the plight of the aipac democrat

The vast majority of national-level Democrat politicians are what we call “AIPAC Democrats”. Not because they have Israeli citizenship, or are Jewish, or religious, or concerned with Israeli or Jewish safety, but because they are charisma-challenged, bad at their job, and unable to win their elections without the massive election interference, financial help, and smear campaigns that AIPAC provides. Of course none of this has helped win the AIPAC Dems much in the way of political power, but at least it prevented anti-genocide progressives and socialists from getting into office. Mission accomplished? Not exactly. Although the position of the AIPAC Dem has always been awkward, recent events have put them, along with Dem-leaning corporate news, and Israel defenders in general, into a more excruciating position than ever before. Together the following recent headlines should be all the proof anyone needs about just how comfortable the Democratic Party is with fascism. Consider: To the…