Edwcraig
Edwcraig's JournalJoe Manchin is right
Because the Republican Party is "conservative" does that mean the Democratic Party has to be liberal.
The reason the Democratic Party has survived as the oldest political party in the world, is that it is a party that welcomes into its ranks ideas of all. That does not say it welcomes evil racists and those advocating the destruction of our constitutional democracy, The Democratic Party it is; however, a Party of process not a party dogma.
That is to say that unlike Republicans all ideas and policies, are not viewed only through the lens of any dogman such as conservatism. The Democratic Party debates and discusses all issues. Sometimes decisions are conservative (declare war on Japan) many times, because it is the right thing to do, for the majority of Americans Democratic policies and positions are progressive.
One rule shared by all political parties is a that arithmetic matters. No political party can survive if it does not act based on the belief of the majority of its members. And regardless of the morality of the issue, unless the political party does the political hard work to convince a solid majority American's to vote in support of the Party, there is no majority political power in the state and federal legislatures that can result in action.
Unfortunately, we progressives have not done the work to deliver our message to the majority of Americans. Yes, we won in 2020. (by only 40,000 votes we secured the Presidency) ( 47% of white women still voted for Trump) We do not have a majority in the US Senate. It is 50 Republicans, 48 Democratic with 2 independents that usually vote Democratic. We LOST seats in the House and Bidens approval rating is under 50% and getting worse. We progressive want to beat our chests and declare victory and proclaim power that we do not have. This is just political malpractice and the result of our political failure could mean the end of our Democracy.
it is not Manchin's job to promote the progressive agenda. It is the responsibility of progressives. And we are not doing a very good job. We need to get back out in the street. Do a better job with social media. Press the media to support our issues. Go to the school board meetings. Do our own march in the streets. Demonstrate our political power. Unit behind Biden.
SAVE AMERICA.
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You know Joe.
[link:https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1441429525963829253|
Joe Scarborough asks.
"What has twisted the minds of these people so much that they are so desperate to stop doctors and nurses from saving their fellow Americans’ lives?"
Well, you know Joe. They are Republicans. You know the people you used to encourage to hate Democrats and "wink, wink" hate black people. The people you used to tell were smart and the people you used to tell that the government and everyone else was dumb. You know Joe. Your friends.
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