I was wrong about Bennett. Her excuse for voting against the budget on Friday was so lame that I thought is was cover for something. Turns out, she was simply rolled by some conservatives. (Well played defenders of the 1%. You found the weak link.) But Bennett is a symptom, not the disease.
A: “Government is the problem. Taxes are confiscatory.”
B: “Government plays an important roll in ensuring fairness. Taxes provide for vital services.”
Which of the above statements do you associate with John Carney?
When the Acting Gov Pete, John Carney, Quinn Johnson and many other so-called elected Dems associate themselves with option A – when they’ve internalized these right wing positions, any progressive change is facing hurricane force headwinds.
Even if Bennett became Bernie Sanders on Sunday after seeing how Friday played out, it didn’t matter. Even if John Kowalko becomes Jimmy Stewart in ‘Mr. Smith Goes’ to Washington and holds the house spellbound with his soaring oratory. It doesn’t matter. As long as Dem leadership is dedicated to discredited trickle down bullshit. It doesn’t matter.
As much as Bennett screwed up, the systemic problem is that thanks to Democrats like Carney and Schwarzkopf, “Democrat” doesn’t mean anything coherent.
