Too many Democrats come prepared to play a polite game of badminton, while Republicans are more than happy to play mixed martial arts. That’s got to change.
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Dems are soft. They(as a party) stay getting bullied,and they think they can “elder statesman” their way through. Meanwhile, the republicans would *kill them and their families* if they could get away with it. “Carebear* energy vs *Thanos* energy
I still can’t believe that after trump essentially sabotaged the Biden transition team in 2020 Biden is fully complying with trumps transition team this time around. What is the point of one sidedly upholding norms in a way that only benefit the fascists?
The DNC has to elect more AOCs and Crockets and let go of Pelosi, Schumer, and the other milk toast geriatrics. The DNC seems to like to reward inability and age.
Yea, I feel like we gave them no ice and thought that was "mean".... They poisoned the well... because of some loophole put there 200yrs ago about adding magical beans or something and they just said here, have some kool aid.
That's full of shit & thorough disrespecting of 10,000s of democratic volunteers & party personnel.
The US election landscape is not a level playingfield - Democrats have HUGE hurdles that republicans don't, like the republican-owned national media
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Agreed!!! Democrats need to invest in the long game structurally as well—asking liberal companies to move to low population states in order to swing the Senate for the next generation.
Politics is a rough and tumble, no holds barred wrestling match, with a few kicks in the gonads whenever nobody's looking. It's not a cup of tea at the church social. Reaching across the aisle is by exception.
I agree I’m ready to fight for my freedom!!! It was hard earned in the revolutionary war, many of our ancestors died in that war and in the civil war to free the slaves!!!!
Old paradigm… too many need to learn that our normal rules of engagement don’t work when playing with sociopaths—at least they don’t end up working out for us.
Democrats need to get their feet on the ground at the state level. The gerrymandering and conservative laws are a slap to the people living in purple states
It has to start with us! When we rise up that will empower them. Enough of this be better, be the nice guy crap! Fight fire with bigger fire! 🔥 #resist #riseup
We beat them at being cunning and strategic. We bring them down by promoting what a D candidate will do for their constituents and show them how supported they'll feel, not waiting for the next shoe to drop. Good trouble, doesn't mean losing our cool, and "we real cool"
The Democratic party has an issue with loyalty. We are extremely bad about circling a firing squad around our pols who have slight indiscretion... like Al Franken. While republikkklans will circle their wagons around absolute trash like Trump.
The reaction Dems had towards him was ridiculous. Especially when compared to how republikkklans protected John Ensign, whose indiscretions with a female staff member was 1000× worse. It was so bad that the woman's husband filed a complaint against him.
look at the news today. A rational decision that pales in all comparison to the rank and wretched corruption of trump had a whole cable news day of derision. media is a much bigger problem than you think
That's too generous. Democrats are playing the game while Republicans are flipping the board over saying "Yeah so what, what are ya gonna do about it?"
We have to realize the guardrails have always been the norms not the laws. When one side informs the norms, the other side cannot pretend the law will save us on its own. Justice takes effort.
We need street smarts and those not afraid of getting their hands dirty. I expect politeness at a ladies tea social - not in politics. Fight harder, stronger & dirtier, don’t be afraid to break the china tea service!
The MAGAts are not on the same playing field.They want to kill trans, force labor on pregnant women, deport honest people,stop educating their children, stop vaccines,stop associating with the known world. They hear democrats are ending their freedom, killing babies.There are no rules of engagement
The game has changed and being polite and sportsmanship are no longer included in the rules. The gop is out for whatever they can get. We need to treat them like the 13yo bully boys they are and call them out on their deviant behaviors, use the laws to hold them accountable, and don’t back down.
@joncooper-us.bsky.social then we need experts to help us figure out the how. I don't want to become a redneck hillbilly. I really don't want to become them. I feel that eventually it'll boil over into a civil war. So how do we do it Jon?
We need to fight but we CANNOT become like them and lie to the public. It is too easy to cheat and fight unethically and then become worse than the people you are trying to protect the world from in the first place.
Normalcy, decency, logic, have disappeared. Rules of the game were changed by the victor. Bringing society back from the abyss should be the Dems goals. Give people a choice; good vs evil. Dark or light…
This is war. Today's Dems have a hard time understanding the real world rules of war. Here's how FDR and Harry T. played the game. After Tokyo was incinerated, Japan needed 5 more months of war and two atomic bombs to accept unconditional surrender. War is immoral and sometimes necessary.
🏆 Democrats need to stop 🛑 putting paprika into the rice. Put some real hot 🥵 Jalapeño peppers 🌶️ on the rice 🍚 and then eat them up. Then make them MAGAs try eating that hot rice for dinner 🥘 I guarantee they can’t and if they try they will fail. Leave none of them bozo 🤡 at your home-dinner table.
Kamala didn’t come to the debate prepared for a polite game of badminton. Stop blaming Democrats for idiots voting for lies. Stop infighting! The no good Republicans stand together. Just stop.
Dems should start by acknowledging that some massive vote rigging went on in this election and demanding investigation, instead of being too noble and proud to stoop to Republican level.
Well we’ve been saying and complaining about that for years, but it doesn’t seem to matter to them. They are still in that “ when they go low, we go high “. F that.
