Politics The Donkey in the room...the Democrats today

I'd say one thing has been brought forward.
We have a lesbian and a trans woman both in solid red districts winning by serious margins by doing what?
Going door to door, paying attention to local issues, being themselves, keeping it local, listening to the people, knowing their neighborhoods, and did I say, local?
Focus on the people they are serving and the politics will work.
All politics are identity politics as long as you remember who is next door.

 

The Democrats don't play the game right. The Republicans only had to threaten to filibuster to block a vote most times. And the GOP used that threat to prevent legislation from passing, not to enact it.

The Republicans’ Unprecedented Obstructionism By The Numbers

 

That's a bit of a false equivalence there. And Sanders is not two sides of the same coin with a lot of people. That's a really bullshit argument that he or Obama or Warren are in the same boat as Cruz or Trump or McConnell or Ryan. You are way off.

 

DNC lawsuit against Trump campaign divides party – but could reveal key facts

Yes, it does seem like odd timing to bring this lawsuit. If they brought it in October 2016, I could understand. If they brought it up after Mueller found something and is proceeding with a criminal case, I could understand. And while a few people have plead guilty already, I'm not sure what they are trying to gain from this at this time. Are they trying to get into the Wikileaks details, or go after Assange if he leaves London?

The current administration is tearing the government apart and destroying things that took decades to enact. Policies that were working and 90%+ of people agree with like the Clean Air Act. There is so much corruption and paybacks for donors and supporters to appointments and lawyers that will be changing the government for a long time. But, it is the activists who are watching all of this, yet the party isn't fighting back like they should and putting up a unified resistance.

 

The Dems are not well organized at all. There is nobody really trying to unite the different factions into a "Tea Party", or have a goal of "primarying" the existing moderate Democrat. There is no LPAC (Liberal Political Conference) to inform people, debate, and come up with the best talking points. There are more left-wing podcasts now, but still very few far left wing "conspiracy" type ones to make the regular Democrats look good. (Think "we need to ban the sale and production of all gasoline powered vehicles" and "any one time use plastic has to be biodegradable"). And the DNC and DCCC haven't done much to fix their image or policies.

I wonder when the race for 2020 will start up. I have a feeling it will be in January 2019, if not before. It will be interesting to see if they can get the airtime on the media and discussion on internet forums away from Trump.

It’s Time For A New 2020 Democratic Primary Draft!

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I also wonder if the Democrats are learning from Trump about how to operate in the first two years after being elected. Obama made some big mistakes by not continuing the political rallies in the deep blue places in 2009 and 2010 among other anti-conservative things that probably wouldn't be Obama's style.

 

Yeah, they say they want these things, but have no way to implement them or fund them.

If you are going to provide a Federal job, Medicare, and college tuition, room & books, is it basically just saying that you have to work for your Universal Basic Income?

The only way I can see any of this working is if they embraced technology 100% and eliminated humans from doing the jobs and management. College is all on-line and can be taught with videos and computerized tests, e-books, a lot of medical checkups and diagnosis can be done by a machine and a little bit of AI, and the Post Office banks would have to be 24/7 ATMs.

What would they do to actually lower tuition at the colleges instead of just paying whatever the school says to pay? Why are they giving tax breaks to people who have more babies and are causing overpopulation problems (more competition for jobs, more resources, more pollution)?

I could see the tuition being paid for if their wages were garnished at 8% for the next 5-10 years depending on what college they picked for example. Healthcare costs would be covered if 25% of their assets went to the government upon their death. And the post office bank would have to charge fees and such, but I have purchased money orders from the post office before, and could see that working. But Republicans could implement that one if they wanted to as it won't be a reason people vote for the Democrats or not.

 

Part of this is a popularity contest though. And taking to a room of rich donors is not going to be all that is needed to win an election. There is some money that is needed, but there are tactics to make it seem like you have a large group of people supporting the cause as well. Maybe try going to a big stadium and packing it full of people... Besides all of the protest marches that weren't organized around the national party, it doesn't seem like the Democrats are trying very hard. And I'm not sure how well the voters will turnout this November yet either.

 

Women's March leader Tamika Mallory defends relationship with Farrakhan

More naked racism, jew hatred, and support for murderers and violent fanatics from the leaders of the largest part of the left. The very existence of the "alt-left" is still denied and the very mention of it is used as ipso facto proof someone is a literal nazi even, and ESPECIALLY, if they're jewish. This shit is why I left the US. As far as I'm concerned I'm a political refugee.

 

It sounds like she is pretty far from a Nazi.
More like someone who has a bunch of mixed feelings and a lot of growing to do.
Malcom X changed a lot of his opinions and perspectives towards the end of his life (which was probably what got him killed).
It seems like this young lady should be given the room to do the same.
The left isn't organized enough for there to be an alt-left.
They don't march in lock-step or have YouTube channels where they talk about how the white race is being wiped out.
They would be perfectly happy to eat their kale and quinoa salads with their universal health care if everyone would leave them along.

 

Neo-Nazis and White Nationalists running for Congress as Republicans:

Arthur Jones, U.S. House candidate, Illinois - Neo-Nazi Arthur Jones wins Republican nomination for Illinois congressional seat

John Fitzgerald, U.S. House candidate, California - Surprise! A Neo-Nazi Is On California Ballot — As A Republican

Corey Stewart, U.S. Senate candidate, Virginia - With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are in turmoil

Paul Nehlen, U.S. House candidate (primary in August for Paul Ryan's seat) - Will Paul Ryan be Replaced with a White Supremacist in Wisconsin?

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, US Senate candidate, Arizona (primary in August) - Joe Arpaio has given at least 5 interviews to an anti-Semitic publication

There are many more running for state legislatures.