What can we do collectively? Democrats are weak because so many of them are women. Women are weak because they historically have been kept isolated one per home and so have not learned how to take collective action. They have been pitted against one another since childhood in the competition for the best husbands and so have not learned how to form powerful, efficacious alliances. All that has changed drastically in my own lifetime. Birth control freed women from involuntary childbearing. With that freedom, we have altered the world so much that we are provoking more and more extreme reactions, but there is no putting our genius back in the bottle.<\/p>\n
Paula Franceschi<\/p>\n
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I am so disinterested in Party Democrats telling me how bad the Republicans are.<\/p>\n
I know that, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve proven to me for decades.<\/p>\n
I put blame on my two Arizona Democrat Senators<\/p>\n
One a belligerent.<\/p>\n
Sinema took Biden’s policy and turned it into a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153half-a-structure\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bill delaying it 6 months so candidates can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t run on a result,<\/p>\n
just an idea and a series of road barricades gumming up the roads this summer.<\/p>\n
Mark Kelly mostly silent, starting any statement with an attempt to reach a mythical GOP cross over voter<\/p>\n
These elected Democrats disrespect the very people who voted, turned up, knocked on doors in 100\u00c2\u00ba+ heat, donated.<\/p>\n
I wouldn’t piss on them to put out a flame.<\/p>\n
The issues of import are unaddressed, they work hard to move public money into the hands of private \u00e2\u20ac\u0153partners”<\/p>\n
& work to weaken the policies we put them in D.C. to support, criticizing the Biden Harris Administration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policy proposals<\/p>\n
That other passport gives our family an out, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have a spare room for you<\/p>\n
Cheers, TS Bitterman<\/p>\n
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Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start w\/ a hard push against the right\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s promotional engine, Fox News Channel (FNC). If you calculate the dollar value of the editorial bs fed by FNC to the American public, much under the guise of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153opinion journalism,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s annually in the hundreds of millions of dollars. We bitch and moan about Twitter feeding the trough of misinformation, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing compared to the biased, prejudicial, inflammatory rhetoric of the FOX state news channel. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been attempts to boycott FNC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s advertisers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 products, but the network derives most of its revenue, not from advertising, but from affiliate fee compensation from the lines of Charter, Comcast, AT&T, etc. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right, a few dollars every month from your cable or telco bill is paid directly into the coffers at FNC, whether you watch the channel or not. \u00c2\u00a0Yep, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re getting FNC on your system, than YOU (likely unknowingly) are a direct financial contributor to the network\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disgusting, divisive rhetoric. \u00c2\u00a0Everyone should explore what chunk of their monthly cable or telco bill is being paid to FNC, and they should deduct that dollar amount from their bill. \u00c2\u00a0In the early 1980\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Want My MTV\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was a highly successful campaign in driving network distribution and carriage for Viacom. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for an \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Want My Fox News Channel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d campaign, with a call to action asking subscribers to deduct each month the dollar amount from their bill that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to FNC. We need to end this insanity, and the power of the purse is the best way to do so.<\/p>\n
Stuart K. Marvin<\/p>\n
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Once again you nailed it Bob. We need a national strike. No going to work, No spending money until the choice of whether or not to carry a fetus to term, to jeopardize one’s health and well being, is considered a right of privacy, of body autonomy, that is solely between a pregnant person and their Healthcare provider. Period.<\/p>\n
We certainly can’t depend on the devil’s spawn that comprises the majority of our Supreme Court to protect us so we must demand legislation. NOW. Hoping for a movement. Hoping for some inspiration from our democratic leaders. This is why we elected them right??<\/p>\n
And companies that reside in “trigger” states should move. Don’t send your child to a college in any state that doesn’t protect this basic human right. Don’t attend a convention in those states. The only way to facilitate change it seems is through the Almighty dollar as hearts have been hardened. If we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get this country back on an enlightened humanistic course, and soon, we really will become a fascist state.<\/p>\n
