I believe that we are focusing too much on Manchin, even though he is a malignant force working to destroy our government. Rather we should ask “who told Manchin what to do?” and, “why did he do it (i.e., how was he bribed and/or otherwise coerced)?” Regardless of who serves the oligarchs while serving in Congress, if Manchin somehow …
I believe that we are focusing too much on Manchin, even though he is a malignant force working to destroy our government. Rather we should ask “who told Manchin what to do?” and, “why did he do it (i.e., how was he bribed and/or otherwise coerced)?” Regardless of who serves the oligarchs while serving in Congress, if Manchin somehow leaves office (perhaps because of the video of him and Alan Dershowitz in their Jockeys on Lolita Air), you can bet he will be replaced by another “Democrat” in the Senate who will serve the same masters because they are empowered to use the same kinds of carrots and sticks that are making Manchin do things adverse to our rights and our communities’ interests. Not only has our regulatory process been captured by the oligarchs, Manchin and other Manchin-like elected decision-makers are also helping our democracy metastasize into an autocracy by capturing all three branches of our government. We need to replace Manchin with someone who will promote our general welfare with best practice-based solutions and protect us from the bad guys. And we need to stop the morbidly rich from quashing progressive actions. Otherwise, they will stay in power and SLAPP, slow walk, and/or destroy any progressive movement that they like, which means it’s just going to take too long to avoid the 6th Mass Extinction. Happy Holidays.
The Democratic Party really does need to work on their piss-poor messaging and then adopt Howard Dean's "50 State Strategy." To counter the right-wing juggernaut, it is essential to flood the red states with hard-hitting ads on all media platforms and to get involved in local politics. Spend the damn money! Get the truth out so that local yokels can vote wisely. This whole media problem is really getting out of hand, and Democratic leadership better wise up too ...and fast!
I believe that we are focusing too much on Manchin, even though he is a malignant force working to destroy our government. Rather we should ask “who told Manchin what to do?” and, “why did he do it (i.e., how was he bribed and/or otherwise coerced)?” Regardless of who serves the oligarchs while serving in Congress, if Manchin somehow leaves office (perhaps because of the video of him and Alan Dershowitz in their Jockeys on Lolita Air), you can bet he will be replaced by another “Democrat” in the Senate who will serve the same masters because they are empowered to use the same kinds of carrots and sticks that are making Manchin do things adverse to our rights and our communities’ interests. Not only has our regulatory process been captured by the oligarchs, Manchin and other Manchin-like elected decision-makers are also helping our democracy metastasize into an autocracy by capturing all three branches of our government. We need to replace Manchin with someone who will promote our general welfare with best practice-based solutions and protect us from the bad guys. And we need to stop the morbidly rich from quashing progressive actions. Otherwise, they will stay in power and SLAPP, slow walk, and/or destroy any progressive movement that they like, which means it’s just going to take too long to avoid the 6th Mass Extinction. Happy Holidays.
The Democratic Party really does need to work on their piss-poor messaging and then adopt Howard Dean's "50 State Strategy." To counter the right-wing juggernaut, it is essential to flood the red states with hard-hitting ads on all media platforms and to get involved in local politics. Spend the damn money! Get the truth out so that local yokels can vote wisely. This whole media problem is really getting out of hand, and Democratic leadership better wise up too ...and fast!
https://medium.com/liberaldemocratexpand/howard-dean-and-the-50-state-strategy-1be36f1aef4f
Yay Howard Dean! I have never figured out how the Party decided he was beyond the Pale. Whatever.
Remember the approach/avoidance gradients from Psych 101: fear always trumps hope in the mammal brain.