IN THE CALIFORNIA SENATE RACE THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
CANDIDATES, THE REPUBLICAN LEADER IS A NEO-NAZI, PATRICK
LITTLE, AND THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IS DIANNE FEINSTEIN,
SHE'S THE CURRENT INCUMBENT, THERE ARE OTHER GREAT CANDIDATES
LIKE ALISON HARTSON I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IN A SECOND, SO WHO IS
PRESIDENT OBAMA GOING TO SUPPORT?
BY THE WAY THERE IS
ALSO A STATE SENATOR WHO IS A DEMOCRAT.
OBAMA HAS A TON OF
OPTIONS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, SO LET'S FIND OUT --
SAY IT WITH ME -- OF COURSE!
OF COURSE HE DID.
DO YOU REALLY
BELIEVE THAT OBAMA IS PROGRESSIVE?
DOES ANYONE BELIEVE
THAT ANYMORE?
HE WAS FIGHTING FOR CHANGE, CHANGE WHAT?
TO
CHANGE THE SYSTEM, AND THE CORRUPTION, GET MONEY OUT OF
POLITICS?
HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR EIGHT YEARS ON THAT NOTE.
HIS MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS A HEALTHCARE PLAN THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY THE RIGHT WING THINK TANK HERITAGE
FOUNDATION.
WOW.
THE DUDE IS NOT PROGRESSIVE.
IT ISN'T, IT'S NOT
IN HIS BONES.
HE IS THE ESTABLISHMENT, SO OF COURSE HE
BACKS THE MOST ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE OUT THERE.
AND BY THE
WAY, HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY ON THIS ONE.
AS THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS NOTES --
HE'S LIKE, WAIT, WAIT, THERE'S A BERNIE SANDERS STYLE
PROGRESSIVE, ALISON HARTSON, RUNNING?
I HAVE TO GET INVOLVED
WITH THIS ONE, HOLD MY BEER, I HAVE TO HELP MY FELLOW CORPORATE
HACKS DIANNE FEINSTEIN.
YOU KNOW THAT OBAMA'S CABINET WAS PICKED
BY AN EMPLOYEE OF CITIGROUP?
HE HANDED HIM A LIST AND OBAMA
PICKED EVERYONE ON THE LIST BUT ONE PERSON.
THEY SAY OH, NO,
THAT EMPLOYEE IS A GUY WHO DOES THE REVOLVING DOOR IN
WASHINGTON, HE WORKS IN THE GOVERNMENT THEN WORKS FOR THE
BANKS THAN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BANKS.
THAT'S AN
EXPLANATION?
THAT'S AN EXCUSE?
THE BANKERS WERE HIS NUMBER ONE
DONORS IN 2008 AND THEN THEY HANDED HIM A LIST OF WHO WAS
GOING TO BE IN HIS CABINET AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
GET IT OUT
OF YOUR HEAD THAT HE WAS A PROGRESSIVE.
HE WAS A GOOD,
MILD-MANNERED MANAGER.
NICE JOB.
IN TERMS OF BEING A PROGRESSIVE
AND FIGHTING FOR CHANGE, WHO THE HELL WOULD SUPPORT DIANNE
FEINSTEIN IF YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR CHANGE?
SHE HASN'T CHANGED
IN 50 YEARS.
SHE RAN THE CONFEDERATE FLAG WHEN SHE WAS
THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO.
NOT CHATTANOOGA.
WHY?
SHE WANTED THE
SOUTHERNERS TO VOTE FOR HER FOR VICE PRESIDENT ON THE WALTER
MONDALE TICKET.
AND ON AND ON IT
GOES.
OBAMA SEES THAT, DOESN'T
THINK THAT'S A BUG, HE THINKS IT'S A FEATURE.
AND WHY
FEINSTEIN IN PARTICULAR?
DID YOU KNOW THAT FEINSTEIN SUPPORTED
HILLARY CLINTON IN 2008 IN THEIR MATCHUP?
