Unfortunately, we are in a country right now where 27% or so will vote fascist because they are fascists, about the same will not vote at all because they have been convinced it doesn’t matter, about the same will vote against fascism because they understand the threat, and the rest will, sadly, fall to the lowest denominator for them. That may be sexism, racism, xenophobia, whatever. The smart move (IMHO) is to get the quarter or whatever who are not motivated enough to even vote to get activated, the mainstream Dems seem to think that it is to win over some of the fascists, which is just not going to happen. But having a woman, or (horrors) a Black woman at the top of the ticket drives that last category to the fascists. The last 3 elections have proven this in a this-can’t-be-real experiment. Against the same opponent, a white man wins both popular and electoral victories, a white woman wins popular but loses electoral votes and a Black woman loses both popular and electoral votes. I hate it, but it certainly seems to be real.
Oh yeah, me too. It’s possible that they just break the entire system enough to keep this regime in power past 2028. The Democrats need to realize what’s actually happening and fight back against that now… and not by throwing people under the god damn bus and thinking that playing to some mythical middle on the economy will help.
I think you’re right on that… As long as they don’t track to the right to try and win moderate republicans. But I still think misogyny is a problem that too many men will not address.
I wish it were not so, but I think it is.
And far too many people just refuse to face up to that fact.
I don’t think it is too early, because I’m not sure there even will be an election in 2028. Remember, Trump told his base they wouldn’t have to vote again after this last time. Trump lies a lot, but when he talks about stuff like that, he absolutely means what he says. Whether he can pull that off is an open question still, but we need to be worried about it right now.
Yep, all that.
“The first most important thing here is to understand it isn’t necessarily just out with the old and in with the new. I would say it’s out with the ineffective and in with the effective. That is what we are doing here,” Hogg, 25, told ABC News’ Jay O’Brien Wednesday afternoon. “Any person that has eyes can see that we are 27% approval with our base and we need dramatic change.”
We need so much more of this.
He did also say they weren’t going to fund primary challenges in battleground districts but only in safely Democratic districts. I understand why, but I still think that’s wrong.
ETA: I’m all for progress over perfection, though. It’s a good first step.
I do understand that strategy. Making a democratic seat more of a toss-up would not improve our current situation. Pushing the party to a more progressive stance is a process, and done one seat at a time.
Fuck James Carville and fuck Chris Cuomo. Who fucking cares what they think. I doubt Hogg does.
Hogg is the future.
Carville is ancient times.
i hope for a change where youthful exuberance and yearning for progress can overcome old age and treachery.
i say this as an “old man”.
Right? Carville hasn’t been relevant since Bill Clinton was in office, and the less said about Chris Cuomo the better.
I do not know if i am older than you or not, but Carville and Cuomo can kiss my 60 yr old ass. Hogg FTW!
My favorite reply to the post (from a parody account, I think)
I guess he is relevant!
Makes sense, Carville’s always been weird AF and probably got his feelings hurt.
I think he’s just a dick who thinks he knows everything there is to know about politics and dismisses anyone who disagrees with him as idiots.