"We begin with the wooing of Senator Joe Manchin by the so-called non-partisan group No Labels to run as a third party candidate for president with Manchin delivering a keynote address tonight at a No Labels event in New Hampshire where he might make an announcement. The group is led by Senator Joe Leiberman and Nancy Jacobson, a prolific fundraiser who along with her husband Mark Penn are big boosters for Israel and Netanyahu who clearly wants Trump back in the White House. This has led to speculation that all the dark money No Labels is raising from Republican billionaires now going to buy ballot access in Arizona and other swing states, will be deployed to split the vote for Biden and make Trump the next president. Joining us is Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor and Chief Assistant City Attorney in San Francisco who has won cases of significance in the United States Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court. He currently serves as counsel to Lawyers Defending American Democracy, and we discuss his article at The Bulwark, “No Labels? No Ideas: Scheming to run a third-party presidential candidate, the group has released a banal bogus ‘platform.’”
Thanks for the comment and link, Alex. No one seems the least interested in improving government these days, just rigging elections. So Democrats are left to watch in disbelief as Biden snuggles up to Saudi and invites Netanyahu for coffee. There was a day when Tom Dewey and Harry Truman actually ran on conservative and liberal principles, the nation ran on tax income, we rebuilt our enemy to end what might have been another war and people had sense enough to put the cat out at night.
"We begin with the wooing of Senator Joe Manchin by the so-called non-partisan group No Labels to run as a third party candidate for president with Manchin delivering a keynote address tonight at a No Labels event in New Hampshire where he might make an announcement. The group is led by Senator Joe Leiberman and Nancy Jacobson, a prolific fundraiser who along with her husband Mark Penn are big boosters for Israel and Netanyahu who clearly wants Trump back in the White House. This has led to speculation that all the dark money No Labels is raising from Republican billionaires now going to buy ballot access in Arizona and other swing states, will be deployed to split the vote for Biden and make Trump the next president. Joining us is Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor and Chief Assistant City Attorney in San Francisco who has won cases of significance in the United States Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court. He currently serves as counsel to Lawyers Defending American Democracy, and we discuss his article at The Bulwark, “No Labels? No Ideas: Scheming to run a third-party presidential candidate, the group has released a banal bogus ‘platform.’”
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Thanks for the comment and link, Alex. No one seems the least interested in improving government these days, just rigging elections. So Democrats are left to watch in disbelief as Biden snuggles up to Saudi and invites Netanyahu for coffee. There was a day when Tom Dewey and Harry Truman actually ran on conservative and liberal principles, the nation ran on tax income, we rebuilt our enemy to end what might have been another war and people had sense enough to put the cat out at night.
No more. But the cat is sure to yowl at the door.
True Jim. It’s branding,money, and culture wars now. Not the issues or policies. It’s what Mr. Masters calls post-truth America.