It's done. This is the reality. So what can be done about it? What's the real plan that's possible? Don't just say vote. Been doing that for 50plus years and we have still ended up here!
From what I can tell, the Democrats have no strategy to protect reproductive rights, no strategy to protect voting rights, no strategy
to address gun violence, no strategy to address income inequality, no strategy to fix SCOTUS.
Writing bills that go nowhere is not a strategy. Playing defense is not a strategy. Ranting on MSNBC is not a strategy.
There's no choice but to vote for Democrats, but even if Biden manages not to lose, and the Democrats manage to win the House, the country can't take 4 more years of Democratic handwringing.
We can't take 4 more years of Chris Wray who stands by as militia movements explode across the country. We can't take 4 more years of refusal by Garland/Monaco to hold officials accountable (unless they're Democrats). We can't take 4 more years of DeJoy decimating the Postal Service. We can't take 4 more years of Schumer refusing to regulate corporations. We can't take 4 more years of an obscenely partisan SCOTUS (ditto 5th Circuit, 11th Circuit, and most red state supreme courts).
T-5months, no plans, no strategies and Democratic strategists remain puzzled as to the apathy among the base.
What a great post! IMO, this is not rocket science. this is happening because the same virus has infected many across party platforms. Love of money and power minus service to the common good. With the Republicans, the symptoms are adherence to their leader and everything he stands for without consideration of principle and integrity. For enough Democrats to dampen any united response, it’s fear of miffing their corporate donors and the people who fund their presence in Congress and the important Presidential reelection effort. This is all fueled by the presence of big dark unlimited and unaccountable money in politics. What this will take is out of the box thinking by all lovers of democracy realizing that just because an autocrat’s goals may intersect on some level with one’s own, this can change in an instant when the whims change.
It's done. This is the reality. So what can be done about it? What's the real plan that's possible? Don't just say vote. Been doing that for 50plus years and we have still ended up here!
From what I can tell, the Democrats have no strategy to protect reproductive rights, no strategy to protect voting rights, no strategy
to address gun violence, no strategy to address income inequality, no strategy to fix SCOTUS.
Writing bills that go nowhere is not a strategy. Playing defense is not a strategy. Ranting on MSNBC is not a strategy.
There's no choice but to vote for Democrats, but even if Biden manages not to lose, and the Democrats manage to win the House, the country can't take 4 more years of Democratic handwringing.
We can't take 4 more years of Chris Wray who stands by as militia movements explode across the country. We can't take 4 more years of refusal by Garland/Monaco to hold officials accountable (unless they're Democrats). We can't take 4 more years of DeJoy decimating the Postal Service. We can't take 4 more years of Schumer refusing to regulate corporations. We can't take 4 more years of an obscenely partisan SCOTUS (ditto 5th Circuit, 11th Circuit, and most red state supreme courts).
T-5months, no plans, no strategies and Democratic strategists remain puzzled as to the apathy among the base.
What a great post! IMO, this is not rocket science. this is happening because the same virus has infected many across party platforms. Love of money and power minus service to the common good. With the Republicans, the symptoms are adherence to their leader and everything he stands for without consideration of principle and integrity. For enough Democrats to dampen any united response, it’s fear of miffing their corporate donors and the people who fund their presence in Congress and the important Presidential reelection effort. This is all fueled by the presence of big dark unlimited and unaccountable money in politics. What this will take is out of the box thinking by all lovers of democracy realizing that just because an autocrat’s goals may intersect on some level with one’s own, this can change in an instant when the whims change.
I love the mental image of a shame flag flying over the Alito home.