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In reply to the discussion: Why do we keep losing? We are the good guys [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)22. ELECTORAL COLLEGE. From there, redistricting after
a massive electoral 2010 midterm win by the right. That huge success was part of the same giant right-wing conspiracy packing the courts with Kavanaughs is.
But we are a strong majority and we couldn't fail to overcome those huge handicaps without the special contribution of those on the left who didn't vote for the Democratic candidates. They didn't even vote to stop the obvious anti-democratic authoritarianism rising on the right. Some actually voted for it.
Some even claimed that staying silent in the face rising evil or actually voting against our candidate when Trump promised to persecute Muslims and immigrants was a matter of conscience. Hopefully, that is in the past. We need every mentally capable person on the lines.
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we lose because we ARE the good guys - the bad guys are immoral and heartless.
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2018
#1
We have morals/ethics. We're not liars for the most part. We seek to help people, not cause hur
onecaliberal
Oct 2018
#4
Because we don't fight for what we believe in as ruthlessly as they do.
issuesDemocrats
Oct 2018
#10
PEOPLE. WON'T. VOTE. "We should only lament our future if we lack the will to fight for it."
CousinIT
Oct 2018
#19
the Republican Party is pretty much about White Male Superiority/Privilege while everyone else is
JI7
Oct 2018
#26
speaking for 2016, well that's what happens when one side follows the rules, and the other doesn't
anarch
Oct 2018
#29
The system is still rigged to favor the old slave, now just backward states, and...
SkipG
Oct 2018
#30