And she's fucking right.
The boomers except for Bernie have got to go. (which does not include Nancy, she's fucking silent generation)
We need ACTUAL young blood, not 74-years-young.
Bernie is so old that he’s a Silent Generation and not even a Boomer, however Bernie has more energy and larger backbone than most Democrats ever have had.
Yes, those things are true. And he's the exception.
Honestly I think Bernie should go too. He deserves a good retirement after a long career of solid work. We need people in office who can run the show for the next thirty years.
The Democratic Party has been saying Bernie is too old for over 10 years and yet he’s still has more energy & competency than 95% of the lot. He absolutely deserves a good retirement but he’ll never get that.
He's doing a great job. When I say Pelosi and Schumer should go, it's because they're cowards at best and traitors at worst and they should be replaced by young people who are...not those things. When I say Sanders should go, it's because he's done a great job, he deserves a vacation and the opportunity to write his memoirs, and there should be someone younger at the ready to take the mantle.
he's done a great job, he deserves a vacation and the opportunity to write his memoirs
There's no vacation/retirement from social justice. All the things that riled you up and made you fight back against the ownership class are going to go on as they were. You can't just sit back and relax. Do I think he deserves some peace and quiet? Of course. Is he going to get any? Sadly, I don't believe so. He's been fighting the good fight his entire life...
there should be someone younger at the ready to take the mantle.
...and that includes leading by example. Him stepping back doesn't mean we get a younger Bernie as a replacement. He's been doing this long enough that there should be plenty of younger Bernies, not even waiting in the wings, but in active government. But there aren't. The closest we got is AOC. And we could use a few dozen like her.
Bernie isn't holding anyone back. It would be odd if he was. When he goes, he's likely to be replaced by a milquetoast neolib at best.
I think the very best thing we can do for Bernie, is to win the political fight and install Roosevelt Administration v3.0 into power, and get genuine reform normalized.
It would be best if he can pass on from this world, knowing he had his part in creating a far better world.
There's no vacation/retirement from social justice.
He doesn't have to fight in this way until he dies. He needs to select a successor, he needs to make sure that the next generation can continue the work, he needs to pass on what he's learned. Lives have chapters, and he needs to be free to flip to the next one: being an elder statesman.
Do I think he deserves some peace and quiet? Of course. Is he going to get any? Sadly, I don't believe so. He's been fighting the good fight his entire life...
Oh, I definitely believe he's continuing because he has to. I wish it wasn't so.
Him stepping back doesn't mean we get a younger Bernie as a replacement.
Certainly not. But Vermont hasn't sent a Republican to Washington since 1989 (unless you count Jeffords in 1994 and 2000, who left the GOP in 2001), and has solidly reelected Sanders (a self-described socialist) to four terms, making it a reasonably safe seat to field a strong progressive voice for.
He's been doing this long enough that there should be plenty of younger Bernies, not even waiting in the wings, but in active government.
Agreed. One problem with this is, of course, gerrymandering; another is that Democrats are staying in office until they're very old. There are plenty of younger Bernies who have tried to get in the game, only to be shut out by establishment Democrats with more money, or by a Republican party that drew the maps to specifically deny leftist voices the chance to be in office.
But there aren't. The closest we got is AOC. And we could use a few dozen like her.
...elected to replace a weak establishment Dem in a very blue state. I agree, but the systemic problems are something we need to really go after if we're not going to do all of this over again every four years.
Bernie isn't holding anyone back.
I don't think he's holding anyone back, at least not actively. I think his presence is just not encouraging the people who could replace him to get in the game.
It would be odd if he was.
Absolutely agree. He really doesn't seem the type.
When he goes, he's likely to be replaced by a milquetoast neolib at best.
There I disagree, but then again I know nothing about Vermont politics.
He deserves it, but he is staying alive by sheer force of patriotism and duty. I don't think he knows how or wants to retire. Not while things are still so fucked up
Yes. Go primary Chuck out of office and make somebody with a fucking spine the minority leader.
And DNC says it's time to just be turtles.
Please let dnc finally clean house
Turtles is too kind. It's more like fainting goats
Never will. We need a new party, not a new democrat
No, we need to take over the Democratic party. If you realistically want to actually win as opposed to grandstand.
And how do you propose we wrest control of the Democratic Party from its corporate overlords and put the power in the hands of the working class?
Seems about as farfetched as a new party imo, but I'd love to hear a realistic plan.
Trump managed to do something similar to the GOP while being a gibbering idiot and saying the evil shit his base of deplorables wanted to hear. So I dunno, maybe say the shit the working class wants to hear?
I want AOC, Warren, Jasmine Crockett, and Buttigeg. They have been the only politicians in rank that I've felt have been representing. And Walz, too.
Elizabeth Warren talks a big game, but she shrivels under pressure. I'd love her if she were half the person she claims to be.
Don't forget Bernie, he's been going around the country holding how to fight the oligarchy rallies
Yeah 😢 It's sad that an 83 year old is one of our strongest fighters. I believe he is also not seeking reelection.
We need to elect communists and socialists from 1910 you know the ones world governments were so goddamn scared of they started multiple wars to try to eradicate the ideal as a whole. Didn't work but they certainly tried anyway.
Some people under 50 yo would be good, do we have age distrubution data for the dem party?
Why don’t we just call a new party the free beers during football party and just snatch up all these idiots real quick to win. We win then we give some free beers out the first game then blame the right for making it illegal because they think beer is socialist so no one can have any for free to keep winning. Over and over. Meanwhile we get some healthcare and college.
You don’t have to thank me for my genius steal it and claim it was yours to begin with. You’re welcome.
This is such a great idea that I came up. Thank you, me. 😃
Either this or we seriously need to consider making anew 3rd party.
The Dems don't have to reinvent themselves, and they don't have to lie, cheat, steal, commit treason, and be pedophiles to beat the MAGANazis, they just have to play HARD BALL, and make the MAGANazis fight for every single inch of ground.
Yes, exactly this! This is all we ask for have a backbone, have a voice, and stand up.
Many people, especially MAGA Nazis have been misreadinng the latest polls that show dissatisfaction with the Democrats. They think that just because we're pissed at Democrats, we must be supporting MAGAs, and nothing could be further from the truth.
The real answer is that people are pissed at Democrats for decades of being weak, spineless weenies, to the point where the worst possible version of the Republican party, the MAGA Nazis, were finally able to take over our country. But just because people are angry at Dems, doesnt mean they have accepted MAGA Nazism. They just want the Dems to finally grow spines and giant brass balls and FIGHT BACK!
But let the MAGA morons believe they are attracting the Dems to their side. I am seeing signs that some Dems are acting stronger, others will follow, and soon the polls will start rising, and then MAGAWorld will start to panic. Thats when they may get squirelly and really start trouble.
Stay Alert, America needs more Lerts.
Agreed 100%
Elect me to the House or Congress and I will personally throw fists at any GOP aligned member around me.
My SO and I have joked that while I could never win a local election, if I ran, I might just be able to get within punching range of our shitty representative.
I'd toss in $20 for your campaign, and I don't even know where you live.
Just try to livestream the smackdown, ok?
Uh oh! That's SURE to PISS OFF a couple Republicans who would NEVER vote for Democrats!
Fuck yeah!
Meanwhile, the party leadership is thinking "maybe bigger paddles next time?"
Been saying this for decades now and one of the myriad of reasons I don't donate or volunteer for Democrats in decades now.
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