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Home Front: Politix
Van Jones Says Muslim Keith Ellison Is Future of the Dem Party
2017-01-02
[PJ] On CNN, liberal activist Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones said that "the Clinton days are over" in the Democratic Party, and pointed to two emerging leaders as the future of a more progressive political party focused on identity politics. Naturally, he chose two racial minority members of Congress -- and the extremely controversial first Muslim congressman.

"You have to understand, I think that the Clinton days are over," Jones told CNN's Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday. "This idea that we're going to be this moderate party ... those days are over." Jones called for a new generation of Democrat leadership, touting California Attorney General Kamala Harris (an anti-free speech activist) and Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim member of Congress and a candidate for the Democratic National Committee chairmanship.

"I think that Keith Ellison is very important because he is somebody who represents the progressive wing of the party," Jones declared. "On thing that happened, when Hillary Clinton had a chance to make a VP pick, she didn't pick someone from the progressive wing, which made it much harder to heal the wounds with the [Bernie] Sanders and Elizabeth Warren wing. Keith Ellison represents that wing very, very well."
Insightful, profound, what more can be said ?
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  Will American Jewish Democrats finally leave the democrats with move toward Ellison? Will be interesting to see already elected Jewish dems response.
Posted by: Airandee   2017-01-02 16:12  

#12  The last year I've been hearing about the 3rd party that would result from the splits in the Republican party. If this actually is the direction that the 'rats choose to go I think that a 3rd party becomes very likely with a combination of what passes for moderate Dems and Rinos.

Aside from the traditional GOP, a significant portion of the 'moderate' (and much of the Establishment) wing of the GOP are what would have constituted the 'conservative' wing of the Democratic Party some forty years ago.

Things could get very messy, nasty and dangerous.

Likely. The question is how quickly a third party gets formed. I suspect politicians of both parties will wait until they see how the political winds blow before they jump ship.

Meanwhile, the media is dragging Evan McMullin to pontificate before the cameras. It'd be interesting to see if they bring Jill Stein on stage as well.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-01-02 14:44  

#11  Going full retard.
Posted by: Iblis   2017-01-02 14:27  

#10  What does it say about "Progressives" that they consider a Muslim their standard bearer?

For me, it says their biggest goal is to attack Christians. All else is second to that goal.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2017-01-02 12:29  

#9  That bill would have been wonderful to watch as folks went after Mann for his deceptive hockey stick and emails suggestion they had to exaggerate the threat to ensure compliance.

I suspect it is this potential embarrassing blow-back that caused California's super-liberal judicial blokes to let it slide.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-01-02 12:24  

#8  Need I ask about Kamala?

Background info:

A landmark bill allowing for the prosecution of climate change dissent effectively died Thursday after the California Senate failed to take it up before the deadline.

Senate Bill 1161, or the California Climate Science Truth and Accountability Act of 2016, would have authorized prosecutors to sue fossil fuel companies, think tanks and others that have “deceived or misled the public on the risks of climate change.”

The measure, which cleared two Senate committees, provided a four-year window in the statute of limitations on violations of the state’s Unfair Competition Law, allowing legal action to be brought until Jan. 1 on charges of climate change “fraud” extending back indefinitely.

The measure was introduced amid a national push by Democrats and activist groups to use the legal system to prosecute climate change “fraud,” prompting a backlash from skeptics who have denounced the campaign as an assault on free speech.

A coalition of 17 state attorneys general, including California Attorney General Kamala Harris, have joined forces to pursue climate change skeptics. At least four prosecutors reportedly have launched investigations into Exxon Mobil for climate change “fraud.”
Posted by: Pappy   2017-01-02 11:30  

#7  In 1973-75 I saw the demographic shift in the "Rainbow Coalition" Democratic future alliance: the Dixiecrats were out, good riddance, but every white male in Flyover Country got the boot unless they passed the new GroupThink tests. Logically, Politics is a Zero-Sum Game and after the Coastal Elites paid off their immediate cronies a yokel like myself living in the cultural wasteland of Oklahoma would get to lick the empty bowl, maybe, but only after a grovel or two. I registered (R) and voted "For" Ford.

Seems like '73 all over again, McGovern Clinton lost and the New Coalition is a subset of the old Coalition.
Posted by: magpie   2017-01-02 11:07  

#6  Need I ask about Kamala?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-01-02 10:25  

#5  Logical evolution to the Liberal "Beltway" Party. Leaving the Socialist and Chamber of Commerce Parties to their own agendas.
Posted by: P2Kontheroad

Unmasked as it were, for those who could not recognize the voices.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-01-02 08:35  

#4  ...Logical evolution to the Liberal "Beltway" Party. Leaving the Socialist and Chamber of Commerce Parties to their own agendas.
Posted by: P2Kontheroad   2017-01-02 08:07  

#3  The last year I've been hearing about the 3rd party that would result from the splits in the Republican party.

If this actually is the direction that the 'rats choose to go I think that a 3rd party becomes very likely with a combination of what passes for moderate Dems and Rinos.

Things could get very messy, nasty and dangerous.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-01-02 08:03  

#2  Insightful, profound, what more can be said ?

I hope he's right.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2017-01-02 06:45  

#1  Well, at least he will admit what his religion is.
Posted by: gorb   2017-01-02 05:26  

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