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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBut but but but the rebuttal . . . . .
This message is to all the second string rebutters:
SIT DOWN
The Democrats need but one rebutter. Young Joe Kennedy has been given the job by the Democratic Party.
All the rest who are doing it for whatever reasons should sit down and shut up while he is talking. If they really have the need to add their thoughts, they are free to do it AFTER Kennedy speaks. To do otherwise makes the party look a little disjointed. As we head for the midterms - maybe the most important in American history - we need a UNITED front, not one littered with egos and Look At Me speeches.
I really like some of the second tier rebutters, But not when they do this.
Don't just sit down tonight. Sit Down and Shut Up. Just for tonight.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)I like Kennedy better than most of you anyway and he has a better chance of ousting Trump than any of you others as well. Give him the fucking spotlight for 15 minutes for Christ's sake.
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)Sophia4
(3,515 posts)Lots of people are like me.
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)NBachers
(17,120 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)The Democratic Party response is being aired on tv, at a certain time. To try to interfere or pull viewership from him is not the thing to do, if Dems want to win in the mid-terms and in 2020.
This is Joe Kennedy's introduction to the public. Maybe he'll blow it. Maybe he'll kill it. (History does not bode well for him, though...hope he bucks tradition.) But he needs for those on the left for once to step aside for the chosen representative, to put egos and their own political aspirations aside.
ybbor
(1,554 posts)I, too, like and respect the other commenters, but WAIT until the OFFICIAL rebuttal is finished!
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)That said, there are some instances I would be open to a rebuttal happening at the same time. A rebuttal directed toward a group who might not be watching in the first place.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)The more voices, the better.
I will listen to all of the speakers, especially Maxine Waters who is from my state and who always speaks her mind without fear.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Read the fucking OP. It supports silencing NO ONE.
Cha
(297,322 posts)IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)since you don't want women to have their own rebuttal. And Spanish language speakers. And black Americans. And working families. And Democratic socialists.
This can either showcase our diversity or show that we are divided. I like Joe Kennedy, but he's white, male, and a Kennedy. Our party is so much more.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Tell me where I suggest silencing ANY ONE.
Read the fucking OP . . . . . . mmkay?
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Good lord. Get a fucking grip.
mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)what? Lock us up?
He'll give a good response, no doubt, but I'll be happy to hear from others who share my views about the war on drugs that has ruined many a good life. I'd also like to hear about Medicare for all.
Don't tell others to sit down and shut up.. Now is not the time for anyone to shut up. We need to be raising hell.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)after?