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Counterpoint: My Unicorn Problem Problem
Juicer Betty Cracker, sounding a lot like me, yesterday.
I get Krugman’s frustration, I really do. But here’s a portion of his post that disturbs me, and I sincerely hope it doesn’t reflect the thinking of Team Clinton:
That’s defeatism. We’ve had our radical right experiment. It was called Reaganism. It started when I was in high school, and it got seriously pushed back for the first time in decades — thanks to President Obama and the Democrats — when my daughter was in high school.
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There’s a reason support for Sanders’ candidacy is deeper than expected. If the hopes are so high, it’s only because the despair is so deep. And sneering comments to the contrary, it’s not because dumb-collitch-kids-want-free-stuff, hur-hur-hur.
It’s also middle-aged, middle-class folks like my husband and me jokingly discussing retirement as a hobo adventure if the shaky-ass economy tanks our crappy 401ks and destroys our home equity again. It’s the people who are squeezed between trying to do right by their kids and looking after aging parents.
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Yes, preventing further Republican vandalism and defending President Obama’s accomplishments are crucial goals. But should Clinton win the nomination, I hope she’ll take the Sanders phenomenon to heart and push for more than just standing pat. She damn well better if she wants to win.
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/02/18/counterpoint-my-unicorn-problem-problem/
If we’re going to have any kind of radical change in the next few years and probably the next couple of decades, it will come from the right, not the left.
That’s defeatism. We’ve had our radical right experiment. It was called Reaganism. It started when I was in high school, and it got seriously pushed back for the first time in decades — thanks to President Obama and the Democrats — when my daughter was in high school.
...
There’s a reason support for Sanders’ candidacy is deeper than expected. If the hopes are so high, it’s only because the despair is so deep. And sneering comments to the contrary, it’s not because dumb-collitch-kids-want-free-stuff, hur-hur-hur.
It’s also middle-aged, middle-class folks like my husband and me jokingly discussing retirement as a hobo adventure if the shaky-ass economy tanks our crappy 401ks and destroys our home equity again. It’s the people who are squeezed between trying to do right by their kids and looking after aging parents.
...
Yes, preventing further Republican vandalism and defending President Obama’s accomplishments are crucial goals. But should Clinton win the nomination, I hope she’ll take the Sanders phenomenon to heart and push for more than just standing pat. She damn well better if she wants to win.
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/02/18/counterpoint-my-unicorn-problem-problem/