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In reply to the discussion: I'd prefer to see Elizabeth Warren as our next president. But if Hillary Clinton [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)All politics is local. My congressional rep is solid blue. So's my state. I do my bit by getting voters to the polls. From my spot on the map, we're holding up our end.
Sure, those of us who do not live in a tough district can send twenty five bucks to the candidate fighting the Red Tide, but that's all we can do, if we're not rich and cannot afford to go play a carpetbagging volunteer campaign aide.
The people who need to start up these vague "Let's focus on 2014" threads are the people who know the issues, who live in the districts involved, who can point us to the backgrounds of the candidates, who can do a little schooling so we can have a substantive discussion on those races.
All of this carping about "Waaah, Hillary, Waaah, Elizabeth Warren" and "Why aren't WEEEEEE talking about 2014?" is just, frankly, nonsense. It's trying to guilt people in a cheesy way, and I am not buying it (I'm not aiming this at you, specifically--there's more of this kind of hyperbolic crapola in other threads--finger-wagging scolding coupled with personal insult, like that's the way to motivate people--it's bullshit, if you ask me). People CAN walk and chew gum at the same time. Everyone has the same HIDE THREAD button that I've got; they too can avoid subjects that disturb them. Everyone has access to auto-trash by keyword, too.
Griping about threads that don't say what "certain people" want them to say is just laziness overlaid with a didactic attitude. People who want to see threads about topics they want to see need to START those threads instead of yelling at others for not doing the work they should be doing. And they'd better make 'em timely, fun, full of good information, and a real sweet read, otherwise, they will sink like a stone. And that won't be the fault of DU--it'll be the fault of the person who can't write an interesting OP but wants everyone to eat their broccoli by pretending to be interested in a dull, boring thread.
Again, all politics is local. People on the ground in contested districts need to fire up their typing fingers and give us some of that local flavor.