I hope this is the beginning of a stronger, more “ballsy” Democratic Party. I am really tired of them giving in, trying to be nice, trying to compromise with MAGAs who just want to pillage our country for all it’s worth.
I hope this is the beginning of a stronger, more “ballsy” Democratic Party. I am really tired of them giving in, trying to be nice, trying to compromise with MAGAs who just want to pillage our country for all it’s worth.
No kidding! The Republicans have been off the rails since well before MAGA -- Nixon's "southern strategy" drove most of the sane Republicans out before Gingrich came along, and Reagan sure didn't help. And too many Democrats have been too nice, i.e., gutless. IMO the increasing number of women and people of color in Congress from the Reagan years onward has been a factor. They tend to be more in touch with how real people actually live, and more responsive to constituents because they're not from gerrymandered districts.
They’d better step up and fight for us, but no one should be surprised if they don’t: They’re just as compromised as their GOP counterparts are. You really think Nancy Pelosi is better at picking stocks than Warren Buffet? Dems sucked at connecting with voters because they don’t dare tell them the truth — that GOP and Dems alike are in bed with big corporations and Wall Street. But they HAVE made it clear that none of them give a shit that most of their constituents are horrified that our taxes are funding the genocide in Gaza.
I hope this is the beginning of a stronger, more “ballsy” Democratic Party. I am really tired of them giving in, trying to be nice, trying to compromise with MAGAs who just want to pillage our country for all it’s worth.
No kidding! The Republicans have been off the rails since well before MAGA -- Nixon's "southern strategy" drove most of the sane Republicans out before Gingrich came along, and Reagan sure didn't help. And too many Democrats have been too nice, i.e., gutless. IMO the increasing number of women and people of color in Congress from the Reagan years onward has been a factor. They tend to be more in touch with how real people actually live, and more responsive to constituents because they're not from gerrymandered districts.
Well, most of them. A few have been real doozies. Did nobody any favors, just distracted media attention from real news.
Elise Stefanik just came up in a book I'm copyediting. IOW -- yep.
Same. We need warriors in the Democratic party.
Exactly. If they don't fight fire with fire they will continue to lose. Enough of this nice guy nonsense.
They’d better step up and fight for us, but no one should be surprised if they don’t: They’re just as compromised as their GOP counterparts are. You really think Nancy Pelosi is better at picking stocks than Warren Buffet? Dems sucked at connecting with voters because they don’t dare tell them the truth — that GOP and Dems alike are in bed with big corporations and Wall Street. But they HAVE made it clear that none of them give a shit that most of their constituents are horrified that our taxes are funding the genocide in Gaza.