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In reply to the discussion: KS-03: Mike Pence went Kansas and Sharice Davids was there to "greet" him. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)You know, most Democratic Party blocs are allied on most issues, and almost all are strongly liberal and progressive.
If this little group who calling themselves Progressives could only ally and cooperate with all the others to get things done, it probably wouldn't always be a little group. Everyone wants us to somehow do more, and the promise to do so is very appealing.
But dissension is literally a defining characteristic of zealots, so that that never has been possible. Dissension first, always opponents who must be defeated before moving on to the ideals. And that means that in our nation's entirely history they've never made significant policy. All progressive advances are made by other progressives in spite of passionate opposition from zealots who claim they want the same thing, just...more and faster.
If case you aren't one of the who shares this fatal flaw, you really need to take a new look at the big allied faction of the Democratic Party and the little one and see which gets things done and which does not.
OR, skip the research and history books and just vote against anyone who promises to fight Democrats and vote for those who promise to use the power of the Democratic Party to make progressive advances happen.
When Brent Welder said he didn't know if he could vote for Hillary Clinton, that meant he subjugated our party's huge progressive agenda secondary to whatever else was going on in his head. Huge red warning sign.