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In reply to the discussion: AL FRANKEN totally ROCKS!! He's a TRUE DEMOCRAT!! [View all]R B Garr
(17,325 posts)Sitting on the sidelines criticizing others' efforts is just pointless and self-defeating. I certainly wouldn't hang my hat on empty rhetoric anymore. It's clear that getting elected is the main goal. Purity standards is just time-wasting, navel-gazing.
Speaking of pointless navel-gazing, Thom is not a very good presenter. He relies on too many assumptions and not enough linear thought and conclusions to really be effective. I have tried to listen to him, but he makes leaps to conclusions that can only make sense if you know the emotional shorthand he is promoting. Others who rely on more realistic info like a more linear presentation, which is why Rachel Maddow is so good.
Certainly, not listening to Thom on Russian radio hardly is a way to pass judgment on other Democrats. It's just more pointless and tiresome preening over who has the most liberal creds, and that is at the core of the divisiveness that the Russians exploited to keep Democrats divided. Back to reality!