BUT OBAMA DOESN'T CARE
ABOUT THAT.
ONCE SOMEONE FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT SUPPORTS HIM
HE GOES, YES, I WILL BATHE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT SUPPORT.
IN FACT --
WELL, THAT TOOK A LOT OF MONEY AND FEINSTEIN BROUGHT IN MONEY
FOR OBAMA.
SO PROGRESSIVES?
NO, NO, NO.
OBAMA IS NOT GOING TO DO
THAT.
IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR OBAMA TO SUPPORT ANY PROGRESSIVE
CAUSES OR CANDIDATES, PLEASE DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH, YOU WILL
HURT YOURSELF.
HE'S NEVER GOING TO DO IT.
MEMBER HOW HE SAID HE
WAS GOING TO PUT ON HIS WALKING BOOTS IF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
WAS EVER CHALLENGED?
THOSE WALKING BOOTS ARE STILL IN THE
CLOSET, LEFT COMPLETELY UNWORN.
ALISON HARTSON IS A COMMITTEE
ORGANIZER.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, WHO WOULD SUPPORT THAT?
I
THOUGHT YOU WERE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.
SHE WAS A TEACHER, HE
WAS A TEACHER.
DOESN'T CARE, IT WAS ABOUT HIM.
NOW, PEOPLE ARE
SAYING THAT'S SURPRISING.
DOES OBAMA EVEN KNOW ABOUT ALISON?
I
DON'T KNOW.
AND THE REST OF THE MEDIA IS BY THE WAY DEEPLY
BIASED IN FAVOR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
IF YOU ARE A
WRITER IN CALIFORNIA OR YOU WORK IN MEDIA AT ALL IN CALIFORNIA,
YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT BUT YOU ARE MASSIVELY
PROCESSED AND WASN'T.
WHY?
IS THERE A CONSPIRACY?
NO, OF
COURSE NOT, DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.
BUT YOUR IDEA IS POLITICIANS ARE
AWESOME AND I SHOULD WRITE ABOUT AND FOCUS ON POLITICIANS AND
GIVE THEM A TON OF FREE MEDIA.
BUT IF YOU ARE A REAL PERSON
LIKE ALISON, WHO RAN A NONPROFIT FOR FIVE YEARS, NONPROFIT?
TO
GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS?
NO WAY.
SO WHAT DO THEY DO?
THEY
COVER THE OTHER GUY IN THE RACE.
HE WAS A STATE SENATOR SO THE
REST OF THE CALIFORNIA MEDIA IS LIKE, STATE SENATOR -- HE DOES
VERY BADLY IN THE POLLING.
THE POLLING IS ALL OVER THE PLACE TO
BE FAIR, MOST EVERYONE IS DOING BADLY IN THE POLLING INCLUDING
DIANE FEINSTEIN, SHE'S ONLY 39%.
BUT INSTEAD OF THEM GOING WHO
ARE THE VIABLE CANDIDATES MAYBE ON OTHER METRICS, THEY GO, I
DON'T KNOW, I'M LAZY AND I DON'T KNOW IT BUT I'M ACTUALLY PART OF
THE CORRUPTION, SO WHO HAS GOT MORE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE
AMASSED FROM CORPORATIONS?
WHO IS AN ESTABLISHMENT POLITICIAN?
I WILL GIVE THEM PRESS.
SO THEY DO IT WITH KDL.
LET ME GIVE YOU
A SENSE OF OTHER METRICS THEY COULD USE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
ALISON HARTSON, IN THE LAST WEEK AS AN EXAMPLE, SHE BEAT ALL THE
OTHER CANDIDATES, I THINK THERE ARE LIKE 30 CANDIDATES RUNNING
IN CALIFORNIA, SHE BEAT ALL OF THEM COMBINED IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
ALL OF THEM COMBINED.
THE SECOND CLOSEST PERSON, SHE HAD SIX
TIMES AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
TELLS YOU?
