Establishment Democrats like Auntie Maxine Waters are our bulwarks against fascism

[bravenak]

This is why attacking establishment Democrats has never been my bag, baby. When shit gets tough, and we need protection From Folks like the Tangerine Terror, it is always Dems like Maxine Waters who use their power to fight against fascists like Trump. I am Proud To be a democrat and stand with people like her who fight for us everyday.

[Dream Girl]

1. Don't think she'd appreciate the "auntie" moniker, other that you are correct

Auntie and uncle can have faintly racist overtones. Not sure if you are aware. You might want to edit.

[bravenak]

2. She just said it HERSELF on AM Joy. 'The kids call me Auntie Maxine'

[Dream Girl]

4. I stand corrected.

[bravenak]

6. Watch the episode, you'll be calling her that too, lol

I'm so relieved to have a grown up working on this issue....

[Dream Girl]

8. After my Costco run.

[3catwoman3]

15. I saw that segment, and she seems to...

...quite relish the title.

Auntie Maxine -

[bravenak]

16. That's how I saw it too!

[guillaumeb]

3. Agreed.

And even some Republicans must be outraged at what is happening. I am thinking of Lindsay Graham. They are not all lunatics, even if it does seem so at times.

[bravenak]

9. I think they start abandoning ship soon, like rats

[Lucinda]

5. She is FIERCE!

[bravenak]

7. Ain't she? Trump better leave the country...

She is deep into his business, lord, that man is going to PRISON. The documentaries about this are going to b award winners. The journos that take himdown will be in the history books. Even Jake Tapper has surprised me with his refusal to play pitty pat with trump.

[GWC58]

10. I sure wish my district had a "Maxine Watters"

type Congress person. My Congressman is, blahhh, Andy Harris. He's the Anti Maxine!

[bravenak]

11. Me too, I have Don 'I put two people in the ground' Young

Sad! Pathetic!

[bluedye33139]

12. She has never not been amazing, she's someone to be proud to be associated with

[bravenak]

13. Agreed. I use her as my facebook photo.

[3catwoman3]

14. I had a Grandma Maxine - my mom's mom.

I will happily have an Auntie Maxine now, even tho I don't live in CA.

[bravenak]

17. She is taking up the slack for the rest of us who need Her

My rep is a terrible human being.

[JCanete]

18. There's never a reason to criticize everything about a representative. If they are too conciliatory

with big money, the reality persists, that they will not be as effective on those sorts of issues, or the rhetoric involving those issues. The fact remains that as good as they might be in some areas, there is one area that will continue to get us clobbered come the GE overall, and that's not fighting the money. Trying to speak rationally to those moneyed-interests works great for establishment dems in the primary. But we have Trump because of the money. He wasn't the first choice, but he'll do, and if he gets impeached, Pence or Ryan will be even better.

We should not necessarily be replacing our Dems who think the way to effect change is by forging these connections, but we should be applying pressure on them to reconsider, which has to include the possibility of either not being there for them when they need us, or giving them a run for their money in a primary. That is kind of how this process works. To not do this means it will be even harder for politicians to step out on a limb and push against special interests, because they won't have cover of constituency demands to do so.

So while I'm fine with saying we shouldn't outright attack Democrats, we should NOT be uncritical, or accepting of the areas they are weak in just because there are others they step up on, especially if the areas they are weak on are the reasons we keep needing them to step up on the things they are good on. Money is the root of so much of our political disfunction, from climate change, to just how persistent and vile racism is, because sewing that distrust and hatred between the proles is how they keep their money and their power.