tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post7387088842149616042..comments2024-03-28T14:47:11.132-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-38149945585906548522016-07-11T19:02:38.587-04:002016-07-11T19:02:38.587-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.chobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886371281303787664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-18468117402085150342016-07-10T09:21:48.760-04:002016-07-10T09:21:48.760-04:00I don't think Hillary sold out to the highest ...I don't think Hillary sold out to the highest bidder. If it were that simple, we could just put in a higher bid. I think the problem is much deeper and more intractable than that.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-55040544679349686932016-07-09T23:11:02.191-04:002016-07-09T23:11:02.191-04:00I am a Bernie backer, but will vote for Hillary fo...I am a Bernie backer, but will vote for Hillary for obvious reasons. As a good utilitarian the lesser of two evils will produce less evil. Not that Hillary is evil. Just a money-grubbing wheeler-dealer who probably used to have great values before she sold them to the highest bidder. But she is not a sociopathic narcissist, so she will get my vote.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602650703114898406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-33635355184243192692016-07-09T13:47:10.202-04:002016-07-09T13:47:10.202-04:00I don't think you are correct in saying that S...I don't think you are correct in saying that Sanders supporters will back Clinton. It is hard to believe she will actually pursue any goals that Sanders supporters call for. Also, the more ideological Sanders supporters may possibly stick to their strong beliefs and refuse to support the status quo and establishment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-24479807578549481982016-07-09T06:11:18.271-04:002016-07-09T06:11:18.271-04:00big stage, indeed. We few, we happy few ...big stage, indeed. We few, we happy few ...Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-22534874128260949502016-07-09T02:03:25.361-04:002016-07-09T02:03:25.361-04:00Oh my! I flubbed my moment on the big stage. What ...Oh my! I flubbed my moment on the big stage. What I meant to say: "Perhaps he knew something we didn't a priori." Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-75730930044329248862016-07-08T16:05:24.896-04:002016-07-08T16:05:24.896-04:00One small note: Hillary came out against the TPP i...One small note: Hillary came out against the TPP in October 2015, so it's unlikely that Bernie had much to do with that. It's true that absent Bernie, opposition to the TPP wouldn't have made it into the party platform.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-27118256395050530522016-07-08T13:15:19.885-04:002016-07-08T13:15:19.885-04:00Bernie's campaign has been absolutely brillian...Bernie's campaign has been absolutely brilliant. Even if he were a true Wolffite, knowing Marx backwards and forwards along with the irony and literary references, he could not have played it better. Perhaps he knew something we didn't a posteriori.Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-42362552564920560122016-07-08T12:35:56.049-04:002016-07-08T12:35:56.049-04:00Everything David Palmeter says is absolutely true....Everything David Palmeter says is absolutely true. I am ready if Bernie gives the call. I signed up to do voter registration in Chapel Hill tomorrow morning. First things first. We have a chance of taking a governorship, a senatorial seat, and the electoral votes here in North carolina.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-89400211880860392372016-07-08T08:50:53.318-04:002016-07-08T08:50:53.318-04:00Creation of an on-going progressive movement is vi...Creation of an on-going progressive movement is vital, and it should not be focused only on the presidency. Republicans now have the majority not only in the House and Senate, but also of governorships and as well as control of most state legislatures. These are breeding grounds for national candidates, and also the sources of all kinds of legislation—abortion restrictions, irresponsible gun laws, and all of the rest. States also define House districts, something the Republicans have turned into a fine art. Moreover , assuming she’s elected this year, Clinton is likely to be a one-term president. Not only is she not popular in her own right, in 2020 she would be running for the Democrats’ fourth consecutive term. Even FDR had a difficult time doing that, war or no war. Further, assuming that the Democrats win control of the Senate this year, they’re likely to lose it in 2018, both because off year elections are usually bad for the party in the White House, and also because (unlike this year) most of the contested seats will be Democrat. The best way for progressives to deal with this bleak situation is to start at the grass roots. It would be tragic to let the movement Bernie has started wither away, which is pretty much what it would do if it confined itself to presidential elections.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601151117159492920noreply@blogger.com