It’s indicative of the fragile propaganda that’s underpinning Democratic strategy when DNC leaders call for party unity at a time when they are coronating one of the most polarizing political figures in American history. But that path is the only tactic available for political entities that have chosen duplicity over substance; when the only method of successfully promoting corporate agenda is through the use of deceit.
Hillary Clinton is not a populist; that can’t be repeated enough. She is a neo-liberal, and based on experience, it means corporate interests will take precedent over middle class priorities if she is elected. That is the reason the Democratic Party will continue to lose power; it is the reason the Republicans are growing their base while we are losing members through attrition. If a coalition’s agenda is constructed on a house of cards, it will have no available avenue for building better ideals; the weight of its own duplicity will cause it to collapse. History has taught us that when a political party is bereft of fresh ideas, and it relies on deceit to stay in power, then its relevancy has passed.
To a certain extent, DNC leaders who refuse to acknowledge the true reasons for the 2014-midterm losses exemplify this obtuseness. They know the populist members of the party demurred in the last election because many of this administration’s policies have been antithetical to traditional Democratic values; but acknowledging inter-party discontent threatens their agenda so they opted to double down on spin rather than heed the warning from the base.
It doesn’t take a prognosticator to know the party is dying. As former Obama advisor, Bill Curry, recently said: “As it is now organized and led, the Democratic Party is a corrupt and empty husk of an institution.” (Salon)
But many party faithful cling to the hope that Hillary Clinton will rescue the party from its suicidal tendencies; that she will place us on a path leading away from policies that have demoralized the base.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
For those of us who have followed Clinton’s career from its inception, we know the populist image she has synthesized is not real; it’s meant to mask her true agenda. Like Barrack Obama, she is so deeply vested in corporate money that she resembles a populist as much as Rodney Dangerfield resembled George Clooney.
And just when you thought the White House couldn’t act more disingenuous they introduce a new PR campaign that is so blatantly deceitful it is embarrassing. Politico’s article, yesterday, titled the “Rift Among Progressives Emerges On TPP,” reached a new nadir that previously seemed impossible. The response by progressives was predictable. As reported by Evan McMorris-Santoro and Kate Nocera, from Buzzfeed:
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, progressives were surprised to learn they were “split” on President Obama’s trade agenda.
Few issues have galvanized the American left like trade promotion authority, legislation that would pave the way for the administration to fast-track trade negotiations and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — the trade deal the Obama administration is working tirelessly to make a reality and many Democrats oppose. From senators to the activists that make up the organized left (trade unions, environmentalists, human rights advocates), progressives can’t stand the trade deal.
Yet there it was in black and white: “RIFT AMONG PROGRESSIVES EMERGES ON TPP,” read a headline in Politico’s daily labor and employment tipsheet, Morning Shift. The short item detailed the emergence of the “Progressive Coalition for American Jobs ” — a group of “progressives and Democrats committed to leveling the playing field for American workers,” according to the coalition’s barebones website. The website adds that “it’s critical that we give the president trade promotion authority and establish the Trans-Pacific Partnership.”
There’s something weird about the group, though: No one in the Washington, D.C., progressive community seems to have ever heard of them before.
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To quote Elizabeth Warren: “Enough is enough.” No more lies; no more sophomoric PR campaigns; just stop lying. We’ve had enough.
If the Democratic Party is so bankrupt that it has to fabricate coalitions to grant legitimacy to its lies; if DNC leaders are so intent on driving progressives from the party that they will cram one of the most unpopular policies in the party’s history down our throats, and if this is the best ideals the Democratic Party has to offer, then the Democratic Party deserves to lose.