Especially after last Tuesday. Rumor has it that Senate Dems had a meeting to determine who would fall on their sword to vote for this abomination, not to stop it. At this point, the only "no" votes that I believe are true "no"votes are Warren's and Sanders". BTW, falling on your sword is supposed to be a sacrifice for the greater good, not for the even worse.
I just became an even bigger fan of Josh Shapiro. THIS is what we need—someone who, in public, shows how pissed off he is at Republicans' intentional cruelty, especially when it comes straight from the top. Seriously, what kind of shit leadership goes to court to protect their "right" to keep food from hungry citizens!?
While I like Newsom's ability to troll trump, I still feel a bit of an "ick" about him from his chummy podcosts with RWNJs and him flippantly throwing trans people under the bus. I really like Pritzger and Shapiro, though; do we dare hope the Democratic Party will have the good sense to nominate one of them—both fighters—come 2028?
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Agree with just about everything you say. My problem is I like Newsom, Shapiro AND Pritzger!
(Also think I read somewhere that the Founders at one point considered a “team” of Leaders: wish we could have such today, but egos would get in the way. So maybe something like Lincoln’s “Team of Rivals”?)
Democrats should set up a ranked voting system for their primaries AND have primary voting all happen in the same week where the results aren't revealed until AFTER all votes are in. As an example, The way its set up now, Elizabeth Warren wasn't even ON the primary ballot by the time California got to vote...We CAN set up how our primaries are run ANY FUCKING WAY WE WANT. That we have chosen to use SUCH undemocratic methods (including our own 'electorate' model per delegates is fucking SHAMEFUL. We can't blame republicans for that
Thank you for this post about a Democrat who is fighting! It's good to know that some Dem leaders are indeed fighting, although they all seem to be white male governors. Some Dems in Congress are fighters, but unfortunately, they aren't in leadership positions. Shapiro has picked the right fight at the right time, and being a white male, can afford to get angry in public. I love how he quoted the Bible and threw Vance's supposed faith right into his teeth! And from the OT - does have fire and brimstone, but there is plenty of helping those in need in it, which people seem to forget.
Spot on. You know that any non-white non-male starts at a disadvantage, nice to see someone who gets that special-white-boy-treatment use it to push against these twisted, angry fucks.
There’s got to be a term for Democrats willing to fight with cunning and ruthlessness—I’ll use the term “Sicilian” in reference to the consiglieri Genco Abbandando from the Godfather book, as his crafty “wartime” counsel served Don Vito well. (I know these Dems aren’t literally Sicilian, Shapiro is Jewish and I’ll assume Newsom is Episcopalian without looking it up—but we can all be Sicilian in spirit when fighting a fascist regime just as Sicilians fought the Moors, Norse, and OG fascists).
Schumer and Co are no Sicilians, they aren’t even Tom Hagens, it seems their whole goal is to insulate dipshit voters from the consequences of electing Republicans and folding at every sign of opposition. We need fighters who will use the media even while openly battling against that same media, who call out Republicans as scumbags, and worry less about not offending voters than about saying what they really think. (Clearly offending voters doesn’t keep them from voting for you, notice the Hispanics that trended steadily towards Trump and guess what, Trump repeatedly insults white non college voters too—when you try not to offend you just look fake and weak).
We need more Shapiros and less Fettermans.
And I cannot believe that they caved into the GOP again. Fuck!
Especially after last Tuesday. Rumor has it that Senate Dems had a meeting to determine who would fall on their sword to vote for this abomination, not to stop it. At this point, the only "no" votes that I believe are true "no"votes are Warren's and Sanders". BTW, falling on your sword is supposed to be a sacrifice for the greater good, not for the even worse.
I just became an even bigger fan of Josh Shapiro. THIS is what we need—someone who, in public, shows how pissed off he is at Republicans' intentional cruelty, especially when it comes straight from the top. Seriously, what kind of shit leadership goes to court to protect their "right" to keep food from hungry citizens!?
While I like Newsom's ability to troll trump, I still feel a bit of an "ick" about him from his chummy podcosts with RWNJs and him flippantly throwing trans people under the bus. I really like Pritzger and Shapiro, though; do we dare hope the Democratic Party will have the good sense to nominate one of them—both fighters—come 2028?
"Everything about him is fake — except the rubbish beard, which is unfortunately real."
Hey man...No dissing on Usha!
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Agree with just about everything you say. My problem is I like Newsom, Shapiro AND Pritzger!
(Also think I read somewhere that the Founders at one point considered a “team” of Leaders: wish we could have such today, but egos would get in the way. So maybe something like Lincoln’s “Team of Rivals”?)
Democrats should set up a ranked voting system for their primaries AND have primary voting all happen in the same week where the results aren't revealed until AFTER all votes are in. As an example, The way its set up now, Elizabeth Warren wasn't even ON the primary ballot by the time California got to vote...We CAN set up how our primaries are run ANY FUCKING WAY WE WANT. That we have chosen to use SUCH undemocratic methods (including our own 'electorate' model per delegates is fucking SHAMEFUL. We can't blame republicans for that
BJ Vance, Hillbilly Forgery
Thank you for this post about a Democrat who is fighting! It's good to know that some Dem leaders are indeed fighting, although they all seem to be white male governors. Some Dems in Congress are fighters, but unfortunately, they aren't in leadership positions. Shapiro has picked the right fight at the right time, and being a white male, can afford to get angry in public. I love how he quoted the Bible and threw Vance's supposed faith right into his teeth! And from the OT - does have fire and brimstone, but there is plenty of helping those in need in it, which people seem to forget.
Spot on. You know that any non-white non-male starts at a disadvantage, nice to see someone who gets that special-white-boy-treatment use it to push against these twisted, angry fucks.
There’s got to be a term for Democrats willing to fight with cunning and ruthlessness—I’ll use the term “Sicilian” in reference to the consiglieri Genco Abbandando from the Godfather book, as his crafty “wartime” counsel served Don Vito well. (I know these Dems aren’t literally Sicilian, Shapiro is Jewish and I’ll assume Newsom is Episcopalian without looking it up—but we can all be Sicilian in spirit when fighting a fascist regime just as Sicilians fought the Moors, Norse, and OG fascists).
Schumer and Co are no Sicilians, they aren’t even Tom Hagens, it seems their whole goal is to insulate dipshit voters from the consequences of electing Republicans and folding at every sign of opposition. We need fighters who will use the media even while openly battling against that same media, who call out Republicans as scumbags, and worry less about not offending voters than about saying what they really think. (Clearly offending voters doesn’t keep them from voting for you, notice the Hispanics that trended steadily towards Trump and guess what, Trump repeatedly insults white non college voters too—when you try not to offend you just look fake and weak).