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This...pretty much describes the Democratic Party in general: mostly full of people who, by the standards 20 years ago, would've had an R by their names.
Both parties are a cancer at this point.
Absolutely correct. Both sides are sold out ... but MAGA doesn't even bother to keep it a secret because their cult followers are so stupid they just have to say "fake news".
Oh, apolitical, eh, very nice. An’ how’d you get that, eh? By exploitin’ the practical realities of competent governance — by ‘angin’ on to outdated ego-driven dogma which perpetuates the economic an’ social differences in our society! If there’s ever going to be any progress . . .
Dennis, there's some lovely filth down 'ere
I really think they (the Rs) are doing this on purpose to fundamentally change the other party and force it to move. It’s part of a plan to destroy their opposition by diluting it so badly that it implodes and they have no real opposition.
So democrats are republicans with a sense of shame?
Yeah I can see that
The Dems are now far right enough that republicans who are “republican lite” can join.
Repubs are so far right, anyone who isn't a fascist is leaving.
Just the one though
They are only both right wing if you have a euro-centric perspective. Many if not most nations are still debating liberalism vs authoritarianism rather than capitalism vs anticapitalism.
It's so much easier to move a window if both sides are cooperating.
In tonight's headlines, man with red front door paints it blue. Contents behind front door remain unchanged. More at 6.
Any time a politician switches parties my first instinct is their district flipped, and it's just opportunism. It's not always true, but you could make a lot of money betting on it.
Joe Walsh hasn’t been in Congress since 2013. Tammy Duckworth took the seat after he served one term. This is simply a conservative who doesn’t like what AnCap fascism looks like IRL.
Sure. Let me just go check something....
"Joe Walsh represented Illinois's 8th Congressional District from 2011 to 2013. The district currently leans Democratic (Cook PVI: D+5) and is represented by Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who has announced a 2026 U.S. Senate bid."
I'm gonna wait until 2026 before I let him off the hook.
That’s fair
He's can feel free to join whatever party he wants.
Democrats would be wise, which they clearly are fucking not, to ignore this asshole.
They will welcome any who oppose the GOP’s fascism.
Idk what yo tell you, but Democrats leaning harder to the right is clearly not a winning strategy for them.
Which is unrelated to my point about how they will accept anyone who isnt a fascist. They wont win until they return to working for the working classes
They say "we need to expand our tent" but they're only willing to erect tent poles on the right. Everybody left of center is left out in the rain.
How dope would it be if the future were that AOC is the moderate, establishment Dem leader of the House uniting further left Dem reps with other moderate reps like herself. Because in reality, she and Sanders are pretty centrist, but they're painted as extreme far left because the wealthy are afraid of how effective they are.
They are only centrist if you are euro centric. Much of the world is debating authoritarianism vs liberalism still.
And liberalism os clearly losing since it keeps paving the way for fascists.
The Democratic Party is just a collection of people. If people like him and Manchin join and vote for liberal policies that would otherwise go conservative, it's a net positive. Anything that they would normally vote against, any other Republican would also vote against.
The important bit is to push blue area representatives to represent further left ideals. That's what has fucked us over in the past.
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further rot it from within
No thanks, keep the traitors out.
This is an invasion if MAGA ever made one
That's the same mother fucker I shut down on Reddit many years ago when he started popping off about how there is no reason for abortion in an AMA.
I simply replied to his idiotic statement:
Ectopic Pregnancy
1 in 40 chance
SOURCE
Sorry, I've since forgotten which article I cited in my original post. The word "SOURCE" was a link to an NIH article that I was citing. I can't find it now and the original post is lost to my deleting my Reddit account.
But it was enough to cause the jack ass to back pedal and make a public announcement that abortion was OK for ectopic pregnancies specifically.
It was also my highest rated comment on Reddit ever.
Fuck Joe Walsh. He's an asshole that should be no where near a public office of any kind.
Here's basically all you need to know about him, to judge him as a person: He fell for Sacha Baron Cohen's bit "kinderguardians", which was about training toddlers with firearms.
It's tough to handle this fortune and fame
Everybody's so different, Joe hasn't changed
It's a plot to get re elected.
Nothing else.
Fuck politicians and their sleezy ethics.
So what he's saying is he's going to run as a Democrat then once he wins switch back to Republicunt. Got it. We've seen this before, you ain't original.
This should should be fucking illegal!!! You should be removed from office immediately and thrown in jail for that shit! But it won't happen because the Cons are fine with that
Again, words mean jack, I’ll believe it when I see his voting record.
He left office in 2013. He ran for POTUS in 2020.
So zero action on his part as of late.
I can’t say as I only did a quick search to see if he was in office still.
Fair enough. It was more of a general statement as politicians lie by default but can always be tracked through their actions. It’ll be interesting to see what he lobbies for or does and not just says.
Fuck that guy.
Sure sure, join what ever party floats your boat, but just sit the fuck down.
I don't get why anyone who was a member of the "tea party" would be in any way a fan of self-proclaimed "tariff man", but the rank and file idiots did see attacking their own government to install a dictator as being "1776"-like. So, I guess they're just fucking stupid and can be taken for a ride under the absolute thinnest of pretenses.
Well, it won't last, that's for sure.
Whether I mean Joe Walsh as a Democrat or the Democratic party is for time to tell.
And if we ever have a real seat at the table again, he will be the spoiler vote and betray us.
anyone who has touched either party should never again be trusted. let them infight all day long. he is a wolf trying to switch teams. good thing the democrats are also right wing fascists.
“Right-wing fascists” as opposed to what? Do you think progressive fascism or liberal fascism exists?
i think “progressive” as a concept does not exist in either current US political party, in a manner that affects (effects?) meat-space reality. The reality is that both rep and dem parties are conservative in their own ways, the former is outward and forceful with it and the latter is hidden and corporate with it.
they both are regressive to the working class.
they both (in different ways) enable a fascist state to take hold, albeit at different rates of implementation.
edit: to add re my “right wing” remark - both parties in the US are right wing. Neither is “the left” even if dems seem to be “to the left” - they are both right of center.
They are both “right wing” if you have a euro-centric perspective. Most if the world is still divided over liberalism vs authoritarianism rather than capitalist vs anti-capitalist.
solid fair point. class consciousness is the first step.
And I really hope people wake up to that. It took me too long IMO.
So what are the odds the DNC runs him for 2028 we thinking?
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