On Monday, beltway bullshit scorecard POLITICO reported that nominal Democratic senators like Joe Manchin, Claire McCaskill, and Heidi Heitkamp appear eager to help the new Republican majority advance legislation. Manchin even called the idea of not working with Republicans to promote their agenda "bullshit." They probably think that burnishing their "moderate centrist" credentials in this way will help them keep their jobs when they face the voters in 2018. They are wrong.
Preach it. This election has convinced me that our only hope is the unleashing of the true right-wing agenda represented by the wet dreams of the Cock Brothers, Wall Street Bankers and their Democrat enablers. Let the Teabaggers and other white trash voters experience life under their corporate overlords for real. They have no idea.
I don't think the answer to political polarization is more polarization. I know that's not going to be a popular opinion here, but it needs to be said. Adopting liberal/progressive positions is fine, but you can't write off people for not agreeing with the liberal position 100% of the time before you start alienating people. Look at how well adopting the "conservatives only" position helped Republicans in 2012.
Like I said last Wednesday, if you're standing at the plate and you're going to strike out- at least go down swinging. Nothing worse than standing there with the bat on your shoulder, meekly watching strike three go by. If nothing else, the pitcher knows he's going to have to work for it next at bat...
Me too, and I unfollowed all the Dem faceplacespace pages. That said, at 53, I think I've voted in my last election. I'm just not willing to let myself care so much and get so little in return. Every single Dem who didn't run on Obama-hell-yeah should be taken to the woodshed and thumped. I'm done with the whole damn mess. And yes, I know, that means "they" win. I don't care. They win. No fucks to give.
Preach it. This election has convinced me that our only hope is the unleashing of the true right-wing agenda represented by the wet dreams of the Cock Brothers, Wall Street Bankers and their Democrat enablers. Let the Teabaggers and other white trash voters experience life under their corporate overlords for real. They have no idea.
I don't think the answer to political polarization is more polarization. I know that's not going to be a popular opinion here, but it needs to be said. Adopting liberal/progressive positions is fine, but you can't write off people for not agreeing with the liberal position 100% of the time before you start alienating people. Look at how well adopting the "conservatives only" position helped Republicans in 2012.
Like I said last Wednesday, if you're standing at the plate and you're going to strike out- at least go down swinging. Nothing worse than standing there with the bat on your shoulder, meekly watching strike three go by. If nothing else, the pitcher knows he's going to have to work for it next at bat...
Me too, and I unfollowed all the Dem faceplacespace pages. That said, at 53, I think I've voted in my last election. I'm just not willing to let myself care so much and get so little in return. Every single Dem who didn't run on Obama-hell-yeah should be taken to the woodshed and thumped. I'm done with the whole damn mess. And yes, I know, that means "they" win. I don't care. They win. No fucks to give.
Say, what ever happened to that John Anderson fellow? Now <i>there</i> was a Democrat!