If I could hand one directive to the Democratic Party for the next four years, it would be this: People will vote for you if you fight, even if you lose. People will not vote for you if you do not fight. - ThreadSky

baddestmamajama.bsky.social • 34 days ago

If I could hand one directive to the Democratic Party for the next four years, it would be this:

People will vote for you if you fight, even if you lose.
People will not vote for you if you do not fight.

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profmarylewis.bsky.social•33 days ago

@democrats.org take notice

basilmai.bsky.social•33 days ago

Oh they'll fight....to ban social media platforms and imprison immigrants but not much else. Drop the Dems. We can and must do better.

panthroonca.bsky.social•33 days ago

Which leaves us with nothing. The GrossOldPutinpigs are nazis. The 3rd parties are either useless or glory-seeking grifters.

The Dems can be reformed. They will improve as long as we push them to.

basilmai.bsky.social•33 days ago

Liberals say that every four years and yet here we are

panthroonca.bsky.social•33 days ago

We're here because too many people were too selfish and too lazy to show up and vote. We told y'all it was a numbers game. We told ya the only way we could defeat Ruzzia's & its GOP's cheating was to outnumber them at the ballot box. People didn't listen.

And yet when we DO show up WE WIN.

panthroonca.bsky.social•33 days ago

We defeated antiabortion crap in smaller statewide races. We won in 2020 because we showed up & voted - Biden wasn't even my 2nd choice & yet I am so very glad he was President because he got a LOT accomplished. You just didn't hear much (if anything) about it because our media is GOP-owned/run now.

panthroonca.bsky.social•33 days ago

A LOT of those accomplishments are because we pushed the Dems towards them. Getting involved is key. We have to constantly contact our representatives; regular calls let them know we're paying attention.

regalpastry.bsky.social•33 days ago

Being tougher is important.
Standing firmsl, pushing back, not accepting their "new normal" as they claim loopholes in laws, rules, ethics.

Obviously, this cartoon is metaphorical.

teamquimby.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yeah I just left the party after 31 years because they rolled over and showed their bellies

manhasnoname.bsky.social•34 days ago

My advice is similar and that’s to tie everything up in court. Sue for every action by Congress or Trump.

Also, take a lesson from the GOP and judge shop when you do it.

Four years goes by quickly when you’re locked up in court.

ambroisevollard.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yep. D's: you obviously suck outrageously at computing the political calculus, so stop trying to compute the political calculus at all and just do the next moral and decent thing in front of you, whatever it may be. Simple as that.

day-after.bsky.social•33 days ago

For the last four years we saw democrats do nothing to hold people accountable for Jan6. Republicans walked all over democrats. Exhibit one: Merrick Garland. Do you think anything will change next time around? NOTHING WIL CHANGE. They are the same party of the past.

benwasserman.bsky.social•34 days ago

Here's a better plan: elect new Democrats. Because even if the leaders do fight, it won't be the style and tone you want - there's always going to be that one thing that just irks you. A clean slate, however? That has promise.

waynehedges.bsky.social•34 days ago

And do NOT do fighting "behind the scenes"!
Dems,...
Get out and fight in front of everyone,... And I will cheer you on!!!
(Quiet norms are a thing of the past. Gone!)

rudeartichoke.bsky.social•34 days ago

I'm not voting for them again. I'm really done with their inaction. I don't trust Democrats, yes they are better, but still crooked if you ask me. I guess it's the Green Party from here on out.

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•34 days ago

Ok, but tell me this. If they actually listened and spent the next 4 years fighting - would you change your mind?

rudeartichoke.bsky.social•31 days ago

No. I don't trust them to do what needs to be done. We need and want universal healthcare. Women need the right to control their own body. We voted for Democrats, all they did was work with big business to keep us all in these horrible living conditions. Yes, some things helped, but NOT ENOUGH!

crazycatman206.bsky.social•33 days ago

They’re not going to fight. We’re on our own.

brainmist.bsky.social•34 days ago

So much this. And honestly, I felt like Harris and Walz stepped into the ring ready to do that, and I loved it!

And then the consultant class and civility Dems clutched their collective pearls, reined them in, and cost them desperately needed enthusiasm for a change from the old school.

alnihil.bsky.social•33 days ago

If they capitulated to their own party on genocide, they never cared enough to meaningfully change anything in office anyway. And if they willingly enabled a genocide, then they were never going to resist anyway.

brainmist.bsky.social•34 days ago

On Twitter last year, after Bowman got grief for cussing, I pointed out to my former rep that maybe if more of our state's Dems would should similar fire and fight, they'd win a few more elections.

So anyway he blocked me, because apparently outdated displays of civility matter most.

lemurdreamer87.bsky.social•34 days ago

Abandoning the "weird" attack and sidelining Walz were some of the stupidest campaign moves I've seen. Harris/Walz had momentum that we'd not seen since Obama in '08, and they just threw that in the trash because some dumbass "strategists" still believe in unicorns, Bigfoot and moderate Republicans.

isidoresdragon.bsky.social•34 days ago

My state's rep has been vocally and legislatively combative, especially where trans and queer rights are concerned; I was happy to vote for her last year and if she keeps this up, she's got my vote in 2026.

mountaintui.bsky.social•33 days ago

Eh, that's fair but are you saying the Democratic Party didn't fight?!

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•33 days ago

Yes.

mountaintui.bsky.social•33 days ago

So what constitutes fight for you?

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•33 days ago

Pls see above thread.