THAT'S A GROUNDSWELL.
NOW, IS ANYBODY COVERING THAT
GROUNDSWELL?
YEAH, BUT IS SHE A POLITICIAN TAKING MONEY FROM
CORPORATE PACS?
NO?
THEN WE AREN'T GOING TO COVER THE
GROUNDSWELL.
HOW ABOUT SMALL DONORS?
THAT MAY INDICATE THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING HER.
THEY AREN'T GIVING MONEY IN
MILLION-DOLLAR INCREMENTS LIKE THE CORRUPT POLITICIANS ARE
GETTING, BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 72% OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS COME
FROM SMALL DONORS, DONORS UNDER $200.
THAT CATEGORY, FEINSTEIN
LAUGHS, SHE IS LIKE, WHY WOULD I TAKE SMALL DONORS?
I ALREADY
HAVE GIANT DONORS.
ONLY 5% OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS COME FROM
SMALL DONORS.
BUT KDL, ONLY 8% OF HIS DONATIONS COME FROM SMALL
DONORS.
HE TAKES THE SAME KIND OF CORRUPT MONEY DIANNE
FEINSTEIN DOES.
THEY SAY HE'S A PROGRESSIVE.
HE'S NOT AN
ALTERNATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, HE'S THE
ESTABLISHMENT'S BACKUP PLAN.
YOU WANT TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MUCH
HE GETS FROM LARGE CONTRIBUTORS?
THIS SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE GOT
86% OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LARGE DONORS.
AND THE LIST GOES
ON AND ON.
HE ALSO TAKES MONEY FROM DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND
TELECOMS WHO ARE AGAINST NET NEUTRALITY.
WHAT KIND OF
PROGRESSIVE ALTERNATIVE IS THIS?
THE OBAMAS OF THE WORLD AND THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA, THEY DON'T KNOW THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY
ARE TAKING PART IN CORRUPTION, IF I'M BEING KIND TO THEM.
BUT
THE REALITY IS, THEY ARE.
THEY REWARD BIG MONEY AND
ESTABLISHMENT POLITICIANS OVER AND OVER, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
DO THAT.
YOU CAN SUPPORT ALISON HARTSON, WE WILL HAVE THE LINKS
DOWN BELOW.
GET IN THE FIGHT, VOLUNTEER, SHE'S LAPPING THE
FIELD, SHE HAS MORE VOLUNTEERS THAN EVERYONE ELSE COMBINED.
WHAT ELSE DOES SHE HAVE TO DO?
THE ONLY WAY THE REST OF THE
MEDIA OR OBAMA PAYS ATTENTION IS IF SHE GOES I RAISED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FROM COMCAST AND LOCKHEED MARTIN AND EXXON MOBIL,
THEN THEY WOULD BE LIKE OH MY GOD, YOU ARE A LEGITIMATE
CANDIDATE.
SHE IS, SHE IS.
AND YOU GUYS CAN SUPPORT HER.
BY THE
WAY, A QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE, I AM GOING TO DO AN EVENT WITH
HER, YOU KNOW I SUPPORT HER, CAN YOU TELL BY NOW?
MAY 8, THAT IS
TOMORROW, WE ARE COVERING THE PRIMARIES, AND AFTERWARDS I WILL
RUSH OVER TO THE STALKING HORSE BREWERY AND FREE HOUSE IN CULVER
CITY, RSVP AT THE LINK DOWN BELOW IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS
ON YOUTUBE OR FACEBOOK, AND COME OVER, $27, THEY DO FUNDRAISERS
GETTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WE ARE DOING IT 27 BUCKS AT A TIME.
THEY SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE, I BELIEVE IT CAN, I BELIEVE WE CAN
HAVE A BERNIE SANDERS STYLE PROGRESSIVE WHO CAN ACTUALLY
REPRESENT THE PROGRESSIVES OF CALIFORNIA, LET'S GO DO IT
TOGETHER.