My daughter is in Berlin, Germany on a post graduation vacation this week and I honestly wonder if she would be better off staying there, my Jewish child, in Germany. That says it all.<\/p>\n
Lisa Marks<\/p>\n
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Politically the US is in a bad spiral…<\/p>\n
In the 50s the National Party in South Africa used political maneuvering, racist fears and religious rhetoric to launch and maintain an entrenched and unrepresentative Christian nationalist government. It took 50 years to end it, and South Africa’s people will be dealing with the scars across their society for hundreds of years to come.<\/p>\n
In the 2020s the Republican Party in the United States is using political maneuvering, racist fears and religious rhetoric to launch and maintain an entrenched and unrepresentative Christian nationalist government. Who knows how long, and what it will take to end it. Who knows how many hundreds of years it will take for the US’ people\u00c2\u00a0to deal with the scars across their society this will bring about.<\/p>\n
History repeats itself.<\/p>\n
Bruce Mackenzie<\/p>\n
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There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no hope as long as the same people continue to be in power and continue to do the same thing.\u00c2\u00a0 What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that they say about insanity?\u00c2\u00a0 As usual, democrats are running around screaming and yelling and just reacting.\u00c2\u00a0 They have no idea how to play the game. \u00c2\u00a0The republicans have been patiently, slowly and methodically working their angles for fifty years while the democrats have been oblivious. And everyone is just shocked.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ridiculous and embarrassing.\u00c2\u00a0 When they go low, we go high?\u00c2\u00a0 Are you kidding?? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for everyone to realize when they go low, we have to kick them in the balls. Until we get leaders like that, we are doomed.<\/p>\n
Wendy Leitman<\/p>\n
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There is no stupider slogan in 21st century politics than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When they go low, we go high.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d When we go high, we get fucking blown away. How about, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When they go low, we CURB THEIR FUCKING TEETH\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/p>\n
Paul Slansky<\/p>\n
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The answer is in Lysistrata. Women should stop letting men have sex with them until they change the law.<\/p>\n
Gary Stockdale<\/p>\n
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I am sending your essay to all my clients and fellow operatives.<\/p>\n
I have a been a political consultant for Democrats for nearly 30 years, and yes, too many of my brethren are trapped in the past.<\/p>\n
You are 100% correct. We need to take action. We must bring the fight to every place, where we live our lives – our families, our workspaces, our dinner parties, our barstools, our stages, our songs, our comedy, our keyboards (both computers and Hammond b3s.)<\/p>\n
I think a national strike day for the two most important issues guns and choice would be a good start.<\/p>\n
Recently I have studying what Little Steven Van Zandt did to rally others to fight apartheid.<\/p>\n
As they sang in Sun City:<\/p>\n
It’s time to accept our responsibility<\/p>\n
Freedom is a privilege nobody rides for free<\/p>\n
Look around the world baby it cannot be denied<\/p>\n
Some-somebody tell me why are we always on the wrong side.<\/p>\n
Thanks<\/p>\n
Kevin Lampe<\/p>\n
Kurth Lampe Worldwide<\/p>\n
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Let’s be real — a country ruled by minority with its disproportionate\u00c2\u00a0Senate and gerrymandered Congress; ruled by unelected ‘judges’ empowered to ‘create laws’ even though they lied under oath and were appointed by men who lost the popular vote over decades — has no path \u00c2\u00a0forward. None.<\/p>\n
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When 75 % or more of the people want a given thing for their country and have no legislative path to get it, democracy has ended.<\/p>\n
The system has collapsed.<\/p>\n
Millions of people living unhoused on streets is not the fault of a party or a politician. It is a ‘result’ — of a broken socio-economic system that fell apart ages ago, along with all the other unfixable shit like medical bankruptcy and creeps running around with machine guns.<\/p>\n
I said this when Biden was elected and I repeat:<\/p>\n
His win was a mere respite from Tinyhands’\u00c2\u00a0dementia. Nothing more.<\/p>\n
What we have at the moment is a little time — to get affairs in order, decide if this is really where you wanna live, or not. Sweeping changes are complex — and ofc many do not have the means — but for those who do but are for now simply considering maybe not sending their kid to Vanderbilt or University Texas Austin, understand that staying out of red states won’t be enough.<\/p>\n
Deb Wilker<\/p>\n
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Bob, when you first proposed a national strike a few months ago it resonated with me. Between the 1\/6 hearings and today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s scotus bullshit, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ready to participate and actively implore others to as well. Where will the leadership come from?? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d suggest the platform should include reform to voters rights, gun restrictions, and abortions. Not sure anything else is that universally agreed upon, but a small limited number of items and concrete demands is the way to go. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ready, and I think enough of the general population is as well. The pols will get in line right quick once corporate America tells them to. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s do this.<\/p>\n
