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Read Rick Wilson's book. He says trump will use Democratic infighting to destroy us in November (Original Post) EveHammond13 Feb 2020 OP
Not me. roamer65 Feb 2020 #1
I Tend To Agree With Wilson - Given What I've Seen And Heard.... global1 Feb 2020 #2
He's not wrong Withywindle Feb 2020 #3
+1. yonder Feb 2020 #13
+2 mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #16
I have been staying out of the Primaries forum. I have my favorite now, but Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #18
depends on who is causing the infighting, our nominee or the loser nt msongs Feb 2020 #4
The infighting has been going on for years now and I bet rightwing scum have been fueling most of it dustyscamp Feb 2020 #5
Only if we let him. n/t NCLefty Feb 2020 #6
That's true, just like '68 '72, '16. demosincebirth Feb 2020 #7
The ignored impact of this will be down ticket races. herding cats Feb 2020 #8
They can pull this off because they are a FAR more monolithic group ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #17
I swear, for the rest of my life, I'm voting straight Democratic. Talitha Feb 2020 #9
An intra-party schism has been (and will be) a Russian trolling goal. VOX Feb 2020 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Rainbow Droid Feb 2020 #11
It's already started. icymist Feb 2020 #12
whoever is doing that shit needs to stop EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #14
That's why I ignore the infighting here. Duppers Feb 2020 #15
IF WE LET IT MFM008 Feb 2020 #19
Anyone watching should share that concern. n/t hlthe2b Feb 2020 #20
Ummm, isn't Wilson part of the GOP infighting squad? DeminPennswoods Feb 2020 #21
he's on the squad of getting rid of trump EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #22

global1

(25,237 posts)
2. I Tend To Agree With Wilson - Given What I've Seen And Heard....
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 02:58 AM
Feb 2020

I'll vote for whomever is the nominee. I just hope every other Dem will do the same and not let Trump define the narrative for the Dems.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
3. He's not wrong
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 03:01 AM
Feb 2020

That's why I can't get into the primary infighting this year. I can't. I just can't take watching our country's ONLY HOPES spending time and money on smearing each other. We are in DESPERATE DAMAGE CONTROL mode. And we need to focus on, not any individual Dem candidate, but on tackling electoral corruption. Instead of fighting over which Democratic candidate can beat Trump (I think any of them could in a FAIR election), we need to focus on the real problem: the fact that Trump and his bootlickers will never allow a fair election without a fight.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
16. +2
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:23 AM
Feb 2020

Pretty much all I ever do is stick up for Dems around here (and that includes BS, when worthy of it).

The Primaries forum causes me no end of frustration.

Arkansas Granny

(31,512 posts)
18. I have been staying out of the Primaries forum. I have my favorite now, but
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 06:17 AM
Feb 2020

I'll support the eventual nominee. In the meantime, I won't trash talk any of the Dem candidates. I hope it doesn't get as nasty as 2016.

dustyscamp

(2,223 posts)
5. The infighting has been going on for years now and I bet rightwing scum have been fueling most of it
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 03:12 AM
Feb 2020

There has also been people like Candace Owens that are trying to convince black voters to leave the party. Metoo backlashes and party purists have also added to the division. It's worrying that all these groups are trying to divide us so it'll be easier for Trump to win. We can't keep fighting each other and hope to win.

herding cats

(19,558 posts)
8. The ignored impact of this will be down ticket races.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 03:37 AM
Feb 2020

They know this and they're exploiting it as a weapon against us, again.

It's how they beat us, and we can't see it time and time again. It's why states which should be purple are red right now today.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
17. They can pull this off because they are a FAR more monolithic group ...
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:31 AM
Feb 2020

Basically ... white people who all watch/listen to the same news sources. About the furthest their group strays is that some want pot legalized and some don't.

We are way more diverse people to begin with, and on top of that we look to much more diverse sources of info, and we have quite different 'most important issues' when you look all across our population. You don't see division in compelling interests like the one between, say, the AA population (just as a for example and speaking very generally here, not talking about DU'ers) and the LGBTQ community ... among the GOP.

The pukes long ago learned how to exploit our diversity when it comes election-time.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
10. An intra-party schism has been (and will be) a Russian trolling goal.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 03:45 AM
Feb 2020

It happened in 2016, and they will do it again this year.

DON’T FALL FOR IT.

Response to EveHammond13 (Original post)

MFM008

(19,803 posts)
19. IF WE LET IT
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 06:51 AM
Feb 2020

Id rather stick needles in my eyes than vote for Sanders
But if he is the nominee i will.
I will vote for road kill over maggot.

Response to EveHammond13 (Original post)

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