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stillcool

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18. the real problem is that..

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2019, 12:09 PM

Jun 2019

people like me, are more interested in reading benign posts on the internet, than actually doing something constructive. I'm so fortunate to live in the state I do, which makes it easier for me to excuse my lack of activism. I could give a sh*t about Bill Clinton's legacy. I want to have just a teeny bit of hope for the future, anywhere I can get it. People are elected in the states where they live. Blame them all you want for being products of their environment, but they are not the problem We are.

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Pragmatism, "Half-Loaves", Small Measures, Policy wonkiness is how we got Trump [View all] Yavin4 Jun 2019 OP

2018, 20 red Congressional seats, was anti-trump, not blue aspirations empedocles Jun 2019 #1

yup gopiscrap Jun 2019 #12

+1000 Meadowoak Jun 2019 #2

Then why did Clinton win voters who were concerned about the economy? Recursion Jun 2019 #3

"Clinton win voters who were concerned about the economy" of the people who did vote. Yavin4 Jun 2019 #4

Because people were comfortable. That's the problem Recursion Jun 2019 #6

7.5 million more people voted in 2016 NewJeffCT Jun 2019 #8

fear not hope lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #5

Stuff has to actually, you know... pass Congress. Even getting the ACA through was a miracle themaguffin Jun 2019 #7

We might as well hang it up then, because there will never be a major progressive change marylandblue Jun 2019 #9

This all or nothing approach is what is pointless. themaguffin Jun 2019 #11

If we look back, FDR proposed all sorts of bold new plans. marylandblue Jun 2019 #13

It's not about "incrementalism" themaguffin Jun 2019 #14

Which is why we need to build majorities in congress Yavin4 Jun 2019 #10

Majorities are needed period. themaguffin Jun 2019 #15

you build majorities.. stillcool Jun 2019 #16

You build majorities with enthusiastic voters Yavin4 Jun 2019 #17

the real problem is that.. stillcool Jun 2019 #18

Nope, the problem is that white Americans are a lot more responsive to politics based on racism... Spider Jerusalem Jun 2019 #19

I reject your premise Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2019 #20