I'm So Disappointed with Schumer and Jeffries. They Don't Agree with Me 100%.

[love_katz]

72. Insisting on political purity is what defeats Democratic candidates .

Remember? "Genocide Joe? Killer Kamala"?

Electing Republicans does Not move our causes forward, it does the opposite.
Unfortunately, we have a binary political system. Whichever party wins the most votes, wins the election. Ergo, voting for a Third Party candidate, or getting mad and choosing to not vote because your favorite candidate didn't win the Primary, allows the wrong-wing Repuke Party to win.
A further problem is that some parts of the country are more prone to conservative beliefs ( due to brainwashing from local churches and continuing bombardment of propaganda from Corporate owned McGreedia and hate radio).
We can't change the political agenda if we don't have the numbers needed to do that. This problem is what is blocking us now.
To be successful in making any headway in stopping Project 2025, let alone the Puke's totalitarian plans for the future, we need to focus on turning purple areas blue, and red areas purple. And, obviously, keep blue areas blue.
I would LOVE for us to vote every single Repuke out of office. Throw them ALL OUT! Do I think that will happen? No, tragically I don't think it will. The Repukes have a huge megaphone in the form of the lying McGreedia and the fundy fanatic churches. The so-called liberal media doesn't exist. All of the major media companies are owned by very wealthy people who love their tax cuts.
The one avenue we have to stopping the broligarch theocracy agenda is to take back Congress. Once we have enough Dems in office to actually be effective in passing legislation, then we can lean hard on them to get what we want.
Refusing to vote for Dems because you didn't get your perfect candidate is putting the cart in front of the horse. That doesn't work and gives us disasters like A$$ Crack Dingleberry and his very evil enablers.
In order for Dems to win nationwide, they may have to run candidates that are less than the optimal people that we would prefer. Mamdani did great in NYC, but would he have any chance in more conservative areas? Sadly, probably not.
We can vote with our hearts in the Primary, but we need to Vote Blue in the general. Kick the sycophant Pukes out of office and then lean hard on our reps for the needed changes. This is a cart with the horse in front.
For the record: I'm an old hippie liberal who grew up during the 1960's. I have wanted massive changes, throughout my entire life. Trust this: refusing to eat any pie because you didn't get the whole pie doesn't work. My generation did create significant social changes. The opposition has worked ever since those days to try and knock it all down. They played the long game, beginning with the Lewis Powell memo in 1968. Please don't let them win . VOTE BLUE!!