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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhile great a few repubs are speaking truth to power, what do Dems stand for?
Kudos to Senators Flake, Corker, and McCain for having the guts to speak out. Better late than never! Too fucking bad they did not have this insight before the Orange Monster was elected.
Yet we Dems have yet to articulate a bold message which articulates in ((easy to get terms)) what we stand for.
DUers get it, but what's our compelling essay to Middle and Purple America? Pushing back against the idiot fascist in chief is one thing , but it's not enough.
Just saying...
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)If people attack you for this post, they are not paying attention.
RiverStone
(7,228 posts)Than Dems will be kicking ass in next years elections!
kentuck
(111,103 posts)I think they could be more vocal and show support for these Senators willing to stand up for their Party and speak the truth about their leader.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Bold Message: "Put the Adults in Charge of America".
RiverStone
(7,228 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Do you want to give him something to tweet about and unite his followers behind? I want the GOP to eat itself and I'm glad the DEMs are staying out of the fray.
RiverStone
(7,228 posts)Both together equal winning in 2018!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Then next summer run simply as Take Back America from the Idiot Regime.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)msongs
(67,417 posts)Igel
(35,320 posts)It's standard. It's routine.
The only thing it leads to is negative solidarity. That's fine in war, but unless we want to think of others as non-human and go to war--something many seem to relish, in an atavistic sort of way--it has no place in a democracy. Perhaps in a Democracy (tm), but that's repugnant to me.
For that, the first step is to betray most principles I think of as progressive in the quest for power to oppress the enemy. I find that to undercut the purpose, which isn't power, but principle.
Let them fight it out among themselves. It's their party that's at stake, and the result is likely to be a lot of disillusioned voters.
Again, not a good thing in a democracy, but it's a necessary evil. Sadly, it leads to things like a plurality of a minority of voters making the decisions. Hardly a mandate.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)But it's probably not a good idea to get in the middle of what could be a great train wreck that can help us take back Congress.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Every day wasted without a registration push will probably be replaced by a less favorable day next year or subsequent years