Democratic (Party) Direction

It's fine for me to be a snob I'm not running for president.

Sorry for posting about the Democratic (party) direction it's a sickness.

personally i think the problems of the left have less to do w people like clinton and wasserman schulz and more to do w the actual people that make up the left

cue bug eyed rage for conflating the democratic party and the left

"actual people that make up the left" is poorly phrased, sorry, but you know what i mean

'demos' means "people". anyone who wants to divide the 'demos' up can vote GOP and fuck right off. how do you direct a party to win elections against stuck up bigots? stop acting like america is a meritocracy, when it hasn't been in a long, long time, and recognize financial inequality is as bad as it's been since the great goddamn depression. tax wealth. tax investment. advocate universal health care. despise racists / classists / sexists -- no matter how subtle and/or sophisticated those assholes might come off

mmm dude you sound kind of unhinged

i'm beyond unhinged. 24,000,000+ americans are un-health-cared potentially, as of yesterday

maybe if you perform more anger on the internet they will get their healthcare back

probably not tho

the time is potentially out of joint

Ayyy hamletttttt

train your guns on your allies. that will restore health care to the poor

hahahaha that's ironic

this thread is like the definition of circular firing squad

24,000,000

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24,000,000

jesus

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personally i think the problems of the left have less to do w people like clinton and wasserman schulz and more to do w the actual people that make up the left

"actual people that make up the left" is poorly phrased, sorry, but you know what i mean

I don't, tbh

how many more state and federal seats can democrats lose in 2017/18?

:)

24,000,000

the french election is under attack too

personally i think the problems of the left have less to do w people like clinton and wasserman schulz and more to do w the actual people that make up the left

No, it's those Clintonite monsters.

If I was still a Catholic i'd ask for penance for reviving this thread.

you only have yourself to blame

reggie is a pretty good example of twitter radicalization. dude was like the politics algerian goalkeeper when he started posting here

I just don't think clinton lost bc of her opposition to structural racism and sexism

lol what opposition.

iirc, she openly referred to racists and sexists as 'deplorables', or something like that.

If I was still a Catholic i'd ask for penance for reviving this thread.

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius)

ten hail marys, five our fathers, go forth and sin no more

Or at least stick to the fun sins.

I just don't think clinton lost bc of her opposition to structural racism and sexism

lol what opposition.

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, May 6, 2017 9:50 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
iirc, she openly referred to racists and sexists as 'deplorables', or something like that.
― Aimless, Saturday, May 6, 2017 9:53 AM (two days ago)

She gave a high profile speech on the rise of the far right and spoke strongly about her intention to protect reproductive rights during the 3rd debate, which wasn't an insignificant thing to some people.

so Franken's doing a great job today, as he generally does, so between him being a beacon of GAF in the Senate and the fact that the GOP will gladly follow a washed-up reality star with multiple bankruptcies as long as it gets them a shot at controlling the SCOTUS, is there any good reason the Democrats should not actively recruit more celebrity candidates? Enumerate the things they have to lose.

Wish they'd picked him for VP in 2016 purely so he could've hit Pence with 'supply-side Jesus' in the debates but yes, please bring on a clever smartass from St Louis Park to end this, makes sense to me :-))

here is a stupid article that makes it easy to disregard the seriousness of the point I'm trying to make:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/14/michael-moore-oprah-winfrey-tom-hanks-us-president-donald-trump-democratic-party

I would say the biggest problem is that Dem celebrities are generally morons (with a few exceptions, including Franken). I would not welcome being covered by Senator Sweaty Bigface, for ex.

coveredgoverned

that too

our self-selecting political class is so much better than those morons, to be sure

if Trump is the yardstick, then generally speaking the answer is yes

Stipe / Dunham '20

http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2017/05/08/maloney-subs-for-faso-as-ahca-fallout-continues-111875

I think this is brilliant--a Dem congressman is gonna take questions about the AHCA at a neighboring district's town hall when the GOP congressman doesn't show up.

If possible, they should do this EVERYWHERE

yes!

Senator Sean Penn

the trolling town halls thing is p genius

more like cucking townhalls

more like Pwnhalls

Scott Lemieux has a good piece on Jacobin's lame hatchet job on Gillbrand: http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/05/today-left-bernie-sanders-personality-cult

and is Jacobin as bad this often?

as far as I can tell, yes

That's not much better as a takedown of the Jacobin piece than the Jacobin piece is a takedown of Gilibrand. Leftist publication not down with "orthodox Democratic" positions and politicians, news at 11!

ie "She interned for Al D’Amato, rather than…moving to another state that had better senators? I swear this is the opening argument" makes it sound like she worked with him for a summer after college, the Jacobin piece is rather more detailed on the continuing association.

The speed of change in ideology is a fair question with any politician, especially if one is adopting a new progressive streak. It runs with the bullshit about how Hillary '16 "had the most progressive platform in history" - despite literally no one on Earth thinking it represented her actual views or how she would govern given her druthers.