When Ds tweet populist stuff, it’s empty pandering. When Rs do it, it’s outflanking to the left.
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McConnell isn’t passing any bill that gives cash to actual people, so pelosis bill has no chance of getting a vote. So what’s the point?
Like bad shit is going to happen unless they give cash to a whole lot of people, why isn’t the supposed working class party even trying to do that?
I went in expecting bipartisan support for stimulus, but Republican opposition to stimulus under Obama was almost unanimous. McConnell and a majority of Rs and all Ds voted for a smaller bill focused on cutting checks under Bush.
So they are just straight rigging the vote totals and forgot to the turn the Mayor App off?
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i just liked iron’s post gimme shelter the end is nigh
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You’re in Chicago too?
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I’m gonna go out on a limb though and say maybe right now isn’t the best time for an Unstuck meetup.
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You don’t think they will pass the bill to give people cash? Seems like it’s a lock to pass. Dear leader has said he wants it to pass and thats really all it takes.
Especially since if that happens Trumps re-election is a 100% lock.
The ‘Lol Ds’ and ‘Wat can Joe do’ threads are breaking things up but there’s a throughline to all of this.
What are you talking about?! Pelosi specifically states that she’s NOT for immediate aid to EVERY American unlike REPUBLICAN senator Tom Cotton. Do you deny this? Meanwhile, Trump is ordering suspensions of all evictions and home foreclosures
Where’s the bullshit I’m falling for? I’ve been saying for weeks now that by nominating the shittiest possible candidate Trump is going crush him by beating Biden from his left
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Some of us have memories that are longer than a twitter news cycle:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/11/29/20977735/how-many-bills-passed-house-democrats-trump
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None of that matters at this point. Brave New world and all that
Part of it is this:
https://twitter.com/robrousseau/status/1240461006708637697
None of this will make them good people. I mean ffs they’re probably motivated by covid killing their demographic.
Twofer:
The Rs are supposed to move left, and the Ds are supposed to become an actual left party. It’s an arc of history moment. Pandemics will do that.
Which populist Dems being primaried out of their offices upset you the most?
Do you think we should impeach Pence or Barr next???
C’mon man.
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You said redistricted or primaried. Kucinich was a victim of being redistricted into a race against another incumbent. I was more interested in examples of the second part, an incumbent facing a primary challenge from the right who didn’t have the advantage of being an incumbent like Kaptur was.
Your analysis relies on Democrats believing that Bernie is guaranteed to beat Trump and that Biden is not. It falls apart if it is rational for someone to believe that Bernie is not the lock that you think he is.
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It’s really weird if you get worked up about something and can’t come up with an example. It’s like talking about women being gagged with duct tape and not being able to give an actual case of that.