The results of Super Tuesday, this past Tuesday [March 3, 2020], felt orchestrated by the Democratic Party Establishment—very much involving 44th U.S. president Barack Obama—for the purpose of effectively ending the run of Vermont U.S. senator Bernie Sanders.
I will vote the nomination to Sanders from my home state Michigan. I hope he wins it. At the same time, I do not want to predict. Michigan is on the schedule next Tuesday [March 10].
I am not going to sugarcoat anything. This is setting up the nomination for 47th U.S. vice president Joe Biden of Delaware. My theory is that it is not so much the establishment wants Biden. They do. What they have been wanting most is for any candidate who fits their mold. That can be Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, whoever. None of this about unseating Trump. It is about preventing the actual left from potentially reaching meaningful power. And this is coming from a so-called political party that is commonly considered the one which is on the left.
The role Massachusetts U.S. senator Elizabeth Warren (who dropped out of the race on Thursday, March 5) has played in all this has been described by Jamarl Thomas as a “stalking horse.” I think that is accurate. I followed the Super Tuesday primaries coverage on “Political Vigilante Super Tuesday Livestream with Graham Elwood & Ron Placone.” In a livestream lasting 4 hours and 5 minutes, my comment on Warren was read at the mark of 3 hours and 58 minutes. “I like the mask coming off the faces of Elizabeth Warren. (And Adam Green.) Since 2016, we keep learning more and more of Warren.”
I have come across plenty of comments by the actual progressives I trust. (I applaud Tim Black. He essentially says, keep fighting! He is right. I may continue to donate to the campaign of Bernie Sanders.) Much of the Super Tuesday comments have focused on what Bernie Sanders may have been able to do that he did not do. But, what needs to be kept in mind is looking at this from the position of a corrupt political establishment. They receive their orders by their owners—the people who fund them. Their owners do not want the system, which benefits them, being changed. So, the corporate Democratic Party Establishment wants and needs compliant voters. The corrupt, corporate, Democratic Party Establishment—along with all their allies—wants you, quite possibly a compliant voter, to “Vote Blue No Matter Who.” I also think it is important to recognize certain people. Some of them, like Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s Adam Green, are frauds. (I think his devotion to Warren is a part of an overall scam with the Democratic Party Establishment. I am guessing it has to do with money going into PCCC.) Some, like those who think Joe Biden is electable, and who claim that defeating/unseating Trump is their No. 1 priority, may not be keen observers of historic voting patterns—meaning, what unseats an incumbent U.S. president—and some may be blowing hot air. (In other words: Although they provide a lot of lip service, you realize they are not serious.) And I consider the possibility that some of these voters are corrupt-minded. Of those to whom this is applicable—they’re in a con job. This is party why I intend to laugh at, and dismiss, all continued and future pleas by Democratic Loyalists to “Vote Blue No Matter Who.”
If the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination goes to anybody but Bernie Sanders or Tulsi Gabbard, I will not comply. (I don’t mean to phrase that as the likely scenario.) In fact, I will not “Vote Blue” in any general-election race. (I like this. My home state, Michigan, is now a bellwether state.) I will vote. I will not refrain from participating by voting. But, I will make sure no Democratic candidate—incumbent or otherwise—receives a votes by me. (I vote in person. I always check my ballot before submitting.) I am, given their current form, rejecting this so-called political party. In fact, I have reached a point in which—should it be Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden—I would prefer to vote to re-elect the 45th U.S. president. (That is, if I had a gun pointed at my head, I would have no problem making that choice. I do not want Biden elected.) I also prefer, in the 2020 U.S. Senate election from Michigan that will likely pair Republican John James (nominated in 2018) against corporatist Democratic incumbent Gary Peters, the challenger to prevail. (That is, if I had a gun pointed to my head, I would have no problem making that choice. I do not want Peters re-elected.) I also would prefer, in light of all this, to never again vote in a general election for anyone who has a “D” after his/her name. I have reached the conclusion that this so-called political party is a sham.
We will see how the rest of the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries plays out. (They are scheduled until early-June.) In the meantime, I will change my plans for Progressives Chat. I was going to schedule blog topics for every Tuesday and Saturday—dealing with scheduled primaries and caucuses which fall on those days—but now I don’t want to do that. I prefer to not dedicate blog topics to what looks very much like yet another rigged presidential nomination. Readers’ comments may address them as they play out. I will return to a normal pattern of blog topics that are not merely about U.S. electoral politics but are with respect to whatever issue I address and publish. Progressives Chat will return to the usual two-days-per-week schedule on Mondays and Fridays. This begins today and continues regularly on Monday [March 9].
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