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.......okay?
Why do people always act like it's such a gotcha that Democratic politicians have sucked?
They're all fucking worthless, both parties.
But only one is in power right now and actively tearing down the structures of our democracy. Until that's dealt with, I'm sorry, but addressing shit someone did in office 20 years ago is just not the priority.
People like that are just promoting nihilism. They want to discourage us from doing anything effective. Notice they don't promote any practical solutions.
If Dems suck, vote in primaries.
The Republicans are in power and actively tearing down the structures of our democracy because the Democratic party allows them to. The Republican party can only be dealt with through a more effective Democratic party. Any conversation about what the Republicans have done and stopping them from doing more absolutely must reckon with how we are going to fix the Democratic party first or it is going to inevitably be a complete waste of time and effort that puts us in an even worse place than where we are at now (see; 2024, 2016, etc.).
Did you miss the part where I said both parties were shit?
Absolutely Democrats need to step up, clean house, and get their priorities in order, but needing to revitalize and organize the party doesn't involve going back 20 years and pointing fingers at what people should have done or said back then.
What I'm interested in is what they're going to propose and vote for going forward.
The Republicans are in power and actively tearing down the structures of democracy because the American people invited them to do so last November.
Facts get downvoted here, good to know. gAL (and Crab) are the only ones making any sense.