another note of possible interest: last time an incumbent president decided not to run for re-election and the VP stepped up, Hubert Humphrey described his perspective as "the politics of joy"
The Specter of Hubert Humphrey Haunts Kamala Harris A Democratic convention in Chicago isn’t the summer’s only echo with 1968. by Norman Solomon, Truthdig, August 15 . . . Campaigning for joy while supporting horrendous warfare is nothing new. Fifty-six years before Vice President Harris called herself a “joyful warrior,” Vice President Humphrey declared that he stood for the “politics of joy” when announcing his run for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination. At that point, the Pentagon was several years into its massive killing spree in Vietnam, as Humphrey kicked off his campaign by saying: “Here we are the spirit of dedication; here we are the way politics ought to be in America, the politics of happiness, politics of purpose, politics of joy. And that’s the way it’s going to be, all the way, too, from here on out.” If Harris loses to Trump after sticking with her support for arming the slaughter in Gaza, historians will likely echo words from Offner, who wrote that after the 1968 election Humphrey “asked himself repeatedly whether he should have distanced himself sooner from President Johnson on the war. The answer was all too obvious.” # # # On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 7:50 PM Mark Lause via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > > There were studies back in 2016 indicating that the average Trump voter was > worth somewhat more than the average Clinton voter. I suspect the skewered > numbers in terms of race had much to do with that, but the ideas that workers > are particularly inclined to Trump seems dubious. The demographics of the > January 6 Putschists indicated that the more active the Trump, the better > off they seem to be. The presumed "populist" and worker based nature of MAGA > is hardly accurate. > > I've not heard any particular repudiation of neo-liberalism. Have I missed > something? > > They are talking a lot about Joy, but I took that as a revived translation of > Onama's Hope message. > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31834): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31834 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108104997/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