Leonardo Dosoretz<\/p>\n
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You are correct in suggesting we need to make those States that outlaw abortion an economic target. Protesting is pass\u00c3\u00a9, but voting is still a must. Especially if we can get the Millennials and GenZs to get to the polls in significant numbers. So let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s make them hurt.<\/p>\n
We need an ‘Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City’ moment. All artists (sans Nugent and Kid Rock) must refrain from touring any of those States. Make those places complete cultural wastelands.<\/p>\n
And I put my money where my mouth is. Today we pulled out of an event scheduled in Dallas Texas later this Summer. We will have a values test to any company needs for all future events.<\/p>\n
Christian Swain<\/p>\n
CEO Pantheon Podcast<\/p>\n
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I spent decades bandaging the wrists of the children & adults dumped in the foster care system<\/p>\n
because their parents simply had no access to birth control<\/p>\n
Party of values<\/p>\n
BULLSHIT<\/p>\n
There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no compassion or heart there!<\/p>\n
They didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care about the families they tortured by tearing children from their desperate parents at the border<\/p>\n
They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care about the youth LGBTQ suicide rate<\/p>\n
They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care about the death penalty\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. Oh that life\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Nope zap em.<\/p>\n
But life begins at\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 NEVERMIND. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean THAT. MAKE IT HURT.<\/p>\n
But we know this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really about life anyway<\/p>\n
Its about how low vile people stoop to lather up votes<\/p>\n
Call the strike Bob<\/p>\n
Set it up<\/p>\n
Tell your followers it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s damn time to spread the word<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in<\/p>\n
& I KNOW I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not alone<\/p>\n
& personally I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d add:<\/p>\n
Time for all of the women of America to close their legs until someone pays attention<\/p>\n
Time to flush these disgusting no-values maggoty-assed-turd pies down the bowl<\/p>\n
AmenDammit<\/p>\n
Annie Wenz<\/p>\n
Horrified Musician\/ & former Psych RN<\/p>\n
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1. \u00c2\u00a0The generation in power is the 60\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and 70\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s generation. \u00c2\u00a0Enlightened youth! \u00c2\u00a0Flower Power! \u00c2\u00a0 What happened to them?<\/p>\n
2. \u00c2\u00a0We were taught in school that our system was the best. \u00c2\u00a0Checks and balances. \u00c2\u00a0Now, in the age of social media and Citizens United, maybe we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re wrong. \u00c2\u00a0 Interesting article in the Times \u00c2\u00a0about Europe and other nations parliamentary systems where the regime voted in can effectively pass laws reflecting the will of the majority\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6should we be looking at that?<\/p>\n
3. \u00c2\u00a0Our country is divided. \u00c2\u00a0Should it break up? \u00c2\u00a0Let the gun owners kill themselves in the their states and need a passport to come to states where gun laws are restricted. \u00c2\u00a0The south fought, died, over the right to have slaves! \u00c2\u00a0 Will gun ownership be the cause of the next civil war?<\/p>\n
4. \u00c2\u00a0The people most detrimentally effected \u00c2\u00a0by the Roe overturn are poor. \u00c2\u00a0The divide between rich and poor in this country has become unhealthy. \u00c2\u00a0Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg can easily set up a fund to help these poor women.<\/p>\n
David Ehrlich<\/p>\n
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A national strike I think is right. \u00c2\u00a0If they outlaw contraception, let’s all go turn ourselves in. \u00c2\u00a0That’s one way to gum up the works.<\/p>\n
catmonster<\/p>\n
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woke up in bali, turn on tv, see news, turn on phone, text from Aussie friend says between Jan 6, gun rights and now abortion, your country is totally fucked. surprised more people have not left like you. I said, I know….<\/p>\n
Brian Barry Esq. now in Bali<\/p>\n
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Thank you for calling it out, Bob.
\nAll of the Democratic leadership benefits from the same corporate grift as the GOP. Remember Citizens United?
\nHow many Americans even know what that is.
\nThe left representation is equality as insulated, as entitled, as privileged as the right.
\nThey can pay for their private abortions, security, education, LGBTQ privileges regardless of party.
\nThey only represent most Americans in platform only. Lip service.
