{"id":298539,"date":"2021-07-14T04:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T01:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/socialists-in-denial-goodwin\/"},"modified":"2021-07-14T04:40:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T01:40:43","slug":"socialists-in-denial-goodwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/socialists-in-denial-goodwin\/","title":{"rendered":"#Socialists in denial: Goodwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a219336e6e19\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a219336e6e19\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/socialists-in-denial-goodwin\/#Ranker_system_rancor\" >Ranker system rancor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/socialists-in-denial-goodwin\/#Lefty_press_ignores_news\" >Lefty press ignores news<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/socialists-in-denial-goodwin\/#HEADLINE\" >HEADLINE:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a>ists in denial: Goodwin<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For socialists and their fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ers everywhere, it\u2019s turning out to be a bummer of a summer. It\u2019s almost bad enough to make you feel sorry for Sen. Bernie Sanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Almost.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and their anti-American ilk are stuck defending economic authoritarianism abroad while its victims are pleading for the United States to save them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To the millions of downtrodden in Cuba, Haiti and most of Latin America, the US remains the shining city on the hill, even as AOC and her Squad demonize the greatest country ever created.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It must break their tiny hearts to see Cuban protesters waving American flags and Haitian officials asking the White House for American troops to keep order. Don\u2019t those people know America is a racist, colonial power that feasts on the poor?<\/p>\n<p>Besides, everything is free in Cuba, right?<\/p>\n<p>Sanders can\u2019t possibly be as \u00adignorant as he seemed Monday night when he urged the Cuban government \u201cto respect opposition rights and refrain from \u00adviolence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Get real. Opposition rights don\u2019t exist in Cuba and haven\u2019t for 60 years because the Castro brothers and their fellow thugs have used violence to repress any hint of \u00adopposition. Were it not for \u00adgovernment violence, democracy would have come to the island decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders also essentially blamed the chronic deprivations on the American embargo, saying \u201cit has only hurt, not helped, the Cuban people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is more ignorance pretending to be compassion, and a prime example of what the late William Safire called the ethos of the \u201cblame-America-firsters.\u201d Whatever and wherever the problem, pin it on Uncle Sam. Even when it\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n<p>As I have written before, then-president Bill Clinton twice sent emissaries to Cuba with the goal of lifting the embargo. Both times, the Castros said no, preferring the black-market system that allowed them and their cronies to control imports and exports and profit from gouging. They also used a dual currency system that effectively turns most workers into serfs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barack Obama, who specialized in bad deals, lifted the embargo and got nothing in exchange, which is why Donald Trump was right to reimpose it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019 socialist wet dreams have been a living nightmare under the Castro family\u2019s communist regime in Cuba.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-18805681 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BernieSanders.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BernieSanders.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BernieSanders.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BernieSanders.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BernieSanders.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019 socialist wet dreams have been a living nightmare under the Castro family\u2019s communist regime in Cuba.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even now, the embargo exempts most food and medicine, and many building supplies. The problem is that communism has wrecked the economy, so an \u00adisland rich in resources and talent is impoverished and ignorant.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the record of socialism and communism throughout history and around the world, but Sanders et\u2009al. can\u2019t bring themselves to admit it. To do so would be the death knell of their dreams of a leftist revolution here \u2014 and their own prominence.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it must confuse them that millions from Latin America risk their lives and fortunes to get to our southern border. In their twisted minds, Americans should be rushing to the border to \u00adescape.<\/p>\n<p>A related issue is playing out in the Biden White House, where the president and his minions are desperately trying to give the impression they are suddenly on the side of law enforcement in the battle for American cities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been nearly two weeks since press secretary Jen Psaki launched the effort by claiming it was actually Republicans trying to defund the police.<\/p>\n<p>Even the lapdog press didn\u2019t buy it and Psaki flopped. Still, there was Biden carrying the same water Monday as he played host to Dem mayors and police chiefs, including Eric Adams, the victor in the party\u2019s New York mayoral \u00adprimary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dog-and-pony show offered an image of federal and local teamwork but there was zero substance about stemming the illegal-handgun violence that accounts for nearly all urban murders and keeping criminals off the streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adams, who has declared himself the \u201cnew face\u201d of the party, is a former member of the NYPD who made stopping the crime surge the heart of his platform. It remains perplexing why none of his seven well-funded rivals did the same. Instead, they stuck to their pre<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> talking points about inclusion, diversity and \u00adinequality.<\/p>\n<p>All of which is silly when bullets are flying in Times Square in the middle of the afternoon and minority neighborhoods are bearing the brunt of the slaughter. The blood of the innocents has a way of making even the best intentions look ridiculous, no matter the politicians\u2019 skin color.<\/p>\n<p>Adams played the good cop at Biden\u2019s table, complimenting the president on his priorities and saying all the right things for the cameras. But beneath the bonhomie lurks a great divide about what Democrats stand for and what they stand against.<\/p>\n<p>That the answer remains in doubt amounts to a self-inflicted wound, one Biden helped create when he ignored and made excuses for the murderous riots of 2020. Trying to placate the leftists, his constant prattling about \u201csystemic racism\u201d in law enforcement and the criminal-justice system helps explain why virtually every police association supported Trump and why Republicans picked up House seats and kept 50 Senate seats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s attempt to piggyback on Adams\u2019 victory could mark a turning point in the administration, but for now, embracing such optimism about the president\u2019s intent would be a fool\u2019s errand. A soft-on-crime attitude is embedded in too many Dems and a new generation of local officials, and even prosecutors are committed to the belief that there are no bad people, only a bad America.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the people in really bad countries know better.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ranker_system_rancor\"><\/span>Ranker system rancor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although I\u2019m pleased Eric Adams won the Dems\u2019 mayoral primary, the mistakes, messy counting process and other chronic issues with the Board of Elections turned me against the ranked-choice system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I opposed it at first, then came to believe it had advantages. But the fact that Adams came close to losing a race where he had a 10-point margin in first-place votes strikes me as a reason to junk the idea. Kathryn Garcia\u2019s late surge from third place was, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently, based largely on being the second and even third choice of many voters. Had she won on that basis, there rightly would have been an uproar.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the elimination process that involves the sequential moving of votes from one candidate to another is not transparent. Added to the notorious cronyism and corruption plaguing the BOE since the days of Tammany Hall, the secretive shuffling only adds to public distrust.<\/p>\n<p>Count me out.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lefty_press_ignores_news\"><\/span>Lefty press ignores news<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Identifying himself as a retired reporter, reader Brian Kidwell still has a nose for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>. He mentions the legendary former editors of The New York Times and Washington Post and imagines how they would react to their papers sleeping through big stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He writes: \u201cI have to believe that Abe Rosenthal and Ben Bradlee would be SCREAMING \u2018Why aren\u2019t we on top of this story?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHunter Biden. Defund the police. The president\u2019s declining abilities. The riots last summer. Take your pick.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"HEADLINE\"><\/span>HEADLINE:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ethnic Studies Gold Rush: Consultants to pocket millions from new curriculum<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t that the whole point?\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/13\/socialists-in-denial-goodwin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Socialists in denial: Goodwin&#8221; For socialists and their fellow travelers everywhere, it\u2019s turning out to be a bummer of a summer. It\u2019s almost bad enough to make you feel sorry for Sen. Bernie Sanders.\u00a0 Almost. Sanders, Rep. 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