Kamala.Harris, Cory Booker, and Deval Patrick are awesome

[Cary]

I am proud to be liberal. I am proud to be a Democrat. I am on the side of truth and justice.

We shall overcome the enemies of truth and justice in spite of any contrivance or treachery. No Russian oligarch or alt right racist or cult follower will defeat us.

[LonePirate]

1. Let me give you a rec because what you said is true.

[Me.]

2. To The Greatest

[sheshe2]

3. Agreed!

100%

Thank you, Cary.

[bettyellen]

18. I was accused of using a racist dog whistle because I said I thought Booker was good -

But maybe a bit too polished - this was comparing him to Kamala who I thought seemed more genuine, less rehearsed. Some dude tried to shame me for saying that- claiming it was a racist dog whistle. Shameless!

I like Booker, he's my damned senator. Was just saying I think Harris is off the charts, charisma wise.

[sheshe2]

20. Strange times bettyellen, strange times.

[bettyellen]

21. SOP Bros trying to offload their shame on me to shut down positive discussion....

I had his number. And folks telling women to get out the way. NOPE.

[sheshe2]

22. I am not getting out of their way.

No one is going to step on my back to rise and leave me alone in the dust. I have seen this a lot on FB.

[lapucelle]

33. Yesterday I was involved in a sociolinguistic firestorm concerning the word "rare"

which apparently defaults to " limited and therefore reserved for the elite by the elite" when it suits a talking point.

[bettyellen]

65. Silly games. Just not having it!

[Cary]

4. I also love my own Senators and Representative

Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, and Jan Schakowsky.

And I can list many other Democrats. I love my party. I'm not religious but I thank God anyway for my party.

[mcar]

12. Gillibrand, Brown, Frankel, the Castro brothers

Schiff, Kennedy. It's a long list.

[Cary]

13. Indeed.

[leftofcool]

66. And now, Lt Col Amy McGrath

[George II]

17. I'm represented by Murphy, Blumenthal, and Larson:

Chris Murphy is a normal, down to earth guy. When he ran for Senate against billionaire Linda McMahon, there was a debate about 5 miles from here. She showed up in a stretch limousine with the blackened windows closed. Murphy's wife drove him to the debate in the family Subaru, he hung out the passenger window waving to us.

Richard Blumenthal is a multimillionaire, but may be the most liberal/progressive of the three (a la the Kennedys and the Democratic Rockefellers)

John Larson grew up in a public housing project, and worked as an insurance broker before going into politics.

Quite a cross-section of Democrats, all three are great.

I can't wait for Deval Patrick to decide to run for something again soon. He was a very popular Governor for two terms (I didn't realize he was also in Clinton's administration as Asst. Attorney General)

We'll see what the future has in store for Kamala Harris and Corey Booker, I can see both of them going far.

[Cary]

5. I don't want to leave out Maxine Waters

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017451429

Or Nancy Pelosi.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. A pro Democratic Party message, how about THAT!

Considering they and the leaks are the only things keeping us alive at the moment, HELL YES!

[Cary]

7. Is it so difficult to rally around our leaders?

I'm so tired of hearing how wrong I am for not tolerating discord.and discontent.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. The propaganda has been brilliant:

Why did the D's stop representing the middle class? (they never did)

Why dont they have a message the middle class can connect to? (they do, hard to hear it over the billion dollar propaganda machine on the far right and far left)

[Cary]

9. A friend of mine broke this to me

I didn't want to believe it at the time but he said that when you boil it all down what you get from "conservatives" is racism. At that time racists weren't doing so well.

Fast forward to today and sadly racists have recovered.

Why do radical leftists attack Kamala Harris, Patrick Deval, and Cory Booker? Why were they so obnoxious about President Obama?

[Eliot Rosewater]

25. It is one thing to NOT vote for the D in any election, then have results that

are TERRIFYING, maybe the end of our country, literally, but to then do it AGAIN.



This is how I know it is intentional.

[Honeycombe8]

68. None of those people are running for President, are they? Is that you're talking about?

They aren't even running, so there's no one to vote for or against them.

I don't understand all this broo-ha-ha over a few Democratic politicians who aren't running for President. Is this a push to garner support for them, so they will run? Have they expressed interest in running, but the party said no? I don't get it.

What's intentional?

Maybe I should just quit reading these posts about Harris and Booker.

[bettyellen]

76. There's buzz about them running in the press already- just like Pence and Sasse on the other side.

[jzola]

54. They

We're also obnoxious about Hillary!

[mcar]

10. They are!

Great Democrats. I'm proud to support them.

[brer cat]

11. I agree, Cary.

K&R

[SunSeeker]

15. K & R

[Progressive dog]

16. There are a lot of awesome Democrats

and I would vote for almost any Democrat over any opponent.

[Cary]

19. I know, right?

So what's with the discord and discontent?

I don't get it.

[Cary]

24. Come on.

Please don't play games.

[Cary]

29. I asked you nicely

Now please stop

[Cary]

31. Good grief

[Cary]

35. I'm not interested.

[Cary]

37. Whatever.

I'm still not interested.

[Cary]

40. Which part of not interested don't you understand?

[Cary]

42. Wrong

But I'm not going down your rabbit hole.

You understand. Nothing you can say will convince me otherwise.

Perhaps some day you will find a new ploy.

[Cary]

44. I gave you a fair hearing and I find you're playing games with me.

I asked you to please stop and you cannot respect my boundaries. That's inappropriaste and unacceptabke.

