E haule ana paha ka manao o na Demokarata e ku e ia Rusia.
After squandering much of the last six months on faulting Russians for the horrific presidency of Donald Trump…
After blaming America’s dire shortfalls of democracy on plutocrats in Russia more than on plutocrats in America…
After largely marketing the brand of their own party as more anti-Russian than pro-working-people…
After stampeding many Democratic Party-aligned organizations, pundits and activists into fixating more on Russia than on the thousand chronic cuts to democracy here at home…
After soaking up countless hours of TV airtime and vast quantities of ink and zillions of pixels to denounce Russia in place of offering progressive remedies to the deep economic worries of American voters…
I kēia manawa, ke hoʻomaka nei nā Democrats ma Congress a me nā alakaʻi ʻē aʻe e kū i kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo e kū mai ana: ʻO ka "launa lanakila" o Rūsia he pilikia nalo.
ʻO nā hopena o kahi koho balota aupuni hou - a ʻo nā mea a nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hoʻolohe ai i ka wā e hoʻolohe maoli ai lākou i ka poʻe i hoʻi i ka home - uē no ka hoʻololi hou ʻana i nā makemake o ka Democratic Party. A ke ulu nei ka nui o nā Democrats ma ka ʻaha kūkā e loaʻa ana ka ʻōlelo.
"ʻO ka poʻe Democrats e manaʻo nei e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kā lākou koho balota he ʻōlelo kani no nā alakaʻi o ka ʻaoʻao: Mai kamaʻilio nui e pili ana iā Rūsia," The Hill hoike i ka hopena pule. Ma ka ʻokoʻa loa i ka poʻe haʻiʻōlelo kiʻekiʻe o kā lākou ʻaoʻao, "ʻōlelo ka poʻe Democrats i ka moʻolelo ʻo Russia-Trump he mea pili ʻole me ka poʻe koho balota, ʻoi aku ka hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopohopo pili kālā e like me nā hana, ka uku a me ka uku. ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka mālama ola kino."
The Hill coverage added: “In the wake of a string of special-election defeats, an increasing number of Democrats are calling for an adjustment in party messaging, one that swings the focus from Russia to the economy. The outcome of the 2018 elections, they say, hinges on how well the Democrats manage that shift.”
Such assessments aren’t just impressionistic or anecdotal. A major poll has just reached conclusions that indicate party leaders have been operating under political illusions.
Conducted last week, the Harvard-Harris national poll found a big disconnect between the Russia obsession of Democratic Party elites in Washington and voters around the country.
ʻO ke koho balota "e hōʻike ana i nā pilikia i loaʻa i ka poʻe Democrats, ke manaʻo nei e loaʻa nā lanakila nui - a i ʻole e lanakila hou i ka Hale - ma 2018," The Hill hōʻike ʻia. "Ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi ʻoiai ʻo 58 ka nui o ka poʻe koho i ʻōlelo ua hopohopo lākou e pili ana paha ʻo Trump i nā ʻoihana me Moscow, 73 pākēneka i ʻōlelo ua hopohopo lākou no ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā noiʻi e pale ana i ka Congress mai ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia i koʻikoʻi iā lākou."
ʻO ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Harvard-Harris poll, ʻo Mark Penn, ua'ōleloʻia i nā hopena: "ʻOiai makemake nui ka poʻe koho pāloka i kekahi keakea koho balota Lūkini, hopohopo lākou ua lilo nā hoʻokolokolo i mea hoʻonāukiuki no ka pelekikena a me ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hōʻeha nei ma mua o ke kōkua ʻana i ka ʻāina."
ʻO ia mau ʻikepili e hiki mai ana ke hoʻāla nei i ka manaʻo kūʻē ʻē aʻe mai ka Hale Democrats e makemake ana e koho hou ʻia a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā Repubalika mai ka mana nui. I ka pōkole, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake i kahi haʻi'ōlelo GOP o ka Hale, e naʻauao i ka politika e pāʻani ana ma ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Vermont Congressman Peter Welch, he Democrat holomua: "Pono mākou e noʻonoʻo mau i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai [a] pono mākou e haʻalele i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻohewa ʻana iā Trump, inā paha e pili ana iā Rūsia, inā e pili ana iā Comey. No ka mea nona ka mana kūʻokoʻa ponoʻī, e hana ʻia ia ma kāna iho me ka ʻole o mākou e hoʻopaʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Welch, "Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou hana inā hana mākou i ka hana paʻakikī o ka hana ʻana i kahi papahana. ʻO ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana iā Trump a me Rūsia ʻaʻole i hana i kahi papahana. "
ʻO ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kumuhana koʻikoʻi ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻole i ka mea i lilo i rote reflex o ke alakaʻi Democratic Party - e hoʻomau i ka hammering Trump ma ke ʻano he mea hana Kremlin. I loko o kahi ʻōlelo maʻamau i hala iho nei, ua kuʻi ʻo House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi i kahi kamaʻilio ʻana ua luhi loa ʻo ia ke ʻano o kahi kui kulou: "He aha ka mea a nā Lūkini iā Donald Trump?"
Ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ʻōlelo ʻia kekahi House Democrat, ʻo Matt Cartwright o Pennsylvania: "Inā ʻike ʻoe iaʻu e mālama nei iā Rūsia a me nā ʻōlelo hoʻohewa ʻana i ka pelekikena a me nā mea like me ke ʻano lua, no ka mea ʻo ia ka manaʻo o koʻu poʻe koho."
Mai ke koho balota ʻana i ka mahina ʻo Nowemapa i hala, ua kau nui nā alakaʻi o ka ʻaha Demokarata i nā pili o ka pāʻina ma luna o ka lio o Rusia. A ke huki ʻoʻopa nei i kēia manawa.
