tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post7928067893283703516..comments2024-03-29T07:30:30.121-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Kshama Sawant — Beyond Bernie: Still Not With Hermike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-83805428607232608262016-06-26T20:11:17.816-04:002016-06-26T20:11:17.816-04:00Step #0: Stop talking about Bernie.Step #0: Stop talking about Bernie.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-68063903547879373132016-06-25T18:29:00.608-04:002016-06-25T18:29:00.608-04:00I was sort of kind of thinking of a write in for B...I was sort of kind of thinking of a write in for Bernie, but not when he is voting for HRC himself. That's a betrayal in my book.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-173163455687947782016-06-25T18:04:02.213-04:002016-06-25T18:04:02.213-04:00They’d be better off voting for Bernie. It would a...They’d be better off voting for Bernie. It would also underscore the ridiculousness of the primaries and caucuses and different state rules.MRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878920695841363553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-85194641892188725592016-06-25T10:26:24.686-04:002016-06-25T10:26:24.686-04:00It's called sending a message. As long as both...It's called sending a message. As long as both parties presume that their disaffected adherents will vote for the party to prevent the other party's candidate from winning, the US will have a two party system in which both parties aim to capture the center, that is, the independents that decide elections as the swing vote. As a result, options will be limited, and selection of candidates will be determined by the bases of the two parties.<br /><br />To break out of that pattern voters will have to clearly rejected it either by non-participation or voting third party candidates.<br /><br />Lots of people are getting tired of voting while holding their noses.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-43333600239093379342016-06-25T07:34:59.224-04:002016-06-25T07:34:59.224-04:00How many Americans are not going to vote?How many Americans are not going to vote?Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-73651586420308327332016-06-24T20:59:38.202-04:002016-06-24T20:59:38.202-04:00They should start by dropping the personality cult...They should start by dropping the personality cult bullshit.<br /><br />Bernie is not 'the saviour', the man is going to vote for Hillary which immediately discredits him.<br /><br />Policy, ideas and organisation not personality cults.Ignaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082008115484199316noreply@blogger.com