Comments on: The Death of the Democratic Party.

By: Amanda G. Robertson

Amanda G. Robertson — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 22:24:01 +0000

Great article! Thank you.

By: Kelly Elaine

Kelly Elaine — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 13:43:16 +0000

This rings true, and I hope millions read it. Thank you for articulating it so well.

Talented persuasive writers who focus on racism as the top motivation for GOP policies will garner more converts if they broaden their view to acknowledge that classism is the primary goal. Racism is part of the mix, but ALL poor people are the target of GOP contempt. They fear becoming the poor white trash they’ve exploited for decades. Besides, if God loved these people, they would be well off — prosperity gospel and all.
Maybe your new political party will learn to use that fact in its communications strategy better than the DNC has.

By: Vermont Blues Player

Vermont Blues Player — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 06:43:30 +0000

Hey there Asani! I stumbled on your editorial while browsing Apple News, and I am delighted! This is the freshest thinking I have read this year, and totally in line with mine. Bernie is my senator, and like you, I have also left the Democrat Party after a lifetime of being part of it. Even Bernie disappointed me, however, when he endorsed HRC, bought another home (waterfront, BTW), landed a lucrative book contract, and started lusuriating in his new found celebrity. An old timer here in VT asked me, “What has Bernie Sanders ever really accomplished!?” And it’s a great question, because legislatively, just about nothing. I watched Mark Zuckerberg’s address to the Harvard Coass of 2017 and I was moved by his words. Today I read that he matched Trump’s 40% in a poll for POTUS in 2020! What a refreshing prospect a Zuckerberg presidency would present! He called for a guaranteed minimum income and for national initiatives against global warming, poverty and racism! And he’s under 40, not pushing 90! Politics is ready for further disruption. We need new kinds of parties, new leaders!

By: Aus

Aus — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 02:43:04 +0000

That was supposed to be a heart, not a double question mark. Stupid emoji 🙂

By: Heidi Harris

Heidi Harris — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 01:40:04 +0000

Great article! Very impressed with the honesty. I wish more articles held such passion and presence these days.

By: Aus

Aus — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:20:48 +0000

Well said.

Only try not to lump all pigmentally challenged people together. It’s corporate and academic elitism, period. Many rural, poor white skinned human beings have been bamboozled to think they have more in common with narcissists than their ancestral brothers and sisters sharing their economic oppression. Show us all a better way ??