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angrychair

(12,552 posts)
50. Why?
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 11:59 AM
20 hrs ago

Especially over the last several years when I hear "bipartisan" I automatically know it's not worth the paper it's written on because whatever good thing Democrats were trying to achieve was allowed to become so watered down it has become worthless.
When that is pointed out, the excuse is always the same, "we are making progress" or "baby steps, it will eventually get better" but it never does.
Republicans don't compromise. It's very evident that Republicans are getting everything they want, while Democratic voters just get excuses.

Cori Bush didn't lose because she was a progressive, she was demonized and had millions of dollars spent against her by AIPAC and got very little support from Democratic leadership.
Same reason Jasmine Crockett lost the Senate race in Texas, because leadership wanted a white man to win that race.

I imagine we have seen the last time Democratic Party leadership will ever allow anyone but a white male to run for president.
There are people pushing our Party more and more to the right every single day in some insane attempt to court Republican voters. That was blatantly obvious in the Harris run for office.
She was running around holding hands with Liz fucking Cheney, publicly praising the war criminal Dick Cheney and demonizing progressives and barring them from speaking at the convention.

What did that get us?

It got us the current government we have now. That is what it got us.

Demonizing progressives is only going to suppress voter turnout again. So unless we want president Rubio, I suggest we start supporting Democrats and stop kissing Republican asses.

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She is right we need new leadership! bob4460 Saturday #1
The last thing we need now is to go to war with ourselves. creeksneakers2 Saturday #3
Comical at best luv2fly Saturday #11
What do you think I should call the people creeksneakers2 Yesterday #16
What I think you should call engaged voters is irrelevant. luv2fly Yesterday #17
The choice was remarkably unwise. creeksneakers2 Yesterday #19
Roughly 33,000 people feel differently n/t luv2fly Yesterday #22
In NYC creeksneakers2 Yesterday #24
They've been calling Dems communist for decades. Cobalt Violet Yesterday #35
Post removed Post removed 19 hrs ago #51
not true. Cobalt Violet 19 hrs ago #53
How can you deny it? creeksneakers2 19 hrs ago #54
She's one of the JustAnotherGen Yesterday #40
Why? angrychair 20 hrs ago #50
Are they democrats? creeksneakers2 19 hrs ago #52
Not sure I understand your question angrychair 19 hrs ago #55
They've been calling democrats socialist or communists TBF 11 hrs ago #66
Its relevant to your complaint about my language. creeksneakers2 Yesterday #20
You prefer "progressive loonies," yeah we know n/t luv2fly Yesterday #23
I'm backing off some because creeksneakers2 Yesterday #25
No she's Not! Look to herself for her votes for Cha Yesterday #27
We really don't need this shit right now. I don't care, the stakes are too high to be doing the usual bickering Cheezoholic Saturday #2
Right on! creeksneakers2 Saturday #4
Some people won't lead and they won't get out of the way Ponietz Saturday #6
You can't lead from the minority. QueerDuck Yesterday #37
Mahalo! We sure as Hellscape Don't! Cha Yesterday #28
Spot on from the CBC!!! Unforced public drama is the absolute last thing we need right now. QueerDuck Saturday #5
So is it projecting unity angrychair Saturday #8
There will be time for that later. creeksneakers2 Yesterday #21
Completely agree that unity has to go both ways. QueerDuck Yesterday #34
My point is angrychair 21 hrs ago #43
Vote for every Democrat on your ballot in November. yardwork 21 hrs ago #48
Well... it seems clear that we are talking about two entirely different things. QueerDuck 21 hrs ago #49
"Spot on from the CBC!!! Unforced public drama is the absolute last thing we need right now". LiberalLovinLug Saturday #10
Not sure how disciplined campaign strategy qualifies as an oxymoron. QueerDuck Yesterday #36
AIPAC, i.e., "Talking dollars" Ponietz Saturday #7
Yep, AIPAC proudly spends money to defeat Democrats luv2fly 5 hrs ago #67
This is why Democrats lose elections... Escape Saturday #9
Work together. Makes a ton of sense to me. oasis Saturday #12
Yes it does.. I'm so disapponted in Sen Slotkin. Cha Yesterday #30
Politicians gonna politic. yardwork 21 hrs ago #47
Yes! We've done it befoe so we know the Cha Yesterday #29
Spot on. Those advocating for "purity tests" would rather rule the ashes of our minority than win a majority. QueerDuck Yesterday #38
Vote for every Democrat on your ballot this fall. yardwork 21 hrs ago #46
I support a Black person Miguelito Loveless Saturday #13
Rep Crockett won't be there next year. I support Cha Yesterday #31
Jasmine Crockett will no longer be in Congress as of January 2027 Wiz Imp 19 hrs ago #56
I agree with the CBC. LudwigPastorius Saturday #14
Excellent post, Thanks! Cha Yesterday #32
Debate all that Later! ffs w rhe squabbles right now! Win FIRST!!! And. .. electric_blue68 Saturday #15
All of this. yardwork 21 hrs ago #45
Corraling Cats dave99 Yesterday #18
Hmm... Sen Slotkin should take the CDC's advice! Cha Yesterday #26
The party is going to have this discussion at some point regardless fujiyamasan Yesterday #33
Well, they've been remarkably adept at avoiding it for a very long time, but I think it's now reaching a point where Midwestern Democrat 12 hrs ago #65
Of course Icanthinkformyself Yesterday #39
Slotkin is one of the most JustAnotherGen Yesterday #41
To underscore the issue regarding Slotkin BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #42
Right. She's labeled on at least one website chart as a "Swing" voter with Dems; whereas the Democratic Socialist ancianita 18 hrs ago #59
Vote for every Democrat on your ballot this fall. yardwork 21 hrs ago #44
Slotkin should have defined "Democratic leadership" and "old models." She will confuse independent voters. ancianita 18 hrs ago #57
Jeffries has been a tremendous leader of the House Quiet Em 18 hrs ago #58
Amen! QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #60
Post removed Post removed 16 hrs ago #61
Is that ALL black politicians? Or just the few who sold out to TACO? marble falls 16 hrs ago #63
I have mixed feelings about Jeffries, barbtries 16 hrs ago #62
I think Jeffries has been thoroughly schooled into the establisment by Speaker Emeritus Pelosi BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #64
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