2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Cornel West and James Zogby do not represent the Mainstream Democratic Party [View all]kaleckim
(651 posts)what MLK stood for and said to West? Which candidate is closer, Sanders or Clinton? King spoke out and focused on poverty, was a democratic socialist, gave radical speeches against US imperialism, and criticized Johnson so much that he was dis-invited to the White House. West is very much like King was, this and King was far closer to Sanders and West than Clinton. Whatever he said about Johnson, a president a hundred times more progressive than Clinton, what do you think he would say about Obama and Clinton, especially given how badly the poor have done under Obama and did under Clinton? What would King have said about Clinton's crime bill, NAFTA, welfare reform, the prioritization of Wall Street, and Clinton's hawkishness?
Beyond that, not every Democrat is a socialist, but many are. What you want is for there to be very little ideological diversity. It seems that many Democrats are working very hard to convince the left that they have no home in the party. Jill Stein certainly appreciates the work people like you are doing.