\nJoel Messerer in SF<\/p>\n
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It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sickening how right you are, Bob.<\/p>\n
Sickening because it cuts to the core of why we are no longer the United states of America.<\/p>\n
I think a core issue is simply both uneven distribution of wealth and education.<\/p>\n
We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve now got about 5% of America who are disengaged in every way from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153average\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Americans. Their kids go to private schools, one of the biggest factors in destroying empathy with the other 5%. They get to school in new SUVs and then socialize only with kids just like them.<\/p>\n
Then, there are religious schools – which are anti-science and which encourage an us vs. them mentality, with savage discrimination against \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sinners\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which is most of America. The socialization is the same as private schools.<\/p>\n
Not long ago, one of the things that kept America together was that most kids went to local schools and rubbed shoulders with each other.<\/p>\n
It appears that no one has the guts to point at private and religious schools as a serious factor in our divide. Not the NY Times and especially those who are in the 5%. And, those who use those schools don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to change. This politicized Supreme Court is making sure they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to.<\/p>\n
John Parikhal<\/p>\n
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There is nothing here I disagree with. And you referred to Dem leadership, sadly there isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t any.<\/p>\n
We missed out 2 years ago when we could have taken a Katie Porter, or AOC and set them up for long term success but we haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Coons? A dem Governor? Who runs in 2024 for potus? We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have anyone! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an embarrassment.<\/p>\n
Best shot we have is with Amy Klobuchar\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in the minority but she has what it takes but is slandered as not being charismatic enough. She is. We do need a Hail Mary \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Andrew Zimmern<\/p>\n
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I’m trying desperately to hang onto hope myself, Bob. I can no longer count the times I’ve heard my left friends say -\u00c2\u00a0but you can’t do that.\u00c2\u00a0Sometimes even -\u00c2\u00a0but you can’t say that. My response -\u00c2\u00a0then you better get used to losing.<\/p>\n
Barry McCabe<\/p>\n
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Can you imagine Apple or Amazon being run by Pelosi and\/or Schumer? Of course not. \u00c2\u00a0The Democratic party doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fire or demote the inept. \u00c2\u00a0It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the Peter Principle.
\nDems need youth, minorities, progressives, and the educated to get fired up. \u00c2\u00a0Good luck!!<\/p>\n
Cliff Keller<\/p>\n
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Democrats shill; Republicans kill.<\/p>\n
Andrew Loog Oldham<\/p>\n
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+1 with\u00c2\u00a0you all the way. \u00c2\u00a0What kind of eclipse do they call it when maga+Christian right + all gop (minus rino)\u00c2\u00a0own the House,\u00c2\u00a0the Senate, the Supreme Court and\u00c2\u00a0the White House? Certainly something more grand and ominous than a Green Bay sweep,\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something akin to what Dylan said\u00e2\u20ac\u201die, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not dark yet but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gettin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 there.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0And…Who have the Dems got for 2024 to carry a new mantle, a new torch\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe kind of torch I harassed\u00c2\u00a0my Dad about when Kennedy was running in 1960 and\u00c2\u00a0i was 8 yrs old. \u00c2\u00a0Certainly not the incumbent VP and POTUS. \u00c2\u00a0And, not anyone else I can think of who may be chomping at the bit.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0So there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no farm team, no strategically\u00c2\u00a0organized grass roots\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6WTF?! \u00c2\u00a0We both know it hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been for want of $. \u00c2\u00a0So\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I say that if adversity is the mother of invention, now\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the time for full on Dem \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Marshall plan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. \u00c2\u00a0If i we’re guiding Dems, I would get strategists who are familiar with the political equivalent of\u00c2\u00a0long term Chinese economic plans\u00e2\u20ac\u201dyou know, the 10 or 20 or 50 year plans. \u00c2\u00a0And, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d run two fully funded scenarios going forward. \u00c2\u00a0Going all out with the best most\u00c2\u00a0enlightened approach one can muster for 2022 and 2024, but also,for 2026 and 2028 which assumes that the two priors are a wipe out. Because they probably will be. How\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d we get here? That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beyond the scope of this reply but not difficult to diagram. \u00c2\u00a0Bob\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6thanks for your voice.<\/p>\n
Burt Berman<\/p>\n
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Red + White + Blue = Ignorance<\/p>\n
This is now our brand\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and it sucks.<\/p>\n
Jesse Guglielmo<\/p>\n
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So many spot on and poignant memes today. This country is truly going backward. And the shared thoughts from a posthumous George Carlin that conservatives care so much about a fetus but once you’re grown, you can FUCK right off. We used to be the land of the free, now it doesn’t feel so much that way. So anyone can buy a gun and shoot up a school but a woman can’t get a legal abortion? Feeling the whole “let’s move to Canada” thing coming on again…<\/p>\n
Danny Jay<\/p>\n
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Thanks Bob.
\nI live in deep Southern Illinois, close to the confluence of The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
\nIllinois is blue, but down here is dark red-80% for Mar-a-lardo.