[Cary]

50. Dude, I don't have to take your bait

[liberalnarb]

60. I'm totally confused by this conflict. What bait?

I saw a post saying Senator Booker was supporting legalizing marijuana. Isn't that a positive? I'm surprised to hear he's doing so but I'm glad he is.

[liberalnarb]

67. Maybe he/she is opposed to Cannabis legalization.

Why not just say it?

[Cary]

70. Maybe that's a indication that you're not as open to other perspectives,

As you might be?

[liberalnarb]

82. I'm sorry, your responses just seem very vague

[Cary]

83. Other people have no problem understanding me.

[liberalnarb]

84. Ok, well I'm done here. Sure seems like the only person playing games is you.

[Cary]

85. I have many friends here who understand me perfectly, and I understand them

In fact I'd say that I'm in the majority.

I have no problem trying to explain things to anyone who asks, in good faith. I do have a problem when people are being obtuse.

I'm sure you understand me perfectly.

[liberalnarb]

86. I really don't understand the point you're trying to make.

Honestly, what is the issue you have within the post about Corey's marijuana activism? And please don't answer sarcastically I'm honestly not sure at this point.

[WinkyDink]

45. Pot brownie? Where do I get one?!

[WinkyDink]

72. Well, heck, I'm in PA. But I do like visiting Maine!

[raven mad]

73. In Alaska, we raked in over $500,000 in revenue (taxes)

JUST in June! Rock on, Sen. Booker!

I'm a proud Alaskan Democrat in a very red state, who pledges to fight on.

[mountain grammy]

71. COLORADO

Bake my own.

[mcar]

61. Is there discontent?

Try a host of DU OPs this week alone casting doubt on some of these named Democrats.

I'm sure I've seen you responding on some of them.

And yes, kudos to Sen. Booker.

[femmocrat]

26. I have a huge crush on Kamala Harris.

She would make an exciting candidate at some point in the future.

But yes, I love them all too. They have been stalwart in fighting for us and against the trumpsters.

[betsuni]

28. K&R!

[yallerdawg]

46. A categorical indictment of ALL the Democrats listed in the OP!

That's pretty damn bold!

Suggested reading:

[NurseJackie]

39. I support DEMOCRATS all the way! Democrats and only Democrats!

[Bladewire]

47. Kamala Harris is the best!

Cory Booker is ok , I don't prefer Deval Patrick.

[Bladewire]

55. Her acceptance speech shows she's strong in character and leadership

[lastlib]

52. We ARE the Party of Hope and Justice!

John Lewis! Elijah Cummings! Maxine Waters! Barack H. Obama! Hillary R. Clinton. William Jefferson Clinton. Joseph Biden. SO MANY OTHERS!

Who does the other side give us? Donald effin' Trumpf, ffs! Mike Pence. Ted effin' Cruz! Paul Lyin' Ryan. Mitch McTurdle. ad infinitum, ad NAUSEUM!

[bdamomma]

59. I am proud to say

that I'm a true blue democrat. Republicans have proved over and over again that they can't govern for shit. And this bunch are horrible treasonous men.

[NurseJackie]

57. You know what ELSE they are? They're DEMOCRATS!!!

[liberalnarb]

58. I'd vote for any of them, but Booker scares me.

He's cozy with republicans (Cruz and Paul ), talks up "school choice", is friendly with Betsy Devos, and the Trump daughters were strong supporters of his.

[Exultant Democracy]

79. I'd vote for Booker, in a general election

But not in the primary given any better choice. If he had run last round I might have voted for him in the primary for pragmatic reasons, dems had a no win scenario in 2016 with the slate of candidates we were handed. Had Bernie won he would have been about as effective as Carter, and of course Clinton is america's favorite sin eater so she was never going to be an easy win. Having her at the helm during 2018 and 2020 was also a scary proposition with redistricing coming up.

Trump is the worst of all world and there is a real chance he fucks us and the world for good. However if this ball keeps rolling and he drags the party down far enough we might win enough by 2020 to get aggressive about climate change and save the future of the human race. We are down to the last chances if we don't swing big in 2020 game over for America and the planet.

[videohead5]

69. Some People

Want a perfect candidate but you can't make perfect the enemy of the good.

[SaschaHM]

75. That's too generous. They want "their" candidate and will

ignore any impurities if it suits them. I've yet to see a "perfect" candidate, but I've seen a lot of flawed candidates who become "perfect" to the purity crew.

[Cary]

77. "They" muck things up

That seems to be their goal.

[Exultant Democracy]

80. Harris is damn near perfect.

I'm not wild about AG as the executive experience but that's more than P. Obama had.

[videohead5]

87. Anyone is More Qualified

I am more qualified than Trump to be president.I know more than he does about most things accept maybe putting up a building.

[riderinthestorm]

74. Agreed 100%! It's fantastic we have so many great folks on our side nt

[Exultant Democracy]

78. Yes, no, yes. Booker is ok but problematic

He really is a little too comfy with Wall Street in my opinion and I've thought so even back when he was mayor. That being said bankers didn't carry that woman out of her house while it was on fire, or shovel those sidewalks. Then again he tenure of mayor was not what I call a resounding success. (although What can you expect from Newark?)

Now Deval is beyond amazing, and a super nice guy to boot. First time I met him we ran into eachother on the street and we both did a double take because I literally look just like him if he had been in his 20's in 06. I was doing some work in the north east fundraising with the DNC at the time so I got to know him a little bit over the primary at event here or there before I headed west for the rest of the cycle and he always remembered me and made a point of letting me (his younger twin) know he appreciated seeing me working for the party.

[TexasBushwhacker]

81. But Deval Patrick is working for Bain Capital n/t