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Shipwack

(2,787 posts)
19. Let's see...
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 01:56 PM
Apr 2025

You feel that we can’t work to remove ineffective leaders from safe seats.

Not to put words in your mouth, but I would guess you are also against primarying ineffective leaders in competitive districts.

🤔

Well then. I guess we’re stuck with ineffective leaders.


The party leadership cares more about norms and comity than fighting for the American people. They shirk their responsibility to take a stand, muttering something about they have no power. They then turn around and send me a fundraising letter.

The party leadership kneecapped one of our most effective speakers (AOC) in favor of a man with throat cancer! The rationales given were that “ it was his turn”, “Senority”, “AOC makes me feel nervous when she calls out the Republicans in a mean way”. Well, that last one wasn’t stated, but is implied by their actions and anonymous quotes given to the press.

People like it when their leaders take action. That’s one of the secret strengths of the Republicans. Did you ever hear one tell their constituents, “Sorry, I can’t propose anti-abortion legislation because it can’t pass…” Hell no! Every day when they didn’t hold the majority they still proposed some crazy ass bill, and their constituents loved them for it.

Schumer et al are the wrong people to lead the party in a wartime fight.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'

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I agreed with david when i heard his strategy. Karadeniz Apr 2025 #1
Replacing one Democrat with another Democrat does NOTHING to help us to become a MAJORITY PARTY. Oopsie Daisy Apr 2025 #16
No, but some of those Democrats that need to be replaced are risks to lose their seats to the GOP. So why not replace lees1975 Apr 2025 #21
Really? Which ones? Why would a Democrat in a "solid blue/safe-blue" district be at risk of losing to a Republican? Oopsie Daisy Apr 2025 #36
Depends on which Democrats you replace 0rganism Apr 2025 #23
Is this a Hollywood script? nt DURHAM D Apr 2025 #2
A Hollywood script? lees1975 Apr 2025 #3
just to b clear- he is NOT using dnc money. mopinko Apr 2025 #4
Just to be clear DownriverDem Apr 2025 #8
imperfect allies r not enemies mopinko Apr 2025 #12
Why? That's no requirement. There are plenty of party establishment people who have their fingers in more than one pie lees1975 Apr 2025 #22
I don't know if he is or isn't MichMan Apr 2025 #35
i've heard him say it several times. mopinko Apr 2025 #39
If these reports are accurate, I'm not planning on donating anything to it. MichMan Apr 2025 #41
big deal. mopinko Apr 2025 #42
here's that vid mopinko Apr 2025 #43
Lots of Dems raising money but doing little to stop Trump. lees1975 Apr 2025 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author mopinko Apr 2025 #5
Sure wryter2000 Apr 2025 #6
likely nothing. mopinko Apr 2025 #15
Let's see... Shipwack Apr 2025 #19
Nothing that hasn't already gone wrong. lees1975 Apr 2025 #24
Nope DownriverDem Apr 2025 #7
Seems like the party, with a 29% approval rating going down, is destroying itself. lees1975 Apr 2025 #25
Wasn't sure at first, but David Hogg's ideas make sense Wild blueberry Apr 2025 #9
I agree with David Greyhead Apr 2025 #10
I agree with him to a point dflprincess Apr 2025 #11
Ugh. He's a hot mess. I knew this wouldn't end well. Oopsie Daisy Apr 2025 #13
Well, David, send a strongly worded letter... rubbersole Apr 2025 #14
Agree with David and I am 83 kiranon Apr 2025 #17
I agree with you and David. I'm 81. Ping Tung May 23 #58
didn't he support m. frost? et tu Apr 2025 #18
Biden should have put in an interim poli-junkie Apr 2025 #20
His e-mails have gone to my junk file Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2025 #26
"How does one be effective in the minority?" mike_c Apr 2025 #28
What legislation has Bernie and AOC passed being in the minority? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2025 #30
If Bernie had been senate majority leader in 2021... lees1975 Apr 2025 #31
Are you aware that judicial nominations are not subject to filibuster? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2025 #34
Yes, but we would have needed to break the filibuster in order to amend the judiciary act to create the additional seats lees1975 Apr 2025 #37
If Sanders had abolished the filibuster back in 2021, there wouldn't have even been a cloture vote on the Trump budget. MichMan Apr 2025 #38
There wouldn't have been a Trump budget. lees1975 Apr 2025 #48
True, along with removing Fox News from cable, declaring the GOP a terrorist organization & repealing the 2nd Amendment MichMan Apr 2025 #49
I fucking detest the showboating Skittles Apr 2025 #50
We had the majority and the White House between the 2020 and 2022 elections and on this front, accomplished zero. lees1975 Apr 2025 #29
100% agree mike_c Apr 2025 #27
SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE Skittles Apr 2025 #32
Or many other countries for that matter. AloeVera Apr 2025 #54
I agree in principle EthanBlue Apr 2025 #33
the house is not SUPPOSED to b a lifetime thing. mopinko Apr 2025 #40
Who needs David Hogg when we have the Justice Democrats primarying good Democrats? LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2025 #44
I loathe them and their treachery. Oopsie Daisy Apr 2025 #45
They have little influence or traction. A splinter group. lees1975 Apr 2025 #46
Getting one, with Governors, Pritzker and Walz elleng Apr 2025 #51
I am with David too, Fuck the old... bottomofthehill Apr 2025 #52
no one is saying they had no accomplishments Skittles Apr 2025 #53
It has nothing to do with their age. lees1975 Apr 2025 #56
I'm all in. Phoenix61 Apr 2025 #55
K & R lees1975 Apr 2025 #57
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