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•34 days ago

If I were in charge of the party, my whole aim for the next four years is to fight every battle, every single one, at 150%. Make every issue a media and social media blitz. Make every issue a twelve round fight. Give ground nowhere, on nothing.

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•34 days ago

You will lose almost every fight. But when midterms roll around, every single person who sees a ballot would be able to say “hey, there’s Rep Whoever, they fought like hell on trans rights/abortion/immigration.” And not “oh, there’s Rep Whoever, supposedly better than the other guy.”

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•34 days ago

And if they don’t do that, they will keep losing. Because doing something, even bad things, still looks more productive than not bothering to do anything at all because it’s hard or hopeless. Fight the fights that need fighting. Not the ones you think will win.

kjlevy100.bsky.social•33 days ago

That's all essentially true, in my opinion, but we should also recognize the effectiveness of right-wing authoritarian fear campaigns that are constantly being amplified across all platforms onto screens that everyone's eyes are glued to.

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kjlevy100.bsky.social•33 days ago

...A coalition of authoritarian elites, including religious supremacists who believe the end of the world is imminent, has convinced a large sector of voters that public institutions are inherently evil and that all power should be handed over to them so they can save "civilization" and souls.

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kjlevy100.bsky.social•33 days ago

...They've reached a tipping point with voters. There are both true believers and those who will opportunistically say and do anything that advances their wealth, power, and prestige. There are multiple motives but the aggregate effect has been to install a dictator.

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dave-mueller.bsky.social•34 days ago

That is so well said!

herostratus356.bsky.social•34 days ago

This assumes that the left will keep track of Dem politicians' individual records and reward them for their work.

I'm reminded of this image. A pro-Palestine voter wrote in "ARMS EMBARGO NOW!" instead of voting for Pramila Jayapal, one of the most progressive and pro-ceasefire politicians today.

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•34 days ago

herostratus356.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yes, the incumbent Democrat in a solidly blue district beat the Republican.

baddestmamajama.bsky.social•34 days ago

She won 84 to 16. I think your fear of the big bad progressive moralists is a tad overblown.

rockyrz.bsky.social•34 days ago

No you need more celebrity endorsements & appeal to the donors.

eheart.bsky.social•33 days ago

They just do not get it.

coolrickjd.bsky.social•31 days ago

Exactly! It’s so simple! Get caught trying, FFS! They could’ve done this so much better during the Biden administration. Bring build back better to floor and show them why it failed, so they elect you two more Democratic senators.

mimimama.cloud•33 days ago

Yep. And if they don’t then we go shopping for candidates who will. The OGs will be primaried.

tessie.bsky.social•33 days ago

If a tree fights in a forest but no one is there to see it, does it still fight?

Yes, the Dems need to fight. But we need to amplify these fights or the algorithms and the bubbles we live in will keep voters from seeing it happen.

sailbarque.bsky.social•34 days ago

I want to see them dropping gloves like the angriest hockey team in the world.

Drop gloves if you get a look from MTG that doesn't set well with you when you pass in the halls.

Drop gloves just to gum the day up.

Fuck them. You've been wasting decency on people who don't even deserve civility.

tubbles.bsky.social•34 days ago

If there's one thing they should learn from Andrew Jackson it's that they should beat the shit out of their opponents with a cane for every single slight.

tflingwarlock.bsky.social•33 days ago

Yeahhh, they aren’t gonna listen to that.

theramblerouser.bsky.social•33 days ago

You have to get caught trying

nicokow.bsky.social•34 days ago

🙄

charissla.bsky.social•33 days ago

Most voters these days are Independents, because the dems or repubs have let them down. We need to work on reforming primaries also.

reinemargaux.bsky.social•34 days ago

The Dem party stopped fighting for the people when it refused to listen in 2016. The political elite have allowed this all to happen. They don't care because they won't be affected.

panthroonca.bsky.social•33 days ago

Yeah, no. Not what happened there.

templedrake.bsky.social•34 days ago

I've been saying this for almost 30 years. No one is listening. Sen Sanders was the only one for so long.

topladave.bsky.social•33 days ago

Exactly!

pdawkins.bsky.social•34 days ago

Exactly this. The Democratic consultant class advising them not to fight for fear of being "divisive" needs to be canned. The old guard needs to step aside, stop demonizing progressives, and do more than pay lip-service to leftist grassroots movements.

guyoron.net•34 days ago

We gotta stop waiting for the Democratic Party to change. They have shown us who they are many, many times.
It took 6 years for the Republican Party to reach power from formation and a similar amount of time for MORENA in Mexico.
Any serious progressive should start building now.

hopedixonseider.bsky.social•33 days ago

I'm a Democrat (still, so far ).
No one will fight for me.
No one will fight effectively for me.
I am a person without a party.
I am a person without a government that will act for my benefit.

aacanzonetta.bsky.social•33 days ago

Agreed. The average person responds to displays of STRENGTH, And decades of sports and media has trained them to equate "Aggressive Offense" with strength

No understated "moral high ground" malarky. Just. Keep. Attacking.

jimdemetre.bsky.social•33 days ago

Indeed. No one will vote for a party that stands for nothing.

keithlsk.bsky.social•34 days ago

Dems must have a focused message, play hard ball, deliver!

harron.bsky.social•33 days ago

“Fighting” only for it to not be covered outside of your own media bubble doesn’t work. IMO fighting means showing that Blue State governance >>>. That means legalizing new housing where people want to live, cutting tax rates for workers, and cutting red tape to build renewables and public transit

harron.bsky.social•33 days ago

People aren’t going to see you on TikTok ect. - they are going to see what you do to their rent, commute time, and energy bill

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