ʻAe, pono kahi hoʻokolokolo kūʻokoʻa maoli no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i ke aupuni Lūkini i keakea i ke koho balota ʻAmelika. A pono e ʻeli ka poʻe noiʻi e ʻike inā aia nā hōʻike maoli e hana ana ʻo Trump a i kāna mau mea hana hoʻolaha i nā hana ʻino ma mua a ma hope paha o ke koho balota. I ka manawa like, e kiʻi kāua. ʻO ka hui nui ʻana ma Capitol Hill, e ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā Repubalika a me nā Democrats, ʻaʻole hiki ke kūpono ʻo "kūʻokoʻa."
In the top strata of the national Democratic Party, and especially for the Clinton wing of the party, blaming Russia has been of visceral importance. A recent book about Hillary Clinton’s latest presidential campaign — “Shattered,” by journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes — includes a revealing passage. “I loko o nā hola 24 of her concession speech,” the authors report, campaign manager Robby Mook and campaign chair John Podesta “assembled her communications team at the Brooklyn headquarters to engineer the case that the election wasn’t entirely on the up-and-up.”
Ma kēlā hālāwai, "ua hele lākou i ka palapala a lākou e kau ai i ka nūpepa a me ka lehulehu. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hacking Lūkini ke kikowaena o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pūnāwai, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Jennifer Palmieri i ka luna kamaʻilio mua o ka hoʻolaha pelekikena o 2016 Clinton, i ke ala ma hope o ke koho balota. Hawaii Post manao kauwahi: "Inā mākou e hōʻike maopopo i ka mea a Rūsia i hana ai he mea ʻole ia ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ko mākou repubalika, e noho pū ka lehulehu me mākou. A ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana no ia mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou me mākou.
Polling data now indicate how wrong such claims are.
Initially in lockstep this year, Democrats on Capitol Hill probably didn’t give it a second thought if they read my Haawina i paʻiʻia e The Hill kokoke i ʻeono mahina i hala ma lalo o ke poʻomanaʻo "Ke pāʻani nei nā Democrats me ke ahi ma Rusia." I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua ʻōlelo aku au "ʻo ka ʻōlelo pili loa mai nā Democrats congressional: e hoʻopiʻi iā Russia. Ua pāpālua nā alakaʻi o ka pāʻina i kahi ala i loaʻa ʻole i ka wā o ka hoʻolaha pelekikena - e hoʻāʻo ana e hoʻopaʻa i ka Kremlin ma ka ʻāʻī o Donald Trump.
A ua hoʻohui au: "ʻOi aku ka makemake i ka pāʻani ʻana i ka hale paʻi puke ma mua o ke kamaʻilio pololei ʻana i ka pilikia o ka poʻe koho balota i ka Rust Belt a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi i ka pelekikena iā Trump, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā Democrats kiʻekiʻe e hoʻokuʻu iā Vladimir Putin ma mua o ka nānā ʻana pehea lākou i hana ai. nalowale ka launa pū ʻana me nā poʻe koho pāʻoihana."
But my main emphasis in that Ianuari 9 article was that “the emerging incendiary rhetoric against Russia is extremely dangerous. It could lead to a military confrontation between two countries that each has thousands of nuclear weapons.”
Ua ʻike au "ʻo ka hoihoi no ka paʻi ʻana i ka pahu e kūʻē iā Putin ke lilo wikiwiki nei i ʻāpana nui o ka ʻike lehulehu o ka Democratic Party ma 2017. A - me ka insidiously - ua kūpono ia e hāʻawi i ka pāʻina i kahi pāʻina politika lōʻihi i ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i ke aupuni Lūkini."
Ua kuhikuhi aku kaʻu ʻatikala: "He pōʻino ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a hiki i ka pōʻino ma mua o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana. Ma ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka polarize hou me ka Kremlin, ke hoʻonui nei ka poʻe Democrats congressional i ka manawa o kahi hakakā pūʻali koa me Rūsia.
Eia kekahi nīnau e noʻonoʻo pono ai: ʻEhia ka manawa a nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e noʻonoʻo ai i nā ala e hōʻemi ai i nā pilikia o ka nuklea holocaust, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka nui o ka manawa a lākou e noʻonoʻo ai e koho hou ʻia?
Ma ka ʻōlelo politika, The HillʻO ka ʻatikala ʻo Iune 24 i poʻomanaʻo ʻia "Dems Push Leaders e kamaʻilio liʻiliʻi e pili ana iā Rūsia" he ala ala. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka leʻaleʻa o Rūsia-bashing incantations mai ke kakahiaka nui o ka hoʻoilo, ua hoʻomaka kekahi poʻe Demokarata ma ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e ʻike pono lākou e uhaʻi i ke ʻano. Akā, pono lākou i ke kōkua mai nā poʻe i makemake e haʻi pololei e haʻi aku iā lākou e kāʻili i waho.
Inā he kanaka e hiki mai ana ma kēia honua, pono ia ka diplomacy maoli ma waena o US a me Rusia, ʻelua mau mea kaua nuklea nui o ka honua. I kēia manawa - ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole kiʻekiʻe ka hoʻoweliweli nuklea mai ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka huhū iā Rūsia ma ka papa inoa o nā manaʻo Democrats ma Capitol Hill - malia paha e koi ʻia nā manaʻo o ka hāʻule ʻana i ke koho balota i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka manawa kēia e haki ai ka maʻi maʻi anti-Russia.
ʻO Norman Solomon ka mea hoʻoponopono o ka hui hoʻoikaika pūnaewele KohoAloha.org a me ka luna hoʻokō o ka Institute for Public Accuracy. ʻO ia ka mea kākau o nā puke he ʻumi me ka "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death."
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