06-18-2023, 10:56 PM
RFK is going to flop in the primaries, won't be given any legitimacy, and Biden will easily get re-nominated as every president has over the last century. He's insane. I get the effort and attempt though. Like I said, they think this is going to be some hard fought contest where they get to re-live some Bernie fantasies that never came to pass (remember when Bernie was gonna content through the convention lol). In reality Bernie got smoked by Hillary but the bitterness bled into the general election. Given the Trump dynamic this time of him being a known threat that won't be the case here.
The union of the far left and far right sure is interesting though isn't it. Post-2016 it really seems like leftist policy focuses have largely been erased and replaced with political bitterness and reactionary, contrarian wink/nods at republicans. I don't remember the last time I heard a breathless appeal for universal healthcare but I've heard plenty of complaints about identity politics. Plenty of headline chasing to praise "anti corporation" republicans. Just last week Matt Stoller was praising JD Vance. And then...
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/j-d-vance-rail-safety-act-amendment
Whoops. Funny how the origin of that was Trump reversing Obama era regulations.
The union of the far left and far right sure is interesting though isn't it. Post-2016 it really seems like leftist policy focuses have largely been erased and replaced with political bitterness and reactionary, contrarian wink/nods at republicans. I don't remember the last time I heard a breathless appeal for universal healthcare but I've heard plenty of complaints about identity politics. Plenty of headline chasing to praise "anti corporation" republicans. Just last week Matt Stoller was praising JD Vance. And then...
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/j-d-vance-rail-safety-act-amendment
Whoops. Funny how the origin of that was Trump reversing Obama era regulations.

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