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In reply to the discussion: Survey from the Democratic National Committee.....WTF? [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Didn't catch her on Maher, but did see her on Stewart. And she didn't answer many of his questions - but did that dance of talking about how great everything DLC and the resulting polices has been. (Though she doesn't of course use the expression DLC.)
I think Stewart has thrown in the towel as well. His Jessica Williams skit on last Mon or Tues night about how Obama is upbeat because no one tells him what really is happening was hilarious but also tragic. Williams asked Jon how he could even do the show every night, and he answered that he pretends he is inside a drama in which a nation is going down the tubes.
And I use that type of pretense myself to get through my daily life. I pretend someday it will all be better. But it's obvious that unless there is some Great Hereafter where decent people get their Pie in the Sky when They Die, nothing much will happen to make the changes needed - totally possible changes, but ones that don't interest the One Percent at all. And since almost everything is under their control...