Republicans are trying to make Progressives self-implode - Don't fall for it

[DrLove]

The great Eugene Robinson has a timely message for Dems. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the perfect candidate for Bronx/Queens. But there's nothing wrong with a pro-life small 'd' Democrat in Missouri or West Virginia. Fox News, in their typical mouth-breathing fashion wants to sound the alarm on Ocasio-Cortez by blowing the "SOCIALIST!" dog whistle and push us all to the center. Center is great for some states and districts - Horrible for others. Either you want to win or you don't. Choose candidates wisely - Choose the ones that FIT.

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Predictably, some Democratic hand-wringers are warning darkly that the very existence of left-of-center candidates such as Ocasio-Cortez, in the bluest districts in the land, will limit the party’s potential gains in the House and imperil some Democrats in the Senate. The thing to do, these worrywarts counsel, is have all candidates stick to bland centrist nostrums, saying nothing that anyone might disagree with.

Which is exactly what the GOP wants.

What Trump-era Republicans stand for is appalling, but it’s something — and you can’t beat something with nothing. At a time of loudmouth politics, the one thing Democrats cannot afford to do is muffle their voices.

Please keep in mind, everyone, that this is a midterm election. In presidential years, it is more important for a party to speak with one voice — generally, that of its standard-bearer. In a midterm, there is no one at the top of the ticket. What’s important is for candidates to connect with the voters they seek to represent.

And voters in Missouri or West Virginia are not the same as voters in Queens. So no, Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) do not have to support the abolition of ICE or call themselves socialists. If they have policy disagreements with Ocasio-Cortez, that’s fine. If Democrats concentrate on winning and manage to take control of both chambers — which is what really ought to happen, based on the Republicans’ disgraceful performance — they will have difficulty reconciling the views of progressives and centrists. That’s the kind of problem the party should want to have, rather than its current problem of utter powerlessness.​

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Opinion | Republicans are trying to make Democrats self-implode

 

[BluesLegend]

Discombobulated by Trump's historic win and how well the country is doing progressives are self imploding, and finally being honest about who they are and what they really think.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Kittens, following a laser pointer.

 

[DarkFury]

Dr Lutz claims to be in the "center"?
Mental or drug addiction?

 

[tigerred59]

The great Eugene Robinson has a timely message for Dems. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the perfect candidate for Bronx/Queens. But there's nothing wrong with a pro-life small 'd' Democrat in Missouri or West Virginia. Fox News, in their typical mouth-breathing fashion wants to sound the alarm on Ocasio-Cortez by blowing the "SOCIALIST!" dog whistle and push us all to the center. Center is great for some states and districts - Horrible for others. Either you want to win or you don't. Choose candidates wisely - Choose the ones that FIT.

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Predictably, some Democratic hand-wringers are warning darkly that the very existence of left-of-center candidates such as Ocasio-Cortez, in the bluest districts in the land, will limit the party’s potential gains in the House and imperil some Democrats in the Senate. The thing to do, these worrywarts counsel, is have all candidates stick to bland centrist nostrums, saying nothing that anyone might disagree with.

Which is exactly what the GOP wants.

What Trump-era Republicans stand for is appalling, but it’s something — and you can’t beat something with nothing. At a time of loudmouth politics, the one thing Democrats cannot afford to do is muffle their voices.

Please keep in mind, everyone, that this is a midterm election. In presidential years, it is more important for a party to speak with one voice — generally, that of its standard-bearer. In a midterm, there is no one at the top of the ticket. What’s important is for candidates to connect with the voters they seek to represent.

And voters in Missouri or West Virginia are not the same as voters in Queens. So no, Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) do not have to support the abolition of ICE or call themselves socialists. If they have policy disagreements with Ocasio-Cortez, that’s fine. If Democrats concentrate on winning and manage to take control of both chambers — which is what really ought to happen, based on the Republicans’ disgraceful performance — they will have difficulty reconciling the views of progressives and centrists. That’s the kind of problem the party should want to have, rather than its current problem of utter powerlessness.​

Full:

Opinion | Republicans are trying to make Democrats self-implode

Sadly, the old guard has all the power and Dems will turn on each other. Remember the green party with Ralph Nadar?? Democrats are just too easily hooked on old school shit and don't know how to grow up and move on.

