{"id":21359,"date":"2016-04-21T13:17:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=21359"},"modified":"2016-04-21T13:24:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:24:03","slug":"the-reich-on-the-left-knows-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/21\/the-reich-on-the-left-knows-best\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reich on the Left Knows Best!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you've red me for a while, you already know this, but for those who don’t, there are two Reichs in American politics.  The Reich on the right is the Republican Reich, They are virtually always wrong.  The Reich on the left is Robert Reich.  He is virtually always right.  Today I learned that he has the exact same advice for Democrats that I had yesterday<\/a>.  The Reich on the left knows best!<\/font><\/p>\n

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Bernie Sanders supporter Robert Reich takes to Facebook to argue that whatever the result of the Democratic primaries, either candidate is better than electing a Republican<\/strong>. No Donald Trump or Ted Cruz in the White House, no thank you.<\/p>\n

I have to agree. Ours is a Sanders household — our kids, 17, 13, and 12, are emphatically Bernie supporters, though Driftglass and I have emphatically stated to them and on our podcast that we will "Vote Blue No Matter Who<\/strong>." And thankfully the Illinois primary is over, so our phone is not ringing constantly with pleas for votes. The 17-year-old voted in the primary because Illinois law allowed him to do so, as he will be 18 on Election Day.<\/p>\n

We also remember what disunity cost us in 1980. I was a Kennedy '80 volunteer (yes, actively working against a sitting Democratic president! Good times?) And Driftglass voted for John Anderson in the general election. We got eight years of Ronald Wilson Reagan<\/a> for our trouble. It cost us. It cost gay citizens. It cost unionized workers. Iran-Contra. Tax cuts for billionaires. Ignoring AIDS for years. And it was the start of the plutocracy we live under today.<\/p>\n

Yes, there was a lot to dislike about Jimmy Carter in 1980. But in 20-20 hindsight we'd go back and change our votes in a heartbeat. I have nothing but regret about that election.<\/p>\n

And there are reasons each candidate this time has supporters and detractors. But the distance we will go backwards, on LGBT rights, women's rights, voting rights, etc. with a Republican president? Not to mention three more Antonin Scalias<\/font> on the Supreme Court? None of us wants to go there<\/strong>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Crooks and Liars<\/a>><\/p>\n

I’m 100% Bernie Sanders and will vote for him in the Oregon Primary in May.  But if Hillary wins the nomination I will become 100% Hillary Clinton.  Why so enthusiastic?  I’m 1,000,000,000% against whatever would be dictator the Clown Car Convention barfs into their nomination.  You need to be too.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you've red me for a while, you already know this, but for those who don’t, there are two Reichs in American politics.  The Reich on the right is the Republican Reich, They are virtually always wrong.  The Reich on the left is Robert Reich.  He is virtually always right.  Today I learned that he […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}