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Wednesday, 18 January 2017
quote [ I’ve been angry and disgusted about a lot of things since Election Day. But over the past few days I’ve been angrier than Jack Nicholson’s character from The Shining to see all these so-called “progressives” come out of the fucking woodwork to crucify Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) for voting against one amendment to a budget reconciliation bill that could have allowed Americans to buy cheaper imported prescription drugs from Canada — even though the amendment wasn’t going to become law ]
I'm not sure I endorse these sentiments, but let's have a spirited discussion about them!
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sanepride said @ 5:00am GMT on 19th January
Sure, under all those circumstances Bernie did amazingly well, but he still lost. And while I probably can't convince you that his primary loss was due to anything other than shenanigans by the DNC, the Clinton organization, and their media lackeys, it's the numbers that count in the end, just like in the general election.
As the idea that 'most Americans' support the progressive agenda, I find this a dubious claim at best. I'd like to think we're moving in the direction that most Americans will come around in a generation or so, but no matter how you phrase it, you've still got vast swaths of electorate- many actually even dependent on government entitlements- who still deride the 'free stuff', or maybe they take it and just deride it when it's meant for 'those other people'. You don't have to use buzzwords, they'll be suspicious of anything having to do with gub'ment.
Sad fact is outside of the educated elite enclaves of the coasts and the cities, this is a country of angry, resentful, religious regressives. They may not be a true popular majority, but they sure as hell are an electoral plurality, and in the end that's what counts.
sanepride said @ 5:02am GMT on 19th January
Sure, under all those circumstances Bernie did amazingly well, but he still lost. And while I probably can't convince you that his primary loss was due to anything other than shenanigans by the DNC, the Clinton organization, and their media lackeys, it's the numbers that count in the end, just like in the general election.
As for this wishful idea that 'most Americans' support the progressive agenda, I find this a dubious claim at best. I'd like to think we're moving in the direction that most Americans will come around in a generation or so, but no matter how you phrase it, you've still got vast swaths of electorate- many actually even dependent on government entitlements- who still deride the 'free stuff', or maybe they take it and just deride it when it's meant for 'those other people'. You don't have to use buzzwords, they'll be suspicious of anything having to do with gub'ment.
Sad fact is outside of the educated elite enclaves of the coasts and the cities, this is a country of angry, resentful, religious regressives. They may not be a true popular majority, but they sure as hell are an electoral plurality, and in the end that's what counts.
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sanepride said @ 5:00am GMT on 19th January
Sure, under all those circumstances Bernie did amazingly well, but he still lost. And while I probably can't convince you that his primary loss was due to anything other than shenanigans by the DNC, the Clinton organization, and their media lackeys, it's the numbers that count in the end, just like in the general election.
As for this wishful idea that 'most Americans' support the progressive agenda, I find this a dubious claim at best. I'd like to think we're moving in the direction that most Americans will come around in a generation or so, but no matter how you phrase it, you've still got vast swaths of electorate- many actually even dependent on government entitlements- who still deride the 'free stuff', or maybe they take it and just deride it when it's meant for 'those other people'. You don't have to use buzzwords, they'll be suspicious of anything having to do with gub'ment.
Sad fact is outside of the educated elite enclaves of the coasts and the cities, this is a country of angry, resentful, religious regressives. They may not be a true popular majority, but they sure as hell are an electoral plurality, and in the end that's what counts.
