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T Jeff's avatar

I can go along with progressive action to get progressive candidates elected and thus progressive policies into law. But faulting any elected official for not immediately running against a sitting President is naive at best. If anyone in office declared a run for President against a sitting President, it would be political suicide. You really shouldn't overlook that.

I get that too many politicians are backing a presumptive nominee, because that is politically expedient, but it truly angers me that corporate media & the establishment is pretending there is a presumptive nominee and thereby making it so. It is extremely anti-democratic, and it actually stifles debate and the free-flow of ideas!

What might be fascinating will be to see Marianne, RFKJr, and Dr West on a stage debating the issues! Including an Independent candidate like Dr West would go a long way in moving the Overton Window & for people to get behind something like your plan.

I truly do believe, even though Independents are a non-party, I still think we should organize a primary for Indy's, if anything to keep ghost candidates off the ballot, and thus to unify the votes in general elections.

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I don't know about Williamson, but I believe RFK Jr is trustworthy. He is also intelligent enough to see things clearly, strategic enough to collaborate with enemies when necessary to achieve goals and courageous enough to defy even the most deadly and entrenched deep state agencies.

His intelligence and strategic skills (from being an attorney) often result in nuanced positions that come across as wishy-washy to those who want simple black-and-white answers. How can he threaten to "remove" the DNC when he is seeking its nomination?

I would suggest what we're really asking for is reform-- an end to superdelegates, a DNC bylaw-level commitment to abide by the will of the voters and a redoubled effort to end e-voting and make sure every state has secure, verifiable, fair elections with hand-marked paper ballots, tight chain of ballot custody, etc. Such constructive commitments/requests will raise the candidates standing in the eyes of voters who share our concerns about the corruption of the DNC, yet may still be wary of completely replacing/rebuilding the DNC as perhaps a too "destructive" approach.

The biggest problem is how are we to believe anyone, no matter what they say, after we've been sold out these past 8 years? After listening to and reading RFK Jr in many interviews and his books, I feel convinced that he will be a very different politician from what we've become accustomed to. He'll be more like the JFK and RFK of old.

I support your idea to confront the candidates with the history of how we've been Bern'ed in the past, and demand a more tangle commitment to avoid repeating that experience. I hope we can agree on a list of reforms/demands that is doable and workable for candidates in the situation they're currently in, seeking the nomination of an existing DNC.

Thanks for reaching out. I'm happy to discuss this more. My substack, btw, is at martintruther.substack.com

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