This was the primary. That's when you root out as many shitfucks as you can.
Anyone still calling themselves Republican is in bed with fascism at the very least. Vote against them in a way that ensures they lose in a FPTP system.
Anyone still calling themselves Repiblican
…can't spell. ;-)
sorry, can't resist playing with typos, but I'm being silly, not giving you shit :)
And this is why she didn't deserve to be considered for the race. She's only in it for herself. She doesn't care about anybody else. She played dirty politics while Graham Platner refused to do so. It backfired on her big time, so she's taking her toys and going home. Selfish bitch.
Yeah, I don’t understand how people looked at “Susan Collins, but Older!” as a better option than Planter.
She's 'vetted and battle-tested' according to the DNC.
The DNC only likes corporate bootlickers that are completely out of touch with constituents.
She’s only in it to make sure that Democrats do not gain power in the senate.
If she had won and retired after one 6 year term that would mean that those 6 years would be wasted and she would have no seniority position of power.
They’re afraid of Platner because he’s young and would be able to accumulate seniority and power over the years.
Seems a lot of people have only seen his tattoo or heard about his reddit comments. I encourage you to watch some of his long form interviews or campaign events. The guy is demanding real change from the neoliberal norm and so threatens their sovereignty over the party, I'd be surprised if they ever endorse him.
Whether or not you're from Maine, if all you've seen is his controversies then you're in a specific news echo chamber that does not want to share his policies.
remember, the tea party was a hostile take over of the GOP. The only way the old democrats go down is with a similar hostile take over.
A lot of people really can’t take nuance in scandals and individual negative attributes. There’s things about ME that suck that I’m glad don’t get exposed online. Might come up if I run for office, which I’ll have to deal with.
I can honestly say until Graham, I had no idea there was a format of the pirate skull-and-bones symbol that had direct Nazi connections. I respect those who know the details of history better than me.
Get AIPAC out of the US! And money out of politics. Schumer is a spineless turd who does not represent the American people.
Does who she endorses matter even in the least? Would anyone pay any attention to her endorsing someone?
ITT: Stop purity testing American "progressives"!!!
source: Graham Platner's Reddit account, just before declaring himself a communist, lol
There were a lot of people that got caught up in that patriotic shit, that believed they were going to make a difference, do something good. I worked with a guy that was blown up in an armored HMMWV somewhere in either Iraq or Afghanistan; he survived, some of his friends didn't. He had a TBI that--last I knew--he still wasn't recovered from. He had pretty brutal PTSD from his entire time overseas.
And yet, he still loved the people he served with, said it was a great experience, and also thought (in hindsight) that we were there for bullshit reasons.
I was abused by my first spouse. Doesn't mean that I didn't also love them for almost all of our marriage.
Shit's complicated, man.
It was pretty obvious in 2003 that it was an awful war. Normal people don't get 'caught up' in this, they have buyer's remorse because they didn't end up being seen as the badass war hero who isn't afraid to kill.
Two party system is terrible and both options are ridiculously bad, but you are crazy if you think that they are the same.
Should we break the system and make a new one? Yes. Will you do anything like that? For 99% of people the answer is no.
So if you are doing nothing to change the system, at the very least you should do what you can within the system (ie voting)
Anyone who says "both sides are terrible so why bother" but does nothing except online bitching, is just letting the people who are voting decide the future for them. If you are doing nothing to fight the system, at the very least use your rights within the system to choose the least awful option.
Are we really dragging someone for not endorsing totenkopf man?
Yes? I'm not a fan of platner, he probably will suck shit in office. At least he's mouthing progressive noises, though, and he's the dem nominee.
For all the vote blue bullshit I get, it only ever goes one way so fuck the dems.
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