social status, and more importantly, as a result of his long term paralysis he knew how little that it really meant. As suffering sometimes does, it introduces compassion and empathy even among the upper crust.
This post was published at Jesses Crossroads Cafe on 12 NOVEMBER 2017.
Follow on Twitter
Recent Comments