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In reply to the discussion: As Republicans Make Millions Suffer, the Left’s Ideologues Obsess Over Edward Snowden [View all]flamingdem
(39,308 posts)about what matters and where we really are in the process.
That can't be ignored for a problem that will be addressed as it was by a vote last week. That issue is an excuse to not do the work against Republicans and direct ire at Obama rather than supporting him.
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What is happening on the left is a repeat of the events that allowed teabaggers to sweep into power in the House and states in the 2010 midterm elections, and despite the damage voter apathy then is wreaking on the people now, the same contingent of disaffected liberals is drawing attention away from the only solution to stave off more Republican devastation on Americans in distress. Instead of focusing on one mans self-imposed legal problems, the left should be educating Americans about why they are in distress and help prepare them to participate in the next election. It is true Republicans in former Confederate and ALEC-controlled states are passing voter suppression laws, but it highlights the need to start mobilizing Americans who are suffering the effects of the Republican victory in the 2010 midterm elections to prevent more damage if the GOP prevails in the next election. There is absolutely nothing ideological civil libertarians can do to help their hero who banished himself to a Russian airport now or in the future, but they can help their fellow Americans who are real people in distress. It is a mystery why they need an idealized hero, but they found one and it is distracting them from the plight of half the population.