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In reply to the discussion: So Tell Me, FUCKING AGAIN, How The Democratic Party Has To Change. [View all]tavalon
(27,985 posts)Of course, the Democratic Party needs to change. Many of us are promising to vote for anyone who has a D after their name so that we can get that creature out of the WH. I've made my deal with the devil on this. In my state, we turned our Senate Blue. And with an actual progressive candidate!
But, after that, if they aren't Justice Democrats, who decline corporate money, then I won't be supporting them.
The Republicans need their clock cleaned. But I think it would be unwise to say that our house doesn't also need a good cleaning.
I know what we stand for and much of it is antithetical to the progressives, and since I am as progressive and liberal as they come, I'm soon going to be done standing up for people who aren't standing up for my progressive values. I keep saying, mantra like, "just make it through the midterms, then I can finally stop compromising my ethics.
A Better Deal? Better than the Orange Shitgibbon? That's an awfully low bar, there. I want us to do better than that. I believe we can be better. Last night was great and it looks like we will carry the midterms handily. After that, we need to clean house. That our house is a smidge cleaner than the Republicans is sad. Corporate money has corrupted both parties.