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CrispyQ

(40,957 posts)
12. 2020 was just one battle in a decades long line of battles.
Wed May 26, 2021, 02:37 PM
May 2021

Our side has been slow to recognize the change in the Republican Party. We've been slow to recognize this is war. A war for our country. Old guard dems, especially, have been slow to acknowledge that some of their colleagues they've served with for many, many years, are now fascists. Or at the very least, enablers of fascists.

I'd like to know what we are going to do about the shitshow down in AZ? So the DOJ gave them a warning. A month ago. And now the show is travelling to GA. I'm beginning to think that our side doesn't know what to do. We're still playing by a rule book that the other side has thrown into the trash & we haven't figured out how to proceed, other than business as usual. Well, that is going to lose us our representative government. I hope the dems don't think that getting us through/over Covid is enough to win the next election. It isn't. New voters are fickle. They're also unrealistic in their expectations. Getting them to the polls for a mid-term is going to be lots of hard work, & the repubs will have enthusiasm on their side.

It's infuriating that two democratic senators are the roadblock to a piece of legislation that makes voting easier for citizens. What the fuck?

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We need to stay always vigilant... always... secondwind May 2021 #1
Semper Vigiles - Vigilant always. marie999 May 2021 #39
Well the ASA was disbanded in 1987. former9thward May 2021 #43
My husband and I were both in the ASA so it is still our motto. marie999 May 2021 #44
You are exactly right. FoxNewsSucks May 2021 #2
Nearing? SoCalDavidS May 2021 #3
I hate to sound alarmist, but you are correct. Moostache May 2021 #4
Many TV pundits are saying the same thing, but Cyrano May 2021 #9
Concentration camps for the political elite/activists... TheRealNorth May 2021 #22
NTSA whistler162 May 2021 #5
? What is that, for those of us who live outside Acronymland? lagomorph777 May 2021 #7
Not This Shit Again zipplewrath May 2021 #14
Tell me this when those shower heads start dispensing gas Cyrano May 2021 #16
OK - so nothing to worry about, right? lagomorph777 May 2021 #20
Live boy, or dead goat, we need to force Manchin and Sinema to do their effing jobs. lagomorph777 May 2021 #6
We can still vote tirebiter May 2021 #8
I wish I could agree with you, tirebiter Cyrano May 2021 #10
That's why I intend for me and my family to be in another country Crunchy Frog May 2021 #11
If the fascists take over America, nowhere on Earth will be safe Cyrano May 2021 #17
Maybe not safe, but safER. Crunchy Frog May 2021 #21
2020 was just one battle in a decades long line of battles. CrispyQ May 2021 #12
Please stop!! What if President Biden had that attitude, our dem leaders, Stacey Abrams PortTack May 2021 #15
Volunteer to do what? Donate to what? Cyrano May 2021 #18
I think we must still try to play within the current system.... TheRealNorth May 2021 #23
volunteering is exactly what is needed!! We won GA because of the volunteers that were on the PortTack May 2021 #24
Yes, PortTack. I agree with everything you say Cyrano May 2021 #26
As I said I understand..and yes it is worrisome. We can't let up..we have to keep going PortTack May 2021 #37
Good piece. But please, please understand this: Cyrano May 2021 #38
This is place for us to vent & talk about our frustrations & concerns. CrispyQ May 2021 #19
Lots of people on here need a snickers bar SunImp May 2021 #27
The fatal flaw zipplewrath May 2021 #13
BINGO...... pbmus May 2021 #28
I'm a little more optimistic stopdiggin May 2021 #25
Popularity is meaningless when elections can be stolen Cyrano May 2021 #29
and even MORE people vote against stopdiggin May 2021 #30
Putin doesn't seem to be having too many issues with stolen elections TheRealNorth May 2021 #35
a very cogent observation stopdiggin May 2021 #36
I feel the same way blueinredohio May 2021 #31
Thread trashed LW1977 May 2021 #32
Im afraid you're correct Tribetime May 2021 #33
i have days like this. barbtries May 2021 #34
"Nah.. can't be... They had an orchestra to welcome us!" dalton99a May 2021 #40
I'd argue we've never had a pure Democracy... just the way the founders wanted it. WarGamer May 2021 #41
Agree colsohlibgal May 2021 #42
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