One would think that witnessing years of Repugnican disinformation would encourage Democrats to reevaluate their messaging. One would be wrong. Establishment Democrats remain tone deaf, as exemplified by Jamie Harrison’s insulting response to Bernie Sanders, clinging to the lame notion that some vague, innocuous “centrism” will win the d…
One would think that witnessing years of Repugnican disinformation would encourage Democrats to reevaluate their messaging. One would be wrong. Establishment Democrats remain tone deaf, as exemplified by Jamie Harrison’s insulting response to Bernie Sanders, clinging to the lame notion that some vague, innocuous “centrism” will win the day. Geriatric main stream Democrats (buoyed by uninspiring wannabes like Harrison) pointing fingers at “the left”, utterly failing to work a shiny object focused MSM while embracing working-class Americans, have cost us the Whitehouse, the Senate, the House, the Supreme Court, and an overwhelming percentage of the electorate. If we are to recover, voices like those of Bernie Sanders, AOC, Thom Hartmann, and so many others must be heard and honored. Continuing on the current path is the definition of insanity; fear that we will do so is even more discouraging than this week’s loss.
As an outsider looking in, I have maintained for years that the reason America cannot have nice things and is still stuck in the19th century in many ways is the fault of the Democratic Party trying to stay "Centrist" instead of being progressive. A great deal of that is the constant electioneering with elections every two years and a fixed election date. It takes money and lately it takes more and more money. The first duty of a politician is to get elected. Once that meant policies people wanted and would vote for. Now it means sell your soul for the money to get elected.
One would think that witnessing years of Repugnican disinformation would encourage Democrats to reevaluate their messaging. One would be wrong. Establishment Democrats remain tone deaf, as exemplified by Jamie Harrison’s insulting response to Bernie Sanders, clinging to the lame notion that some vague, innocuous “centrism” will win the day. Geriatric main stream Democrats (buoyed by uninspiring wannabes like Harrison) pointing fingers at “the left”, utterly failing to work a shiny object focused MSM while embracing working-class Americans, have cost us the Whitehouse, the Senate, the House, the Supreme Court, and an overwhelming percentage of the electorate. If we are to recover, voices like those of Bernie Sanders, AOC, Thom Hartmann, and so many others must be heard and honored. Continuing on the current path is the definition of insanity; fear that we will do so is even more discouraging than this week’s loss.
As an outsider looking in, I have maintained for years that the reason America cannot have nice things and is still stuck in the19th century in many ways is the fault of the Democratic Party trying to stay "Centrist" instead of being progressive. A great deal of that is the constant electioneering with elections every two years and a fixed election date. It takes money and lately it takes more and more money. The first duty of a politician is to get elected. Once that meant policies people wanted and would vote for. Now it means sell your soul for the money to get elected.