Not to be corny but I do think the ongoing aspiration to make America a pluralist democracy of equals is righteous, beautiful, and worth honoring, even if it has more often been the struggle of minorities & dissenters than the policy of the government. 🇺🇸
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Why I Don't Vote (OK, I Do Vote, but I Would Like to Discourage You, NY Times Reader, For Doing So For Some Reason)
Via @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us
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Right. As if there’s no meaningful difference. There’s a huge difference!!!!
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He’s dumb
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This isn’t the 1980s anymore. Politics are different now. You can think it’s unfair, sure; but there’s always a different standard for democrats. Whether it’s fair or not is irrelevant.
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I saw someone saying “So what? He had one bad debate! Obama lost both of his debates!” I can’t imagine how one could compare what we saw last week to Obama in any way, at all. Obama was probably the most talented campaigner any of us will ever see in our lifetimes. Just an inane comparison.
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Pretending Biden is fine—great, even! Nothing to see here—further erodes people’s trust in the party. And if they don’t trust the party, they’ll stay home. We can’t have that, because it means Trump wins.
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And yes the republicans are big fat liars, duh. But I believe it’s important for the democrats to distinguish themselves from the GOP. One way to do that is to be more or less straightforward with voters about what they saw with their own eyes, and act accordingly.
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I’m getting the sense that some people think lying to voters and pretending Biden is fit to be president for another four years is somehow a good strategy. I can’t agree. People saw what they saw. They won’t take kindly to the democrats telling them up is down.
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He announced he wouldn’t run for reelection and would step down from his leadership role in the senate. apnews.com/article/mitc...
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When I worked in Minnesota in the legislature, there were bills every year to legalize fireworks. And there would be hearings. And people would be like, “Pfft, who testifies against this? Busybody neighbors?” The actual answer was firefighters and doctors, mostly. Especially eye doctors.
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Here’s why Biden is toast: in this situation, any candidate in Biden’s shoes would do a series of events (interviews, press conferences, town halls, etc) to prove they are up to the task.
But, Biden isn’t doing that because he can’t. He’s not capable—and that’s not going to change.
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New Zealander here. Back in 2017 our Labour Party was 3 weeks out from losing badly to a RW govt that had already misruled for 9 years. Labour’s leader was a decent but uninspiring man. He made way for Jacinda Ardern, just in time. I hope the Dems manage something similar.
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That was my initial reaction too but now I’m convinced he should. 51 million people watched the debate and more will see the attack ads using clips from it. The thing I want to know is who the GOP prefers as an opponent.
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