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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)The "Democratic" Party has lost its soul. [View all]
I have never been a big fan of Alan Grayson because he's kind of a loose cannon. But I got this email today, and this time I agree with him 100%:
The Democratic Establishment: corrupt, mendacious sellouts.
There, I said it.
Youve seen what Ive seen. Take the Presidential campaign. The Democratic Party schedules Presidential debates during NFL playoff games, to try to ensure that no one takes any interest whatsoever in our Presidential campaign or our issues, so that name-recognition will carry the day. The Democratic Party cuts off one Presidential candidates access to the most important tool of campaigning, the voter file, not long before the first primary. The Democratic Party quietly repeals the prohibition against accepting campaign contributions from lobbyists.
God forbid that our voters might choose someone that our party elites might not want someone who is not as corrupt and feckless as they are.
Why dont we just call it what it has become: the UnDemocratic Party.
And the funniest/saddest thing is that the Party Politburo does it with one excuse and one excuse only: that they are choosing the strongest candidate for November.
Excuse me?
These are the losers who have taken us from +20 to -8 in the Senate, in just six years.
These are the losers who have taken us from +83 to -59 in the House, in just six years. Including the biggest wipeout for the Democratic Party in more than 100 years.
Six years ago, the Democrats controlled 16 state governments (House/Senate/Governor), and the Republicans controlled eight. The party bigwigs these are the losers who now have left us with control of only seven state governments, while the Republicans control 27. They have taken us from +8 to -20, in just six years.
Our Party Politburo is so deeply incompetent that they shouldnt even be choosing lottery ticket numbers, much less candidates. Based on their track record, I wouldnt even trust them with paper vs. plastic. They would screw up a one-car parade.
And yet the party bosses want to seize the power from our voters to decide whom our candidates should be. Their motto is simple: the voters be damned. Or as Joni Mitchell once put it, dont interrupt the sorrow.
There, I said it.
Youve seen what Ive seen. Take the Presidential campaign. The Democratic Party schedules Presidential debates during NFL playoff games, to try to ensure that no one takes any interest whatsoever in our Presidential campaign or our issues, so that name-recognition will carry the day. The Democratic Party cuts off one Presidential candidates access to the most important tool of campaigning, the voter file, not long before the first primary. The Democratic Party quietly repeals the prohibition against accepting campaign contributions from lobbyists.
God forbid that our voters might choose someone that our party elites might not want someone who is not as corrupt and feckless as they are.
Why dont we just call it what it has become: the UnDemocratic Party.
And the funniest/saddest thing is that the Party Politburo does it with one excuse and one excuse only: that they are choosing the strongest candidate for November.
Excuse me?
These are the losers who have taken us from +20 to -8 in the Senate, in just six years.
These are the losers who have taken us from +83 to -59 in the House, in just six years. Including the biggest wipeout for the Democratic Party in more than 100 years.
Six years ago, the Democrats controlled 16 state governments (House/Senate/Governor), and the Republicans controlled eight. The party bigwigs these are the losers who now have left us with control of only seven state governments, while the Republicans control 27. They have taken us from +8 to -20, in just six years.
Our Party Politburo is so deeply incompetent that they shouldnt even be choosing lottery ticket numbers, much less candidates. Based on their track record, I wouldnt even trust them with paper vs. plastic. They would screw up a one-car parade.
And yet the party bosses want to seize the power from our voters to decide whom our candidates should be. Their motto is simple: the voters be damned. Or as Joni Mitchell once put it, dont interrupt the sorrow.
I think we're screwed.
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This Revolt Has Been Building For Years - The DWS, DNC, DLC, Third-Way Has Only Themselves To Blame
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#1
Yes - There Are Effectively Six Parties In America - The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own Three
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#109
Your last sentence would be ironic if she were in fact a feminist in more than just words. n/t
A Simple Game
Feb 2016
#170
Please stop impugning the good name of FDR by attaching Sanders' handle to it
jmowreader
Feb 2016
#115
except that "other guy" is the one they are browbeating to vote the party in the GE
bbgrunt
Feb 2016
#90
Giving up on a health-care system driven by people in favor of profit for a few
AllyCat
Feb 2016
#167
The record of 3rd-Way conservative Republicrats will cost my kids 50 years of republicon rule.
Kip Humphrey
Feb 2016
#3
We??? Sorry, but your lauded 3rd-Way conservicrats are responsible for letting this happen.
Kip Humphrey
Feb 2016
#192
Tell that to Bernie. Blaming his opponent seems to be his campaign strategy now. nt
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#78
I am talking about the DNC and our losses overall..not about Clinton and Bernie.
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#85
They're not going to do that and they're well placed to continue to do so if
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#105
The DNC is not doing their job for GOTV, the losses across the states have been massive and
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#139
Huh? Again, the party is suppose to increase voter turn out, as I said earlier, it is low.
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#147
Those words were nowhere in that video. Her message is about expanding opportunity.
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#197
On the contrary, pragmatic progressive means she wants to get things done. nt
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#202
No. No portion of the current Republican Party is equivalent to the current Democratic Party.
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#133
You are correct that's why there are no longer any moderate Republicans (now extinct in the R party)
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#144
If you mean the OP referred to in the post, I would ask the public here if I should post it in GDP
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#204
Psst! Do some research on the Democratic Business Council... a half decade before the DLC
wyldwolf
Feb 2016
#32
It was not so long ago that the Democratic Party was competitive in Florida.
Enthusiast
Feb 2016
#91
Think middle class, middle age suicides are bad now, wait until Hillary ships another million jobs
whereisjustice
Feb 2016
#22
I think Elizabeth Warren needs to come out now for Bernie. It's the county's last chance IMO
litlbilly
Feb 2016
#24
And, we need to triple the ground game for Bernie, it's just us and no one else who can get it done
litlbilly
Feb 2016
#25
Maybe he could use some of his hedge fund money to pay for a reform movement?
brooklynite
Feb 2016
#28
Maybe he could use some of his hedge fund money to pay for a reform movement?
AlbertCat
Feb 2016
#49
Hillary winning with a 12% turnout, just like winning a baseball game because the other
litlbilly
Feb 2016
#36
Good, let's ask HRC to demand that superdelegates votes not count as it's undemocratic to the voters
EndElectoral
Feb 2016
#38
It's not like they keep the date and time of the primary/caucus a secret. They were announced
4lbs
Feb 2016
#65
The Iowa Caucus was done from 5:00pm to 9:00pm local time. The Nevada Caucus was on a
4lbs
Feb 2016
#92
Hillary couldn't win in Iowa and Nevada if the party wasn't putting the thumb on the scales
AZ Progressive
Feb 2016
#48
This Democratic campaign is about the big bad evil DNC. It is a conspiracy.
Enthusiast
Feb 2016
#100
Really? I remember seeing earlier in the week before the SC primary, how Sanders was
4lbs
Feb 2016
#103
and they're only running on "we're the only faction that can win in the GE"--it's their STRONGEST
MisterP
Feb 2016
#46
I'm only in it to vote for Bernie, even though I've been a member for forty-six years.
highprincipleswork
Feb 2016
#77
Ironic accusation coming from a guy who abandoned the mother of his 5 kids to live on welfare. nt
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#81
think the Democratic party is gonna split between ahem the conservatives and the Liberals
PatrynXX
Feb 2016
#149
"Including the biggest wipeout for the Democratic Party in more than 100 years."
Major Hogwash
Feb 2016
#171