“To get out of the political wilderness, and win over not just Democrats but also Independent and moderate voters, policymakers need to loudly state their case for helping middle- and working-class Americans,” Demand Progress corporate power program director Emily Peterson-Cassin said in a statement Thursday. “What these voters want is clear: a populist agenda that takes on corporate power and corruption,” Peterson-Cassin added. “The stakes are too high for Democrats to fixate on a message that only appeals to a minority of independent and Democratic voters.”
Well, duh…
Maybe some Dems somewhere will pull their head from their ass, read this, and seriously do some thinking on it.
Though, my hopes for current “establishment” Dems are low to the point of nearly non-existent… 🤦♀️ 🤡 🖕
Sometimes I feel like I’m talking to my grandfather when he was still alive when I read shit like this.
Grandfather “Son, I just can’t figure out why that starter isn’t cranking.”
Me “Well Pal, we need to check that starter wire but I can’t get to it without dropping the starter off the flywheel first.”
Grandfather “Hell, it ain’t the wire.”
10-minute argument Grandfather storms off
3 hours later
Grandfather “I’ve been thinking about that damn starter, we need to check that wire so why don’t you climb up under there and pull that starter so we can check it.”
Me “I pulled it 2 hours ago Pal. The wire is straight fucked. I am going to go up to Auto Zone and get a new one, Ol’boy up there says they have one.”
Grandfather “We don’t need a new wire we can just (insert WWII battlefield fix for bad starter wire on a Willys he’s done 3 times already). I ain’t made of damn money.”
20-minute argument about fixing it right Grandfather storms off.
3 hours later
Grandfather “Grab your keys I need you to take me up to the Auto Zone to pick up a wire for that starter. Might as well fix it right so we don’t have to keep fixing it.”
Me “I already got it. Just finished putting it all back together and was just about to start it up.”
Jeep starts right up
Democrats need to purge ranks of MAGA-lite members like Cory, Chuck, Nancy, and…well…all of’em except Jasmine, AOC, Ro, and Bernie.
At this point, too many are ready to burn it all down simply because they see the lies and complicity.
You don’t win people over by being the lesser of two evils.
Those people are democrats in name only, I call them DINOS.
I once saw AOC use her right hand so she’s not left enough either.
This really comes down to technocrats vs the people. The technocrats want to double down on neoliberalism because many economists and other experts are telling them it’s the only way. The field of economics, especially in the US is mostly just a cult of free market evangelists. Technocrats like Klein believe in listening to experts, which I would normally strongly agree with, but I just can’t listen to experts who advise that we double down on the same god damn policies that have left so many millions of Americans feeling left behind, desperate, and hopeless. It’s insanity.
The economy became a religion for the technocrats. This is a huge issue as you’re fighting a belief and not facts.
Fuck Ezra Klein for trying to launder what isn’t working on behalf of the rich and powerful.
Hmmm. This makes it CLEAR what we Need to do to WIN going Forward! Someone get Kamala Harris on the Phone to Run with JOE BIDEN!
-The DNC!
Nah, get Hilary back in there. It’s finally her time again for reals.
The Democratic Party is just a token opposition, for show. The elections are already decided.
Liberals choose fascism over socialism the same a fascist. Because they are fascists too.
Welp, I guess everyone I’ve ever met is a nazi.
(I’ve only met liberals IRL, never met a leftist yet)
I HATE EZRA KLEIN