 

[DarkFury]

The great Eugene Robinson has a timely message for Dems. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the perfect candidate for Bronx/Queens. But there's nothing wrong with a pro-life small 'd' Democrat in Missouri or West Virginia. Fox News, in their typical mouth-breathing fashion wants to sound the alarm on Ocasio-Cortez by blowing the "SOCIALIST!" dog whistle and push us all to the center. Center is great for some states and districts - Horrible for others. Either you want to win or you don't. Choose candidates wisely - Choose the ones that FIT.

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Predictably, some Democratic hand-wringers are warning darkly that the very existence of left-of-center candidates such as Ocasio-Cortez, in the bluest districts in the land, will limit the party’s potential gains in the House and imperil some Democrats in the Senate. The thing to do, these worrywarts counsel, is have all candidates stick to bland centrist nostrums, saying nothing that anyone might disagree with.

Which is exactly what the GOP wants.

What Trump-era Republicans stand for is appalling, but it’s something — and you can’t beat something with nothing. At a time of loudmouth politics, the one thing Democrats cannot afford to do is muffle their voices.

Please keep in mind, everyone, that this is a midterm election. In presidential years, it is more important for a party to speak with one voice — generally, that of its standard-bearer. In a midterm, there is no one at the top of the ticket. What’s important is for candidates to connect with the voters they seek to represent.

And voters in Missouri or West Virginia are not the same as voters in Queens. So no, Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) do not have to support the abolition of ICE or call themselves socialists. If they have policy disagreements with Ocasio-Cortez, that’s fine. If Democrats concentrate on winning and manage to take control of both chambers — which is what really ought to happen, based on the Republicans’ disgraceful performance — they will have difficulty reconciling the views of progressives and centrists. That’s the kind of problem the party should want to have, rather than its current problem of utter powerlessness.​

Full:

Opinion | Republicans are trying to make Democrats self-implode

Sadly, the old guard has all the power and Dems will turn on each other. Remember the green party with Ralph Nadar?? Democrats are just too easily hooked on old school shit and don't know how to grow up and move on.

True statement. Tell me something though. How do you put up with a party that has been breaking up colored families for DECADES when they INSIST on keeping ILLEGAL families together?

 

[bendog]

Discombobulated by Trump's historic win and how well the country is doing progressives are self imploding, and finally being honest about who they are and what they really think.

In 1976 people pronounced the gop as dead, and the gop had no leader nor coherent philosophy. In 2008, the gop brand is dead. It still is unless you thing a protectionist, nativist philosophy that only has majority support with the over 60 crowd is a winning ticket.

Don't kid yourself. Mitch the Turtle knows it and Merrick Garland and the Kennedy seat is what this is about. He's got one left to go. And if he can replace Ginsburg too before the worm turns, he'll be dancing lightly in his tiny stocking feet.

 

[BluesLegend]

Discombobulated by Trump's historic win and how well the country is doing progressives are self imploding, and finally being honest about who they are and what they really think.

In 1976 people pronounced the gop as dead, and the gop had no leader nor coherent philosophy. In 2008, the gop brand is dead. It still is unless you thing a protectionist, nativist philosophy that only has majority support with the over 60 crowd is a winning ticket.

Don't kid yourself. Mitch the Turtle knows it and Merrick Garland and the Kennedy seat is what this is about. He's got one left to go. And if he can replace Ginsburg too before the worm turns, he'll be dancing lightly in his tiny stocking feet.

Dem's advocate higher taxes, jobs killing regulations, and shit trade deals. Good luck winning on that.

 

[bendog]

Discombobulated by Trump's historic win and how well the country is doing progressives are self imploding, and finally being honest about who they are and what they really think.

