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Since the season began, Chipsters have suspected that more than mere ambition was behind the serial hat tosses of Democratic Party candidates. One or two was normal; but when two became three and then four and then five, six, seven we suspected something foul was afoot. Today, the New York Slime gave the game away in article reporting on Corporate Democrat angst at Bernie's steamrolling success.
More than a confession of angst the NYT article actually disclosed the corporate Democrat strategy to defeat Bernie. The aim of the DNC is to field as many candidates as possible so as to deny Bernie 50% on the first ballot. At that point, the Superdelegates enter on stage to "put things right" and force a "sensible comprise" on a corporate centrist.
Read this from the article:
"The matter of What To Do About Bernie ... hovered over a series of previously undisclosed Democratic dinners in New York and Washington organized by the longtime party financier Bernard Schwartz. The gatherings have included scores from the moderate or center-left wing of the party, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California; Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader; former Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia; Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., himself a presidential candidate; and the president of the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden."
#1 Who is Bernard Schwartz?
Per wiki he is the "largest single contributor to the Democratic Party. He founded Priorities USA Action, the largest Democratic Party super PAC. Founded in 2011, it supported Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. It was the primary super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. It focused mainly on high-dollar donors."
#2-- Why was Pete Buttigieg there? And just before he announced his candidacy?
"Mayor Pete" is not quite a fresh face from the Hoosier State. Mr. Aww shucks Rhodes scholar. He was put himself in the running for DNC chair in 2016. He has been hanging around with insiders for a while and that make him part of the centrist Democrat circle.#3-- Come to think of it, why are there so many candidates?
Why, they just keep popping up! Look at the people tossing their hats in the ring: Kamala Harris (the woman Obama!), Beto O'Rourke, (the white Obama!), Pete Buttigieg (the gay Obama!) -- all fake progressives offering empty soundbites and assurances. And for good measure then come the regular, boring corporate centrists like Amy, Corey, and Gillibrand and every other office boy or office girl who ever hung around the DNC.QED: Flood the field with candidates so no one gets 50% then have the Superdelegates fix everything like they did in 2016.
Don't be fooled! As Franklin Roosevelt said: there are no accidents in politics. Bernard Schwartz and his Super Pac have the money and money is to politicians what strings are to puppets. Speaking on the Ellen Degeneres, Show Aww Shucks Pete, burbled that it was a good thing many people were jumping into the ring because that way we could have a full and open discussion of issues and approaches.... Bullshit. Back in 2016 did the DNC "prioritize" a full and open discussion of issues? Hell no! Bernie's run was a "betrayal" of a "party united" behind Hillary. We are to believe that this same cabal of insiders suddenly wants a free for all?
Yes they do. But not for the pretty reason Aww Shucks Pete would have you believe. It's all just a form of divide and conquer. Do not be fooled by "HOPEY" "CHANGEY" "TRUTHY" "JUSTICE" "PATHWAY" talk. This is just political popcorn -- cheap calories -- to give the impression of being progressive. Banks, telecom companies, major corporations do not shovel money at candidates in exchange for promises of "hope" "better dawns" and sentimental drivel ?
It's not hard to be specific. It's not politically dangerous to back specific policies which polls show most Americans are in favor of. If the centrist democrats and Obama 2.0's are not committing themsleves to specific progressive policies, they are either anti progressives or fake progressives. Pick your huckster but don't come crying to me when your progressive hopes get betrayed again.
