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In reply to the discussion: For fucks sake ...get out and vote Dem ...fuck Nate Silver! [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Nowhere did I claim that DU members are running around voting for Republicans. You keep building strawmen.
Its very simple. Those on DU who claim voting straight Dem ticket is BAD, do so because they are claiming that would be to put "party above principles". They claim a "real liberal" would not vote straight Dem because that would mean they'd have to vote for some Dems who they don't consider liberal enough, and that would be a bad thing to do.
Its basically the same folks who claim they won't vote for Hillary if she wins the nomination.
As for Manny's criticism ... meh ... he's been complaining since a couple days after Obama was elected. He'll be complaining until the day Obama leaves office. Strange that he rarely proposes a path forward.
I'm curious, do you think Manny should take his criticisms out on the street as part of his 2014 GOTV canvassing? Do you think his OPs would help motivate Dems to go vote, or perhaps discourage them enough to cause them to give up and stay home?
How about the OPs in which the author claims the Dems and the Republicans are all the same? Think those points of view will help motivate Dem voters, or cause them to give up and stay home.
Finally ... I don't really care what you think about my criticism of DU's Combustible Hair Club.
They can join me and vote for every Dem that they can, which is my preference, or they can stay home and pout.