Author: Sheila Marler
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Long Term versus Short Term Strategy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSee also: [intlink id=”985″ type=”post”]The American Diamond in the Rough[/intlink]
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Apologies to the Green Party
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI realize that I got off on the wrong foot on the last post. I blame the fact that I approached the subject backwards. When I saw that first Chris Hedges interview with Ralph Nader, I didn’t get the part where Hedges was supporting the Green Party. I thought he was…
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2016 and the Curious Case of the Third Party Left
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve been enjoying the political commentary on YouTube since I discovered it a few weeks ago, but I’m sorry to have to report a disturbing pattern. Previously I questioned the wisdom of Sanders supporters pushing voters to a third party candidate. I was talking about a YouTube blogger that I haven’t mentioned…
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My List of Pet Peeves and Strange Behaviors in the 2016 Election
Reading Time: < 1 minute People who criticize Bernie Sanders because he’s not radical enough. People who give Occupy Wall Street credit for creating Bernie Sanders. These are often the same people who think Sanders is not radical enough. People who play the role of America’s honorary lefty, usually at the behest of the people…
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Hillary’s Shameless Posturing on Gun Control
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m finally listening to the last debate—I can never get CNN’s live stream to work so I have to wait for it to be posted on YouTube. Sadly, it feels like torture to listen to it. I know that if New Yorkers voted today, and if it was a fair vote, Bernie…
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Calling the Election Like it is
Reading Time: 2 minutesBernie Sanders’ enemies have been trying to take the shine off of his invitation to speak at the Vatican. They claim they’re concerned about protocol but they’re only angry because they think it might increase his chances in this election. They are out of touch with our times. To put things in…
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Missouri Democratic Party Helps Hillary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn March 28, two weeks after the Missouri primary, the Missouri Democratic Party chose to reinterpret the rules for delegate allocation, potentially cementing Clinton’s victory in that state. By Friday evening, this change will be final. Clinton won the Missouri primary in a near tie. However under the old interpretation, because…
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Sanders Wins Majority of Delegates at Nevada Democratic Convention
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe corporate media didn’t think the drama at Nevada’s convention was important. Nor did media bigwigs think it was important to report the fact that Bernie Sanders won more delegates at the convention than Clinton. For the details of the Nevada caucus see Tom Cahill’s article on U.S. Uncut. ((Tom Cahill,…
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Sanders Supporters Disenfranchised at Nevada Democratic Convention
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEd Opperman’s YouTube channel, The Opperman Report, reported live on Saturday that Hillary Clinton’s supporters are railroading the Nevada Democratic convention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhuho4bGNh4&t=1227s Opperman reports that Michelle White, Hillary’s Nevada campaign manager, with the help of Marla Turner, Secretary of the Party’s Executive Board, tried Friday night to move someone on Clinton’s…
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Sanders’ Massachusetts Campaign Worker Alleges Infiltration by Clinton Operatives
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSince [intlink id=”2473″ type=”post”]Niko House’s[/intlink] report on North Carolina, reports continue to roll in of similar tactics in other states. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEMOKSaTk0