another banger from toby. i want to add, by the way, that toby doesn't think the left needs to compromise on policy *at all.* he just thinks a successful activist takeover means *you gotta stop running against your own base.*
https://newrepublic.com/article/195300/democratic-tea-party-bernie-aoc-failed-succeed
https://newrepublic.com/article/195300/democratic-tea-party-bernie-aoc-failed-succeed
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Woke: get these damn centrists out of my Democratic party
And running candidates that fit their districts to win majorities.
Schumer's braindead strategy of twiddling his fingers until the people that already voted for him get mad enough isn't leadership-- its betrayal.
Even MAGA voters laugh at him.
And even I can admit he just didn't have the fuckin' numbers.
Running against the people elected by the base is running against the base.
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What's next? Talking about Kennedy's pain pills?
Dusting off the blue dress?
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But for '20...some "leftists" sure were mad Black southern people got to have a say!
I posted about this ages ago & I think it still holds up pretty well. To be clear, I think a lot of voters would agree with a lot of progressive ideas, but if you think you're divinely entitled by the Moral Arc of the Universe to win, you'll have a hard time with loss.
Soviet MAGA is brain rot.
And nobody's going to give you power for being a dick to them. It doesn't matter if you're right. It's fucking politics, not debate club
Its hard to think my home is wrong.
same reason why the Abundance book states that it “
targets the pathologies of the American Left”
it’s not actually to convince
5 and 6 should require the liberal base to apologize for their disgusting racism, especially how they talk about Arabs (they won’t) and to pledge not to vote for Republicans (worse than abstaining) if they wear a puffer vest and act “sane”
This was a trolley problem. There's Goldilocks on one track; the other track ALSO has Goldilocks, AND the 3 bears, and the house and half the fucking forest too.
Was a single Palestinian saved by this self righteousness?
"She didn't earn my vote" well, sunshine, it wasn't actually about you.
Right?
2. Either way, the Harris campaign made it clear at the DNC they don’t want pro-Palestine voters, by not allotting any speaking slot to Palestinian Democrats
It's talking about how to get the rest of the party to agree with the left.
By staying home, the left created a mirage of an electorate that only cared about mass deportations, cheap eggs, and crypto.
The voters who cared about Palestine - didn't vote.
So they don't exist. They let everyone else decide for them what matters.
And they were paid by Republicans to lie.
Because US law requires it.
That's exactly why Trump said "100% of votes to 3rd party go to me."
The only path for survival of Palestine was Harris.
Which I would argue is the most important point here.
He *refuses* to just be a Democrat. Even though it would be better for him and his erstwhile allies.
A cult that wasn't even transferable to Ron Paul's own son!
If Democrats believed they were as bad as the Republicans, they wouldn't be Democrats.
Campaigning against the Democratic party is a lousy way to try to win a Democratic primary.