General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAli Velshi whoohoo
He just chewed the Dem leadership a new one!!! Best rant I have heard in a long time.
Dems shit or get off the pot.
Traildogbob
(13,294 posts)Stunning and spot on. We are at fucking war here.
Babbitt gets full military honors???
Jilly_in_VA
(14,729 posts)agree with the sentiment 100%! I am so disgusted with the DNC and "leadership" that I refuse to contributee to them, only to individual candidates.
Chasstev365
(8,321 posts)Zorro
(18,992 posts)and spot on.
vapor2
(5,097 posts)They are below par on messaging period
cornball 24
(1,587 posts)Deuxcents
(28,112 posts)colorado_ufo
(6,270 posts)He is on fire!
Grim Chieftain
(2,269 posts)It's about time someone called out the Dem leadership. We have had some of the best presidents in history, and the Republicans have had the worst. Now is not the time to be weak. Our country and our democracy are being destroyed on a daily basis. Stand up - fight back!!! Our very lives depend on it.
ReRe
(12,192 posts)It is past "time'. Yeah, it'll show up on YouTube in a while. Be patient, it'll show up. Welcome to DU!
Grim Chieftain
(2,269 posts)Much appreciated!
gay texan
(3,276 posts)Did not help us one damn bit
KPN
(17,579 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 30, 2025, 01:53 PM - Edit history (1)
Americans and voters are opposed to most of what Trump and the Rs are doing, yet only 21% approve of the Democratic Party. Thats a miserable showing. Leadership is failing miserably.
SleeplessinSoCal
(10,450 posts)He should have directed it at Congressional Democrats. Turns out they needed to hear it more than anyone.
Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)Statement the other day, he shares some of this blame. I love obama, but someone with some fucking pull better start leading, and not be afraid to say what is happening
SleeplessinSoCal
(10,450 posts)Obama's gray hair leads me to forgive him his desire to be a moderate. He was dealt a horrible hand. But our me media and corporate elite do not care about our standing, laws, or the Constitution. They spend fortunes looking for loopholes on a daily basis.
I think the crash will shake some out of their complacency. But prepare for even more law breaking. The old saying that "the business of America is business" needs amending. It's actually corruption.
Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)They literally cave on everything he wants. We need to get mean, we need to start calling and telling these people who they are to their faces.
Seeing chuck post shit from accounts where it looks like he is wearing hawaiian shirts, and making snide comments does fuck all for the country. We need to start kicking these old complacent people out.
Dave says
(5,496 posts)I think he is standing up to the tsunami of fascism overrunning our country. But we need much more from other Democratic leaders.
Xavier Breath
(6,704 posts)DeeDeeNY
(3,977 posts)I didn't know how to shorten this --
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/msnbc-s-ali-velshi-smashes-the-panic-button-in-rant-about-the-collapse-of-democracy-it-s-not-where-we-re-headed-it-s-where-we-are/ar-AA1L7ZuU?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
Zorro
(18,992 posts)Good but the one from today isn't out yet.
Duppers
(28,477 posts)Response to DeeDeeNY (Reply #18)
Duppers This message was self-deleted by its author.
senseandsensibility
(25,932 posts)He singled out the ones who are fighting, but named the leadership (Schumer and Jeffries) as well Gillibrand and the DNC as MIA. Then the conversation that followed was just as passionate.
bdamomma
(69,661 posts)no donations until they get themselves together!! Or just go with people like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost and new blood to shake this up. Enough with the status quo.
Zorro
(18,992 posts)yellow dahlia
(6,820 posts)I have been waiting for the second segment to show up today - it hasn't.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,246 posts)But everything is still all the democrats fault. 🐂💩
betsuni
(29,407 posts)democrank
(12,722 posts)Our low public approval rating and our leadership loss of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives should give us a slight clue that something is wrong with what were doing and how were doing it.
And no
.Im not bashing.
GreenWave
(12,880 posts)Really WTF are Democrats supposed to do?
Pretend they control any federal branch of government and get shit done?
Hang Mike Pence?