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In reply to the discussion: Anxious Democratic Establishment Asks, 'Is There Anybody Else?' [View all]ancianita
(43,178 posts)29. This is media horse-racey bullshit to gaslight Americans looking at the abyss of dictatorship,
AS IF there's a NORMAL, VIABLE race between NORMAL, VIABLE candidates.
THERE ISN'T.
This is made up media weakening of one party to draw horse racey normalizations of gradual dictatorship, and to promote the false equivalency between a party of the abyss, and a party of The People.
Adults are
-- patient.
-- Patient readers of the actual Special Counsel Report, along with Congress.
-- Patient 2020 voters.
-- Patient witnesses, as current indictments are unsealed after the new president is sworn in and new trials begin.
There will be impeachment vote after impeachment vote.
All the way, Palace Guard Media will gaslight the Democrats. Believe that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Anxious Democratic Establishment Asks, 'Is There Anybody Else?' [View all]
BeyondGeography
Oct 2019
OP
It has nothing to do with establishment. The Democratic Party is not super liberal...never have
Demsrule86
Oct 2019
#36
Progressives insisted on candidates that could not win like McGovern and screwed themselves...
Demsrule86
Oct 2019
#37
The entire democratic party ideology is NOT business as usual. Fair/equal wages, climate change,
vsrazdem
Oct 2019
#24
The Establishment is afraid that Biden is slipping and there is no centrist next in line.
LonePirate
Oct 2019
#12
I keep my tin foil hat right beside my bed 🛌 Really good for when it rains unicorns
Thekaspervote
Oct 2019
#20
Guess what? The majority of Democrats are "establishment" as it's been defined.
George II
Oct 2019
#16
I really dislike these articles and find a lot in this one to be pretty foolish.
TidalWave46
Oct 2019
#23
This is media horse-racey bullshit to gaslight Americans looking at the abyss of dictatorship,
ancianita
Oct 2019
#29
I had to go to the end of the op to see the source of this drivel. Oh, of course, it's the NYT.
abqtommy
Oct 2019
#30
That's ok, I cancelled my WaPo subscription long ago. Never have subscribed to NYT.
abqtommy
Oct 2019
#47