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Bucky

(55,334 posts)
30. That's several good points
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:34 PM
Jul 2024

No one's gonna muddy the nomination process. That's all but a done deal now. I'm not saying capitulate to them. I literally said a snap primary is "not a great idea." I'm saying listen to them. Throw them a bone.

Frankly we need to throw a bone to the Gaza-sympathetic voters too. They're also an interest group that sway voters.

The leaders of these fringe groups won't ever be happy. Their positions depend to an extent on maintaining the latitude to gripe. Tell me the Democratic interest group that that is not true of.

But the multi-issue voters who listen to the activist voices on a number of progressive causes (you yourself might be one of them -- AARP, much?) truly do need to hear that we take issues like Gaza and police violence seriously and are offering real solutions.

Real leaders like Kamala & Joe can at least sit down with and listen to the dissident groups in our society. That's literally what makes us civil.

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I demand that costco bring back the combination pizza and coke instead of pepsi nt msongs Jul 2024 #1
I demand they bring back the churros Renew Deal Jul 2024 #13
I demand the convention serve churros! LeftInTX Jul 2024 #35
Eww, they were terrible question everything Jul 2024 #43
I demand the sausage, peppers and onions return. dem4decades Jul 2024 #36
You are the hero America needs. Jk23 Jul 2024 #61
oh yeah I can get behind the combo pizza drive! edisdead Jul 2024 #75
Let's bring back chopped onions for the hotdogs while we're at it Zeitghost Jul 2024 #83
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I demand that we all have the month of August off. yardwork Jul 2024 #2
I second this demand ColinC Jul 2024 #10
We will not be ignored!!! yardwork Jul 2024 #15
Right, I hate the month of August...... a kennedy Jul 2024 #14
Hey! That's when my birthday happens. Will this mean that I will be 20 years younger? question everything Jul 2024 #45
I demand that everybody stops making demands Walleye Jul 2024 #3
When you hold the gun to your own head hlthe2b Jul 2024 #4
Sure seems that way. JohnSJ Jul 2024 #6
not this one. barbtries Jul 2024 #5
From the article JohnSJ Jul 2024 #7
Global so does that mean chapters in other countries? Bev54 Jul 2024 #20
Yep, from the link. sheshe2 Jul 2024 #8
It is also vague in regard to those number, high or low? JohnSJ Jul 2024 #12
I don't get why they are even doing this. sheshe2 Jul 2024 #24
Jamie Harrison won't let this interfere with the process. They have no JohnSJ Jul 2024 #29
I figured that was the case. sheshe2 Jul 2024 #34
It has been great Sheshe. JohnSJ Jul 2024 #38
It's been such a great thing. I think things are turning around! LeftInTX Jul 2024 #62
Your last paragraph was exactly what I was going to say. wnylib Jul 2024 #41
Great minds think alike! sheshe2 Jul 2024 #46
I edited my post to add that members of a global organization wnylib Jul 2024 #50
This isn't fun for us, but this is how a pluralistic democracy works Bucky Jul 2024 #9
I voted for a ticket in my primary yardwork Jul 2024 #19
The roll call vote is more important. I don't think they were really Biden supporters to begin with. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #21
The Democratic nominee for president will be on the Ohio ballot, Ms. Toad Jul 2024 #23
AOC mentioned something about the effective date of the law, which indicated it could possibly be repealed if they LeftInTX Jul 2024 #31
It can't be repealed by the legislature. Ms. Toad Jul 2024 #63
That's several good points Bucky Jul 2024 #30
Those seats at the table are for the delegates LiberalFighter Jul 2024 #22
Sorry, appeal to authority arguments will never work on me Bucky Jul 2024 #37
The delegates consist of many factions. LiberalFighter Jul 2024 #40
That's a much better argument Bucky Jul 2024 #51
nobody (that I see) is saying anything about taking away anyone's 1st Amend rights stopdiggin Jul 2024 #53
It's in the rules. If you don't like it, join the DNC be a member of the rules committee. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #54
Thank you. Mayor Daley would be proud Bucky Jul 2024 #55
I'm not a member of the DNC or even the TDP. I am a member of the Bexar County Dem Party CEC. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #56
You and I are having two different, non mutually exclusive discussions Bucky Jul 2024 #58
I am, but we've already delegated the process to delegates who were elected at the state conventions. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #59
How are we doing that? Renew Deal Jul 2024 #11
BLM has a beef with Kamala. Bucky Jul 2024 #47
What gives Shalomyah Bowers the idea he can make the demand? LiberalFighter Jul 2024 #16
Huh? Primary? What? lindysalsagal Jul 2024 #17
How and by whom will this "snap primary" be done? Retrograde Jul 2024 #18
Not going to happen. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2024 #25
Black Voters Matter JustAnotherGen Jul 2024 #26
Awesome!!! LeftInTX Jul 2024 #33
LaTosha Brown is a co-founder JustAnotherGen Jul 2024 #73
She doesn't even have an opponent. MoonchildCA Jul 2024 #27
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lol Cha Jul 2024 #66
Let's just see Traildogbob Jul 2024 #32
We need unity! ViewObsessed Jul 2024 #39
What does that mean and why? Cha Jul 2024 #42
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Yes! ViewObsessed Jul 2024 #57
Welcone to DU obamanut2012 Jul 2024 #67
Welcome to DU - Now read the rules. GoneOffShore Jul 2024 #69
It does not follow. Torchlight Jul 2024 #82
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THIS. BLM is a sentiment, a movement, and even as an organization not centralized... B.See Jul 2024 #60
Bingo! It is decentralized. ecstatic Jul 2024 #64
Bureau of Land Management. captain queeg Jul 2024 #71
How is a snap primary different from a virtual primary? Wednesdays Jul 2024 #49
And I demand Bojangles bring back their delicious Roasted Chicken Bites ms liberty Jul 2024 #52
It's a moot point now Charmin One Jul 2024 #65
I agree and Jamie Harrison is not going to let anything divide or derail JohnSJ Jul 2024 #68
If it was mostly from a non-USA'r their opinion has no weight... electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #70
No one cares about "official' BLM like no one every black activist I follow rolls their eyes at them MistakenLamb Jul 2024 #72
Guy must need money. Kid Berwyn Jul 2024 #74
In a nonhierarchical organization, who can be called the leadership karynnj Jul 2024 #76
African American voices in Congress through the Congressional Black Caucus have JohnSJ Jul 2024 #78
Absolutely true and they and others are elected African American leaders. karynnj Jul 2024 #80
That is literally nonsense. Voltaire2 Jul 2024 #77
It won't go anywhere. JohnSJ Jul 2024 #79
Could care less TheRealNorth Jul 2024 #81
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