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In reply to the discussion: Why I'm not a superfan of AOC [View all]AZProgressive
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Get distinction in what he actually said, but would like to hear reason for not endorsing Walton.
Hoyt
Oct 2021
#1
I'm busy working to get Democrats elected and re-elected in NY on the county level this year.
lapucelle
Oct 2021
#97
AT the local level, maybe. Not the State Committee, which Jacobs is in charge of.
brooklynite
Oct 2021
#104
Bringing up David Duke, then denying he was in any way making a comparison.....
vanlassie
Oct 2021
#2
So the chair of ny democrats doesn't have to endorse the democratic primary winner?
questionseverything
Oct 2021
#3
Kahuna754 has been a member in good standing on Democratic Underground since 2002....
George II
Oct 2021
#41
You're right about the "he", your "he" referred to the NYS Democratic Chairman. Sorry about that...
George II
Oct 2021
#46
the very use of Duke in a comparative scenario is odious, despite attempts to 'qualify' it
Celerity
Oct 2021
#49
Does anyone here recall the comparison the person in the OP made 2 years ago?
George II
Oct 2021
#52
she never made a reference to the Nazi and Jews, that was what the Rethugs tried to gin up
Celerity
Oct 2021
#59
Also, if we do take the Rethug's faux-rage at face value (as AOC was ripping Trump) the exact same
Celerity
Oct 2021
#62
Many non-"Rethugs" were angered as well. A number of prominent Jewish Organizations and....
George II
Oct 2021
#78
I disagree on both counts. People are free to be outraged or not, I come down no outrage
Celerity
Oct 2021
#79
Meaningless pettifogging, and I find nothing wrong with what AOC said, she is spot on.
Celerity
Oct 2021
#103
I have been a registered Dem since I was 18. I have no idea who on Twitter is DU member or not.
Celerity
Oct 2021
#71
You are the one who keeps coming at me. I did nothing wrong, plus I took it down a common
Celerity
Oct 2021
#76
Don't bring my twitter over here. You could just as easily make your feelings known on twitter...
Kahuna
Oct 2021
#69
I did not bring it over here, the OP did, take it up with them. I had no idea that that Twitter
Celerity
Oct 2021
#75
she never said 'Nazi death camps' when talking about Trump's border detention centres
Celerity
Oct 2021
#56
she implied that the statement was racist and misogynistic, not necessarily him.
unblock
Oct 2021
#53
of all the crap AOC gets on this site, this is a terrible choice of moments to bash her.
unblock
Oct 2021
#21
The only drama is that Democratic Party chair won't support the primary winner
questionseverything
Oct 2021
#83
Schumer calls New York State Democratic Chair's hypothetical scenario about David Duke when
Celerity
Oct 2021
#23
Justified criticism is fine. Don't even need to be a "fan" let alone a "superfan"
Arazi
Oct 2021
#39
His intent is he doesn't want to endorse the winner of the Democratic Primary
AZProgressive
Oct 2021
#37
I would call it selective outrage and also selective usage of the term 'divisive'.
Celerity
Oct 2021
#115
Dude could have picked ANY comparison, but he chooses the Grand Wizard?
aocommunalpunch
Oct 2021
#65
I just hate when I am struggling for an apt analogy and David Duke just springs from my lips.
Celerity
Oct 2021
#86
No it didn't. As a matter of fact, Jacobs explicitly said that she is not in the same catagory.
lapucelle
Oct 2021
#129
Jacobs didn't say Walton is not in same category "after he was called on it".
lapucelle
Oct 2021
#148
When talking about a black candidate, using Duke as an analogy wasn't the wisest move.
Kaleva
Oct 2021
#96
I volunteer out of the Nassau county DNC office and have worked under Jacobs' leadership
lapucelle
Oct 2021
#149
Seems to me that this is a case of a RW Democrat attacking a progressive Democrat by
Roisin Ni Fiachra
Oct 2021
#152