The Party Is Over: Jesse's Endorement of Newsom Is The Final Nail In The Democrat's Coffin

At the pro-Newsom, get-out-the-vote rally, supporters heard from the Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose telephone call from South Carolina was broadcast over a speaker. He implored those gathered to cast a ballot.

"We paid a steep price for the right to vote,'' said Jackson, who endorsed Newsom.

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This is it. The Democrats are over. Clinton and Gore's stumping for Newsom was bad enough but the call by Jesse Jackson was when the Democrats jumped the shark. While Matt lost the election, look at the coverage of the Clinton and Gore visits; even the corporate media had to admit that it looked like the Party was desperate. Nobody wants to watch anymore; even fake liberals like Dean or Kucinich are starting to be seen as the same corporate product with just a slight change in the packaging.

Newsom makes sense in San Francisco, hes a conservative pretending to be left of center. One expects politicians like that in liberal towns since its a winning combination at the polls. But what does it say when the Democrats at a national level go all out to support a Republican whose only issue in the campaign was making fun of and demonizing people who can't afford a place to live. What does it say when former hero of the Left, Jesse Jackson would rather support his party than the rights of the poorest of the poor. Why should the Left ever trust another Democrat?

Who are leftwing Democrats and what do they really stand for? Howard Dean was marketed as a progressive and has now been revealed to be pro-war, pro-Israel, and for the death penalty. Jerry Brown was sold to the US public as the farthest left thing the Democrats had. He even had a show called "We the People" on KPFA. Once he got in office he turned out to be one of the most power hungry conservatives Oakland has ever had. He not only had rubber bullets shot at a small peaceful anti-war protest at the Oakland docks but now is bringing the people he had shot to trial for being in the way of the bullets.

Without the support of the Left, the Democrats will lose a good 5-10% of the vote and without that support they will never win another major election.

With their over the top support for Gavin Newsom the Democratic Party has shown us what they really stand for.

The Party is over.