The time has come for us to admit what has been clear for a while. We can, at best, look forward to four more years of governance by corporate Democrats. Wall Street will remain firmly in control, and, even if some concessions are made to Sanders, control of the Democratic Party will remain firmly in the hands of the likes of Wasserman Shultz, Steve Israel, and Chuck Schumer. My only consolation is that my New Year’s prediction has come true in all respects:
As for the Dems, if you’re feeling the Bern
I’ve news that is sad, your affections must turn
For the Titans of Wall Street will allow no such frillery
The fix it is in, we must make do with Hillary
After that, as you know, it is still early innings
Clinton must work before collecting her winnings
From the press there’ll be questions on issues deemed critical
Like emails, Benghazi and motives political
But as they campaign neath the hot August sun
Some things we won’t hear, and I’ll tell you just one
Though the Earth it is warming in ways quite absurd
About climate change we’ll hear nary a word
Still in the end, when the votes are all cast
She’ll win when the race is over at last
If that’s not the case then I’ll sally forth
After packing my bags I’ll head straight to the North
Actually, the prediction has not yet come entirely true. It’s not August yet, but it’s a sure bet we won’t be hearing about climate change, unless you count Trump’s denials that it exists.
At the moment, it looks like Trump may be self-destructing, so I put the present chance of his winning as low, but you never know. Hillary could still blow it.
I’m toying with the idea of making a list of all the progressive positions that Hillary has appeared to have taken during the campaign, and keeping track of when she repudiates them, or it becomes sufficiently clear that she intends to do nothing about them. My prediction is that her opposition to the TPP will be the first reversal. Her people have already signaled that she wasn’t serious about that and it’s an issue her corporate sponsors feel strongly about. There’s money in it for them, and more powerlessness for us.
So, anyway, it’s time to come together. The march toward full scale oligarchy goes on, but under Clinton it will at least be at a slower pace.
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