The Horror
By Scott Lemieux
Both Sides Do It!
I hope that Ralph Nader has rendered this kind of thing politically inconsequential, but for Chrissakes:
Yes, I will be horrified if Donald Trump is elected. I will also be horrified if Hillary Clinton is elected. Both are corporate politicians.
— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) May 22, 2016
If you look at an electoral contest between the most progressive platform a Democratic presidential candidate has run on in a long time and an orange-hued Mussolini and you conclude that they’re essentially the same because “corporate,” I’m not sure what to tell you. But I guess it does help to explain why Stein, who seems to have real political talent and could make a real contribution to progressive politics, prefers empty wankery instead.
Speaking of Saint Ralph, I see the “public interest” organization he founded continues to share the attitude he’s always displayed towards people who work for him.
May 22, 2016 at 01:46PM
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