Off the table
The marginalization of Jimmy Carter at this year’s DNC should drive home the message that within the Democratic Party of these United States, certain issues are off the table. Candidates and spokespeople will not even dare to raise these issues. I’ve put together a list of such issues from my observations of this decade’s political activity. If these issues mean something to you, then you are to the left of Dennis Kucinich. Your options are to vote for Obama/Biden knowing that these issues are not going to be part of the political discourse, abstain from the election, or cast a symbolic vote for Cynthia McKinney and the Green Party (or the independent minor party of your choice ) – hoping to garner 5% of the national vote – thus helping to make that minor party a viable option in future elections.
- Palestinian Liberation
- 9/11 Truth
- An end to all wars
- Universal Health Care
- DC Statehood
- Marijuana Legalization
- An end to American Imperialism – normalized relations with Cuba or Venezuela for example
- War Crimes prosecution of the Bush Administration
- Anti-Globalization Movements
- No Telco Immunity for NSA/AT&T Snooping
- Electoral/Media Reform
- Safeguarding the vote
- Reparations for Slavery
- Justice for Native Americans
- Justice for Political Prisoners (Mumia, Peltier, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin aka H.Rap Brown, etc)
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Tags: Cynthia McKinney, DNC, Jimmy Carter
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