WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange explains why the Democratic Party is 'doomed'

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WikiLeakers founder Julian Assange on Saturday predicted the demise of the Democratic Party.

 

In a post online, shared by his Twitter account, Assange argued that the party has been "consumed" by "hysteria about Russia," something he called a "political dead end." It is upon this "narrative" that the "party's elite" attempts to keep a hold on power, he said.

"Without the 'We didn't lose, Russia won' narrative the party's elite and those who exist under its patronage would be purged for being electorally incompetent and ideologically passe," Assange said.

Assange's group, WikiLeaks, is responsible for the publication of stolen documents from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 campaign, which has been attributed to hurting Clinton's chances. Furthermore, though WikiLeaks denies it, the U.S. intelligence community reported in January with "high confidence" that both WikiLeaks and Guccifer 2.0, among others, were being used by Russian intelligence "to release US victim data obtained in cyberoperations publicly" in order to help undermine the 2016 presidential election in favor of President Trump.

Despite this, Assange said that the "Trump-Russian collusion narrative" being investigated by a number of probes and consistently reported on by the media is unfounded, and "we are left with the Democratic establishment blaming the public for not liking the truth about what Hillary Clinton said to Goldman Sachs and blaming their own base for not liking what they said in their own emails about fixing the DNC primaries."

 

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Still, the bulk of Assange's post focused on the Democrats. "GOP/Trump has open goals everywhere: broken promises, inequality, economy, healthcare, militarization, Goldman Sachs, Saudi Arabia & cronyism, but the Democrat establishment can't kick these goals since the Russian collusion narrative has consumed all its energy and it is entangled with many of the same groups behind Trump's policies," he wrote.

 

He ended his post calling on the Democratic base to start a new party, in an argument that makes references to French President Emmanuel Macron's recent campaign.

 

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-explains-why-the-democratic-party-is-doomed/article/2627004

 

Like me, this guy isn't a Republican whatsoever, it's just funny all the flak he gets for calling a spade a spade by the regressive left.

 

Here's the full list: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spvr6n

Edited June 25, 2017 by IAMX

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I agree, the Dems are certainly focusing too much on the Russians. The Democratic party needs to reform itself. The centrist approach of the past 30 plus years is not going to work anymore. Young people are fed up with the current two party system. One party wants burn everything to the ground, and the other party just wants to pretend that a magical place called the center exists, and if we could all just talk, then everything would work itself out. 

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17 minutes ago, Póg mo said:

I agree, the Dems are certainly focusing too much on the Russians. The Democratic party needs to reform itself. The centrist approach of the past 30 plus years is not going to work anymore. Young people are fed up with the current two party system. One party wants burn everything to the ground, and the other party just wants to pretend that a magical place called the center exists, and if we could all just talk, then everything would work itself out. 

I think while Assange is right he's also looking at things a little more superficially. 

 

If we take every grass roots movement in the US in recent memory, they've been usurped by the two major parties, absorbed into them, and rendered useless -- for example: Tea Party, OWS, Minutemen, et al.

 

What would stop D/R strategists from infiltrating this new party and implementing the same standards there? The problem isn't the party, it's the people.

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1 hour ago, IAMX said:

I think while Assange is right he's also looking at things a little more superficially. 

 

If we take every grass roots movement in the US in recent memory, they've been usurped by the two major parties, absorbed into them, and rendered useless -- for example: Tea Party, OWS, Minutemen, et al.

 

What would stop D/R strategists from infiltrating this new party and implementing the same standards there? The problem isn't the party, it's the people.

I agree except for one thing, it is people in positions of leadership that cause the parties to rot from the inside.  

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LOL the democratic party is too centrist. 

 

They wouldn't be where they are if most people believed they were anywhere near the center.

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8 hours ago, OriZ said:

LOL the democratic party is too centrist. 

 

They wouldn't be where they are if most people believed they were anywhere near the center.

Don't tell them!     Let them keep moving to the Left being led by Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.

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8 hours ago, OriZ said:

LOL the democratic party is too centrist. 

 

They wouldn't be where they are if most people believed they were anywhere near the center.

For cute, he thinks the Democrats are left-wing

 

Only in America, would someone say such things, and be able to hold a straight face. 

 

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13 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Don't tell them!     Let them keep moving to the Left being led by Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.

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1 hour ago, Póg mo said:

For cute, he thinks the Democrats are left-wing

 

Only in America, would someone say such things, and be able to hold a straight face. 

 

Me and most of the country. That's why real centrists like us can't see us voting for them in the foreseeable future, unless they find someone normal for a change(something they haven't had since JFK). 

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11 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Me and most of the country. That's why real centrists like us can't see us voting for them in the foreseeable future, unless they find someone normal for a change(something they haven't had since JFK). 

Wouldn't JFK be almost a neocon compared to the DNC leaders today?

 

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12 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Wouldn't JFK be almost a neocon compared to the DNC leaders today?

 

Therein lies the problem 

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58 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Wouldn't JFK be almost a neocon compared to the DNC leaders today?

 

Asking someone to do something for their country is pretty much a conservative ideal now, which is sad really. I would love to be more of a Democrat but they keep turning MOR Middle Class people away from so that they can advocate for the fringe elements of society. Sorry I am not going to vote for someone who calls me a racist and xenophobe because I want to look after my family full of mixed race childen. 

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20 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Asking someone to do something for their country is pretty much a conservative ideal now, which is sad really. I would love to be more of a Democrat but they keep turning MOR Middle Class people away from so that they can advocate for the fringe elements of society. Sorry I am not going to vote for someone who calls me a racist and xenophobe because I want to look after my family full of mixed race childen. 

The politics of identity are the DNCs mantra and it does seem to turn a lot of people off.

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2 hours ago, OriZ said:

Me and most of the country. That's why real centrists like us can't see us voting for them in the foreseeable future, unless they find someone normal for a change(something they haven't had since JFK).