In 1976 people pronounced the gop as dead, and the gop had no leader nor coherent philosophy. In 2008, the gop brand is dead. It still is unless you thing a protectionist, nativist philosophy that only has majority support with the over 60 crowd is a winning ticket.

Don't kid yourself. Mitch the Turtle knows it and Merrick Garland and the Kennedy seat is what this is about. He's got one left to go. And if he can replace Ginsburg too before the worm turns, he'll be dancing lightly in his tiny stocking feet.

Dem's advocate higher taxes, jobs killing regulations, and shit trade deals. Good luck winning on that.

We'll see how the native klan party does on jobs.

And it's not about parties, no matter how much your partisan brain wants to believe that.

 

[BluesLegend]

Discombobulated by Trump's historic win and how well the country is doing progressives are self imploding, and finally being honest about who they are and what they really think.

In 1976 people pronounced the gop as dead, and the gop had no leader nor coherent philosophy. In 2008, the gop brand is dead. It still is unless you thing a protectionist, nativist philosophy that only has majority support with the over 60 crowd is a winning ticket.

Don't kid yourself. Mitch the Turtle knows it and Merrick Garland and the Kennedy seat is what this is about. He's got one left to go. And if he can replace Ginsburg too before the worm turns, he'll be dancing lightly in his tiny stocking feet.

Dem's advocate higher taxes, jobs killing regulations, and shit trade deals. Good luck winning on that.

We'll see how the native klan party does on jobs.

And it's not about parties, no matter how much your partisan brain wants to believe that.

I gave you facts, you deflected with a lie. Are you a liberal?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The great Eugene Robinson has a timely message for Dems. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the perfect candidate for Bronx/Queens. But there's nothing wrong with a pro-life small 'd' Democrat in Missouri or West Virginia. Fox News, in their typical mouth-breathing fashion wants to sound the alarm on Ocasio-Cortez by blowing the "SOCIALIST!" dog whistle and push us all to the center. Center is great for some states and districts - Horrible for others. Either you want to win or you don't. Choose candidates wisely - Choose the ones that FIT.

<snips>

Predictably, some Democratic hand-wringers are warning darkly that the very existence of left-of-center candidates such as Ocasio-Cortez, in the bluest districts in the land, will limit the party’s potential gains in the House and imperil some Democrats in the Senate. The thing to do, these worrywarts counsel, is have all candidates stick to bland centrist nostrums, saying nothing that anyone might disagree with.

Which is exactly what the GOP wants.

What Trump-era Republicans stand for is appalling, but it’s something — and you can’t beat something with nothing. At a time of loudmouth politics, the one thing Democrats cannot afford to do is muffle their voices.

Please keep in mind, everyone, that this is a midterm election. In presidential years, it is more important for a party to speak with one voice — generally, that of its standard-bearer. In a midterm, there is no one at the top of the ticket. What’s important is for candidates to connect with the voters they seek to represent.

And voters in Missouri or West Virginia are not the same as voters in Queens. So no, Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) do not have to support the abolition of ICE or call themselves socialists. If they have policy disagreements with Ocasio-Cortez, that’s fine. If Democrats concentrate on winning and manage to take control of both chambers — which is what really ought to happen, based on the Republicans’ disgraceful performance — they will have difficulty reconciling the views of progressives and centrists. That’s the kind of problem the party should want to have, rather than its current problem of utter powerlessness.​

Full:

Opinion | Republicans are trying to make Democrats self-implode

2016: the year democrats finally openly embraced their Inner Mao

 

[WillMunny]

Republicans aren't making the Democrats self-implode; you guys are already doing a beautiful job of that on your own. But it's typical liberal mentality: everything is someone else's fault, take no responsibility for one's own actions, etc.

 

[Claudette]

Republicans aren't making the Democrats self-implode; you guys are already doing a beautiful job of that on your own. But it's typical liberal mentality: everything is someone else's fault, take no responsibility for one's own actions, etc.

Yup. They don't need anyone's help. They are doing a great job all on their own.

 

[The Breeze]

Just remember #walkaway.