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Far left triumphant in New York primary: It Was a Slaughter of Establishment Democrats
American Thinker ^ | 09/14/2018 | Rick Moran

Posted on 09/14/2018 7:07:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The socialist insurgency against establishment Democrats in New York emerged triumphant as no less than 6 far left candidates defeated establishment Democrats in races for the state senate.

New York Times:

Years of anger at a group of Democratic state senators who had collaborated with Republicans boiled over on Thursday, as primary voters ousted nearly all of them in favor of challengers who had called them traitors and sham progressives.

The losses were not only a resounding upset for the members of the Independent Democratic Conference, who outspent their challengers several times over, but also a sign that the progressive fervor sweeping national politics had hobbled New York’s once-mighty Democratic machine, at least on a local level.

The most high-profile casualty was Senator Jeffrey D. Klein of the Bronx, the former head of the I.D.C. In that role, he was for years one of Albany’s most powerful players, sharing leadership of the chamber with his counterparts in the Republican conference and participating in the state’s secretive budget negotiations.

But on Thursday, he was defeated by Alessandra Biaggi, a lawyer and former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, after a campaign in which Ms. Biaggi cornered Mr. Klein into spending more than $2 million, an astonishing sum for a state legislative race. (Cynthia Nixon, in her unsuccessful bid against Mr. Cuomo, spent less.)

Two things: First, the victories of socialists rid the Democrats of the last vestige of bi-partisanship in the state senate. This will make Albany an even more unruly place than it already is. Secondly, and most important, the march of socialism in the Democratic party appears to be unstoppable and will make 2020 an Armageddon of sorts between right and left.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: democrats; leftists; newyork; primary
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To: SeekAndFind

No matter who won, NYS taxpayers lost.

Good news for the nation: NYS will have even less power in the chamber with the power of the purse after the next census.


21 posted on 09/14/2018 7:47:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: windsorknot

The former “Democratic” Party, now controlled by the Left (i.e., socialists/communists) is accurately described as an enemy of our Republic ... dedicated to replacing our Constitution with the Communist Manifesto. Make no mistake — this is the Democrat Socialist Party objective. This means the Democrats/Leftists must not just be defeated in November, their party must be crushed by patriotic Americans ... this is an imperative.


22 posted on 09/14/2018 7:48:02 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: SeekAndFind

If Democrats keep moving left to get away from Trump, they can kiss the midterms goodbye:

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2018/08/19/democrats-moving-left-trump-socialism-lose-midterm-elections/997494002/


23 posted on 09/14/2018 7:59:52 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: rarestia

American exceptionalism vs. global socialist hegemony. They cannot coexist.

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Hell, I don’t even need American Exceptionalism. I just want us to exist as a sovereign nation with real borders. The modern Left can’t even embrace these ideas.


24 posted on 09/14/2018 8:01:30 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Signalman

RE: If Democrats keep moving left to get away from Trump, they can kiss the midterms goodbye:

Maybe the Senate, but I’m not sure about Congress...

Local elections are very hard to predict as there are pockets of districts that are REALLY SOCIALIST.


25 posted on 09/14/2018 8:02:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: HamiltonJay

“New York was never great.”

NY is called The Empire State. That sounds like support of hegemony, oppression and colonialism. Where are the leftists demanding the motto be changed.


26 posted on 09/14/2018 8:16:56 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Let’s not go into the night softly.


27 posted on 09/14/2018 8:17:33 AM PDT by Frapster
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To: windsorknot
It’s good to know exactly what the Democrat Party has become.

Socialists 'elites' in Venezuela still have food, full access to clubs, free flowing drugs and 'stormy' type whores... 'Elites' in socialists hellholes don't suffer until the party purges them...

Michael Moore is worth more than 50 million and has many mansions... and he stiffs the little people who work for him. If we went flat out socialist - those 'little people' would be murdered for complaining.

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"In Venezuela, the Elite Meet to Eat While the Masses Starve"

https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/south-america/item/23444-in-venezuela-the-elite-meet-to-eat-while-the-masses-starve

28 posted on 09/14/2018 8:23:22 AM PDT by GOPJ (Deep State power peaked during the McCain funeral - it's down from here on out.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is why the GOP is going to gain seats. The leftists are VERY pissed at the DNC for screwing over Bernie. Meanwhile, nobody in their right mind is going to vote for their candidate.

