By Michael J. Smith on Wednesday August 9, 2006 02:35 PM
In a glowingly festive mood after the popular primary defeat of Vile Joe,
the agile mind of Alex Cockburn links to this perhaps sharply more relevant
parallel development --
the primary defeat of true progressive Cynthia McKinney --
and it prompts him to ask
But the question remains whether there is any home in the Democratic Party for a true progressive. Lamont’s victory in the primary certainly doesn’t answer that question. On most issues he’s almost indistinguishable from Lieberman. On Tuesday you had only to travel down I-95 to Georgia to see what happens to real progressives, where the Democratic Party conspired with Fox News and the rest of the press to try to destroy Cynthia McKinney’s political career. For the second time.(The Israel lobby upended McKinney once before, in '02, but she regained her seat in '04.) zionists up ended her once before in 02 but she re gained her seat in 04
Thanks as always, Alex. It's a hideous political atrocity that the questions I pose below already have an answer -- a disgraceful "fish in a barrel" -type answer:
- Will Cynthia run a Team Georgia independent democrat campaign?
- Will the state and the party even let her try?
Comments (3)
Speaking of "true progressives" in the Cockburn sense of the word. Our pal Ned gives an interview to - The Forward - titled: "Antiwar Candidate Backs Israeli Strikes"
http://www.forward.com/articles/8190
Where he is found saying,
"...he disagreed with the European Union's declaration that criticized Israel's actions as a "disproportionate" response."
"I don't think it's for the United States to dictate how Israel tactically defends itself."
...that he did not agree with calls for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
To be fair, he also said,
"We didn't deal with the peace process in a serious way over the last five years — that's part of the reason that Israel is under attack today."
In the NeoCon/AIPAC/Forward matrix, Iraq, Lebanon and the coming wars with Syria and Iran are all intricately linked which is why all the DLC democrats cant say no to Iraq.
In truth, you either say yes to all of it or no to all of it and Ned is sitting on the fence.
Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2006 3:34 PM
Posted on August 9, 2006 15:34
Speaking of "true progressives" in the Cockburn sense of the word. Our pal Ned gives an interview to - The Forward - titled: "Antiwar Candidate Backs Israeli Strikes"
http://www.forward.com/articles/8190
Where he is found saying,
"...he disagreed with the European Union's declaration that criticized Israel's actions as a "disproportionate" response."
"I don't think it's for the United States to dictate how Israel tactically defends itself."
...that he did not agree with calls for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
To be fair, he also said,
"We didn't deal with the peace process in a serious way over the last five years — that's part of the reason that Israel is under attack today."
In the NeoCon/AIPAC/Forward matrix, Iraq, Lebanon and the coming wars with Syria and Iran are all intricately linked which is why all the DLC democrats cant say no to Iraq.
In truth, you either say yes to all of it or no to all of it and Ned is sitting on the fence.
Posted by jesus reyes | August 9, 2006 3:35 PM
Posted on August 9, 2006 15:35
The dems in Georgia, being good little democrat androids, will do everything in their power to stop an independent run by McKinney. That's the safest prediction I'm likely to ever make.
Posted by AlanSmithee | August 9, 2006 4:09 PM
Posted on August 9, 2006 16:09