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In reply to the discussion: Why Hasn't The American Left Convinced More Americans To Vote For More Progressive Candidates? [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)and you are right there is a lot we can do. Some things we cannot do are what is crippling us I think right now. Something we cannot do is get our foot in the door with the M$M. That we cannot do. We cannot get progressives elected to the national stage in huge numbers, so far. That is something we are working on.
Right now the Left is behind the 8-ball. Thanks to so many people out there that love to bash it on a daily basis and so many from our own party too. It hurts our chances when our own party hates us.
The 1% are not progressives nor do their numbers rank as liberals either. It is hard to get liberals to become shallow minded assholes like their billionaire counterparts in the RWing. And it is not just a few rich donors...that is simply not true.
We need our own national spotlight and some down to earth progressives manning that spotlight and NOT the crazy side of the Left either. Last thing we need is a libertarian pretending to be a liberal on national TV speaking for that side of the party.