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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Stacey Abrams Is the Future for Democrats
When you are black and fortunate enough to exist in an environment where your intelligence is valued and nurtured, you will inevitably be the First and Only. It could happen in a boardroom or a college seminar or a tournament there are too many American venues where your blackness, treated like its own achievement, is used as a cloak for the past sins of others. Being the First and Only is rarely something to celebrate, and it can be a lonely way to make history.
Stacey Abrams doesnt give much of a damn, though. Certainly, the 44-year-old former Georgia House minority leader is the only black woman to have led either party in the states General Assembly or its House of Representatives. And now she is the first black woman of a major party to be nominated for governor in any state. That last part is likely why youve heard of her, though she is also running the campaign many liberals wish all Democrats would: Namely, forget compromising on issues like civil rights and abortion access; run candidates who look like your base; and stop devoting so much time, energy and money to winning over people who will never vote for you. My approach is this, Abrams says. Im not going to spend a disproportionate share of our resources trying to convert Republican-leaning voters when we can invest in lifting up the voices of those who share our values. Because heres the thing: I think our values are the right ones. And I think these values that are shared actually are going to be victorious on their own.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stacey-abrams-georgia-democrats-701308/
Mopar151
(9,983 posts)Is really a core Democratic value. We fly the flag proudly, and don't wipe ourselves with it! A wage that has to be supplemented by the taxpayers is not a living wage, it's tax (and "welfare" fraud.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)Be fearless in your convictions, Ms. Abrams. Be fearless in your convictions, Democrats. That's not beibg radical (and don't let anyone frame it that way). That's being fearless for the people! That's leadership.
Democrats simply have the majority and can run on conviction.
Go go go go go!
malthaussen
(17,193 posts)I wonder what will happen.
-- Mal
Duppers
(28,120 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)May she beat Brian Kemp by 20 points!
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Want the election to be a straight up contest between a true Dem and whatever it is that now passes for the GOP.
Now is the time for GA to truly become the leader of the New South.
dem in texas
(2,674 posts)She's got the voice and "swagger" needed to energize the Dems. Do we have more like her coming up through the states' political ladders? I hope so.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)whereas republican party is the party of debt.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)and hope she's the next governor of GA.. I'll do what I can towards that victory.
Politicub
(12,165 posts)People are amped-up about her candidacy in Georgia. She is leading a movement, and has an amazing cross-section of Georgians volunteering to be part of this moment in history.