/home/wpurdemo/resistancesuffolk/wp-content/mu-plugins Comments on: A Lesson from Kentucky https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2019/11/07/a-lesson-from-kentucky/ A collection of writings dealing with current US & Long Island politics Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: bcolbath42 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2019/11/07/a-lesson-from-kentucky/#comment-495 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:34:44 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2019/11/07/a-lesson-from-kentucky/#comment-495 First of all, I do not trust Krystal Ball. She has said some really unhelpful things lately.

Leaving that aside, the approach of just attacking Trump qua Trump will be a certain loser. This is especially true if the economy stays strong — as measured by the Dow, gross unemployment numbers, etc. There was a recent analysis examining unemployment rates in various battleground states and, if memory serves me, in all but one state unemployment increased. There was another recent study that found farm bankruptcies to have increased by 24% since the Trump trade wars began. House prices across the country have fallen. Healthcare uninsured levels have risen. These are the issues that are impacting the heartland and should be the message. Do we really think that a family in Oklahoma is sitting around reading the Ukraine testimony

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By: D. Posnett MD https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2019/11/07/a-lesson-from-kentucky/#comment-496 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:34:44 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2019/11/07/a-lesson-from-kentucky/#comment-496 Nobody is talking about Krystal Ball. It is about Teamsters President John Stovall. Watch the video. It is effective. Your comments about bankruptcies, unemployment and housing prices feed right in to this narrative. And even the Ukraine testimony, which is considered less important than the bread and butter issues. Sounds like you agree!

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By: imopinion8ed2 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2019/11/07/a-lesson-from-kentucky/#comment-497 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:34:44 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2019/11/07/a-lesson-from-kentucky/#comment-497 This is exactly why we need a real progressive agenda – one that draws the distinctions clearly and makes clear that Trump has always been a sham and never had the interests of working Americans in mind. We need a candidate that has bona fide progressive credentials, one who has been fighting for working people his entire career. As Paul Krugman astutely pointed out the other day – considering the state we’re in we cannot afford to nominate a centrist. Bernie IS electable and will go beyond the rhetoric to put programs in place that benefit working Americans

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