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Sawant's call to 'shut down' inauguration brings flood of complaints (seattletimes.com)

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[–]toopc 10ポイント11ポイント  (6子コメント)

First she encourages people not to vote for Clinton.
Then she encourages people to protest Trump's victory.
She needs to make up her mind.

[–]fatmoonkinsBothell 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

She probably wanted to encourage people to vote third party. Wasn't she in support of Stein?

[–]toopc 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Then I guess the question for her is if a protest vote for Stein is somehow more important than stopping Trump from becoming President. It would be one thing if she kept her message just here in deep Blue Seattle, but she held a rally in Philadelphia preaching the same message.

There was no ground swell of support for Trump. We, the Democrats, lost because not enough of us turned out to vote. People like Sawant are part of the reason that happened.

[–]DustbinKCapitol Hill -1ポイント0ポイント  (3子コメント)

I'm not seeing how those two things are at odds.

[–]toopc 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Last Monday did you think someone besides Trump or Clinton was going to be our next President?

[–]DustbinKCapitol Hill 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

No, but this isn't about what I think, it's about what Sawant thinks.

[–]toopc [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I'm pretty sure everybody, including Sawant and even Jill Stein, understood that it was either Clinton or Trump. As Obama said, elections have consequences, and the consequence of this election is the make up of the Supreme Court.

Sawant's problem is that she's mostly worried about Sawant. Long after Sawant is a footnote in Seattle politics, the Supreme Court is going to be making Conservative rulings because of this election.

[–]Hutch24 13ポイント14ポイント  (2子コメント)

"I'm not with her." - Sawant.

[–]elister 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

So shes part of the group of protesters down in Oregon, who didnt vote for Clinton, yet are protesting Trump winning the election. Neat.

[–]Hutch24 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

No, she was not part of that group.

[–]MrsWhatsit-75Seattle 12ポイント13ポイント  (6子コメント)

Is this really the best use of her time?

[–]mk262mod1 4ポイント5ポイント  (3子コメント)

For Sawant yes. Her goal the next four years is to raise her profile along with SA's to increase donations and therefore her bank account. She wants to be rich and famous, this is her vehicle. Expect a book and multiple MSNBC appearances in the next six months.

She'll flip to the Democratic party before the 2020 election and her House run, as a sign of the resurgence of the activist wing. "I can do so much more good as part of a major party, but I won't leave behind our values." Once you're in the DNC the money train really opens up, and she'll be set until retirement. Assuming Ellison leads the DNC they will be scouring America for Bernie-style "idealists" they can stick in front of a microphone and recover the left wing vote. She's perfect for them.

[–]MyShittyAcct 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Why would someone supposedly hell-bent on becoming rich not even accept their full salary as a city council member?

[–]mk262mod1 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Because she is wealthy enough not to need it? Trump is taking $1 for a presidential salary, I don't know that this is the best example to use. I think if Hillary had won this plan wouldn't be in play, because the corporate wing of the DNC would be on lockdown and trying to keep the far left in the wilderness. A Trump victory is way better for Sawant career wise. Hyping up her national profile also makes it easier to skip state legislature and go directly for a try at Congress.

[–]MyShittyAcct 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

We're talking about a former community college economics instructor. I agree that Trump is probably not the best example to use here. Regardless of the fact that we have no evidence of her personal wealth, I don't see any problem with aspiring to a higher office as long as she continues to address the needs of our community.

[–]bigfinnrider 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

All ten minutes it took to issue that statement? Yes.

[–]Cosmo-DNA 17ポイント18ポイント  (9子コメント)

Why did we elect this nutter?

[–]cgalv 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think she really got her foot in the door with her initial "the rent is too damn high" campaign flyers way back when she won the first time. That's when I knew we were dealing with a serious city politician for the 21st century.

[–]AmericanDerpBrougham Faithful 14ポイント15ポイント  (1子コメント)

Because her predecessor wasn't representing any real constituencies anymore outside business interests (all perception, perhaps, but that was Richard Conlin's fault).

