I'm not going to get off of this. We are not going to solve the problem of an anti-democracy white supremacist party with somebody who refuses to recognize the problem.
No interest in the "let's give the scorpion unlimited rides across the river" candidate.
No interest in the "let's give the scorpion unlimited rides across the river" candidate.
Talking about what you're going to do by EO indicates you are interacting with reality.
Talking about bipartisanship and reaching across the aisle indicates you've abandoned reality and will completely abandon us all.
It's disqualifying.
Talking about bipartisanship and reaching across the aisle indicates you've abandoned reality and will completely abandon us all.
It's disqualifying.
Cooperation, compromise, bipartisanship, negotiation, these are all tools of a healthy system.
They require at least two parties that agree to inhabit reality, and agree to fix problems—and no parties who intend to create destruction and harm and theft.
That's not our reality.
They require at least two parties that agree to inhabit reality, and agree to fix problems—and no parties who intend to create destruction and harm and theft.
That's not our reality.
If the system is being attacked, you can't create health simply by using the tools of a healthy system in cooperation with those attacking it.
They'll use the tools to attack the system.
I'm sure they'll appreciate being handed the tools, though.
They'll use the tools to attack the system.
I'm sure they'll appreciate being handed the tools, though.
Biden won't engage reality—and there's already a party that fits that bill. They're the ones he seems to want to work with so badly. I'm sure they'll appreciate the offer.
If Biden insists on running in the year 1988, he's running to become a de-facto Republican president.
If Biden insists on running in the year 1988, he's running to become a de-facto Republican president.
The idea that the electable strategy is telling your base to settle down because you are going to make friends as quickly as possible with all the people who are currently, presently, even now, terrorizing us every day, and you can't wait to do it ...
That's "electable?"
That's "electable?"
Nope.
That's like saying "Steering wheels suck ... for them and us."
The steering wheel is a tool for driving. They're using it to drive us into a wall. We'll need to use it to turn as quickly as possible. And we need somebody who understand that.
That's like saying "Steering wheels suck ... for them and us."
The steering wheel is a tool for driving. They're using it to drive us into a wall. We'll need to use it to turn as quickly as possible. And we need somebody who understand that.
At the very least we need somebody who will acknowledge we're heading for a wall, and that we're heading for it because our opponents very much want to hit it.
Biden refuses.
It's disqualifying.
Biden refuses.
It's disqualifying.
We don't have time for centrist extremists for whom a comfortable non-confrontation is a goal in itself.
We need candidates with smart, principled, strategies to solve real problems that really exist and really need to be solved, within our actual real present circumstances.
We need candidates with smart, principled, strategies to solve real problems that really exist and really need to be solved, within our actual real present circumstances.
What we need are candidates willing to pragmatically use political leverage to:
* fight gerrymandering and vote suppression
* protect elections and make them more fair
* win more elections b/c fair elections
* use those gains to impeach and remove Trump judges
* pack SCOTUS
* fight gerrymandering and vote suppression
* protect elections and make them more fair
* win more elections b/c fair elections
* use those gains to impeach and remove Trump judges
* pack SCOTUS
While doing this we'll need representatives and senators who are willing to fight without giving an inch, and use whatever political advantages they have to pass as many environmental and anti-corruption bills as they can.
We won't need those who will reach across the aisle.
We won't need those who will reach across the aisle.
The Republican Party has decided to not be partners with the citizens of the U.S. in any of the finer ideals and aspirations that defined the American project.
Instead they've chosen to place themselves in direct opposition to it.
Wishing it were otherwise won't change that.
Instead they've chosen to place themselves in direct opposition to it.
Wishing it were otherwise won't change that.
And while wishing it were otherwise isn't useful, *pretending* it's otherwise is actively destructive.
*Pretending* it's otherwise will only help those who want to destroy what's left achieve those ends.
And that's the problem with Joe Biden.
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*Pretending* it's otherwise will only help those who want to destroy what's left achieve those ends.
And that's the problem with Joe Biden.
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