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In reply to the discussion: How many on the progressive wing of the Democratic party were duped by Putin?. [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)But please focus it on her as an individual, and take it out of the realm of blaming present or(in my case)former Sanders supporters for her role in politics or on demanding that EVERYONE focus on attacking her.
But again, she is NOT part of "the progressive wing of the Democratic Party", and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party(the prohibitive majority of whom did vote for HRC, if their votes weren't suppressed) is NOT to blame for her nor should it be tarred by anything she did.
And Jill Stein is not part of "the progressive wing of the Democratic Party" either, so don't blame US for what she does. Blame her.
We can't win in '18 or '20 by running campaigns based solely or mainly on denouncing the evils of the GOP and Trump and the futility of voting Green. Voters always want something to vote FOR, not AGAINST. We can win if we emphasize what is popular in our program-which is virtually everything-and if we actually make a case FOR progressive change.
The candidates who ran this November largely won on positive, largely progressive campaigns. So I think we can start trusting in the idea that we can win by winning the argument on policy, and admit that campaigns based mainly on attacking the other party essentially don't work for us.