Robert, I think your insights are spot on. I'm a lifelong (quite long, at this point-- think Eugene McCarthy) Democrat, and I'm hoping and praying that Harris cuts off military aid to Israel on day one of her term. Harris can't say she'll do that at this point, because her present job, as VP, requires that she either back Biden's current…
Robert, I think your insights are spot on. I'm a lifelong (quite long, at this point-- think Eugene McCarthy) Democrat, and I'm hoping and praying that Harris cuts off military aid to Israel on day one of her term. Harris can't say she'll do that at this point, because her present job, as VP, requires that she either back Biden's current policy, or resign in protest of it. So she's in the same untenable position Hubert Humphrey was in in 1968. He couldn't come out in opposition the LBJ's genocidal Vietnam policy, while still being VP. How the Dems handle the Chicago protests at their convention will be revealing. I fear what will be revealed, even while attempting to retain a cautious optimism.
Well, I'm just repeating what my friends in the US told me. So, they're spot on ;)
Yes, that's kinda interesting that you talk about the Humphrey thing, because they made the exact same comparison and have the same fear about the convention.
Robert, I think your insights are spot on. I'm a lifelong (quite long, at this point-- think Eugene McCarthy) Democrat, and I'm hoping and praying that Harris cuts off military aid to Israel on day one of her term. Harris can't say she'll do that at this point, because her present job, as VP, requires that she either back Biden's current policy, or resign in protest of it. So she's in the same untenable position Hubert Humphrey was in in 1968. He couldn't come out in opposition the LBJ's genocidal Vietnam policy, while still being VP. How the Dems handle the Chicago protests at their convention will be revealing. I fear what will be revealed, even while attempting to retain a cautious optimism.
Well, I'm just repeating what my friends in the US told me. So, they're spot on ;)
Yes, that's kinda interesting that you talk about the Humphrey thing, because they made the exact same comparison and have the same fear about the convention.