\nI contact our US Rep. Mike Bost often. He has NEVER once responded. \u00c2\u00a0He is a part of the big lie and brought the Felon in Chief to town.
\nI really don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what to do either. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not giving up though.
\nDW Davis
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This is what happens when you vote in moderate corporate Democrats who play to compromise instead of win.<\/p>\n
McConnell doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give a fuck and gets what he wants.<\/p>\n
Dave Conklin<\/p>\n
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By every measure and index this is a 60-40 progressive nation and we should start acting like it.
\nDems should stop worrying about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153taking the high road\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and take any road that gets us to where we want to go.
\nTexas wants to secede? Let them go and while we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re at it let the entire Red South go.
\nThey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re always first in taking federal aid and last in contributing to the Treasury.
\nAnd last in literacy and education.
\nThat will never change.
\nThey want to live in 1958?
\nLet \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcem go back there right now.
\nNobody with working brain cells will miss them for a minute.<\/p>\n
Stephen Dessau<\/p>\n
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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never been and never will be the smartest guy in the room. However, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been saying this for years: \u00c2\u00a0The Democrats need to learn to fight back and stop being pussies. Yeah, I said it. Pussies.<\/p>\n
Wimps. Doormats. Punching bags. Whatever you wanna call it. We need a fighter who pushes back and isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t afraid of slinging mud and getting dirty. Otherwise, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all doomed and so is the future of this country. Who is this person? Hopefully they show up and soon.<\/p>\n
Russ Turk<\/p>\n
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The problem is that there are no strategic thinkers on the left to whom the establishment (or the far left) listens to, worth 10c. There are some very smart and successful political strategists on the anti-rump right who would be willing to help but the Dem center is too afraid of the far-left wing to hire them and listen to them. Obsessing about LGBTQ+\/- rights and supporting wokism, etc., are losing propositions for the Democrats, but the leadership simply does not have the spine and guts to acknowledge it.<\/p>\n
The other sad fact is that the left, especially the far-left, still adulates Obama, who actually played a significant role in creating our present-day problems.<\/p>\n
The bottom line is that for the short and even medium term the situation is pretty hopeless. You cannot win if you always play defense, especially if you are weak\/meek in playing defense, which is what the Dems have been doing for decades.<\/p>\n
All the best: Thomas S<\/p>\n
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This what happens when you sit on your ass and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go out to vote and a inept person like Trump gets into the White House ~<\/p>\n
Now Hillary Clinton wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t my first choice but when she became my only choice I recognized it and voted for her ~ Some of you democrats were Hillary Haters and didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bother to go out and vote ~ Well look at the trouble we are in now ~ That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one step forward and two steps back ~ Look even Trump was surprised he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d win either ~<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to believe the Lame Stream Media and say we (Democrats) will all be losers in the up coming elections ~ I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to get out the vote ~ Talk to all my like minded voters even those who aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like minded and tell them what at stake here in 2022 ~ Life is to short but think of your children ( I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any) and what kind of mess we have left the environment in and who we want to Captain this ship we are all on ~<\/p>\n
OMT ~ When Obama left office Trump was left with a booming economy ~ His inaction regarding the Pandemic and the Tax Break for the rich left the economy limping which Biden inherited ~ He has no control of the price of gas much like Jimmy Carter and that just might be his doom as well but if he does decide to run again I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have his back ~ Once bitten twice shy ~ I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not stupid ~<\/p>\n
Regards ~<\/p>\n
Rock Singer ~<\/p>\n
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Now that Roe has been overturned and Thomas hints that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d overturn gay marriage and contraception too, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to overturn \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Loving vs VA\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that overturned interracial marriage ban. Then Clarence & Ginni marriage can be canceled and they both can go fuck themselves!<\/p>\n
Michael Fremer<\/p>\n
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I love your efforts, Bob, even though it appears to be pointless. The zealots are winning and may have already won.<\/p>\n
At least you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going down swinging. (Like Sonny Liston)<\/p>\n
Patrick Donahue<\/p>\n
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The United States. Once so very much the ideal for me. Since Bonanza, since the hippie era, since whatever. Now so hopelessly behind in everything. Scary even. I will never visit again. Good luck.<\/p>\n
Lars Nylin, Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n
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Look at the bright side: the more abortions they can stop, the more kids there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be \u00c2\u00a0to shoot at in the schools.<\/p>\n
Isaac Marr<\/p>\n
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