Democratic Primaries

They follow an old 'new left' pied piper, mind, but the choice is theirs. They can understand that the first duty of the left is to oppose the worst elements of reaction in our polity, the christo-fascist right, or they can continue in the course of attempting to wreck left political blocs which are not quite so left as they are, viewing this as a necessary preparation for final struggle with the reactionary right. That is the line pressed by the old Comintern, which left the slogan 'Hitler is the ice-breaker of the revolution' to history, and saw Red Guard bodies join with Stormtroopers to attack Social Democrat Party rallies in the waning days of Weimar. There really is nothing new under the sun, particularly in left politics. The same errors have been made for at least a century and a half. 'Bernie' is engaged in the same foolish enterprise, albeit in an attentuated and weakened form. Perhaps he will serve as a vaccine, and teach the Party how to see off future attempts by entry-ist wreckers.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."