{"id":22045,"date":"2016-05-26T10:58:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T17:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=22045"},"modified":"2016-05-26T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T17:58:47","slug":"the-reich-on-the-left-is-right-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/26\/the-reich-on-the-left-is-right-again-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reich on the Left is Right Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to goose step in lock step behind a fascist Reich that is always wrong, sell out to the Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich.  On the other hand, if you want to walk in harmony next to a Reich that is virtually always right, choose the Reich on the left, Robert Right. <\/font><\/p>\n

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Robert Reich posted a message about the \u2018Bernie or Bust\u2019 concept on his Facebook page on May 19, 2016. He received mixed reviews. To read his original post, click here.<\/a><\/font><\/font> <\/font><\/font>One week later, Reich<\/font> posted another status<\/a><\/font><\/font> facing his critics. Here are his thoughts:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Robert Reich, May 25, 2016<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Last week I suggested Bernie supporters do three things: (1) fight like hell for Bernie until he either gets or loses the nomination, (2) if Hillary gets the nomination, fight like hell for her, and (3) regardless of who wins the nomination or the election, continue to build a powerful progressive movement.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Several of you disagree with (1), saying Bernie has no chance, and his continuing candidacy is just hurting Hillary, so he should bow out of the race. I\u2019ll get back to this point in a subsequent post.  <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Here I want to address those of you who disagree with (2). As I understand your arguments, they fall into four categories:  <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

1. Some of you say that by refusing to fight for Hillary (if she gets the nomination) you\u2019ll show the political establishment you want the changes Bernie has been advocating. The problem with this logic is the \u201cpolitical establishment\u201d is nothing but a bunch of people in comfortable and often privileged positions who will continue doing what they\u2019re doing because they like the status quo, and won\u2019t even be aware you\u2019re not fighting for Hillary \u2013 unless, that is, Hillary loses to Trump. Which leads to the next argument. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

2. Some of you say there\u2019s no real difference between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The problem with this logic is it’s wrong. Regardless of what you may think of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump is a true menace to this nation and to the world. He\u2019s a narcissistic, xenophobic, hatemonger who, if elected, would legitimize bigotry, appoint Supreme Court justices with terrible values, and have his finger on the nuclear bomb. Need I say more? Which brings us to the third argument.  <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

3. Some of you say a Trump presidency would be so horrible it would galvanize a forceful progressive movement in response. The problem with this argument is twofold. First, Trump could do huge and unalterable damage to America and the world in the meantime. Second, rarely if ever in history has a sharp swing to the right moved the political pendulum further back in the opposite direction. Instead, it tends to move the \u201ccenter\u201d rightward, as did Ronald Reagan\u2019s presidency.  <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

4. Finally, some of you say that even if Hillary is better than Trump, you\u2019re tired of choosing the \u201clesser of two evils,\u201d and you\u2019re going to vote your conscience by either writing Bernie\u2019s name in, or voting for the Green Party candidate, or not voting at all. I can\u2019t criticize you for voting your conscience, of course. But your conscience should know that a decision not to vote for Hillary is a de facto decision to help Donald Trump<\/strong>.  <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

What do you think?… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <Daily Kos<\/a>> <\/p>\n

The Reich on the left is right!  Failure to vote blue, even if it’s "voting your conscience" is selling out to the Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich.<\/font><\/p>\n

Vote Blue No Matter Who!!<\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you want to goose step in lock step behind a fascist Reich that is always wrong, sell out to the Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich.  On the other hand, if you want to walk in harmony next to a Reich that is virtually always right, choose the Reich on the left, Robert […]<\/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-22045","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\/22045","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=22045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}