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bigtree

(94,672 posts)
4. BECAUSE SHOUTING AT DEMOCRATS IS THE SAME THING AS SHOUTING AT REPUBLICANS
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 10:58 AM
Mar 2025

...got it.

lame54

(40,099 posts)
5. It's not shouting at democrats...
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:04 AM
Mar 2025

It's democrats who refuse to shout
Get pissed Jeffries
Let's see some fire in your belly

LuvLoogie

(8,910 posts)
10. No. I mean he mentions Schumer
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 07:26 PM
Mar 2025

and the Dem congress members who voted to censure Al Green.

bigtree

(94,672 posts)
3. another stupid anti-Democratic party asshole who thinks attacking Democrats is advocacy against republicans
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 10:54 AM
Mar 2025

...this clown yelling about replacing the House Dem leader who just organized a unanimous Dem vote, 214 Democrats, against the republican budget... the actual job House Democrats elected him to.

And the stupidity of Olberman yelling this at Democrats is that it's actual Democrats in the House who chose and elected Jeffries to ORGANIZE THEM, THEIR VOTES!

House Democrats voted for Jeffries to be their leader, and he is doing the actual job they hired them to do.

What Olberman is doing here isn't in the interest of anyone or anything but Olberman's whiny podcast.

Why is Olberman or anyone else advocating surrendering our own Democratic leader in the MIDDLE of a fight?

KO is pissed? About what? I'm tired of these people who can't be bothered to support the party or Democrats ALWAYS talking about cutting and running when the going gets tough.

I'M FUCKING PISSED.

I'VE HAD IT WITH THE RATFUCKING OF THE PARTY BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT DEMOCRATS OR POLITICS, FOR THAT MATTER.

IT'S THIS NEW THING WHERE WE TEAR DOWN OUR OWN DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS AND REPLACE THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF FIGHTS, EXPECTING THAT SURRENDER IS GOING TO IMPRESS SOMEONE, OR DO SOMETHING MORE THAN HASTEN US TO A DEFEAT.

These people are assuming they know better than Democrats who have already fought actual republicans in their elections and won. What has Olberman fucking won? He can't even get a real job.

He's whinging about Democratic messaging and THIS is what he's doing with his own platform??

Worst person of the week.

ancianita

(43,358 posts)
8. AMEN, BROTHER!
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:57 AM
Mar 2025
I'VE HAD IT WITH THE RATFUCKING OF THE PARTY BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT DEMOCRATS OR POLITICS, FOR THAT MATTER.

IT'S THIS NEW THING WHERE WE TEAR DOWN OUR OWN DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS AND REPLACE THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF FIGHTS, EXPECTING THAT SURRENDER IS GOING TO IMPRESS SOMEONE, OR DO SOMETHING MORE THAN HASTEN US TO A DEFEAT.

These people are assuming they know better than Democrats who have already fought actual republicans in their elections and won. What has Olberman fucking won? He can't even get a real job.

LuvLoogie

(8,910 posts)
12. I don't think Kieth is ratfucking.
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 07:36 PM
Mar 2025

I think he's a great social commentator. He's very emotional, and very eloquent.

LuvLoogie

(8,910 posts)
13. I don't think he is anti Democratic party.
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 07:46 PM
Mar 2025

Last edited Mon Mar 10, 2025, 08:41 PM - Edit history (2)

And he is an asshole in a great way. He has never apologized for trump or musk or the GOPs. He rips them constantly.

He is ripping Dem inaction and lack of support for Al Green. He is not shiving Dem leadership. He is pointing out that their flank is exposed, because they are neglecting the base, neglecting the electorate, neglecting their role as the opposition.

You may be frustrated and angered at hearing it, but this is not coming from the Jill Stein, Glen Greenwald, "Genocide Joe" set.

This is coming from old school Dems.

bigtree

(94,672 posts)
15. I don't need to 'hear' about Democrats from people who can't be bothered to support Democrats
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 08:12 PM
Mar 2025

...and what, are we taking our cues about our party from clickbait podcasters now?

Which ex-journo with a click-bait podcast who thinks replacing a Democratic House leader in the middle of a Congress is some kind of political genius should I listen to next?

I mean, it's not as if he's advocating replacing an incumbent Democratic president a few months away from an actual presidential election, because that would be absolutely nuts.

Oh. Fuck...



I just got finished listening to Kamikaze Keith go on and on about his navel, and, I started today's podcast this afternoon. I'm not sure he's done talking to himself yet.

GoCubsGo

(35,000 posts)
7. So, what else is new?
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:57 AM
Mar 2025

Keith is always pissed about something. Love the guy, but I can't take his knee-jerk any longer.

LuvLoogie

(8,910 posts)
11. I find him eloquent, hilarious, genuine
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 07:32 PM
Mar 2025

A lot of people are in the streets, while Dem leadership sweeps the Capitol steps.

Prairie_Seagull

(4,806 posts)
9. In our case, the predator is already in the hen house/chicken coup.
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 12:21 PM
Mar 2025

It is time for a more robust opposition. Period. Missteps will happen. So be it.

The downside is a dead flock.

IMO

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