Why would anyone listen to you? You represent a historically failed party. You democrats hold the Republicans like a knife to the throat of the working class and then run around making shitty quips to make yourself feel better about the two faced positions you have on genocide. You're despicable
It's not going to change if they keep trying to appeal to the right and let dark money come in from the corporations and billionaires. The current Democratic party needs different people running the show. Or else nothing will change.
It's me, too. I savaged the rethuglican opponent running against the speaker of the Delaware House in 2012. In 2019, I lit the fire that ended with the poster of the Sussex County DE GOP vice chair.
Two GOP state senators who are friends of mine personally called me to apologize for her comments and demanded her resignation. The New Castle Co official was collateral damage.
The media needs to stop holding Democrats to different standards when they get tough with Republicans.
They attack the Democrats' way harsher than Republicans when it's reversed
People need to ditch biased corporate media entirely. It is our viewership that keeps them in business. We could put the pseudo-left media out of business in weeks if we tuned them out and turned to more independent media. More NPR and PBS, less NYT and MSNBC.
Old guard needs to go. This is war for the soul of our great country. People wonder in history books “how did this happen?” Like the Holocaust, we have to be prepared to take extreme measures. And defend our country from going authoritarian run by billionaires
I was on a college dems retreat in about 2000 and a campaign strategist spoke (can’t recall who) who said Dems failure will always be bringing a nerf bat to a knife fight, because we don’t want be the bad guy, even when we know Reps will bring an uzi. Over and over
OMG! Just posted this.
Biden pardon son. And y'all are outraged?
This is why Repubs kick your asses. Don't know how to get dirty. Go lower. Hit back and show that you didn't give a shit sometimes.
Most Dems never punched someone in the face in anger
And it shows.
Case in point.
Couldn't agree with you more. We live in a world where walking the "high road" is constantly belittled by trump psychophanticunts. We've got to learn to win by their rules.
This is one of the reasons I'm hopeful for younger people running for office. The Democratic Party is in dire need of strong leaders )who are unafraid of calling Republicans out), not ushers.
One of the major issues is the democratic voting base, there is no consistency. The reason democrats seem to be pussies compared to Republicans is because Republicans can count on their base to turn out and vote. Democrats have to play it more subtle because our base is just as likely to sit it out.
Agree 💯
It's frustrating because it gives the impression that we don't care, and aren't involved or engaged.
Correction: it isn't frustrating, it's bloody infuriating!
Literally, I feel like I am watching an episode of Squid Games. Dems are trying to be politically correct, and the Repubs are out for blood. 😔 Gotta fight to win... at this point, it's life vs. death.
Republicans kissed arse, Dems argue. Consensus support for a criminal moron isn’t a good thing, it worked and got the incontinent arsehole elected to the most powerful job in the world, but does that make it a good thing?
Dems bring a suggested reading list to a knife fight thinking their collaborative spirit can transform it into a working group, or at the very least future listening sessions.
I get what you're saying, but try not to make them sound cool. They're not playing mixed martial arts, they're playing the dirtiest, scummyest, most underhanded, cheating, lying dirtbag game of poker.
And that’s how we got here. Merrick Garland not wanting to look political, everyone saying please and thank you while these MF’s were burning the country down.
It's BALLS to the wall until their balls are BLUE.
HEY, that is the price of a rape regime. WOMEN WON'T. Self-defense. Direct speech.
Past "me too."
FIND OUT season
is "ME NOW" season.
Standing our ground.
I've long likened it to a street flight where the R s come swinging chains and baseball bats, and the D s come wearing 21 ounce boxing gloves. I hate it with a passion
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The Right no longer compromise, all they know is "no."
I was floored to see so many (R)ed throwing up their hands and retire vs. fighting to regain THEIR Party. Trumpism is not being a "Republican."
The US election landscape is not a level playingfield - Democrats have HUGE hurdles that republicans don't, like the republican-owned national media
Circular firing squad NOT a winning strategy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJtbtEn0-uk
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If you are a badminton player take an effing seat!
Stand up or bend the knee like cowards... Atleast we will know where we stand... It's vexing...
We win support by painting a picture of the promised land, and then discuss in clear and simple terms how we can get them there.
Pass it on 👇🏼
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lcet7icsqi2t
"Republicans installed leaded water pipes in our communities, and they're not replacing them." True, and tough rhetoric.
"Republicans are gleefully inflicting more brain damage on your children." True, and TOUGHER.
I think it's pretty safe to say him liking my comment is about as far as it will go.
Trump: No control of anything, only chaos.
https://www.capegazette.com/article/sussex-republican-vice-chair-anti-semitism-appalling/194347
https://www.capegazette.com/article/sussex-gop-official-under-fire-anti-semitic-comments/195439
They attack the Democrats' way harsher than Republicans when it's reversed
Biden pardon son. And y'all are outraged?
This is why Repubs kick your asses. Don't know how to get dirty. Go lower. Hit back and show that you didn't give a shit sometimes.
Most Dems never punched someone in the face in anger
And it shows.
Case in point.
Or learned some of the lessons from WWII??????
Supreme Court gave the prez immunity (includes the current one)...never look a gift horse in the mouth......
It's frustrating because it gives the impression that we don't care, and aren't involved or engaged.
Correction: it isn't frustrating, it's bloody infuriating!
HEY, that is the price of a rape regime. WOMEN WON'T. Self-defense. Direct speech.
Past "me too."
FIND OUT season
is "ME NOW" season.
Standing our ground.
Pulling this out of storage as well ...
Fuck badminton