Almost every Democrat in America recognizes the dire GOP threat to democracy and the common-sense reforms needed to save it--except a handful of fellow liberal obstructionists in key positions advancing myopic arguments that are prima facie ridiculous.
There's Manchin and Sinema's arguments against scrapping the filibuster, which are not only ahistorical but so obviously illogical that one struggles to understand how they possibly believe themselves. nym.ag/2TAB2g5
Then there's Stephen Breyer, who not only refuses to retire, who not only proposes the absurd argument that the Court is *not*, in fact, partisan, and who not only thinks *Dems* are the real threat to the rule of law by proposing Court reforms, but... bit.ly/3ic9tEc
...who *also* happens to believe that, to restore the hallowed tradition of bipartisanship, Dems need only "get [Republicans] talking and they'll eventually say something you agree with." OMG why didn't anyone else think of that? bit.ly/3ic9tEc
There's Ron Bloom, a Democrat on the USPS governing board who refuses to replace the guy who tried to sabotage the 2020 election on the belief that DeJoy is "the proper man for the job." abcn.ws/3vOlPGz
And, finally, there's Merrick Garland, who is fighting to prevent release of a crucial memo that will reveal Barr to be a serial liar on the grounds that protecting liars will somehow restore the Justice Department's credibility. thenation.com/article/politi…
Republicans, in their attempt to destroy American democracy, are depending on the Democrats' long-demonstrated aversion to wielding power when they hold it.
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Post-Vietnam Dems have gotten so used to emasculating themselves before Republicans that they can't even conceive of a world in which they could possibly defeat the fascist threat the GOP poses. The thing is,
Republicans, by virtue of their *everyday conduct*, are debasing themselves and everything their party (supposedly) once stood for. But not enough people will come to realize this on their own. They need their leaders to point it out for them, consistently and in unison.
Psychologists have long noted how voters, thanks to human nature, crave displays of strength and dominance from leaders. For ex, see this:
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When GOP illiberalism is seen as too extreme, it embarrasses the whole Republican establishment and makes them shut up for once. What Dems need to realize is that they can make this happen at will. How do we know this?
Well, want to know the only Sunday since the election when no GOP seditionist had the guts to appear on one of the non-FOX Sunday shows? Feb. 14th. Why? B/c the previous week
Dem impeachment managers dominated the media narrative by putting the events of Jan. 6th on full display. And the previous day, Feb. 13th,
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