Sure but not nearly as blinkered as to put more blame on them than the Republicans or probably even the media. They've always claimed to be the watch dogs for America. If they hadn't acted like whipped puppies, things would have been different.
No exactly but apparently I didn't understand that addressing problems that probably couldn't be fixed until more important ones were was worth focusing on right now. Fix them in order of importance and see how many of the lesser ones are symptoms.
I was only asking the question b/c you seemed to take such umbrage at criticisms (not by me) that "the progressives" cost Hillary the election in 2016. I was just wondering that since you seem to be receptive/interested/whatever in promoting a podcast that depicts the democratic party as one feckless point in an infernal triangle, what (if any) criticisms would you accept or level yourself at the progressive wing of that party. It also seems a little bit disingenuous, in light of the language of feckless and infernal, to then act like this is merely pointing out that the democratic party isn't perfect. Feckless and infernal are a far cry for "isn't perfect." Don't throw out feckless and infernal and then act all "oh shucks" like all you were saying was just "isn't perfect"...
If those are the worst things that one can say about Dems, then the party is actually far better than I would have thought before reading that article.
You Are Entering the Infernal Triangle
Authoritarian Republicans, ineffectual Democrats, and a clueless mediaprospect.org
Don’t think anything he raises here is unreasonable.
No. It all seem perfectly reasonable. I just don't get what part of the Dems problem can be immediately addressed. They don't have the power in any branch of the government except the executive to do anything but offer compromises, mostly for the reasons super listed earlier. It's a lot like blaming the victim, imo. Basically he admits that the biggest mistakes the Democrats made was expecting the press and Republicans to be principled and making good faith attempts to reach common ground.You Are Entering the Infernal Triangle
Authoritarian Republicans, ineffectual Democrats, and a clueless media
Don’t think anything he raises here is unreasonable.
Yes, Joe Lieberman sucks. Yes, the 2000 vote count in Florida was a shitshow.
Joe Lieberman Not Only Backed Bush’s War; He Also Helped Make Bush President
A remembrance of this most feckless of Democrats
Further reading.
How exactly have the Dems not addressed the material needs of Americans?
(Totally worthwhile and not exhausting run-on sentence impending)
This is correct. When Trump brought his playpen to the White House, I left the GOP behind. Forever.
This post is Exhibit Fucking A of why people don't take progressives seriously.
Democrats had control of both houses of Congress and the Presidency for a grand total of 4 of the past 24 years.
And not actually four years, since it took months to finally seat Al Franken, and Ted Kennedy was ill with cancer and unable to be present for a significant portion of that year.
Agree completely. Fox's coverage had a real "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" aspect to it. Just ignore all the overtly racist and fascist stuff and focus on "Trump GOOD, Harris BAD!"
His favorite is most likely OCS
