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In reply to the discussion: Jeezes, we need some actual Democrats in office [View all]felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)Actual Democrats do exist.
The problem as I see it, is that the radical right are not behaving like any American we have known in-recent-history. They are behaving like they emerged out of an evil time machine that picked the worst sociopathic manipulators to this time period. People who have NO DESIRE for a democracy or in America as we know it.
The actual Democrats can see there has been a coup, while the status quo people are still convinced that we should continue to play nice by the same rules that time after time are being disregarded by these radical usurpers. Just let Lucy pull the football away again at the last minute.
Here are our options:
'Go back to the polls': Diebold is still there.
'Vote more Democrats in office': yes we have to do this, but redistricting and disenfranchising AA voters are just 2 ways the radical right are proving their disregard for America. We get to vote for the least corporate candidates of which there are very FEW.
While we argue amongst ourselves, the laser focused RW are hard at work turning America into a police state, positioning their forces to prevent any dissent, peaceful or otherwise.
WHY do we think that playing NICE is the way to go? We need warriors, on topic like Senator Warren, who is equally laser focused on task to take down the banks? We need to FIGHT these usurpers, tooth and nail, for everything they have taken from us--NO MORE APPEASEMENT to the right. NONE.
And IF there is no one to represent us, we will HAVE to represent ourselves. Desperate times call for desperate measures, an equal but opposite force. It is the law of physics.
The thing is we don't have the luxury of farting around through ten more voting cycles to straighten out this mess-- climate change puts us on a 50 year time table the way things are going, and the longer we delay the police state is crushing our country.
One more thing, I think it is a waste of time arguing with the willfully ignorant, or paid shills, their sole purpose seems to be to keep us in our chairs arguing with their stupid asses. Because it sounds like they would be the ones against any real Democratic candidate anyway.