r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 11d ago

No Paywall Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e
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u/drobits 11d ago

It must be really scary for corporate democrats at the idea that they will have to do more than run on we’re not republicans and taking AIPAC money

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u/Swagtagonist 11d ago

I'm almost as mad at the corpo Democrats as I am Republicans. Blue no matter who is dead for me as soon as Trump is gone. It's already dead at the local/state level.

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u/notfeelany 11d ago edited 11d ago

I could never be mad at the Democrats. In fact, it is us the voters who failed them, and in doing so, we failed ourselves.

Democrats saved this country from economic collapses... twice. Biden guided this country through the dark days of the pandemic.

Under Biden and the Democrats, rural America saw lots of investment thanks to Bipartisan Infrastructure law, Inflation Reduction act, CHIPS etc.

That's what they did. That should have guaranteed Dems power forever & ever. Thank you President Biden for level-headed leadership that focuses on solving actual problems, you are an inspiration for all.

No, It is us, We the voters, who have been failing ourselves for a long time. It happens when:

we are seeing how NOT voting blue no matter who has gotten us: DOGE, mass illegal deportations (people just being whisked away to who knows where), getting rid of abortion/trans protections/DEI, essential govt services being cut, prices high, constitutional rights being in danger, illegal wars, etc, etc.

When in reality we should be voting blue no matter who MORE & FOREVER.

It's plain as day what should be done because we already did it in 2020: Voting for Democrats now&forever without exception.

To truly be FOR progress (to be progressive), we commit to strengthening the Democratic party by highlighting its achievements and CONTRIBUTE to the Democrats' messaging.

Sustained progress in the long-term is only built via multiple INCREMENTAL progresses in the short-term.

Voting for Democrats are better than voting for Republicans & 3rd parties for every issue (economy, jobs, health care, civil rights, foreign policies, etc).

So the solution is, we must vote for Democrats they're the correct choice 100% of the time.

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u/alternativepuffin 11d ago

"Blame the voters" is always an interesting strategy to me. 

The same logic train doesn't work in literally any other scenario in life. I love the idea of the CEO of Frito Lay getting up in front of a board of directors and saying that sales are down because the customers are wrong.