Democratic (Party) Direction

Aside from all the reasons it was terrible for its own sake, I'm concerned that Charlottesville will blunt efforts to swing the party to the left economically becuase "see, they're all just racists"

otm

huh?

^^ otm

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2018 is about a year away. the left could put together some policies and a platform but will probably focus on optics like taking down statues, treating the symptom not the cure. also see equating 350 people with "half the country is irredeemable" cos that was a great strategy

"The Democratic Party should be completely freaked out that they're being crushed by Trump in small-dollar donations"

Fuck this, if this is true I have a hunch it has to do with people throwing piles of money at the DNC and *still* watching them fuck up. Clinton raised around 1.5 BILLION. Trump came in just under that. Money should be the last problem the Dems have. How about a better get out the vote effort, a return to the 50 state strategy, and a more concerted and visible - and proactive fight/education campaign against gerrymandering rather than waiting for the fight to come to them via the SC?

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the discourse itt is so good rn

^^ otm

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What?

Huh's on first, what's on second, otm's on third

wait, who's otm?

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HOOS otm?

2018 is about a year away. the left could put together some policies and a platform but will probably focus on optics like taking down statues, treating the symptom not the cure. also see equating 350 people with "half the country is irredeemable" cos that was a great strategy

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, August 15, 2017 6:59 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sage words, from a man who thinks the expression is 'treat the cure'.

Going to wager there were more DSA members than Democratic wonks pulling down the Durham statue tbh

Sage words, from a man who thinks the expression is 'treat the cure'.

obviously i meant treat the disease. but feel free to further punish me in bad faith for being ideologically inconsistent while offering zero ideas of your own

Just cos nobody else has any ideas doesn't mean you should give us yours

ILX, a website where Adam Bruneau is "punished"

Just cos nobody else has any ideas doesn't mean you should give us yours

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Aside from all the reasons it was terrible for its own sake, I'm concerned that Charlottesville will blunt efforts to swing the party to the left economically becuase "see, they're all just racists"

― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, August 15, 2017 10:19 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i see what you mean by this but, as always, the opinions of the loudest and most obnoxious people on twitter aren't necessarily representative

Unless they're wipipo

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/special-elections-are-telling-a-hopeful-story-for-democrats.html

there's another thread about moribundity of liberalism where this might work better but i can't remember what that thread is called

http://digressionsnimpressions.typepad.com/digressionsimpressions/2017/08/on-the-significance-of-donald-trumps-racism.html

synthesize nazi-white knighting, voter disenfranchisement, and russian collusion. seems pretty obvious. but you know the democrats (and republicans)

Hmmm. The DNC is going after Trump for his "empty promises on border wall." pic.twitter.com/mWGaiVkEkO

— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) August 22, 2017

it is happening again

lmao this is so depressing

problem w trump is he hasn't been as racist as promised. solid attack line

evergreen tweet

dems are gonna look themselves in the mirror, take a deep breath and tell themselves 'we gotta get more racist'

— raandy (@randygdub) November 9, 2016

"And what about locking Clinton up? Empty promise!"

"Trump is incompetent at being a full-blown fascist" is not a morally compelling argument imo https://t.co/ZAKrr1GDsD

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) August 22, 2017

.@TheDemocrats proving how disconnected from the working class they truly are: sending out donation pleas that look like collection letters. pic.twitter.com/cx929v9nKl

— Andrew Saturn (@andsat) August 21, 2017

One thing that old-fashioned political machines did right was having deep roots at the precinct/ward level. Focus groups are poor substitute for knowing your constituents inside and out.

too bad about all that corruption, ballot-stuffing, stolen elections, etc.

idk why anyone cares about DNC mailers tbh

like does anyone actually think the DNC is mailing these to working class swing voters cuz um no

2018 cycle's inter-squabbling is going to be so dysfunctional. every criticism from the left, every "What about single payer?" or "What about minimum wage?", will be met with "What, are you a Nazi?"

they are mailing them to people with the time, money and inclination to donate to the DNC - which is not working class swing voters.

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Ah, "working class voters" -- a synonym for "white voters"

idk maybe that's how the DNC sees it

It's not only people that receive those mailers that see them.

i mean whoever they're going to it's pretty obviously bad optics and something that would have gotten killed at the concept stage if there were decision-makers at the DNC who were attuned to how this would read to non-rich people, and how easy it would be for republicans to turn this into a meme about democrats and their big-city elitism, joking about working stiffs struggling to pay their bills etc. it's dumb and bad.

you mean people like me lol

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it's dumb and bad and also really inconsequential

like Clinton's management of her server