Dem Establishment Resorts to Racial Divide & Conquer in Michigan
The AIPAC-funded Democratic establishment has turned its full attentions to Michigan where it hopes to use Black voters to stop anti-war candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
Having destroyed Graham Platner’s candidacy in Maine, the AIPAC-funded Democratic establishment has turned its full attentions to Michigan where it hopes to use Black voters to stop anti-war candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in favor of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens.
When last I covered this race, the Lis Smith backed fake progressive (think Elizabeth Warren or Katie Porter) Mallory McMorrow had just dropped out, allowing centrist support to coalesce around Stevens, like fat glomming onto an ice cube dropped into a consume.
Put on your waders because family blogging is gonna be ugly today, y’all.
The Mainstream View: Can a Progressive Win in a Purple State
Let’s start with what the New York Times is selling because they remain the center of gravity in America, especially for Democratic voters.
The Times is sticking with their decades-old framing that corporate centrism ala Bill Clinton is the way to reach “purple states” like Michigan.
They conveniently forget that back in Bill’s day, Michigan was considered part of the Democratic “Blue Wall” in the upper Midwest, where the labor vote could be counted on to deliver for Democrats.
They also conveniently forget that Barack Obama ran as a progressive in 2008, and it was only after eight years of his governing as a corporate centrist that the state was narrowly lost by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general.
