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In reply to the discussion: Dems failed to sweep in 2020 because we brought daisies to a gunfight [View all]wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)10. Dems can only pass three spending legislation this fiscal year
And MAYBE some corporate welfare bills, because we can't pass critical legislation over the goop veto.
Democrats lost about a dozen seats in the House.
Biden won, but only by 44,000 votes in the context of the electoral college. If the goops had disenfranchised those votes, say hello to second term president 45.
Enough with sitting on nonexistent laurels and enough being cavalier about the pressures the Dems face in future elections. We didn't take the goops seriously in 2009-10, and we are still paying for it now.
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Dems failed to sweep in 2020 because we brought daisies to a gunfight [View all]
wellst0nev0ter
Jun 2021
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"Democrats worked their asses off to get what we do have and it was worth it."
wellst0nev0ter
Jun 2021
#4
And, ya also know, the strategy of emphasizing the positive over blind attacks did land...
TreasonousBastard
Jun 2021
#15
Dems control the House, the Senate and the Presidency. And we have another "Dems failed" post.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2021
#7
What you are describing are hardly failures. I wonder what your definition of failure is.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2021
#26
When Democrats did negative ads it was: Democrats can't just be the "I'm not Trump" party or
betsuni
Jun 2021
#24