The left is having a tantrum, and the right and middle are going to vote for the alternative to whatever they come up with. GOP is going to pick up seats, maybe in places they’ve never won before.


29 posted on 09/14/2018 8:26:04 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: RinaseaofDs
These radical candidates run in safe Democratic seats and will push the party to the left.

In competitive seats the Democrats are running more moderate candidates in hopes of beating the Republicans.

Maybe news of the radicals will hurt the less extreme candidates in swing districts, but maybe not.

30 posted on 09/14/2018 8:31:27 AM PDT by x
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To: God luvs America
...my concern is the GOTV enthusiasm, unlike 2010/2014 when we in the Tea Party pushed and pushed and pushed

There's no doubt the Tea Party helped to get out the vote starting in 2010, but the real driver was Obama and the radical left.

They scared normal Americans so badly, they flocked to the polls out of fear and anger.

I think the same effect is in play now. Despite the fact that Republicans hold both houses of Congress and the White House, the political left still controls the levers of power in nearly every major institution. They're using the power of those institutions to threaten the very existence of our country.

Look at the never ending string of horrifying news stories posted on Free Republic every day. It's worse - much, much worse - than it was during the Obama years. The average person could be forgiven for thinking that Armageddon is imminent.

The left is scaring normal Americans more than ever, and they're going to react by voting like their lives depend on it.

31 posted on 09/14/2018 8:39:58 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump has exposed the democrats for exactly who they really are, and exposed many in the gop for what they are.


32 posted on 09/14/2018 8:56:26 AM PDT by euram
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To: euram

Establishment Democrats?

Isn’t that pretty much all of them?


33 posted on 09/14/2018 8:58:37 AM PDT by Leep
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To: Bishop_Malachi

America’s existence is owed to patriotism, nationalism, and exceptionalism. We are unique among nations on all 3 fronts.


34 posted on 09/14/2018 9:06:15 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Socialist Party (formerly known as Democrats) will ha e a bloodbath...I know I’m campaigning for Scott and DeSantis, because Gillum is out of this world...


35 posted on 09/14/2018 10:30:29 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: PapaBear3625
As the Communists seize control of the Dem Party infrastructure, we may see more of a #WalkAway phenomenon.

I don't think there's any question that will happen. The hard core leftists will continue to scare more people away from the Democrat party, as they remake it in their image.

I can see a time in the not too distant future when native born Americans of a liberal bent realize that the Democrat party does not want them, and is sworn to exterminate them.

36 posted on 09/14/2018 11:08:14 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: windsorknot

‘’Bread and Circuses’ is the cancer of democracy, the fatal
disease for which there is no cure. Democracy often works
beautifully at first. But once a state extends the franchise
to every warm body, be he producer or parasite, that day
marks the beginning of the end of the state. For when the
plebs discover that they can vote themselves bread and
circuses without limit and that the productive members
of the body politic cannot stop them, they will do so, until
the state bleeds to death, or in its weakened condition the
state succumbs to an invader – the barbarians enter Rome.

Robert A. Heinlein
To Sail Beyond The Sunset


37 posted on 09/14/2018 11:19:44 AM PDT by RedEyeJack (What was the basis for the restriction?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Now, now ... think this through a little.

We wanted establishment Dems primaried out, right? Well, now they have been.

Socialst Dems are much worse, of course, but we Righties get a crack at them in November. The Right has been pushing for an all-out voter surge for the November midterms and they weren’t just a-kidding! Our nation is truly at risk this year.

If we can turn out the vote like we did for DJT in 2016, and if the (sane) undecideds decide they can’t tolerate a Communist takeover, I’d say we can clean house. We get to decide between Socialism and the American Way and I feel pretty confident which side will prevail.


38 posted on 09/14/2018 1:41:50 PM PDT by DNME (The only solution to a BAD guy with a gun is a GOOD guy with a gun. Period.)
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To: Theodore R.

They are like lemmings or puppets pulled by strings. It is scary to watch how they all sprout the same party line no matter how absurd.


39 posted on 09/14/2018 1:48:34 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: GoldenPup

“Bad” democrats are being replaced by “worse” democrats.


40 posted on 09/14/2018 1:59:17 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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