[–]Cosmo-DNA 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was thinking more along the lines of her last opponent Pamela Banks who was significantly more qualified than Sawant.

Edit: Phrasing

[–]tacomato 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

The only people who run for city council in Seattle are public radio show call-in cranks. If they let us choose "none of the above" on the ballot, we'd wind up with 9 empty chairs.

[–]Lollc 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

We ended up with this nutter because the people of Seattle stupidly decided to do away with electing city council people at large.

The system is broken, the people claimed. District elections will fix everything! And Seattle has been boned ever since.

[–]pissbum-emeritus 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sawant is a living example of the adage, "what smells sweet in the store may stink in the stewpot."

Why she was re-elected is beyond my ken.

[–]bigfinnrider 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Because she is right.

[–]tehstoneCascadian 18ポイント19ポイント  (5子コメント)

Nice to see all the local MAGA folks again this morning. Please remember the vitriol and obstruction coming from the GOP the past 8 years as you criticize Sawant. Trump represents some things that are completely counter to Sawant's politics, it's crazy to expect her to not say and do something about it.

[–]blatherskiter 18ポイント19ポイント  (0子コメント)

Please remember the vitriol and obstruction coming from the GOP the past 8 years as you criticize Sawant.

I prefer to remember when Sawant wanted to nationalize Boeing and "retool" the factories to build metro buses.

[–]bigfinnrider 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

How many of these people are actually from Seattle? How many upvotes are from people? I feel like Reddit is just getting the shit kicked out of it by The_cheeto's bot net. The admins really need to do something.

[–]Cosmo-DNA 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

And yet they're both unqualified ego maniacs who love seeing themselves on TV.

[–]MAGA_WA[S] -2ポイント-1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Please remember the vitriol and obstruction coming from the GOP the past 8 years as you criticize Sawant.

I totally remember the democrats saying " elections have consequences and we won" or "it time for republicans to go to the back of the bus".

What about all those dumbass antiwar protesters from W's time in office that suddenly went quiet as obama bombed the middle east?

[–]boulderdrop 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

They still protested. However, the group was much smaller and the protests were not covered as it's been normalized over the past 15 years and isn't news.

[–]fatmoonkinsBothell 7ポイント8ポイント  (3子コメント)

Say what you will about Sawant's ideas, but there's no reason she should be receiving calls and emails telling her to kill herself and to go back to India. That's sinking down to the "12 year old boy screaming over the mic in CoD" level.

[–]mk262mod1 -2ポイント-1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Fake as fuck. Believe it when they actually arrest someone, otherwise anyone can sign up a new gmail account and hate crime themselves for sympathy or leave a voicemail off a voip/burner number.

[–]DustbinKCapitol Hill 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

So your theory is that someone is faking these threats for Sawant? This makes sense in your mind?

[–]mk262mod1 -4ポイント-3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I mean she associates with such sane and rational people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqqDcEbWuR0

[–]samhouse09 10ポイント11ポイント  (2子コメント)

Peaceful protest is fine. Being disruptive in a peaceful manner is fine. Once you start burning things or damaging property, it is not fine.

We have a right to peaceably assemble. We have a right to protest. The right got to do it for 8 years, and now is crying foul when we're threatening to do it for the 4 to 8 years Donald is president. kindly fuck off. We're gonna make ourselves heard, and there are more of us than there are of you.

[–]Bear771Beacon Hill 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Being disruptive" is a difficult balancing act though. At some point, "being disruptive" is the same as denying others to exercise their rights.

[–]deviantemoticons 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

impeach sawant.

[–]Cadoc7Westlake 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Some people calling and writing have made misogynist, racist and bigoted statements, and the calls have come from across the country, Sawant said.

In emails, people have told Sawant to “go hang yourself,” called her names and instructed her to “go back to India,” according to the council.

*sigh*