I got a hail of down votes just two weeks ago for saying Democrats are appealing to the Republicans 10-20 years ago, and now here we are.
Couldn’t the campaign be about championing progressive change on popular issues rather than capitulating to Republican narratives on immigration and crime, and being “honored” by the endorsement of war criminals?
And who is writing shit like “most lethal fighting force” into her convention acceptance speech, while Trump is out there on the road saying no more wars. I don’t believe him, but plenty of moms and dads of soldiers will.
We need to do more grassroots work first, to further expand the popularity of the progressive platform. Whether we like it or not, progressives are not yet anywhere near a majority in the country. Otherwise Bernie’s grassroots campaign would have robustly defeated either Hilary or Biden in the dem primaries, which are primaries of the more progressive party.
I know a lot of people like to pin the blame for Bernie’s defeat on the DNC, but at the end of the day, the energy and popularity of a campaign doesn’t rely on and isn’t controlled by the mass media.
And Bernie is the very best we’ve got. Until we can address this, we need the independents, and they aren’t very progressive. If we can flip some repubs too, all the better.
Well… at least two. :)
I got a hail of down votes just two weeks ago for saying Democrats are appealing to the Republicans 10-20 years ago, and now here we are.
Couldn’t the campaign be about championing progressive change on popular issues rather than capitulating to Republican narratives on immigration and crime, and being “honored” by the endorsement of war criminals?
And who is writing shit like “most lethal fighting force” into her convention acceptance speech, while Trump is out there on the road saying no more wars. I don’t believe him, but plenty of moms and dads of soldiers will.
We need to do more grassroots work first, to further expand the popularity of the progressive platform. Whether we like it or not, progressives are not yet anywhere near a majority in the country. Otherwise Bernie’s grassroots campaign would have robustly defeated either Hilary or Biden in the dem primaries, which are primaries of the more progressive party.
I know a lot of people like to pin the blame for Bernie’s defeat on the DNC, but at the end of the day, the energy and popularity of a campaign doesn’t rely on and isn’t controlled by the mass media.
And Bernie is the very best we’ve got. Until we can address this, we need the independents, and they aren’t very progressive. If we can flip some repubs too, all the better.
And guess what? His daughter is a paleoconservative with near-identical policy positions. Including with regards to torture.