> On Mar 10, 2016, at 3:51 PM, Carrol Cox <cb...@ilstu.edu> wrote: > > Marv, I seriously do not grasp what the hell you are talking about here. > Could you restate it in plain American that cats & dogs can understand. > > [Note: Let's assume that Congress would bow to Sanders's deepest wishes -- > remembering that, as far as I can tell, those wishes include (with minor > variations) the continuation of current U.S. foreign policy (with all the > military obligations that policy entails). Would it be possible for Sanders > even to begin to satisfy the hopes he has raised among his supporters?] > > Serious believers that Sanders could transform the conditions of u.s. life > have little reason to mock the foolish ness of some undergraduates of some > Washington university. > > Carrol
I’d like to comply with your request, Carrol, but I don’t grasp what you don’t grasp about my comment below. Could you be more specific about which statement (s) you take issue with and why? > > -----Original Message----- > From: pen-l-boun...@lists.csuchico.edu > [mailto:pen-l-boun...@lists.csuchico.edu] On Behalf Of Marv Gandall > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 3:37 PM > To: Progressive Economics > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Fwd: On Bernie Sanders's "political revolution" | Louis > Proyect: The Unrepentant > > > On Mar 10, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Charlie <charles1...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> "My problem is with his decision [Sanders'] to run as a Democrat." >> Typically, we get "my" instead of "our." Guess what, Senator Sanders >> will never sit down to talk to L.P. (nor me). More importantly, the >> article does a great job of putting off any newly active fan of >> Sanders who might happen to read it, while it reflects not at all on >> how to work among the millions of Sanders' supporters. >> >> I chatted briefly with a stranger in front of her car bearing a Feel >> the Bern sticker, the day after Sanders' Michigan win. We enjoyed the >> victory for a moment. Then I asked how could Sanders if elected get >> things done. That provided all the opening one needed. > > Louis, in the name of Debs, would say your Sanders supporter would be > wasting her vote. She should instead be throwing her support to Green > candidate Jill Stein. I'd put greater odds of your friend engaging with your > question than wanting to pursue his tortured rationale for the Green Party. > Louis puts great store on the Democratic label and history (as though the > Greens would somehow behave differently than other left-centre parties if > they came close to vying for government) while disdaining the unfolding > political differentiation within and around the party and the opportunities > it presents to consistently provide the kind of opening you describe. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
