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angrychair

(12,433 posts)
20. So they were just to bend the knee?
Sun May 3, 2026, 06:28 PM
8 hrs ago

Or be burned in dragon fire? Hell of a take. Harris was running around the country, literally holding hands with Republicans. Totally fine. Did she do a single event with a progressive? She dismissed universal healthcare. Dismissed any changes in policy on Palestine. Literally had Republicans speaking at the national convention but completely shut out progressives or any discussion on our policy on Israel and Palestine.

Yet here we are in 2026, two years later and it is one of the dominant themes in this election. Most Democrats are now reevaluating their positions on AIPAC and the funding Israel with billions on dollars in military hardware while they use that hardware to murder innocent civilians in Palestine and Lebanon. People are talking about universal healthcare. People are finally waking up to the realization that billionaires are the real enemy.

We are sending billions of dollars to a country that gives universal healthcare and free university to its people while we are told here in the US that we can't afford it.

Progressive ideals are what the electorate wants in 2028 and it was what the electorate wanted in 2024. It was ignored because they thought they could get enough votes from shifting right to court moderate Republicans.

Now they know, there is no such thing as a moderate Republican.

You can ridicule progressive Democrats all you want but it's their ideals that people are embracing, here in the US and around the world.

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On compassion for Republicans [View all] angrychair 11 hrs ago OP
And yet... Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #1
"Republicans will vote for a Democrat" angrychair 10 hrs ago #2
I'm not suggesting Dems "court" Republicans Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #6
I think people want to believe that angrychair 9 hrs ago #9
You are correct. murielm99 9 hrs ago #11
And yet I know some who voted for Obama in 2008. Not only a Dem, but a black Dem. paleotn 8 hrs ago #16
You're defining Republicans in a nice, neat little box. paleotn 8 hrs ago #15
So they were just to bend the knee? angrychair 8 hrs ago #20
I'm not ridiculing you. Just looking at things rationally. Interesting how that's your take. paleotn 7 hrs ago #22
Not ridiculing progressives? angrychair 6 hrs ago #24
So all those Never Trump Republicans are lying? Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #21
Point taken angrychair 6 hrs ago #25
9 million fewer voters cost us that election Fiendish Thingy 6 hrs ago #27
On that we agree angrychair 6 hrs ago #28
these people will NOT be voting for democrats in november or ever. rampartd 10 hrs ago #5
You are wrong - they already are. Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #7
Dick and Liz Cheney, Adam Kitzinger, Christie Todd Whitman mr715 9 hrs ago #10
Is this the flip side of Republicans worried that Obama was building FEMA camps for them? paleotn 8 hrs ago #18
they absolutely DISGUST me Skittles 10 hrs ago #3
I do the same with trump... Wounded Bear 10 hrs ago #4
My compassion is reserved for their victims ck4829 10 hrs ago #8
Not all Republicans are the same. Some are evil, and some are just plain stupid. I have compassion for the stupid ones. Fil1957 9 hrs ago #12
they root for the party of xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia, etc. Skittles 9 hrs ago #14
I agree Keepthesoulalive 8 hrs ago #17
Cannot agree Wifes husband 7 hrs ago #23
Amen Joinfortmill 9 hrs ago #13
Two words. Personal responsibility. paleotn 8 hrs ago #19
Bootstraps- I love that for them biophile 6 hrs ago #26
Compassion and republicans are antonyms kimbutgar 6 hrs ago #29
I asked a question here several years ago if..fish..had..wings 3 hrs ago #30
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