It would be nice if the far left, for once, did some introspection.

[DanTex]

209. The point is that before telling the Dems what to do, the left should look in the mirror.

I'm not talking about their policy goals, things like clean energy, living wage, etc. Those are laudible.

I'm talking about their political strategy. Which for 20 years has been to draw false equivalences between the Dems and the GOP, and then run spoiler campaigns which help Republicans win elections. And the latter is intentional: both Nader and Stein made it clear that they would rather see the Republican candidate win than the Democratic candidate.

Yes, the Dems did get crushed in this election, and yes they need to make some changes. But you know what? They controlled the White House for 8 years and got a huge amount done in that time. And they also controlled the White House for 8 years leading up to 2000. So at least they have been doing some things right, politically, in the last few decades.

Compare that to the far left. What have they accomplished? Absolutely nothing. They have contributed to two Republican victories in presidential campaigns, and they have also succeeded in alienating the Democratic Party, which is the only vehicle through which any of their policy goals might become reality.

So I think it's time for the far left to rethink its strategy. Not its ideals, but the way it goes about trying to get those ideals into reality. The whole false equivalency/electoral sabotage thing they've been trying has been a total failure.