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Julie-Bud3000's avatar

This is another thing that caused Kamala to lose the election, Progressives who were so obsessed with perfection that they stayed home or, worse, voted for the Pumpkinhead in protest.

"UGH! She wiz a bit draconian with some drug charges as a prosecuter and she's not going to be that different from Biden and Biden's a geezer who did nothing about inflation and... GAZA! GAZA! GAZA!"...

... and they stay home while Orange Stupidus, Hillbilly Incredulity and Spaceboy-X barrel through! Now, we're stuck with this, because of a star spangled blend of fickleness, perfectionism, collective amnesia, complacency and gullability (and a hateful minority who want Theofascism).

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Christine B in NC's avatar

The purity circular fitting squad will kill us. Gotta work it.

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Kathryn Sweeny's avatar

Thank you for all your hard work. I look forward to your daily Substack, read and read them for inspiration, then pass them on to my friends. I truly appreciate all you do 🌞💙

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Marie HK's avatar

Purity tests do not build coalitions to build the political will to save and improve our democracy. We have to welcome all efforts that advance that crucial work.

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Julie-Bud3000's avatar

Amen! No more division! Even former Pumpkinhead voters with buyer's remorse and GOP with something resembling a conscience would be good allies. We need to unied as Nation. This is not a matter of "Democrats vs. Republicans" or "Progressive vs. Conservative", it's "Democracy vs. Fascism".

We also need to differentiate between"Conservative" and "Wingnut/Reactionary". A true Conservative is a guy like the animated character, Hank Hill... a bit old fashioned and stuck in his ways but nonetheless a well-meaning soul with a good heart. Todays "Conservatives" are not "Conservatives" at all They're Wingnuts.

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HH & ML's avatar

The Dem/progressive/indie-lean-D tent is very, very big and it requires enormous skill and nuance to thread the needle. And as much as I may think certain positions/policies/candidates are an obvious choice, that’s not the reality for most people since most people are not chronically online (like many of us here) and constantly taking in news. We have to reach those folks to build a coalition of pro-democracy, pro-freedom coalition to defeat MAGA. So thank you for bringing the nuance.

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Kathy Rawle's avatar

Nothing wrong with some nuance.

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Sara Besch's avatar

I really appreciate your posts highlighting the Dems doing the work.

There are so many ways to fight back we have to use them ALL!! I can't remember who said it, but the concept of don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. We need a broad coalition!!

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Barbara Woodward's avatar

If we don’t appreciate the nuance we lose!

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