Apparently President Obama and Senator Sanders are going to have an ‘informal one-on-one meeting with no agenda’ and no press today.
This presidential election has really framed up as an attempt at a popular revolt against a Big Money political establishment. And it is fascinating to watch.
Although the mainstream media keeps feigning astonishment, the broader public is clearly seeking two non-establishment candidate who, for better or worse, they think cannot be bought off by Big Money and the revolving door.
This meeting is an informal one with no set agenda.
Perhaps Obama will share the insight he allegedly had early in his Presidency about reformers as recounted by the ex-CIA whistleblower Ray McGovern.
“He’s afraid of what happened to Martin Luther King Jr. And I know from a good friend who was there when it happened, that at a small dinner with progressive supporters – after these progressive supporters were banging on Obama before the election, Why don’t you do the things we thought you stood for? Obama turned sharply and said, “Don’t you remember what happened to Martin Luther King Jr.?” That’s a quote, and that’s a very revealing quote.”
Ray McGovern
I am sure Obama was being flip. They was no need to buy him because he was a well-crafted brand backed by Big Money from the very start. What he was voicing, if indeed he said this, was the time honored motto of political corruption, to go along to get along. This was the great lesson to the Democratic party from the Clintons.
I have included a short but interesting video at the very bottom about how things work in Washington these days as recounted by Neil Barofsky to Bill Moyers.
And finally I include a short video describing the state of politics in the US from that wild eyed radical, former President Jimmy Carter.
